Pc Bonsai Mother Box

[soundofzen]

I have put together a pc grow box that I will use as my mother box. I plan on lst-ing and cropping the hell out of the two mothers I will have in there. I orderd South African Kwazulu(World of seeds) and one Ice cream(Paradise seeds) from the single seed center on 05/20. We shall see how long it takes for the seeds to get here.

The pc box itself will use cfls, a total of 134 actual watts and it has two small desk top fans for exhaust. Temps stay around 88F. I know that a bit high so I will be ordering some 80cfm computer fans in the near future.

Hear are the pics. The seeds got here yesterday so I went ahead and planted them. Ill have pictures of them after they sprout.

Im interested to see how well I will be able to train the Kwazulu, its supposed to be a monster sativa.

 

[Fuzz420]

Nice setup. I would down size to 1 big bulb and 2 small ones, or just the two small ones. You really dont need too much power in Veg. You can save the high power bulbs and higher wattage for flower, and coincidentally the temps will drop as a result. Save the fan for flowering so you can run more watts

 

[soundofzen]

thanks for that idea, it actually makes sense. Ill do a temp test with two more 26 watts instead of the 42 watts

 

[soundofzen]

I check the box when i woke up this morning and both seedlings are starting to come up. As soon as they open all of the way I will post some pics

 

[thehappyguy]

how are temps now? and you don't really need 100w of light in there, you're not trying to make your mothers big. use like two or three of the 26w

 

[soundofzen]

temps are down to 80

 

[soundofzen]

here are a few pics of the girls. The first two are the ice cream and the second two are the kwazulu. One pic was taken last night the other this morning.

The kwazulu has is stretching a bit. It might be the amount of light or maybe its just exhibiting its sativa dominant nature.

 

[Cozy Amnesia]

134 watts for a mother? Unless you're in a hurry for clones, thats overkill.

 

[soundofzen]

134 watts for a mother? Unless you're in a hurry for clones, thats overkill.

its down to 104 watts. i switched out the two 42's for 26's.

 

[wouldubreakfree]

 

[soundofzen]

update. first pic is Ice cream second is kwazulu

Im still a bit worried about the stretch in the kwazulu....

 

[dsbabydaddy]

yeah theirs a big difference between the two of them

 

[rushchaser]

you can always fill in some more soil to stabilize it, seems like you have the room in the pot

 

[soundofzen]

yeah, if it keeps stretching i probably will fill it in with more soil

 

[soundofzen]

my girls are doing well. I started to give them a very light dose of some generic plant food I found at the local hardware store. As they get bigger I will up the dosage. The kwazulu has stopped its stretching and is looking fine.

 

[rushchaser]

 

[slackx]

Bro get a hacksaw and take all that extra chassis of the pc out.

 

[soundofzen]

Bro get a hacksaw and take all that extra chassis of the pc out.

i will most likely do that in the future but for now I dont need or want too. The whole point of this grow is to have nice, small, lst'ed and topped bonsai mothers. If they out grow that space then my goal for the grow has failed. That being said, I have another pc that is bigger that I will transfer the plants to if need be.

 

[slackx]

i will most likely do that in the future but for now I dont need or want too. The whole point of this grow is to have nice, small, lst'ed and topped bonsai mothers. If they out grow that space then my goal for the grow has failed. That being said, I have another pc that is bigger that I will transfer the plants to if need be.

More room = more moms

 

[soundofzen]

updates!!!
yall should be able to figure out which is which by the pics.


when do you guys think I will be able to take cuttings without stressing the plant to much