Gregor Eisenhorn
Well-Known Member
Hello RiP community!
Caution: Prolouge...
Now, some of you may have been unlucky enough to stumble upon my previous grow journal, which turned out to be a failure. If so, I would like to express my deepest apologies but it was the beggining of the holidays, straight after my Polish matura (that's the equivalent to the English GCSE's)... and that means every single family member wanted to see me after my tests which had me travelling far and wide.
That lead to my plant being taken care of by my friend who hasn't got the faintest idea of growing even grass (the normal kind) let alone cannabis. He sort of messed up, because when I got back to check on the plant, it looked like a heatwave entered the box. Anyway, I take full responsibility, because it was my plant to take care of, not his. I expressed my gratitude or his help and that was the end of my first PC grow....
BUT, this year I was really experimenting a lot, because during the summer I must have bought ten seeds which resulted in... 10 fuck ups. I was trying out new types of soil, new methods, dosage of different nutes etcetera etcetera. Plus I really wanted to smoke something so I was practically glued to the plants. Thankfully I have completely stopped using the herb due to certain health problems. I didin't like where I was going and what I was becoming so with the help of a few people, the last time I got high was about four months ago (which is an anomaly for me).
You may be asking: well Gregor, what the fuck man, you're on a cannabis forum, GROWING cannabis and you're talking bollocks about not smoking? What are you growing it for then and why don't you just switch to lemons and tomatoes? That's a fantastic question, let me explain... believe it or not, I have found a new hobby of sorts. I LOVE spending time reading through forums, grow journals, leaflets, guides etc. on the cultivation of cannabis. I find it is such a complex (and fun) plant to grow and this journey really gave me a lot of insight, not only on growing, but on eg. light spectrums, PC fans, electricity, nutrients, pH and so on and so forth. I also love building things, so when I saw that I had a chance to build a PC grow box, I didn't hesitate. Now of course a decent amount of yield at the end would be nice, because if I told you I wouldn't care about the outcome I would be telling porkie pies. BUT since this is a micro grow I understand that if I get around 20g, I would consider that as a success. There you have it, another reason for a hobby grow.
On the side note I do have a outdoor autflower seedling. Like I said I want to experiment, and this is the end of summer so I would like to see how the "weakened" sun effects growth.
Ok enough of the ranting, let me give you a bit of information on what I have...
-Standard PC box. Nothign special for the dimentions are 42 x 45 x 18,5 [cm] <----- But dude, why didn't you buy a PC tower? Those things are much better for growing cannabis in such confined spaces! Yes I am aware of that, but I would like to finish this PC grow and THEN I swear I will upgrade the whole setup,
-Four cfls: three have a cold spectrum (6500K) and the other has a temp of 2700K. Each of them have 25W and give off 1520 lumens, so in total I possess about 6080 lumens which is a satisfying score,
-the inside of the tower is lined up with the reflective material you use to keep your car cool on a scorching day. Now I know this type of gadget is actually meant to reflect HEAT instead of light, but like I said, I will upgrade the whole setup (with diamond mylar) once I complete this grow and this is better than nothing innit?
-three 12v 80mm PC fans which are pretty much the very basic you can get your hands on. I have one for intake and one for outtake. The other PC fan is a sort of "backup" in case the temps rise to such a degree that it will start to affect the poor plant,
-a small 3l pot (the long sorts) to maximise the amount of used space,
- unfortunately the soil has a pH of 5,5-6,5 and since I dropped my pH meter from the balcony (I was so drunk I couldn't tell my arsehole from my earhole) I have no way to measure the actual pH... but my girl is thriving, so I believe this is a good indicator of no nute lock outs,
-of course I have the standard humidity/temperature meter and I can't imagine what life would be without it,
As for the acutal seed... it is about one month old and curse my memory (one of the reasons I stopped smoking) I am not positive on the strain. I think it is a Big grapefruit?? It is definitely a hybrid, because I LOVE (loved) sativas, but I was scared of buying a pure sativa strain due to their tendency of growing into monsters. I think it consists of around 60% sativa and the rest being indica (booo). Oh, it is definitely feminized, I am absolutely postive on that.
So I think that conludes all the basic information. I will try to download the pictues from my previous journal to show you all the process of building the box. It will also help anyone who is interested in getting started.
Sorry for my hectic writing but it is 39 degress celsius outside and I am literally buring. I fokin' hate this kind of weather. Peace guys, I will be sending a few pictures in a jiffy.
