Cwilly006's First MicroCab Grow!

[cwilly006]

Hey guys,

Finally got my babies from my buddy and my cabinet finished (Except Filter)

My box is as follows.

Two 6500K CFL Lights rated at 100w
CLW 100w BloomBooster
4 PC Fans rated at 47.28 CFM's with a static pressure of 4.78mm

My friend gave me two 3 week old Incredibud Plants. These plants were in rockwool so I just put it directly into my soil (Using Fox Farm Ocean Forest.) I then watered the soil which may have been my first problem because the rockwool cube was already wet. The plants got transplanted on 9/18. I am worried that they may have been overwatered as they are still looking droopy. Is this normal or should I be worried? I tried uploading photos but they always get uploaded with the wrong orientation. I am off to work now but I will post pictures of my box and the plants. Thanks for everyones help along the way and I look forward to keeping everyone updated with my progress.

Cheers guys!!

 

[cwilly006]

Update for Pictures. Just got home from work. Still looking droopy but maybe coming back to life (Can't really tell...)

Closed box (Still need to add filter on inside of exhaust so light will be blocked)



Open box right after transplant



Open box (Picture taken today)



Two pictures of plant take today

 

[Widow Maker]

what are temps at the tops of the plants? also, looks like maybe overwatering.

 

[Widow Maker]

could also just be adjusting from beeing cloned in rockwool.. what PH water are u using? with foxfarm u should have ph of 6-6.5 after adding nutes

 

[cwilly006]

Temperature is probably 75 at the top of the plants. PH of water has been right between 6.0 and 6.5. Haven't added any nutrients. I think it's a combo of overwatering, transplanting and going from T5's to CFL's and LED's

 

[cwilly006]

So my buddy came over this morning to take a look at the plants. Says everything looks ok and although they are droopy it's not too bad. He proceeded to thin out the lower parts of the plants to make a better canopy. Here is a picture that I just took from today. About to order some foliar sprays and neem oil as well.

 

[cwilly006]

Well yesterday I did my first water since the transplant and first feeding. Also built and installed my scrubber.

Open Box with Plants



Carbon Scrubber



Plant 1



Plant 2



Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

 

[cwilly006]

Quick update. Transplanted into bigger homes two days ago. Yellowing is not getting any worse so that makes me feel good. Did a little cutting of the lower canopy today. Probably switch to flower in a few days if they are still looking good.

 

[cwilly006]

6 Weeks

6 Weeks

Small update. Plants are 6 weeks old now. Really seem to be liking their new homes. I did some more cutting and tying down to try and make as much of a canopy as possible. Going to wait until it is time to water again and do a flush then switch into flower so probably 3 days from now. My buddy says this strain takes about 8 weeks to finish so we shall see. Getting very excited now! Well here is a picture.

 

[cwilly006]

Day 2 Flower

Day 2 Flower

Ended up switching to flower recently. Really starting to stretch already. Before switching I flushed with 2.5 gallons of water for each plant and then did a regular feeding and foliar spray. It is so awesome to look at them after the lights come on and they are just reaching for the light. Now 8 weeks to go hopefully and they will be ready to chop!

 

[Widow Maker]

looking nice and healthy friend, well done. Expect to see full flowers between days 6 and 10.

How are your lights on / lights off temps at the tops of the plants?


careful with those solubles. You may only want to use the beastie bloomz and cha-ching.. use extremely sparingly, start with like 1/8 tsp and if they react ok, up to a 1/4tsp but never more.


good luck, lookn great

~WM

 

[cwilly006]

looking nice and healthy friend, well done. Expect to see full flowers between days 6 and 10.

How are your lights on / lights off temps at the tops of the plants?


careful with those solubles. You may only want to use the beastie bloomz and cha-ching.. use extremely sparingly, start with like 1/8 tsp and if they react ok, up to a 1/4tsp but never more.


good luck, lookn great

~WM

Thanks again for everything! They are looking quite healthy and still stretching away. As far as my temps go they are 61 - 62 with the lights off and 70 - 73 with the lights on. Think this is working pretty well. As the temps here get colder I will be putting an oil heater in my room to keep the box temps up.

 

[cwilly006]

Day 7 Flower - 8 Weeks 2 Days Old

Day 7 Flower - 8 Weeks 2 Days Old

Hey guys. Quick update. Babies are stretching away and starting to look real nice. They have stretched around 3.5 inches so far. Starting to show pistils all over the place. Will probably do a feeding later today or early tomorrow. Just got the solubles so I will be using those sparingly with this feeding. The canopy is starting to get quite thick and filling up the box nicely. Well here is a picture!

 

[RosettaStoned]

They look really healthy, especially for a first grow, well done It only gets better from here!

 

[cwilly006]

Thanks RS!! Having a great time doing this! I took an Intro to Horticulture class in college so I have grown other plants a little bit.

 

[cwilly006]

Day 14 Flower - 9 Weeks Old

Day 14 Flower - 9 Weeks Old

Hey guys, quick flower update. So far since switching to flower they have stretched 8 inches so they are currently at 19 inches. Everything is looking very healthy and little buds are popping up everywhere. I watered with plain water yesterday. I did defoliated on Monday the 28th and since then all the buds on the lower sites have been slowly catching up to the upper buds. About to order 2 Y splitters so I can add 2 2700k CFL's. I want to get as much out of this as possible. Well here are some shots.

 

[hush]

Two 6500K CFL Lights rated at 100w

Those aren't 100w CFLs. It's misleading to state the nonsensical "equivalent to 100 watts" marketing gimmick printed on the package. I'm guessing those are 23 watt bulbs? Which is fine, don't get me wrong! I am about to harvest an ounce or so from under 4 x 23w CFLs. They definitely work! But in the interest of truth, I just thought it should be mentioned.

Awesome grow you got here.

 

[cwilly006]

Those aren't 100w CFLs. It's misleading to state the nonsensical "equivalent to 100 watts" marketing gimmick printed on the package. I'm guessing those are 23 watt bulbs? Which is fine, don't get me wrong! I am about to harvest an ounce or so from under 4 x 23w CFLs. They definitely work! But in the interest of truth, I just thought it should be mentioned.

Awesome grow you got here.

Thanks for the props on my grow!! Great to get some good feedback!! I have been following your grow and many others to learn as much as possible. Yea I was aware of wattage figures, don't know why I have been putting the 100w figure. Probably because it makes me feel like my grow is bigger than it is. In time, in time haha. But in the interest of truth they are the 23w bulbs so I will have four 23w (Two 6500k and Two 2700k) and my 100w California Light Works LED (85w Power Draw) in a 1.5' x 1.5' space. Hoping to pull around 2 but as it is my first grow I will be happy with whatever. Thanks for stopping by!

 

[#1cheesebuds]

what a cool looken garden u got. how r u liking the leds?

 

[cwilly006]

what a cool looken garden u got. how r u liking the leds?

Thanks #1cheesebuds!! Has been really cool setting it all up. I am loving the LED's so far, allow me to keep my temperatures and electric bill down. I have not had any experience growing with other lights so I cannot comment on how they compare. My buddy should be pulling his Incredibud soon so I plan on saving some and seeing how mine compares to his. He does Hydro under HPS so it should be interesting. Thanks for stopping by!