Amoeba
Active member
Hello everyone! This might be a long read so please grab your piece, spliff, edible or what not and get comfy
This has been a long time coming for me.
This is my 3rd attempt at growing with the first two being small and mostly DIY.
My first attempt was a small plastic cab/closet thing from Wal-mart with 2 chambers (top and bottom) and a bunch of CFLs and computer fans. Small plants and small yields with really only about an ounce of dank to smoke on but it was a learning process.
My second grow, if you can call it that I developed spider mites the likes of which I have yet to see on the internet and the entire crop was lost. I had taken 2 50 gal rubbermaids, lined both sides of one with bathroom light fixtures and CFLs. Flipped that upside down on top of the other one, cut some vent holes and mounted computer fans. Larger plants this time and they looked very nice. It is my current clone box but I have modded the lights some. In the end bugs got the best of me and all plant material had to be thrown out around week 6 of flowering. It was a sad day and I didn't learn too much other than the fact that I hate spider mites.
After about 2 years I'm free of a nagging girlfriend and I've decided to get back in the saddle and try it out again, this time so far so good.
My 3rd grow consists of the following:
Botanicare ready gro COCO
H&G Nutes, Cal mag, Thrive supplement
4x4 tent
1000 watt Lumatek ballast running a 600 watt bulb
1000 watt Digilux HPS bulb
Hydrofarm 8 inch hood
8 inch Tjernlund fan
6 inch Tjernlund fan
Insulated ducting
6 3 gallon pots
3 3 gallon grow bags
Tap water that sits out for a few days
I do not have low enough temps to run the 1000 watt bulb in there right now. Temps are currently about 75-82 with the 600 and about 90-96 with the 1000. I turn the AC on and I blow a breaker.
Strains:
All clones from Wonderland caregivers here in LA
Tahoe OG x 1
Deadhead OG x 1
Alien OG x 4
Platinum OG x 1
Alien Bubba x 1
Gods Gift x 1
I'm in the middle of my second week of flowering now here are some random pictures, that's what you really want to see anyways Sorry about the HPS glow, will get some good shots this week. Bags are on the far left and are noticeably lighter green than my pots, although you cant tell from the HPS glow.
Babies and some LST on the larger ones
This screen was a bitch to weave and it's still not as tight as I would like in a few spots
We have contact
I got impatient and lowered the screen from 12 to 10 inches, naked shot
I had to go out of town for 7 days but flipped to 12/12 before, came back to some white hairs and a noticeable smell in my apartment
Entirely too much undergrowth but they're stretching pretty good so far
I do not have my 6 inch fan hooked up yet, the smell is just starting to make it's way across my apartment so I will need to get a filter here soon.
I must say thank you to everyone who posts here I have learned so much from reading and reading and reading
This has been a long time coming for me.
This is my 3rd attempt at growing with the first two being small and mostly DIY.
My first attempt was a small plastic cab/closet thing from Wal-mart with 2 chambers (top and bottom) and a bunch of CFLs and computer fans. Small plants and small yields with really only about an ounce of dank to smoke on but it was a learning process.
My second grow, if you can call it that I developed spider mites the likes of which I have yet to see on the internet and the entire crop was lost. I had taken 2 50 gal rubbermaids, lined both sides of one with bathroom light fixtures and CFLs. Flipped that upside down on top of the other one, cut some vent holes and mounted computer fans. Larger plants this time and they looked very nice. It is my current clone box but I have modded the lights some. In the end bugs got the best of me and all plant material had to be thrown out around week 6 of flowering. It was a sad day and I didn't learn too much other than the fact that I hate spider mites.
After about 2 years I'm free of a nagging girlfriend and I've decided to get back in the saddle and try it out again, this time so far so good.
My 3rd grow consists of the following:
Botanicare ready gro COCO
H&G Nutes, Cal mag, Thrive supplement
4x4 tent
1000 watt Lumatek ballast running a 600 watt bulb
1000 watt Digilux HPS bulb
Hydrofarm 8 inch hood
8 inch Tjernlund fan
6 inch Tjernlund fan
Insulated ducting
6 3 gallon pots
3 3 gallon grow bags
Tap water that sits out for a few days
I do not have low enough temps to run the 1000 watt bulb in there right now. Temps are currently about 75-82 with the 600 and about 90-96 with the 1000. I turn the AC on and I blow a breaker.
Strains:
All clones from Wonderland caregivers here in LA
Tahoe OG x 1
Deadhead OG x 1
Alien OG x 4
Platinum OG x 1
Alien Bubba x 1
Gods Gift x 1
I'm in the middle of my second week of flowering now here are some random pictures, that's what you really want to see anyways Sorry about the HPS glow, will get some good shots this week. Bags are on the far left and are noticeably lighter green than my pots, although you cant tell from the HPS glow.
Babies and some LST on the larger ones
This screen was a bitch to weave and it's still not as tight as I would like in a few spots
We have contact
I got impatient and lowered the screen from 12 to 10 inches, naked shot
I had to go out of town for 7 days but flipped to 12/12 before, came back to some white hairs and a noticeable smell in my apartment
Entirely too much undergrowth but they're stretching pretty good so far
I do not have my 6 inch fan hooked up yet, the smell is just starting to make it's way across my apartment so I will need to get a filter here soon.
I must say thank you to everyone who posts here I have learned so much from reading and reading and reading