My first Micro Grow

[Fuzz420]

looking good my friend

x2

 

[virago420]

Looks sweet bro. I just hope you dont plan to try and flower them all in there. I would flower out the best 4-6. Good luck, ill be watching. Peace

 

[lmv931]

Looks sweet bro. I just hope you dont plan to try and flower them all in there. I would flower out the best 4-6. Good luck, ill be watching. Peace

lol...I was going to flower 4 at a time.....I have a seperate closet I will be using, possibly with a 600HPS that will be another thread...the last 4 will be flowered in here just as an experiment.....I'm hoping for something similar to Kushkommanders medical micro cab.....

I was ready to post my 1 week update but.... the wife thought it would be a good idea to leave a couple magnets next to the computer and now it won't let me upload images or videos, and some sites won't load correctly what you gonna do right? i love her but damn....sometimes I wonder if she is all there.....

 

[Hella THC]

Ahhh! The similar avatars are making me bonkers! My brain keeps thinking you two are the same person! **takes another hit** Okay, I'm better now... on with the show

Looking good, my man! I'm working on a rubbermaid grow as well as a tent grow. Glad to see the rubbermaids being so popular! It really seems like the cheap easy way to get started. I like my grow boxes like I like my women... cheap and eas... :cough: okay, you get the point

I'll throw my vote in there, you don't have much vertical space. In situations like these, I'm theoretically a fan of the Dr. Bud SOG style. I don't know if you've read any of his stuff here on IC Mag but his philosophy is something like this...

Any old bone head can put a plant in some soil and harvest 7g dry. Imagine a grower that gets his set up dialed in; he could easily produce 10-15g dry off the same plant. Now imagine that same grower producing 20 plants. The worst case scenario would be getting 140g dry, and on the better end, a good grower could expect upwards of 300g

IMO, it's easier to set up a perpetual system with a SOG, as there is no training to worry about (well, almost none, do what your plants need none the less). You just let the bitches grow!! Collect the fat colas that come from this style of growing

Just some thoughts,

- Hella

 

[Sam the Caveman]

Hey lmv931, good effort there!

That little fan you have there, I have one like it, you can bend the fan blades to increase the pitch and it will increase the cfms. Mine was barely blowing anything before I made the modification. Be careful though to only bend them forward because if the blades are moved back any they will hit the motor.

 

[lmv931]

Ahhh! The similar avatars are making me bonkers! My brain keeps thinking you two are the same person! **takes another hit** Okay, I'm better now... on with the show

Looking good, my man! I'm working on a rubbermaid grow as well as a tent grow. Glad to see the rubbermaids being so popular! It really seems like the cheap easy way to get started. I like my grow boxes like I like my women... cheap and eas... :cough: okay, you get the point

I'll throw my vote in there, you don't have much vertical space. In situations like these, I'm theoretically a fan of the Dr. Bud SOG style. I don't know if you've read any of his stuff here on IC Mag but his philosophy is something like this...

Any old bone head can put a plant in some soil and harvest 7g dry. Imagine a grower that gets his set up dialed in; he could easily produce 10-15g dry off the same plant. Now imagine that same grower producing 20 plants. The worst case scenario would be getting 140g dry, and on the better end, a good grower could expect upwards of 300g

IMO, it's easier to set up a perpetual system with a SOG, as there is no training to worry about (well, almost none, do what your plants need none the less). You just let the bitches grow!! Collect the fat colas that come from this style of growing

Just some thoughts,

- Hella

Thanks Hella! I have conflicting opinions regarding SOG dr bud style and/or taking 4 ata atime and flowering them way out.... I need to decide by the 13th or 20th (20th would be 1 month of veg)

 

[lmv931]

Hey lmv931, good effort there!

That little fan you have there, I have one like it, you can bend the fan blades to increase the pitch and it will increase the cfms. Mine was barely blowing anything before I made the modification. Be careful though to only bend them forward because if the blades are moved back any they will hit the motor.

Thanks for the advice...i did notice that also when I was positioning the fan but I will go back and take a look at the blades again. would you say the more forward the better or is there a point where this mod becomes insufficent?

 

[lmv931]

sorry for the delayed update I finally fixed my home computer and can now upload some pics. so these pics are from last sunday at week 1 of veg on a 24/0.

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As you can tell things have been re-aranged and I now have some more space. here are the two that didn't make it so I pulled em out.

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down to 12 but oh well

 

[lmv931]

now for the close up view...I have seen a few members do a week by week comparison and I kinda like that so I will be doing the same here. Again sorry for the late update my wife did something to the computer and I finally got it up and running again.

