The Space Cabinet

medidedicated

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The Chemdog helmet headed bad. But I germinated a lot more than the other end of the cycle so I know to just peel gently and plant. It should make it. 1 gallon coco dtw next up! This one is getting chopped in less than 4 weeks.
 

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All autos exclusively for this space cabinet. I want promising results for my main crop so I use photo period also for better genetics. Autos go great in this cabinet so far.

2 seeds appear photo period I guess so they wont go in the cabinet.
 

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Back tracked, to find day 36 it flowered and 9/20 would be 9 weeks flower. I see people say they cut on 12 weeks most commonly with autos.

Some good growth left for next 3 weeks but I think I should chop asap and 12 weeks is a long run for something I thought wouldn’t even make it. Wow, so I succeeded with soil and 1x1 challenge all with an auto.

Buds are fattening phase, late flower/ripe. Last few weeks but do not want to push it past that because it has dying leaves everywhere and fear mold. Already a lot of suspect dark spots but do not think botryiatis. What ever it is called. Humidity has been steady all this time. That is why I like autos for this on 24/0.

Soil I have no skills for or maybe I am being hard on myself and should try soil again soon with what I think I learned.

This space cabinet is also good for clones! Added pic of a bearded clone ready for transplanting. I may try and run a clone to see if photoperiods can roll in here too but eager to do a few new autos I listed for there snobby genetics if that is the right word. Just something with a lot of work into it and bag appeal.

Eager to replicate this success too and not have any fails. Coco should help with that by keeping green.
 

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Bud samplin’ time! About to dry for a week and press it into space jam and test out my roswell! Pretty exciting, I love bud samplin’ time. Will post the pressing and dab report. No signs of mold captain! So I can have some confidence letting her finish.
 

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are you currently in coco? i love your space cabinet! do you use any type of UV spectra? or just a led for visible light? you said maybe you should go back too soil with what youve learned? i vote no! i love coco coir. i absolutely love it! if you are using coco i vote stick with it! me and my bro have tried rockwool coco soil and honestly at the end of the day i love coco DTW the most!
 
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secretmicrogrow420 said:
are you currently in coco? i love your space cabinet! do you use any type of UV spectra? or just a led for visible light? you said maybe you should go back too soil with what youve learned? i vote no! i love coco coir. i absolutely love it! if you are using coco i vote stick with it! me and my bro have tried rockwool coco soil and honestly at the end of the day i love coco DTW the most!
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I have a fecida 65w with blue/yellow and some red but that is it for that light which is dimmed to almost off so that colas can grow as shown, past the light. The ufo just provides stronger penetrating ppfd down the colas but very dim so it doesnt foxtail/fist or etc.

The strip lights are 3000k, just your typical amazon led strips meant to light up stairs or edges of a bedroom, etc. Very weak at full brightness but that is what makes this a space grow. Light strip is about 45 watts and light dimmed shouldnt be much more along with mini fans so about 60w grow. Like having a mini fridge.

Not that effecient so the goal is to make it easy to grow and not cost much. I started in coco but it was too big a pot so the plant was too big for this 1’x1’ so I ditched the plant and now succeeded in soil which worked to keep plant small but my next run is dtw coco in a one gallon.

Want to down size pot if plant grows to vigorous but if it does I plant to use lst clips to make same canopy but zigzag it. I love dtw coco too I just liked the idea of soil being slightly less work if you dont feel like buffering and preparing solution and setting up a decent dtw grow.

Now that I am mostly setup for coco it is hard to go back but would like to do soil again with what I think I learned, something I do not mind doing when I am not doing coco. Kind of realizing soil isnt that much less work but it did make the cabinet easier to grow in.

Dtw coco requires additional building but I have it set to feed off my main dtw grow so it will be a breeze to do.
 
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The nug was ready, close to half gram. Airy larf bud of the plant. Pressed a dab out of it but the dab was too small to get a good sample of it but so far I like it. The pressed weed I just packed into a bowl to smoke it as I was committed to sampling something and it was pretty good. I should of folded the nug, rosin stuck on edges of weed.
 

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Reaching the end. About 90% orange hairs. Giving it one more week, chop next friday. Pressing into space jam right away, will report the results of dry weight and total rosin weight.

Then I can move on to abduct the Chemdog Auto by auto seeds which just started flower a couple days ago. Luckily I was able to align the next plant in time.

So that will be 13 and half weeks flowering this plant. Took its time but lets see if the next plant finishes quicker. See you at chop captain!
 

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So I used a lux meter app that seems to be accurate with grain of salt. “light meter lm-3000.”

Tested current light strips again but much more comprehensive and then my new lights. I measure it by tip of finger and stack one or two more fingers which are like just under half inch each. Because buds are about 1-3 finger tips away stacked. Index finger, middle and ring finger stacked on one another.

Then measured 3” and 8” away as those were furthest away from light source. This light runs hot so I believe it is brighter. It runs shadey, needs a moment to warm up to be twice as bright as starting brightness.

No dimmer. The power supply I got with it is huge and doesnt connect well. Lights in connecting area stay lit for a few mins after unplugging (anyone know why? is it safe?) Overall kind of a elevated fire risk. But here were the readings from old light vs new.

