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So here is where I will document my first indoor grow. Although this is my first indoor grow, I have grown outdoors in the past. Unfortunately, despite having a healthy fast vigorous growing plant, within 1 day a swarm of grasshoppers took out my 3 foot tree to be, despite organic pest spray=(
So, after lurking here and there for roughly a year I am finally starting my indoor adventure. Currently I am in a temporary location, so my actual grow operation wont take shape until the fall.
Today my task was to pull out the best looking seeds for propagation. Before ordering strong genetics, I am starting with bag seed from a friend (both fortunately and unfortunately I have not found a single seed in any of my own cannabis purchases I have had in nearly a year).
Most of the seeds were not viable and didn’t crack, but I managed to get 3 to sprout
Expecting 3 different growth patterns and most likely a mix of genders, I am hoping to find a few healthy and prosperous mothers.
Germinating the seeds, I scuffed the edges of the seam along the seeds, and then moisten in a warm bagged paper towel for germination contained in a light proof box with a lamp on it to stay warm.
Sorry for not having pictures of this…
After some time (4 weeks almost 5..i think?) I finally have my cabinet almost finished.
I need to add a door system, ventilation arrives Monday (had to send back the fan they first received because of a broken fan blade), the bottom needs to be added as well as a carbon scrubber and light proofing.
During the times without, the seeds after germination were placed outside in an upside down clear plastic storage container, where the received warm south eastern summer heat/humidity…after those three seeds broke surface ( 2 potted in beer pong plastic cups and one in a jiffy pot buried in the surface of Jiffy seedling soil) I then moved them into a temp. closet home. With 2 CFL 13 watt lamps right above them and 1 incandescent (I didn’t want to spend the money on another CFL as I was placing orders for my cabinet current almost finished). First I used white paper to surround them for light reflection, then once the mylar arrived first, I used that.
Growth was fast despite crappy lighting, 2 of the plants (all of them are random genetics)had green stems, while the third had a bright purple stem. All leaves began lush and green, until 1 seedling early on began to yellow out and with a dull brown watercolorish tinge on the leaves (at this time, plants were only watered with plain tap water that was let sit out 48hours prior (ph reading around 6.5-7 I think?). at this point I really was not impressed with the soil and began researching my implications. During this time, I began 1/4th the instructed dose of miracle grow fert. To my larger plant (it popped soil a week before I germed the other 2)
As far as the soil went, I added a teaspoon of bone meal and blood meal hoping for some improvement….the yellowing seedling improved a lot and after stripping away its brown dry dead 1st set of fan leaves (I cut them around 80% completely off as most of the leaf was dead) all the rest have been deep lush green…in fact in the pictures it’s the best looking one….and the largest now although the stem has greened out.
The next issue arisen, when the 1st plant 3-4weeks old ish began having what looked like was the same prob. the other seedling had…though it may be that I nute burned it, i purchased fox farm ocean forest and transplanted all the plants into larger pots. The soil mix contains pebbles from a pebble garden outside (I boiled the pebbles for 12min to avoid contamination) filling the bottom inch of the pot for drainage, followed by ocean forest and then more pebbles to support the stems better. Before the oldest got nute burned I had began experimenting with lst and slight stem mutilation…all which it took too nicely and I saw improvements in the plant….up until the nute burn….now that they have been transplanted they all look WAY happier…in fact, none of them got stressed during the transplant. I flushed the oldest all the way to the root ball and even it showed no signs of stress. After a few days I FIM the larger nute burned plant (at this point all new growth is lush green) and as of know I believe I may have done it correctly with 4+ new shoots, all though I cant quite tell yet as the plant is being extensively LSTed…so far its showing the fastest shoot growth coming from the horizontal LSTed merristem.
The cabinet is now being built, the specs are:
-18in wide x 16 inches deep x 26in tall. Purchased for $10 at His House where it was donated.
-the cabinet covered in 2mil Mylar that was glued using spray adhesive on the correct sized cut foam board. The foam board allows easier cleaning and easier mounting of the mylar as well as providing a slight extra light trapping/insulation…and hopefully a little sound blocking.)
-I have 1 Fulham WorkHorse 8 2G11 ballast mounted on the back
-4 PL-L lights will be running in the cab (1 on each side for 360 degree lighting...ill prob. add an additional light on the very top.
- 2 4100K PL-L bulbs as seen in the "High Pod" are being used for both veg. and flower.-
for an additional more specific spectrum i also am using 2 3000K bulbs for flower and 6400K for veg. ( the cab will have 2x 4100k and 2x 6400k for veg, and when i flower, the 2x 6400k bulbs will be swapped with for the 2 3000k bulbs)…as it sits, I need to figure out a door system, this cabs layout is really shitty for doing this with all the craftsmanship on the side and shit…debating on hinging the whole front panel (but the front legs are attached to that and it makes it more of a PITA, tho more stealth I guess…the other option is weather stripping both front drawer pieces and sliding them in….less secure and maybe harder or easier to light proof but this I am still trying to sort out…he biggest issue with that idea though is, it makes it very difficult to mount the 4th light.
