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starke · 03-07-2017, 07:09 PM

A dremel with a cut-off wheel works wonders on all of them. Did 16 of the Phillips bulbs for my open air veg light strip in about 10 minutes. Love your cabinet. I'm a big fan of micro grows so I'll tag along. Good luck.

Parallax · 03-10-2017, 02:50 AM

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Nice cab! Looking forward to seeing the Blue Mystic take off and fill up the cab.

Thanks blynx

I probably couldn't and wouldn't have done it without you!

Many thanks to everyone else chiming in how to remove the dome.... it still seems a bit of a daunting task (the sawing option possibly the safest but still....) so I think Ill leave it for now. Let's see how they will grow with the dome on - and how close they can get to the lights without bleaching.

Parallax · 03-10-2017, 03:05 AM

Okay so I installed the screen this morning.

I used this metal screen with 2" holes from the dollar store which fits exactly in the cabinet. Chopsticks seemed like a good way to hold it up in the air - they're cheap, strong, have the right length and they have an opening on the top which really holds the screen. Most importantly I think is the black wire that holds the screen down, without it the plant would push the screen up I think. I drilled a hole in the container and attached the wire before filling it up with soil.

I also wrapped some duct tape at the bottom of the chopsticks just as a precaution but I think it'll take at least a few grows before they start to rot.
The screen is 5" above the soil, there's a enough room to put my hands under it to train. The distance from the screen to the bottom of the bulbs is 12.5".

bsgospel · 03-10-2017, 03:48 AM

I dig it- very resourceful. Is the rack nickel or something similar? Couldn't hurt to set aside some tape to coat it. I've seen metal racks that have rusted in the past.

Parallax · 03-10-2017, 04:04 AM

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I dig it- very resourceful. Is the rack nickel or something similar? Couldn't hurt to set aside some tape to coat it. I've seen metal racks that have rusted in the past.

Cheers that's a good point! I'm not sure what it is exactly but considering this price it's probably of a lower quality so yes I think it will rust over time. I probably should either tape or spray paint it one day.

bsgospel · 03-10-2017, 04:11 AM

Shit- if it's a dollar store find, just buy a few and see how they do in the dishwasher (flaking/chipping/degredation/whathaveyou)

Parallax · 03-14-2017, 02:16 AM

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Shit- if it's a dollar store find, just buy a few and see how they do in the dishwasher (flaking/chipping/degredation/whathaveyou)

Haha I don't have a dishwasher but yeah they're dirt cheap so guess would be nice to have few spare ones. I will try to avoid getting the screen in contact with water when fertilising cause I read somewhere it can chemically interfere with the fertiliser.

Parallax · 03-14-2017, 02:31 AM

Another picture - she's under 78w now - 5x 2700k and 1x6500k. I decided to increase light because I didn't really see a lot of growth with one 6500k bulb. With the added 5 she seems to really take off. Not really stretching though but that's okay. Temp around 75 degrees F now, night around 60.

I will start flowering in two weeks - I probably could wait longer to really fill up the screen better but I have to finish this grow by the end of May.

What's the small yellow leaf in the bottom left? Is that nute burn? I haven't really been fertilising yet, mostly relying on the nutes in the soil mix which shouldn't be very strong. Only feeding her rice water (the whitish water when you rinse the uncooked rice) mixed with bokashi juice to increase microbial life. Will do this every other watering. Also giving her a foliar neem oil spray every week.

HuffnPufferfish · 03-14-2017, 06:49 PM

if its household stuff it should be stainless

n_d_ledz · 03-15-2017, 05:07 PM

nice buildout and I like that screen! awesome cheap, effective find!

