Rubbermaid (Non Stealth) Micro Cab

[kayaN0W]

Ahhhh....here goes Ive been a lurker for a bit now, decided to go ahead and post up wats goin on in my neck of the woods. So heres the skinny on this grow. Rescued 15 clones from a friend of mine who had an overload of clippings and a vacation coming up...so tadaaaa there i plopped in and adopted em all brad and angelina style. The plants didnt look the best simply because of his limited space and the fact that he was pretty much preparin those for a toss to the ole garbage hehe. But trust me, they are sum strong lil *shhhh*

My cab has 2 fans exhausting air on the sides, and 2 huuuge wholes cut out of the sides of the bottom tub. Temps with the closet door open are 72-74, with door closed 77-78.
My pots r setup in such a way to where i can do my submersion watering and scrog yippy skippy. I put 3 plants per pot (im of the drbud mentality *rootbounds just a state of mind kinda thang*). Let em stretch for the first week or two and then tie em down to the tops of the lil pot cage.

-Soil Mix-
FFOF
Dolomite Lime
Perlite
Sul-po-mag
Worm Castings
Chicken Shiz

-Gourmet Meal-
Kelp Extract
Liquid Fish
Superthrive

5.5 weeks into flower rite now...wish me luck hehe

Pics were taken at week 4 btw....and sorry for the blurriness, i dunno why its doin that

You can see the probs i had with deficiency/s in these pics....but dear god theyre smokin pretty stout lol.

 

[AmeriSkunk]

When I first tried to grow indoors I had a setup similar to this. Idk if you have ever flowered under cfl's but the bud density is a lil on the weak side. My advice to you is to go get at least 8 more 42w cfl's. Your stash jar will love you for that, lol.

Anyway nice looking grow. I suggest that you switch to a 150w hps or something like that for your next grow. Your harvest will actually be worth the work then. You will see what I meano when 3months of work goes up in smoke in less than a couple of weeks.

Keep it green

 

[kayaN0W]

actually grew with a 400w hps for 2 yrs...not for me with my living situation that is. Could never get enuf ventilation witout my place soundin like a dam jet plane was in the closet lol. Im more into keepin everything tiny and compact these days for sum reason, thankfully im a cheap date haha.

 

[AmeriSkunk]

"Thankfully I'm a cheap date"

Haha. I know what you mean about the jet sound. I think I could get past that now with a cool tube setup and i have some extremely silent exaust fans now i bought 4 at an estate sale for $18. Thats a steal. but I'm not even going to mess around with anything that small. The 400 I mean.

I love bob marley too. Cool banner

 

[kayaN0W]

i would actually really like to try a vertical grow with that 400...hmmmmmmmm.......one luv

 

[Applesauce]

Why are people still spouting off about "weak buds" from CFL? I would have thought after the influx of quality grows on this site that MYTH would have been put aside some time ago. You can grow just as good with your CFL if you use them CORRECTLY. Meaning, try to go with SOG, SCROG, or heavy LST, keeping your lights as close as you can without burning them. Everything else will be determined by your own ability.

 

[AmeriSkunk]

Pff dude idk what your spouting off about. I never said the buds are weak. I said that they don't nug up like they do under an hps and that you don't get near as much weight per watt. And as far as my abulity goes. I have busted 1g per watt fella, consistantly at that. I have grown plants big enough that the colas would hide my face under a 400 so my ability isn't in question.

And I have scrogged sogged and lst'd under cfl's. You just don't get much and to me its not worth it for why I grow.

But I'm not here to bicker, just for friendly conversation.

I have never been much on vert grows. I do think the circular grow cabs are pretty efficient and stadium verts are pretty cool too. I remember seeing the very first original stadium grow on here years back.

Peace

 

[Applesauce]

I'm not calling you out nor saying you're a shit grower, but you couldn't be more wrong about properly grown CFL bud. Look through some of the micro grows and you will see people pushing or surpassing 1g/w and this is premo nug. The only thing making your CFL bud less dense would be heat or poor placement (too far from bulbs). If you zone them in, pound for pound CFL light spectrum is spot on for growing MJ and will serve you well.

 

[Purple Monster]

Look through some of the micro grows and you will see people pushing or surpassing 1g/w and this is premo nug.

Where's the CFL grows "surpassing 1g/w"?

There are none. Just claims.



The best I have seen is about .7g/w consistently with CFLs.

 

[kayaN0W]

ummm, so im guessin nobodies too into my lil setup lol orrrrr........hell im just havin fun wit it.

 

[Applesauce]

There are none? So you are saying a tightly packed CFL SOG cannot hit 1gpw?