These are last sunday at week 1. I will be posting this weeks up tomorrow night or monday so stay tuned.

Here are the bublegum ladies

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These are the Outdoor Clones

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My Casey Jones

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and last but not least the Pearly Girls

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as you can tell they perked up a bit....just wait till i post this weeks pics

thanks for stoping by and come check me out again...

 

[overmind1632]

Nice setup

I was wondering what you used to cut into the rubbermaids?

Also, could you post a picture of how you set up your lights?

Thanks

 

[lmv931]

Nice setup

I was wondering what you used to cut into the rubbermaids?

Also, could you post a picture of how you set up your lights?

Thanks

Thanks for stoping by overmind..... I used just a regular $2.99 utility knife and a razor blade. The knife made to initial cuts then I took the razor and carefully carved the rest of the holes out. I have attached pics of the lights below. They are housed in 1 1/4 inch PVC pipe with a piece of weather stripping wrapped around the base of the clamp light so they fit snug into the PVC (this was probably the hardest part, getting the right size PVC and getting them to stay in place.) I know the middle light looks a bit crooked but thats because the top part is on its side when it sits up right the lights hang straight.

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[lmv931]

Alright boys and girls......

my 2 week update is ready....a few of them are just about ready to flower... I will be putting them into a seperate cab that a fellow member donated to the cause... so with out further ado here's my bitches..........

 

[lmv931]

close ups.......

Bubble Gum



Out Door



Pearly Girl



And last but not least Casey Jones



My casey is finally starting to perk up.....after i took the pics i filled it with more of my soil mixture.

 

[kushkommander]

they are all looking very good, including your rubbermaid cab, I finally can see how the air flows and I like the setup

 

[overmind1632]

Thanks for stoping by overmind..... I used just a regular $2.99 utility knife and a razor blade. The knife made to initial cuts then I took the razor and carefully carved the rest of the holes out. I have attached pics of the lights below. They are housed in 1 1/4 inch PVC pipe with a piece of weather stripping wrapped around the base of the clamp light so they fit snug into the PVC (this was probably the hardest part, getting the right size PVC and getting them to stay in place.) I know the middle light looks a bit crooked but thats because the top part is on its side when it sits up right the lights hang straight.

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Thanks. I'm always curious to see the ways ppl attached CFLs to rubbermaids lol. I love it.

Are those 42w 6500k CFLs? Imo, you should try to add one more if heat is not an issue. Lifeless did very well with his rubbermaid grows where he used 4 42watts in a similar setup.

Good luck

 

[lmv931]

Thanks. I'm always curious to see the ways ppl attached CFLs to rubbermaids lol. I love it.

Are those 42w 6500k CFLs? Imo, you should try to add one more if heat is not an issue. Lifeless did very well with his rubbermaid grows where he used 4 42watts in a similar setup.

Good luck

They are 27 watt (100 watt equiv) full color spectrum CFL's....not sure how many lumens I though i saved the box but couldn't find it. I originally planned on the 3 light sockets with a y spliter in the center, but the damn thing was to heavy to stay put so I scrapped the idea.

 

[lmv931]

Week 3 Update!!!!

Week 3 Update!!!!

In the past week there has been alot of changes





I'm picking up another cab from a fellow member later today and I will be fliping about 4 of them to 12/12 today. the next post will show you which ones.

 

[overmind1632]

Very nice, things are going well for you

How long you planning to veg for?

 

[lmv931]

Week 3 Update!!!!!

Week 3 Update!!!!!

Here are my bubble gum girls (note plant #5 was mislabled last week as Pearly Girl)



My out Door Cuts (which are actually Bubble gum too come to find out)



The two Pearly Girls ( The one on the right was in with the bubble gum last week)



and the casey Jones which is finally starting to re-veg



I'll be taking the two end plants from the bubble gum girls. The Left and Center out door cuts and flipping them 12/12 today. As you can tell those are kinda taking over the entire cab and the small ones need more room to grow. so hopefully another 4 weeks and the smallest ones will be ready to flip 12/12. I will probably end up putting 6 in each cab (I will post pics of the new cab tonight) Ideally I would like to make this perpetual so hopefully all will work out. Keep checking back and have a lazy sunday

 

[lmv931]

Very nice, things are going well for you

How long you planning to veg for?

the smallest ones probably could use another 3-4 weeks....but the big ones are fliping today everyone has been vegging for 3 weeks so far