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Hey guys, I was thinking of what I could use my old mini mother chamber for. I decided to do an experiment with flouros. I will be vegging under 2 x 18w Phillips cool white CFs & will be flowering under 2 x 48w Nelson Daylight CFs. My footprint is about 40cm square The strain will be Black Domina, waiting for my new mothers to kick along before I can take clones. I will be using GH nutes ( Lucas formula - No dump method ) I will be cutting a hole in the bottom of the chamber so the tub can sit on the concrete, which will give me an extra 12cm headroom & will help keep the tub cool over summer since the max volume of the tub is only 6 litres. So from the to…
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I have lately been planning the setup of my custom growbox and I need some guidance and thoughts on this setup. I have an area that is about 55"L-36"H-20"D. I have decided to invest in the son agro 430w setup unless someone changes my mind. I am not yet sure what would be the best hydroponic setup for this area, I am familiar with the different types, but havnt the experience of knowing which best suits my area. The space is up on a shelf and I want to create a locking growbox (with a hidden lock on the top and hinges on the inside so it opens out but no one knows it opens) it will have to be airtight and I will be installing air purifiers because i refuse to do thi…
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Hey guys, Having for the last few months keeping mothers in bubblers, I have decided its too much effort, so after some consultation ( thanks WC! :thumbsup ) I am setting up a simpler rig. The new mothers ( 2 x Northern Girl & 2 x Black Domina ) are in 15cm pots. I have put about an inch of clayballs on the bottom, then a 60/40 perlite vermiculite mix, then some clayballs on top. Ive heard horror stories of wet perlite being in contact with rockwool & causing root rot. They are in a frame wrapped in panda, with a door flap ( need to get some velcro to seal door & some flyscreen for the intakes) Anyway heres some pics ( the clone is actually a tomato pla…
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Starter Kit I'm looking at starting up, and yes I'm a n00b. Must say, I don't have a green thumb, and usually kill all that I touch, except the weeds that grow in the garden. I know next to nothing about growing, except what I've been reading on about lately. Was wondering if that setup above would be a good way to start, and a few more questions i won't ask about in an open forum.... I'm sure I have and or can get the majority of what is listed in that url, laying around....but I guess the main question I have, is whether that is an ideal growing solution. I wouldn't mind a tutor, or a mentor either Anyways, glad I stumbled across this site (was looking for hy…
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Hey all. Im new to this but i was wondering if u guys thought my grow box would be a good idea What i want to do BOX: the box would just be a cardboard box and would be very small around 50cmx50cmx65cm painted white inside to reflect light LIGHTING: 2x48 Watt 5000K CF with a custom reflector ( i could fit one more in if i had to but it would riase the temps by a fair bit so id prefer not to VENTILLATION: a 20cm exhuast fan(the one they use in bathrooms and stuff) and many small passive intakes around the box and near the lights to cool them down a bit I would have one plant in there and i was thinking about doing a SCRoG or whatever its called just because i …
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Ok, Since I have 2 strain on their way & dont want to grow them together SCROG style, as Ive read some other growers diaries & witnessed the problems of stretch, nute requirements, etc.... Ive decided to make a mother chamber to hold up to 4 strains. I plan on using 2-3 18w cfs, SWC bubbler. Anyway here is a pic of the bedside table that volunteered for active duty!! ::
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Hey all. Im new to this but i was wondering if u guys thought my grow box would be a good idea What i want to do BOX: the box would just be a cardboard box and would be very small around 50cmx50cmx65cm painted white inside to reflect light LIGHTING: 2x48 Watt 5000K CF with a custom reflector VENTILLATION: a 20cm exhuast fan(the one they use in bathrooms and stuff I would have one plant in there and i was thinking about doing a SCRoG or whatever its called just because i have a limited verticle space Do you guys think this would be a good idea??
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hello first time here been reading some post and checking it all out my Q(s) can weed plants grow in just a cut bottle (1.5lt water bottle size) and grow fully or will it die or what happens there how long would i get out of it allso any way to speed it all up like my friend jan has this box thing in her room with 5 plants about 1 inch high in 5 1/2 bottles with good potting mix and plant food,got 2 60wat bulbs the box is about 2.3? feet tall and abouit 1 foot thick and she taped foil to the sites ,atm its on for about 6-7hs aday there less then a weekold , my other Q if my friend wanted to speed it up what should i do and whats the quickest time to get it to flowe…
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Hi: Simple Question on a 4.5 X 2 x 5 grow box. I have 2, 75w. hps lights. can I mount them at the top, and will they give me enough light. I allso have 2, 4f shop lights next to bottom to give light under growth. any help will be appreciated. thanks .
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is it important to cover the bottem of the tray, over and around the bases of the plants, with white plastic, does it help to reflect and keep insects out of the water? dunno do i? help peace :whistling
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i am growing in a dusty old shed.......... i have the tray enclosed in panda sheeeting and a bit o black plastic around but i am not sure it is pitch black a night............abit of the moonlight might get in i am very doubt full though........... is it very important to have a sealed room and why air, dust, light, why? thanks mr. novice
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I have one 400wt hps and am about to have two 400wtt hps i have a 1100x 1100 flood and drain tray. runnig pump at 15 min every hour and half, once at night lights are at 20hrs on seedlings top fed from hand with 1/4 strength grow a and b. light is two and one half feet away and slowly lowering... with the new 400wtt light, should i just do my outside vegging, or combine it next to my first light and push over 10 plants in the tray.. i wanna do what is best for yield and quality. get this.. my grow room is in the back of a dusty of shed, the cheap exhust fan is on the ceiling, the tray is surrounded by panda film and tucked into the fram, keeping the dust out........…
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Hey fellas, ill get to the point, i need a grow box that will fit under my king single bed, i dont want anyone to be able to see it, and i want to be able to do it cheap, theres about 35cm of hight. Cheers, symp
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This has to be the easiest grow cabinet I ever built. Of course, it's one of the most ordinary too then. I happened on two cupboards that were exact sized toone another. Both were all hanging space, no drawers. So I took them home, and removed the light backing from them, and screwed them back to back. Now they simply look like two old wardrobes stored in the garage, probably holdng tools to the passer byer. The internal measurements were a real fluke. It measured exactly 900x900mm. The exact size of an old flood table I had. And not only that, but there was a peice of quad that went across both sides of the wardrobes at exactly the height the flood table should be…
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Unfortunately I rent a house, so I have to be able to hide everything every few months. Recently amate gave me an old pantry. So I put an idea to work, a bubbler with 6 pots, using Orange Spice as the strain, apparently able to plant up to 30 odd to the sq. metre. I knocked the plants around a bit, but they'll come good, and already are. In the meantime, just a bit of alook at the new little experiment. cheers rob
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