The fan I have is:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/sidewindercomputers_2110_5608910
Controlled by:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/sidewindercomputers/25watt1.jpg
figuring out wiring was difficult at first because the fan had 3 wires and the controller 4 wires (2 black, 1 yellow, and a red…the 2 black threw me off)…finally got it sorted out , until I realized the 25dollar power adapter I ordered had the ground wire INSIDE the hot wire…seriously…plastic tugging surrounded 1 wire, while a mess of stringy copper covered the outside….frustrated I managed to find a spare adapter from a roommate…(UGH waste of money on the adapter) that had a much friendlier wiring system…got everything wired up and working and then I noticed the broken fan blade….so I sent that back and the new one should be here Monday…I still need to light proof everything, finish ventilation, put in the fan and place the bottom in the cab with the cool tubes leading into the passive intake surrounded by blacked out PVC light trap intake inlets, the door needs to be sorted, and the 4th light needs to be wired and mounted….as of right now the plants couldn’t be happier with the new lighting and reflection…been checking every 30min just to make sure I didn’t eff up on wiring and start a fire….paranoid.
Now for the pictures! Sorry for all the words, I wish I had more pictures but im stuck here with only a cam. Phone…so if its to much to read, I apologize, if this is not for you, it is certainly for me to hopefully further my experience and to be able to reflect on the ins and outs of my gardening skills.…more to follow as things progress!
**high as shit so I will edit this tomorrow for errors**
the plant with the yellow tipped leaves showed the fastest growth, 3 weeks old i introduced miracle grow fert. (only a 1/4 of a dose mixed in a gallon jug)..well that and the shitty jiffy peat starter seedling soil caused massive burn...i since, have transplanted them all into fox farm ocean forest with an inch of those pebble (all boiled to prevent contamination) on the bottom for drainage...all plants are being LST, and the nute burned one has been FIM...soon to be the rest as well...so far they LOVE the new soil and lights/reflection! All are showing healthy new growth
The cab is obviously not finished...alot of work still needs to take place, but atleast i can use these lights for the time being!
how do u guys light proof the entry that all the wires go through (my ballast is attached to the back out of site, keeping the temps a little lower
without the lights on...a little bit more of a view of the micro cab without the glare of the lights...sorry for the shitty cam. phone picks...but it at least gives the right idea
Damn anyone else notice how bright these are...when i first plugged it in i almost blinded myself...saw green spot for 15min lol....im going to be great friends with my polarized sunglasses these lights Rock!
So here is where I will document my first indoor grow. Although this is my first indoor grow, I have grown outdoors in the past. Unfortunately, despite having a healthy fast vigorous growing plant, within 1 day a swarm of grasshoppers took out my 3 foot tree to be, despite organic pest spray=(
So, after lurking here and there for roughly a year I am finally starting my indoor adventure. Currently I am in a temporary location, so my actual grow operation wont take shape until the fall.
Today my task was to pull out the best looking seeds for propagation. Before ordering strong genetics, I am starting with bag seed from a friend (both fortunately and unfortunately I have not found a single seed in any of my own cannabis purchases I have had in nearly a year).
Most of the seeds were not viable and didn’t crack, but I managed to get 3 to sprout
Expecting 3 different growth patterns and most likely a mix of genders, I am hoping to find a few healthy and prosperous mothers.
Germinating the seeds, I scuffed the edges of the seam along the seeds, and then moisten in a warm bagged paper towel for germination contained in a light proof box with a lamp on it to stay warm.
Sorry for not having pictures of this…
After some time (4 weeks almost 5..i think?) I finally have my cabinet almost finished.
I need to add a door system, ventilation arrives Monday (had to send back the fan they first received because of a broken fan blade), the bottom needs to be added as well as a carbon scrubber and light proofing.
During the times without, the seeds after germination were placed outside in an upside down clear plastic storage container, where the received warm south eastern summer heat/humidity…after those three seeds broke surface ( 2 potted in beer pong plastic cups and one in a jiffy pot buried in the surface of Jiffy seedling soil) I then moved them into a temp. closet home. With 2 CFL 13 watt lamps right above them and 1 incandescent (I didn’t want to spend the money on another CFL as I was placing orders for my cabinet current almost finished). First I used white paper to surround them for light reflection, then once the mylar arrived first, I used that.
Growth was fast despite crappy lighting, 2 of the plants (all of them are random genetics)had green stems, while the third had a bright purple stem. All leaves began lush and green, until 1 seedling early on began to yellow out and with a dull brown watercolorish tinge on the leaves (at this time, plants were only watered with plain tap water that was let sit out 48hours prior (ph reading around 6.5-7 I think?). at this point I really was not impressed with the soil and began researching my implications. During this time, I began 1/4th the instructed dose of miracle grow fert. To my larger plant (it popped soil a week before I germed the other 2)
As far as the soil went, I added a teaspoon of bone meal and blood meal hoping for some improvement….the yellowing seedling improved a lot and after stripping away its brown dry dead 1st set of fan leaves (I cut them around 80% completely off as most of the leaf was dead) all the rest have been deep lush green…in fact in the pictures it’s the best looking one….and the largest now although the stem has greened out.