Caution: Prolouge...
Now, some of you may have been unlucky enough to stumble upon my previous grow journal, which turned out to be a failure. If so, I would like to express my deepest apologies but it was the beggining of the holidays, straight after my Polish matura (that's the equivalent to the English GCSE's)... and that means every single family member wanted to see me after my tests which had me travelling far and wide.
That lead to my plant being taken care of by my friend who hasn't got the faintest idea of growing even grass (the normal kind) let alone cannabis. He sort of messed up, because when I got back to check on the plant, it looked like a heatwave entered the box. Anyway, I take full responsibility, because it was my plant to take care of, not his. I expressed my gratitude or his help and that was the end of my first PC grow....
BUT, this year I was really experimenting a lot, because during the summer I must have bought ten seeds which resulted in... 10 fuck ups. I was trying out new types of soil, new methods, dosage of different nutes etcetera etcetera. Plus I really wanted to smoke something so I was practically glued to the plants. Thankfully I have completely stopped using the herb due to certain health problems. I didin't like where I was going and what I was becoming so with the help of a few people, the last time I got high was about four months ago (which is an anomaly for me).
You may be asking: well Gregor, what the fuck man, you're on a cannabis forum, GROWING cannabis and you're talking bollocks about not smoking? What are you growing it for then and why don't you just switch to lemons and tomatoes? That's a fantastic question, let me explain... believe it or not, I have found a new hobby of sorts. I LOVE spending time reading through forums, grow journals, leaflets, guides etc. on the cultivation of cannabis. I find it is such a complex (and fun) plant to grow and this journey really gave me a lot of insight, not only on growing, but on eg. light spectrums, PC fans, electricity, nutrients, pH and so on and so forth. I also love building things, so when I saw that I had a chance to build a PC grow box, I didn't hesitate. Now of course a decent amount of yield at the end would be nice, because if I told you I wouldn't care about the outcome I would be telling porkie pies. BUT since this is a micro grow I understand that if I get around 20g, I would consider that as a success. There you have it, another reason for a hobby grow.
On the side note I do have a outdoor autflower seedling. Like I said I want to experiment, and this is the end of summer so I would like to see how the "weakened" sun effects growth.
Ok enough of the ranting, let me give you a bit of information on what I have...
-Standard PC box. Nothign special for the dimentions are 42 x 45 x 18,5 [cm] <----- But dude, why didn't you buy a PC tower? Those things are much better for growing cannabis in such confined spaces! Yes I am aware of that, but I would like to finish this PC grow and THEN I swear I will upgrade the whole setup,
-Four cfls: three have a cold spectrum (6500K) and the other has a temp of 2700K. Each of them have 25W and give off 1520 lumens, so in total I possess about 6080 lumens which is a satisfying score,
-the inside of the tower is lined up with the reflective material you use to keep your car cool on a scorching day. Now I know this type of gadget is actually meant to reflect HEAT instead of light, but like I said, I will upgrade the whole setup (with diamond mylar) once I complete this grow and this is better than nothing innit?
-three 12v 80mm PC fans which are pretty much the very basic you can get your hands on. I have one for intake and one for outtake. The other PC fan is a sort of "backup" in case the temps rise to such a degree that it will start to affect the poor plant,
-a small 3l pot (the long sorts) to maximise the amount of used space,
- unfortunately the soil has a pH of 5,5-6,5 and since I dropped my pH meter from the balcony (I was so drunk I couldn't tell my arsehole from my earhole) I have no way to measure the actual pH... but my girl is thriving, so I believe this is a good indicator of no nute lock outs,
-of course I have the standard humidity/temperature meter and I can't imagine what life would be without it,
As for the acutal seed... it is about one month old and curse my memory (one of the reasons I stopped smoking) I am not positive on the strain. I think it is a Big grapefruit?? It is definitely a hybrid, because I LOVE (loved) sativas, but I was scared of buying a pure sativa strain due to their tendency of growing into monsters. I think it consists of around 60% sativa and the rest being indica (booo). Oh, it is definitely feminized, I am absolutely postive on that.
So I think that conludes all the basic information. I will try to download the pictues from my previous journal to show you all the process of building the box. It will also help anyone who is interested in getting started.
Sorry for my hectic writing but it is 39 degress celsius outside and I am literally buring. I fokin' hate this kind of weather. Peace guys, I will be sending a few pictures in a jiffy.