 

[Applesauce]

And kaya, I am watching as I do most micro grows. One thing I will say right now is watch the superthrive. I realize DrBud advocates it, but I have seen it not only add a lot of stretch but more importantly deform buds in flowering.. in my opinion.

 

[Purple Monster]

There are none? So you are saying a tightly packed CFL SOG cannot hit 1gpw?

Go find me a grow on here start to finish with 1gpw under CFLs. I will save you the time though, because it's not going to happen. You will find some .6g/w and maybe .7g/w though, and those are dialed into perfection.

It would be very rare, to achieve or surpass 1gpw regularly under CFLs. I consider myself a rather good grower and my best is still around .7g/w under CFLs.


Sorry OP, not trying to highjack your thread.. hehe. your plants look good.

 

[kayaN0W]

im rockin the ST at 2 drops per gallon...im trying to control myself hehe. Ive got my lil cab packed so tight and close to the lights that i havent had probs wit stretch thank god. ill def keep that in mind tho, hadnt heard that about ST.

 

[Applesauce]

I have seen it do weird things. From giving an extra few inches of stretch to really making the buds look odd.

 

[Purple Monster]

When I first tried to grow indoors I had a setup similar to this. Idk if you have ever flowered under cfl's but the bud density is a lil on the weak side. My advice to you is to go get at least 8 more 42w cfl's. Your stash jar will love you for that, lol.

Anyway nice looking grow. I suggest that you switch to a 150w hps or something like that for your next grow. Your harvest will actually be worth the work then. You will see what I meano when 3months of work goes up in smoke in less than a couple of weeks.

Keep it green

cfl bud density!

looks fine to me!

 

[kayaN0W]

Awwww my widdle babies doin their mornin stretch.

 

[311devon]

Wassup Kaya...nice lil thread my brother.

Now I must weigh in on this whole cfl/lack of density/sub 1g/w issue. I have been running a Dr Bud sog for almost a year now and if i werent lazy and kept the sog ticking like a clock i would easily bust 1.5g/w. I average 7g dry per cut at 75% of the cabs potential density with fungus gnats and mag issues. 7g/cut is 1.03g/w in my system. With the biggest cut to date coming in at 14 dry, 1.5/w is very feasible. The nugs that come out of this cab are trichome laden, very sticky/stinky and DENSE. When you drop them on a metal tray it sounds like felt covered marbles. I'm talking a pronounced "PONK." Most importantly, when you smoke them, they get ya higher than giraffe pussy. Kaya can attest to these #'s and quality. I actually pissed him off when my cfl nugs were as dense or denser than his grown under HPS. When used correctly, cfl's make some killer nugs. You're not gonna grow trees or pull big single crop/plant yields due to our old friend, the inverse square law, but if you are willing to have alot of lil plants instead of a few big ones, a cfl sog can be very productive. I could pull 35g dry/week if I just got disciplined about taking and potting cuts every week. That's with 7 x42w cfls in a 2.7ft cab......Just my $.02, take what ya like and leave the rest.

 

[AmeriSkunk]

guys I know busting 1g per watt isnt that hard with cfl's. but I want to point out something that everyone seems to be overlooking and it really is a simple explanation. Cfl's make more lumens per watt than hps lights, which explains why people are busting 1gpw.

All I was trying to tell him is that I think he will be dissapointed with the overall harvest. Not the quality, definately not the flavor, just 3-4 months of work for an oz or less of dank. I know its good smoke fellas, but to me I would rather use a hps and harvest 1lb+ in three months rather that grow a tiny ammount. But to each his own. Like I said before nice grow

Keep us posted with pix

 

[Purple Monster]

guys I know busting 1g per watt isnt that hard with cfl's. but I want to point out something that everyone seems to be overlooking and it really is a simple explanation. Cfl's make more lumens per watt than hps lights, which explains why people are busting 1gpw.

All I was trying to tell him is that I think he will be dissapointed with the overall harvest. Not the quality, definately not the flavor, just 3-4 months of work for an oz or less of dank. I know its good smoke fellas, but to me I would rather use a hps and harvest 1lb+ in three months rather that grow a tiny ammount. But to each his own. Like I said before nice grow

Keep us posted with pix

Dude, what are you even talking about? NOBODY is BUSTING 1g per watt. LOL. I am not trying to bust anyones balls, it's just not easy, and thats why you don't see ANY grows on this site, ANYWHERE, with ANY documented evidence of such.

CFLs DO NOT make more lumens per watt than hps lights, you are extremely confused.

a 1000w hortilux hps bulb puts out 145,000 lumens (145 lumens per watt)
a 42w cfl bulb puts out 2700 lumens (ONLY 64 lumens per watt)

Seriously stop giving terrible advice, because it is wrong, and it is indeed terrible, and I am here to correct you. Thank you, come again.