Old light:
1 finger tip away - 13k lux or 250ppfd
2 finger tips away - 7500 lux or 140ppfd
3 finger tips away - 4k lux or 75ppfd
3” away - 3200 lux or 60ppfd
8” away - 2100 lux or 40ppfd

New light:
1 finger tip away - 85k lux or 1600ppfd
2 finger tips away - 40k lux or 760ppfd
3 finger tips away - 22k lux or 415ppfd
3” away - 5k lux or 95ppfd
8” away - 2k lux or 35ppfd

Let me know if any of this sounds wrong but it was the most comprehensive measure made with these strip lights considering buds will be within those ranges distance apart.

So far they visually and mathmatically appear to be brighter but hit the same at 3” to 8” away but old strip lights were measured during use so some ambient light from same strip light was possibly interfering with reading.
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you got a capactitor somewhere that slowly discharges over time. maybe try rotating the power plug maybe your switch is cutting the wrong wire

plant looks done but your pistils are still long as fuck
that brown you see is the distorted background reflecting giving you the darknes in your trichomes
 
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secretmicrogrow420

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medidedicated said:
So I used a lux meter app that seems to be accurate with grain of salt. “light meter lm-3000.”

Tested current light strips again but much more comprehensive and then my new lights. I measure it by tip of finger and stack one or two more fingers which are like just under half inch each. Because buds are about 1-3 finger tips away stacked. Index finger, middle and ring finger stacked on one another.

Then measured 3” and 8” away as those were furthest away from light source. This light runs hot so I believe it is brighter. It runs shadey, needs a moment to warm up to be twice as bright as starting brightness.

No dimmer. The power supply I got with it is huge and doesnt connect well. Lights in connecting area stay lit for a few mins after unplugging (anyone know why? is it safe?) Overall kind of a elevated fire risk. But here were the readings from old light vs new.

Old light:
1 finger tip away - 13k lux or 250ppfd
2 finger tips away - 7500 lux or 140ppfd
3 finger tips away - 4k lux or 75ppfd
3” away - 3200 lux or 60ppfd
8” away - 2100 lux or 40ppfd

New light:
1 finger tip away - 85k lux or 1600ppfd
2 finger tips away - 40k lux or 760ppfd
3 finger tips away - 22k lux or 415ppfd
3” away - 5k lux or 95ppfd
8” away - 2k lux or 35ppfd

Let me know if any of this sounds wrong but it was the most comprehensive measure made with these strip lights considering buds will be within those ranges distance apart.

So far they visually and mathmatically appear to be brighter but hit the same at 3” to 8” away but old strip lights were measured during use so some ambient light from same strip light was possibly interfering with reading.
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every light is different with led's you want a par meter or umole meter or ppfd meter or whatever the fk its called but those meters are expensive so i also use a lux meter mine is the dr.meter digital led light meter :D heres a picture i found on the internet ive been using it too help me guesstimate how much ppfd my plants are getting.
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medidedicated

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secretmicrogrow420 said:
bra you did get a little little bit of rosin but what you got looked amazing! i cant wait until you harvest :D your plant looks awesome massive big buds with almost no leaf :D
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I needed to ball up the nug to reduce surface area of weed so the rosin can flow out but would rather try plucking 2-3gs to sample rosin or just wait till the end since this is probably less than an oz or about an oz.

And yall, I totally pulled a newb move and chopped it impatiently as I read everywhere I was in the first harvest window so I was like ok job done lets chop before I lose to mold again. Next time in coco it will stay green and can go longer if needed but coco I thought also helps develop faster so might not need to.

So results are coming within days.
 
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Well, the actual first harvest window I read everywhere says 50-70% orange hairs but RIU members would usually say that is waaaay too early and has so much swelling to do.

I agree but 90% orange hairs was the second window which to me is really the first window and should be the goal and if you can take it further to absolutely do so.

Trichomes can also be a sign if they are mostly cloudy. This plant was 121 days old though so something delayed it which is another reason to chop, I took it pretty far already.

The chance of mold was there with those dead leafs along with a old plant, I just had to chop but I doubt I would of tacked much more weight, it was just adding weight by the calyx which been there before, just not worth losing anything to mold over another gram or two.
 
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SPACE JAM
ROSWELL

Finally we are here. Turning space weed into space jam. Using electricity calculator, 55 watts would be about 34$ for this whole grow so that is 34 grams for 30 bucks.

So I sampled a dab, it dont taste very good but Im pretty baked. Wondering if I need to purify the air of dust and etc. Not sure if it is contaminants or the strain or drying error but this will do for 4.5 months of work.

Edit, added a pic of the diy filter loaded with contaminants. The exaust fan blows at a wall which doesnt look dirty until you swipe it, a fine black dust. It is much better with the diy filter though. Prior it was visably loaded with dust like a fan.

Wondering if my buds have dust in them… But upon further vaping, I am getting used to the taste and enjoying the buzz so I am happy.

Probably going to try smoking a bud and giving a bud away and try pressing at different temps till I get the best flavor even if I have to cook it with higher temps a little or use lower temps.Was hoping for one batch of good rosin but I guess I will do eighths at a time and sample all day today.
 

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Smoke report.

Oh yea, it smoked clean and got me buzzed notably compared to testing another strain I grew. Marketable so I am proud. Middle tier, grew larfy but the resin from the gg4 heritage makes up for it. It yields rosin too! I like this.

I think the rosin just is a concentrated taste of this strain which aint very good but I was zooted and this brought me closer back to as medicated as I was this morning.

A resinous smoke/taste, very citrusy but of a over ripe sort, not as fresh as when it was a living plant but it dried out to be ok. It may have some dust but not sure if its enough to taste it, as I dabbed more of the rosin the taste got better.
 

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