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

[blynx]

Since I'm running a scrog this round will have only one plant in it, a Sweet Widow Lavender that I had sitting around and liked the structure of.

Sweet Widow Lavender



Here she is after transplanting

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[blynx]

1 sq ft

Here's the plant in the cab.

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I'm going to let her veg for a little bit to get her roots established, then I'll throw on the screen.

 

[hempfield]

It's time for the next round in the 1sq ft cfl cab and I decided to try something different this time, a scrog.

Originally I was going to make a wooden frame, but after doing some calculations I decided not to go with a wooden frame. I am dealing with such a small area to begin with that I would lose too much space by using a wooden frame so I had to come up with a different scrog method.

Here is what I ended up with. The screen was originally on the bottom of the cab as a spacer between the intake vent holes and the bottoms of the goldfish boxes I usually use in this cab.

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The container is a cut down 5 gal bucket. The wood could have gone on the outside of the container but I put them inside strictly for appearance purposes lol.

Brilliant idea ! But why did you put the wood poles inside the pot and not outside ? It consume root space and the wood will be affected by the constant humidity of the dirt and the appearance will suffer.

 

[blynx]

Brilliant idea ! But why did you put the wood poles inside the pot and not outside ? It consume root space and the wood will be affected by the constant humidity of the dirt and the appearance will suffer.

Originally I thought I wouldn't be able to fit the container inside the cab if I put them on the outside of the container. It wasn't until I after I attached the poles and stuck the container inside the cab that I saw it would have fit.

Oh well, I do like the look of them inside the container and not on the outside. I think the root space taken up will be minimal and I'm not really worried about them rotting, that will take a while.

I will probably run four plants again next round. I'm not really sure how much use this scrog will get because I already have a cfl scrog cab, this is just to change things up a bit.

 

[glockdoc]

nice contraption man. will work wonders for you i know it

 

[TonyGreenHand]

I recently started using skewers for staking down my smaller plants too. I found if you slowly break them with even pressure they will fold over, breaking half of the skewer. You can use it just like you would an L stake for a tent. I've had them on for the last 4 days and they kept the plant down perfectly.

Great looking new room blynx!

 

[blynx]

Here's the 1sq ft cab after the end of it's first week of veg

1sq ft cfl cab

Day 07 Veg

Here she is in the cab

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[blynx]

Time to get the screen in place.

1sq ft cfl cab

Day 07 Veg

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[blynx]

Here's the scrog cab after a week of veg.

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Day 07 Veg

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[JHerbz]

Your C99 BX1 x GK looks awesome, most likely gonna do a single plant SCROG next round...

What was your heaviest nug? you record that kinda info?

Cant wait to see the next scrog take off.

 

[shawkmon]

nice to see the straw c back so soon in the rotation , liking the thinner leaves of the straw c

 

[Guest 263194]

nice as usual.

 

[blynx]

Here's the 11" x 11" cfl cab after the end of it's fourth week of flowering.

C99 x Sweet Widow Lavender

Day 28 Flower

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[MrCopyZ]

Insane...

 

[blynx]

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

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Day 11 Veg

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[blynx]

Time to get the screen in!

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Day 11 Veg

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[JHerbz]

Almost that time to flip!

 

[The Sensi Rebel]

Someone get this guy a warehouse! You micro growers never cease to amaze me. If only you guys got a bigger space! Even a 4x4 would be a fucking raw setup with your skills brother.

Grow on.

~>TSR

 

[blynx]

Someone get this guy a warehouse! You micro growers never cease to amaze me. If only you guys got a bigger space! Even a 4x4 would be a fucking raw setup with your skills brother.

Grow on.

~>TSR

Thanks!

Actually I do have, and have been running, a larger area with HPS since before I built any of these micro cabs.

IMO, for micro grows, a better measure of efficiency than gpw is yield per sq ft, so I built the 1sq ft cfl cab to see what I could pull out of 1sq ft. Whatever I yielded would give me that answer, no calculations needed.

I enjoyed making and using that cab so I added a couple more to try different variations and methods of growing in them.

I also built them to show that you can grow quality bud in a small area with not that much work. If you aren't a heavy smoker, a single cfl cab should supply your needs. If you are a heavy smoker, then build two cabs!

 

[blynx]

Here's the 11" x 11" cfl cab shortly after the end of it's fifth week of flowering.

C99 x Sweet Widow Lavender

Day 36 Flower

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