New grow space - Page 2

GanjaGardener · 12-03-2006, 02:20 PM

I have it on photobucket now how do i bring the image here?

GanjaGardener · 12-03-2006, 02:23 PM

I think I figured it out. This is the inside of the cab

GanjaGardener · 12-03-2006, 02:26 PM

There is two 30 watt daylight bulbs and two 42 watt soft white bulbs. I'm using black magic soil and theres a small cpu fan in the back. Any input? anything you guys think i should do or change?

Blippy The Slug · 12-03-2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GanjaGardener

There is two 30 watt daylight bulbs and two 42 watt soft white bulbs. I'm using black magic soil and theres a small cpu fan in the back. Any input? anything you guys think i should do or change?

Looks fine to me! Not much different than my setup. Plan on room for at least a 1gal pot / plant in the next 3 weeks. They'll need bigger clothes by then.

Dont overwater, dont overfertilize, and ya should be good to go for at least another month.

**Pharm Girl** · 12-03-2006, 05:55 PM

~Hey, you got your pics up~

~Let the "Show" begin~

GanjaGardener · 12-03-2006, 08:42 PM

Yeah blippy I know pretty much what im doing this is like my 6th grow. But thnx for the advice and ill have more pics tommorow cuz i took those pics on tuesday.

GanjaGardener · 12-06-2006, 09:15 PM

The plants got kinda water logged cuz we didnt make holes in the bottom of the cups so thier growing at a pretty slow rate. But we got new pots and were going to place a 50watt hps in the cab within the next week or 2. heres a new shot of the cab with all the lights on.

Blippy The Slug · 12-06-2006, 11:21 PM

I see in this picture that some of your fixtures dont have reflectors. hehehe... you can almost double the light getting to the plants. Here's how to make a cheap hood for CFTs.

This ONLY works for CFTs < 100W (total).
Other HID lights WILL cause fire hazards and hot spots!
Make sure there is NO exposed wiring on fixture!

Take a breakfast cereal, ritz cracker, or whatever cardboard box apart carefully at the glue lines. Flatten it out. You'll end up with a largish rectangle of cardboard thats about as wide as most rolls of aluminum foil. Roll the aluminum foil - dull side out (athough it doesn't really matter with CFTs) - over the cardboard. Crimp the foil over the ends and tape down. Cut a hole big enough to slide your electric cable - but not the fixture! - through right in the middle.

Bend into a semicircle, like a quonset hut, hangar, or corrugated metal building. Use duct tape to tape the sides together at the ends, and the middle. (I put CDs on the ends, as well) Slide your cable through the hole. Hang. Voilá!

The aluminum will act as a "heat sink" for the ballasts (the big white heavy non-light part) or the tubes if the hood happens to be sitting directly on them. There is NO danger of the cardboard reaching ignition temperature. If a fire happens, it'd be due to other causes, not the cardboard catching on fire from resting on the light.

I also have several flat "panels" made this way that I used to use in the stepladder "growroom" during veg. The neat thing about CFTs is that "hot spots" are damn near imposible to get; you'd almost have to make a parabolic reflector and set the plant at the focus.

GanjaGardener · 12-07-2006, 09:21 PM

the top is close enogh that I dont think it matters all that much. Even if it does im too lazy to do that. and bluefoot fuck you I didnt forget I thought my friend had it under control.

JamesisGrowing · 12-08-2006, 05:49 AM

haha lol!! I always love to see petty stuff like this it makes me smile : )

GanjaGardener · 01-02-2007, 09:50 PM

The plants have been doing better now but are tiny for being a month old. One still loks like a seedling and the other isnt much bigger. The biggest problem was root rot and then freezing temps, and a little bit of underwatering. Now its all fixed and i cant wait for them to show it. Heres the biggest

GanjaGardener · 01-02-2007, 09:52 PM

Sorry about the shitty pic its from a camera phone. i might get a better one tommorow.

highanddry · 01-02-2007, 10:46 PM

Holy shit, i was going to ask the same question here. I have a crawlspace under my basement too that is like dirt and I was just thinking I wonder if I could grow down there.. but its winter and snowing in Co and it gets coold.. I really dont want a heater down there cause it could pottentially start a fire ..

Liquid Karma · 01-03-2007, 11:58 PM

i would get a hydrohut and forget the crawl space, dont forget to use silica it'll help with the hot/cold temp fluctuations

Liquid Karma · 01-04-2007, 12:16 AM

lol

jonro37 · 01-04-2007, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vancouver_Grdnr

I would suggest getting some real lights in there if you want real plants.

Yea you better get some lights cause you dont want this to happen under those crazy twisted bulbs

http://www.yahooka.com/forum/showthr...=116794&page=3

Whats all those white stuff all over my spindly little plants? Should I scrape it all off?

GanjaGardener · 01-05-2007, 01:01 PM

I have a 50 watt hps in there and only an idiot would put anything bigger then a 75 in. And those buds arent that bad jonR my first harvest was only an eighth. I cant go any any bigger for quite a while so this will do. and now that i got shit fixed up i think itl do much better.

Thepizzaguy · 01-08-2007, 01:32 AM

I say once the sprout is above ground, raise the lights up to about 6 inches so the plants have room to grow. You'll get taller plants.

GanjaGardener · 01-08-2007, 08:33 PM

I dont like stretched plants. I like my girls with nice tight nodes.

GanjaGardener · 02-04-2007, 02:46 PM

I had to scrap the grow for security reasons. Got the cab still all set up but the plants went for a couple of days with no light in freezing temps so well see if they live. Im going to start a new grow and with bigger lights. Im thinking im going to go buy 2 dual 4 foot floros for veg and I have a 150hps for flowering. The new grow spot I have now is much more secure and a lot better for growing. How many plants do you guys think I should grow with this setup?