The next issue arisen, when the 1st plant 3-4weeks old ish began having what looked like was the same prob. the other seedling had…though it may be that I nute burned it, i purchased fox farm ocean forest and transplanted all the plants into larger pots. The soil mix contains pebbles from a pebble garden outside (I boiled the pebbles for 12min to avoid contamination) filling the bottom inch of the pot for drainage, followed by ocean forest and then more pebbles to support the stems better. Before the oldest got nute burned I had began experimenting with lst and slight stem mutilation…all which it took too nicely and I saw improvements in the plant….up until the nute burn….now that they have been transplanted they all look WAY happier…in fact, none of them got stressed during the transplant. I flushed the oldest all the way to the root ball and even it showed no signs of stress. After a few days I FIM the larger nute burned plant (at this point all new growth is lush green) and as of know I believe I may have done it correctly with 4+ new shoots, all though I cant quite tell yet as the plant is being extensively LSTed…so far its showing the fastest shoot growth coming from the horizontal LSTed merristem.
The cabinet is now being built, the specs are:
-18in wide x 16 inches deep x 26in tall. Purchased for $10 at His House where it was donated.
-the cabinet covered in 2mil Mylar that was glued using spray adhesive on the correct sized cut foam board. The foam board allows easier cleaning and easier mounting of the mylar as well as providing a slight extra light trapping/insulation…and hopefully a little sound blocking.)
-I have 1 Fulham WorkHorse 8 2G11 ballast mounted on the back
-4 PL-L lights will be running in the cab (1 on each side for 360 degree lighting...ill prob. add an additional light on the very top.
- 2 4100K PL-L bulbs as seen in the "High Pod" are being used for both veg. and flower.-
for an additional more specific spectrum i also am using 2 3000K bulbs for flower and 6400K for veg. ( the cab will have 2x 4100k and 2x 6400k for veg, and when i flower, the 2x 6400k bulbs will be swapped with for the 2 3000k bulbs)…as it sits, I need to figure out a door system, this cabs layout is really shitty for doing this with all the craftsmanship on the side and shit…debating on hinging the whole front panel (but the front legs are attached to that and it makes it more of a PITA, tho more stealth I guess…the other option is weather stripping both front drawer pieces and sliding them in….less secure and maybe harder or easier to light proof but this I am still trying to sort out…he biggest issue with that idea though is, it makes it very difficult to mount the 4th light.
The fan I have is:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/sidewindercomputers_2110_5608910
Controlled by:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/sidewindercomputers/25watt1.jpg
figuring out wiring was difficult at first because the fan had 3 wires and the controller 4 wires (2 black, 1 yellow, and a red…the 2 black threw me off)…finally got it sorted out , until I realized the 25dollar power adapter I ordered had the ground wire INSIDE the hot wire…seriously…plastic tugging surrounded 1 wire, while a mess of stringy copper covered the outside….frustrated I managed to find a spare adapter from a roommate…(UGH waste of money on the adapter) that had a much friendlier wiring system…got everything wired up and working and then I noticed the broken fan blade….so I sent that back and the new one should be here Monday…I still need to light proof everything, finish ventilation, put in the fan and place the bottom in the cab with the cool tubes leading into the passive intake surrounded by blacked out PVC light trap intake inlets, the door needs to be sorted, and the 4th light needs to be wired and mounted….as of right now the plants couldn’t be happier with the new lighting and reflection…been checking every 30min just to make sure I didn’t eff up on wiring and start a fire….paranoid.
Now for the pictures! Sorry for all the words, I wish I had more pictures but im stuck here with only a cam. Phone…so if its to much to read, I apologize, if this is not for you, it is certainly for me to hopefully further my experience and to be able to reflect on the ins and outs of my gardening skills.…more to follow as things progress!
**high as shit so I will edit this tomorrow for errors**
the plant with the yellow tipped leaves showed the fastest growth, 3 weeks old i introduced miracle grow fert. (only a 1/4 of a dose mixed in a gallon jug)..well that and the shitty jiffy peat starter seedling soil caused massive burn...i since, have transplanted them all into fox farm ocean forest with an inch of those pebble (all boiled to prevent contamination) on the bottom for drainage...all plants are being LST, and the nute burned one has been FIM...soon to be the rest as well...so far they LOVE the new soil and lights/reflection! All are showing healthy new growth
The cab is obviously not finished...alot of work still needs to take place, but atleast i can use these lights for the time being!
how do u guys light proof the entry that all the wires go through (my ballast is attached to the back out of site, keeping the temps a little lower
without the lights on...a little bit more of a view of the micro cab without the glare of the lights...sorry for the shitty cam. phone picks...but it at least gives the right idea
Damn anyone else notice how bright these are...when i first plugged it in i almost blinded myself...saw green spot for 15min lol....im going to be great friends with my polarized sunglasses these lights Rock!
