Blynx's 1 sqft CFL cab & other CFL micro cabs

[blynx]

Here's the cfl scrog cab after another four days of veg.

C99 x Shire (SSSDH)

Day 18 Veg

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She's ready to start flowering. Time to change bulbs and turn the timer on.

 

[blynx]

Lights have been swapped out from daylight to soft white and the timer has been turned on.

C99 x Shire (SSSDH)

Day 00 Flower

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[NKOTS]

wow, hard training still in place.
i love how she reacts

Here's the cfl scrog cab after another four days of veg.

this is exactly what i was talking about!

happy flowering, blynx!

 

[Buddle]

Looking forward to seeing these progress Blynx

 

[blynx]

Here's the cfl scrog cab after it's first week of flowering.

C99 x Shire (SSSDH)

Day 07 Flower

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Here she is after a little more training.

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[NKOTS]

blynx, i don't see you attach the wires to the pot in much extent, so how do you train actually?
i'd guess you attach the branches to each other? (can't notice that on the pics but there is no other way, eh?).
also, do you use the pliers any more or was it just the initial stage when branching was hard and sturdy?

nice

 

[tleaf jr.]

been a while since I checked in here looking good as usual B keep dat shit up man ...don't you just love to break there necks lol

 

[testymctester]

Looking nice at 1 week Blynx! I'm tagged up to enjoy the rest of the show.

 

[blynx]

blynx, i don't see you attach the wires to the pot in much extent, so how do you train actually?
i'd guess you attach the branches to each other? (can't notice that on the pics but there is no other way, eh?).
also, do you use the pliers any more or was it just the initial stage when branching was hard and sturdy?

nice

I used a couple long twist ties to hold down the plants at the beginning, but I didn't use anymore. Overall I really don't use a lot of wires to train plants.

I really do most of the training by pinching the stems. I look at it like a 3d puzzle when I'm pinching the stems. I not only try to prevent fallen over (due to pinching) branches from touching, but also try to do it in a way that opens up some area to the bud sites down lower. You also have to keep in mind how hard to crush the stem. Sometimes I crush the stem really hard if i want it to stay horizontal or lower. Else I might lightly crush the stem to slightly slow growth of that stem and allow lower growth to receive more light.

I hardly ever use the pliers to pinch the stems. They are only used when I'm trying to crush really hard woody stems, which isn't very often.

 

[blynx]

I went out of town for a week and didn't get any second week flowering pics, so we'll jump ahead another week.

C99 x Shire (SSSDH)

Day 21 Flower

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The C99 x Shire is a branchy plant and has nicely filled in the cab.

 

[wildgrow]

I notice you have strips of reflective tape above each bulb. Is there a reason why you didn't make the entire ceiling of the cab reflective?

 

[blynx]

I notice you have strips of reflective tape above each bulb. Is there a reason why you didn't make the entire ceiling of the cab reflective?

The ceiling is painted flat white. That's what I use for reflecting light.

The tape above the lights is metal ducting tape and the reasoning at the time was for heat reflection, not light reflection. I was hoping it would help prevent the wood right above the lights from getting real hot by preventing the absorption of a bunch of direct heat. I figured the fans would work better keeping the cab cool if the heat was reflecting back somewhat into the air, than if the ceiling absorbed a bunch of heat, spread it over the entire ceiling and then radiated it back along with the lights.

That was the theory, but honestly I don't have evidence one way or the other whether its doing what I hoped it would lol.

 

[Deftoner]

Mmmmmmm c99.....I miss that pineapple smell!

 

[blynx]

Mmmmmmm c99.....I miss that pineapple smell!

The pheno I kept of this cross, C99 x Shire (SSSDH), has no pineapple or fruit smell to it.

The C99 mom is the pineapple pheno. 'Dad' was a nanner from the Shire cut, so they produced female seeds. I started two of these seeds and flowered them both out. One had a fruity C99ish smell but since I had a pineapple C99 I tossed that plant. The plant that I kept has a kinda sugary smell and then you smell Shire (SSSDH) cut smell.

 

[Deftoner]

I see. My c99 from female smelled like pineapple until about a week before harvest. It turned to that sugary smell.

 

[Hillbillie]

This is a neat thread.

 

[Deftoner]

If you want detailed scrog info then theres no better thread imo

 

[blynx]

Here's the CFL scrog cab after another week of flowering.

C99 x Shire (SSSDH)

Day 28 Flower

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[Deftoner]

What size is your soil container?

 

[testymctester]

Looks like that training is paying off nicely! I'm at 4 weeks tomorrow. How long are you letting them go?