12-06-2006, 11:21 PM	#28 (permalink)
Blippy The Slug Der Bongmeißter Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Aquarium Posts: 1,369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	A cheap hood for your hoodless CFTs I see in this picture that some of your fixtures dont have reflectors. hehehe... you can almost double the light getting to the plants. Here's how to make a cheap hood for CFTs. This *ONLY* works for CFTs < 100W (total). Other HID lights WILL cause fire hazards and hot spots! Make sure there is NO exposed wiring on fixture! Take a breakfast cereal, ritz cracker, or whatever cardboard box apart carefully at the glue lines. Flatten it out. You'll end up with a largish rectangle of cardboard thats about as wide as most rolls of aluminum foil. Roll the aluminum foil - dull side out (athough it doesn't really matter with CFTs) - over the cardboard. Crimp the foil over the ends and tape down. Cut a hole big enough to slide your electric cable - but not the fixture! - through right in the middle. Bend into a semicircle, like a quonset hut, hangar, or corrugated metal building. Use duct tape to tape the sides together at the ends, and the middle. (I put CDs on the ends, as well) Slide your cable through the hole. Hang. Voilá! The aluminum will act as a "heat sink" for the ballasts (the big white heavy non-light part) or the tubes if the hood happens to be sitting directly on them. There is NO danger of the cardboard reaching ignition temperature. If a fire happens, it'd be due to other causes, not the cardboard catching on fire from resting on the light. I also have several flat "panels" made this way that I used to use in the stepladder "growroom" during veg. The neat thing about CFTs is that "hot spots" are damn near imposible to get; you'd almost have to make a parabolic reflector and set the plant at the focus.

01-03-2007, 11:58 PM	#34 (permalink)
Liquid Karma Marijuana Xtreme Sports Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: on a GIANT trichome with a hard 0n.. Posts: 320 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i would get a hydrohut and forget the crawl space, dont forget to use silica it'll help with the hot/cold temp fluctuations __________________ CLICK FOR MEDICAL FACTS ON MARIJUANA CHECK OUT OUR LATEST GROW RIGHT HERE BE MY HOMIE ON MYSPACE MUSIC OR ELSE!

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12-03-2006, 02:20 PM	#21 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I have it on photobucket now how do i bring the image here?

12-03-2006, 02:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I think I figured it out. This is the inside of the cab

12-03-2006, 02:26 PM	#23 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	There is two 30 watt daylight bulbs and two 42 watt soft white bulbs. I'm using black magic soil and theres a small cpu fan in the back. Any input? anything you guys think i should do or change?

12-03-2006, 05:55 PM	#25 (permalink)
Pharm Girl Looking for a Bone! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,203 Blog Entries: 13 Thanks: 2,553 Thanked 1,009 Times in 783 Posts	~Hey, you got your pics up~ ~Let the "Show" begin~

12-03-2006, 08:42 PM	#26 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Yeah blippy I know pretty much what im doing this is like my 6th grow. But thnx for the advice and ill have more pics tommorow cuz i took those pics on tuesday.

12-06-2006, 09:15 PM	#27 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	The plants got kinda water logged cuz we didnt make holes in the bottom of the cups so thier growing at a pretty slow rate. But we got new pots and were going to place a 50watt hps in the cab within the next week or 2. heres a new shot of the cab with all the lights on.

12-07-2006, 09:21 PM	#29 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	the top is close enogh that I dont think it matters all that much. Even if it does im too lazy to do that. and bluefoot fuck you I didnt forget I thought my friend had it under control.

12-08-2006, 05:49 AM	#30 (permalink)
JamesisGrowing Still BALLIN! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dark Caves of Mesopotamia Posts: 104 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	haha lol!! I always love to see petty stuff like this it makes me smile : )

01-02-2007, 09:50 PM	#31 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	The plants have been doing better now but are tiny for being a month old. One still loks like a seedling and the other isnt much bigger. The biggest problem was root rot and then freezing temps, and a little bit of underwatering. Now its all fixed and i cant wait for them to show it. Heres the biggest

01-02-2007, 09:52 PM	#32 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Sorry about the shitty pic its from a camera phone. i might get a better one tommorow.

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01-02-2007, 10:46 PM	#33 (permalink)
highanddry YaHookan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 729 Thanks: 81 Thanked 73 Times in 52 Posts	Holy shit, i was going to ask the same question here. I have a crawlspace under my basement too that is like dirt and I was just thinking I wonder if I could grow down there.. but its winter and snowing in Co and it gets coold.. I really dont want a heater down there cause it could pottentially start a fire ..

01-05-2007, 01:01 PM	#37 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I have a 50 watt hps in there and only an idiot would put anything bigger then a 75 in. And those buds arent that bad jonR my first harvest was only an eighth. I cant go any any bigger for quite a while so this will do. and now that i got shit fixed up i think itl do much better.

01-08-2007, 01:32 AM	#38 (permalink)
Thepizzaguy Currently deleting posts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 132 Thanked 32 Times in 23 Posts	I say once the sprout is above ground, raise the lights up to about 6 inches so the plants have room to grow. You'll get taller plants.

01-08-2007, 08:33 PM	#39 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I dont like stretched plants. I like my girls with nice tight nodes.

02-04-2007, 02:46 PM	#40 (permalink)
GanjaGardener YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Idaho, USA Posts: 137 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I had to scrap the grow for security reasons. Got the cab still all set up but the plants went for a couple of days with no light in freezing temps so well see if they live. Im going to start a new grow and with bigger lights. Im thinking im going to go buy 2 dual 4 foot floros for veg and I have a 150hps for flowering. The new grow spot I have now is much more secure and a lot better for growing. How many plants do you guys think I should grow with this setup?