Hey all, so I thought I'd give the whole PC Grow Box thing a try. I want to make this an extremely simple set up, because I want to grow a plant from seed to harvest before I start going crazy over thinking things. So i'm basically just using some MG Violet mix, and I do have some Earth Juice from a previous failure should my plant show any signs of a deficiency. Naturally for a small PC I went straight to 12/12 from seed. Oh and sorry for the bad quality images, I'm forced to use my phone for photos, I was hoping to have a digital camera towards the end for macros shots, but that probably won't happen.
Right now I've got 3 23watt CFLs mounted up top(2x 2700k, 1x 6500k). I did the first week with '2x 6500k and 1x 2700k', but looking back, for my next grow i'm gonna do the '2x 6500k and 1x 2700k' until it shows sex, then switch to the flowering lights. Currently the only light leak in the case is for huge on in the back for the exhaust fan. I set up a light trap for the intakes, but when I put in a light trap for the exhaust, my temps went from 74-76ish, to 95 degrees F. I did some experimenting with the fans (2x 80mm intake, 1k 120mm exhaust.), and found the best result with having the intake fans blow directly across the cfls, then I have the exhaust fan in the normal spot in the back. Next time I'll triple the power of the exhaust fans and actually use the light trap.
The plant itself is about 2-3 weeks old, honestly I forgot when I planted it. I would have documented this from the very beginning, but i've had bad luck in past grows and didn't think this would take off the way it did. It's a bagseed grow, but I was very impressed with the quality of the smoke I got from her, at least for mids.
Right after she showed sex, I topped her and tied her down, looking back for the next grow i'll start earlier with light LST, and top her before she shows sex. the completely horizontal LST that i'm going for requires that the stem still be somewhat soft and flexible.
Here's a shot of her from underneath, it looked pretty cool so I thought I'd post it.
Now one thing I've noticed with a few past failures, is that temps are everthing. I would always be in the mid 80s, and my plants would never grow, and i'm talking like a new set of leaves every 2 weeks. But this time I have decent temps, and growth took off(I know it's not the MG giving me such fast growth). But that's it for now, I'll update this as best I can for ya, so feel free to constructively criticize my setup, just bare in mind that this is a "rough draft" of a grow, and my main goal is to keep it simple.
Right now I've got 3 23watt CFLs mounted up top(2x 2700k, 1x 6500k). I did the first week with '2x 6500k and 1x 2700k', but looking back, for my next grow i'm gonna do the '2x 6500k and 1x 2700k' until it shows sex, then switch to the flowering lights. Currently the only light leak in the case is for huge on in the back for the exhaust fan. I set up a light trap for the intakes, but when I put in a light trap for the exhaust, my temps went from 74-76ish, to 95 degrees F. I did some experimenting with the fans (2x 80mm intake, 1k 120mm exhaust.), and found the best result with having the intake fans blow directly across the cfls, then I have the exhaust fan in the normal spot in the back. Next time I'll triple the power of the exhaust fans and actually use the light trap.
The plant itself is about 2-3 weeks old, honestly I forgot when I planted it. I would have documented this from the very beginning, but i've had bad luck in past grows and didn't think this would take off the way it did. It's a bagseed grow, but I was very impressed with the quality of the smoke I got from her, at least for mids.
Right after she showed sex, I topped her and tied her down, looking back for the next grow i'll start earlier with light LST, and top her before she shows sex. the completely horizontal LST that i'm going for requires that the stem still be somewhat soft and flexible.
Here's a shot of her from underneath, it looked pretty cool so I thought I'd post it.
Now one thing I've noticed with a few past failures, is that temps are everthing. I would always be in the mid 80s, and my plants would never grow, and i'm talking like a new set of leaves every 2 weeks. But this time I have decent temps, and growth took off(I know it's not the MG giving me such fast growth). But that's it for now, I'll update this as best I can for ya, so feel free to constructively criticize my setup, just bare in mind that this is a "rough draft" of a grow, and my main goal is to keep it simple.