03-07-2017, 07:09 PM	#21
starke Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Between Key West and Perdido Key Posts: 669	A dremel with a cut-off wheel works wonders on all of them. Did 16 of the Phillips bulbs for my open air veg light strip in about 10 minutes. Love your cabinet. I'm a big fan of micro grows so I'll tag along. Good luck. __________________ “We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.” ~Robert Wilensky "Spread the knowledge, be humble if you don't know, be helpful if you do, if you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically, and overgrow the world." (SuperWeed 2017) "Always keep in mind that when the hearse pulls up to pick you up, there is no trunk or luggage rack on that bitch." (Author unknown) Current Grow: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....343153&page=20 Page 20 forward
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03-10-2017, 03:05 AM	#23
Parallax Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 63	The screen Okay so I installed the screen this morning. I used this metal screen with 2" holes from the dollar store which fits exactly in the cabinet. Chopsticks seemed like a good way to hold it up in the air - they're cheap, strong, have the right length and they have an opening on the top which really holds the screen. Most importantly I think is the black wire that holds the screen down, without it the plant would push the screen up I think. I drilled a hole in the container and attached the wire before filling it up with soil. I also wrapped some duct tape at the bottom of the chopsticks just as a precaution but I think it'll take at least a few grows before they start to rot. The screen is 5" above the soil, there's a enough room to put my hands under it to train. The distance from the screen to the bottom of the bulbs is 12.5".
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03-10-2017, 03:48 AM	#24
bsgospel Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 398	I dig it- very resourceful. Is the rack nickel or something similar? Couldn't hurt to set aside some tape to coat it. I've seen metal racks that have rusted in the past. __________________ It's time for a revolution, but probably not in the terms that people imagine it. The word conjures up images of— a modern day version of peasants going into the street with their pitch forks to go after the bad guy who lives in a big house and we're gonna get that son-of-a-bitch and we'll take all the stuff from him and we'll give it to the workers. That's not the kind of revolution I had in mind. I thought that it might be nice if it was handled a little bit more modern and efficient way, without people getting slaughtered. It's a matter of infiltration…The people who are in control of the media, the government that run the lives of the average person in the street. They aren't doing a good job 'cause they don't really care. The potential is there in the younger generation. Right now they’re not really interested. Their political involvement is on a very superficial basis. They go out for the social aspects of a march or a rally rather than for what it could possibly accomplish. -FZ
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03-10-2017, 04:11 AM	#26
bsgospel Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 398	Shit- if it's a dollar store find, just buy a few and see how they do in the dishwasher (flaking/chipping/degredation/whathaveyou) __________________ It's time for a revolution, but probably not in the terms that people imagine it. The word conjures up images of— a modern day version of peasants going into the street with their pitch forks to go after the bad guy who lives in a big house and we're gonna get that son-of-a-bitch and we'll take all the stuff from him and we'll give it to the workers. That's not the kind of revolution I had in mind. I thought that it might be nice if it was handled a little bit more modern and efficient way, without people getting slaughtered. It's a matter of infiltration…The people who are in control of the media, the government that run the lives of the average person in the street. They aren't doing a good job 'cause they don't really care. The potential is there in the younger generation. Right now they’re not really interested. Their political involvement is on a very superficial basis. They go out for the social aspects of a march or a rally rather than for what it could possibly accomplish. -FZ
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03-14-2017, 06:49 PM	#29
HuffnPufferfish Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: under the sea Posts: 756	if its household stuff it should be stainless __________________ watching grass grow
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03-14-2017, 02:31 AM	#28
Parallax Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 63	Another picture - she's under 78w now - 5x 2700k and 1x6500k. I decided to increase light because I didn't really see a lot of growth with one 6500k bulb. With the added 5 she seems to really take off. Not really stretching though but that's okay. Temp around 75 degrees F now, night around 60. I will start flowering in two weeks - I probably could wait longer to really fill up the screen better but I have to finish this grow by the end of May. What's the small yellow leaf in the bottom left? Is that nute burn? I haven't really been fertilising yet, mostly relying on the nutes in the soil mix which shouldn't be very strong. Only feeding her rice water (the whitish water when you rinse the uncooked rice) mixed with bokashi juice to increase microbial life. Will do this every other watering. Also giving her a foliar neem oil spray every week.
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03-15-2017, 05:07 PM	#30
n_d_ledz Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 134	nice buildout and I like that screen! awesome cheap, effective find!
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