Life got in the way of my gardens for a little while, but I'm back. During my hiatus, I was only able to hold on to 2 of my mother plants: Sadhu and Point of No Return. I was also able to top the 7 Lemon Skunks I had flowering at the time, and those are rooting in some compost plugs right now. So, basically, I'm kind of starting over again, except, I have genetics ready to go this time.
It all happens inside of a bedroom closet. We already had a carbon filter and 6" fan in there because that is where the cats litter box is. So it made sense to use the same closet to grow in. My setup consists of a small, 30" x 16" x 36" tall cabinet that I use for mothers and cuttings, lit by a 2 x 24w fluorescent fixture. A computer fan exhausts the air. Then for flowering I have a DR60 grow tent, 2' x 2' x 5' tall, lit by an air-cooled 400w MH/HPS. This one exhausts with a 6" duct booster fan. The odors from the gardens and the cat box are passed through a large carbon filter and through the wall to another room. That's my entire setup.
The first thing I did to get started up again was I changed everything over to soil and pots. That way my wife would start helping. Then I threw the PNR mother plant under the 400w metal halide, and set the timer for 12/12:
That leaves me with just one mother plant in the small cabinet, the Sadhu, which is just freshly rooted... also, the Lemon Skunk clones (along with one yellowing, spare Sadhu clone):
That at least gets me started. This will be a kind of perpetual harvest type setup now. I'm not sure what's going into the DR60 next, but for now, it's PNR by herself. I'll take cuttings from her in a week or so, in order to keep her as a mother, and I'll also be switching the bulb over to HPS. I'm considering mod scrog screens.
This will be my new ongoing journal. Feel free to comment if you'd like.
It all happens inside of a bedroom closet. We already had a carbon filter and 6" fan in there because that is where the cats litter box is. So it made sense to use the same closet to grow in. My setup consists of a small, 30" x 16" x 36" tall cabinet that I use for mothers and cuttings, lit by a 2 x 24w fluorescent fixture. A computer fan exhausts the air. Then for flowering I have a DR60 grow tent, 2' x 2' x 5' tall, lit by an air-cooled 400w MH/HPS. This one exhausts with a 6" duct booster fan. The odors from the gardens and the cat box are passed through a large carbon filter and through the wall to another room. That's my entire setup.
The first thing I did to get started up again was I changed everything over to soil and pots. That way my wife would start helping. Then I threw the PNR mother plant under the 400w metal halide, and set the timer for 12/12:
That leaves me with just one mother plant in the small cabinet, the Sadhu, which is just freshly rooted... also, the Lemon Skunk clones (along with one yellowing, spare Sadhu clone):
That at least gets me started. This will be a kind of perpetual harvest type setup now. I'm not sure what's going into the DR60 next, but for now, it's PNR by herself. I'll take cuttings from her in a week or so, in order to keep her as a mother, and I'll also be switching the bulb over to HPS. I'm considering mod scrog screens.
This will be my new ongoing journal. Feel free to comment if you'd like.
