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Old 10-21-2009, 10:17 AM
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Talking My First PC Grow... CFL
Hi,

This is my first post so yay me! lol

But anyways, cut to the chase:
I don't know where I came up with the idea to do this, but I looked the concept up on youtube, and sure enough everybody else was doing it. I would do an all outoperation in my closet, but that is currently out of the question for a few more years.

So I'm a computer technician so I have some cases laying around so I built this thing and it's nice. I'm considering butting a 6 inch fan on the cover. I'm growing a seed that germinated of my last batch of germs and I'm starting another. The're random seeds I grab from my bags of weed which vary in strength and quality. I'm considering ordering some trainwreck or something berry-ish.

THE DESIGN:
It's a computer by acer, I don't have the dimensions and I would get them, but my plant is sleeping until 2 o'clock today. I have 4 light sockets anchored down to the case, and two fans; one in the front, one int the back. They have aquarium activated carbon filters. The mylar I'm using is made out of the thing you put in your windshield to keep the sun out. I made a makeshift cover that folds upward. everything is held together by aluminum tape, and machine screws. The lights are arranged two on top, and two on bottom.

The Grow:

Right now, I'm still in the germination stage, I have one of my seedlings in the box already, I'm going to put up the pictures the moment I upload them.



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Old 10-21-2009, 11:22 AM
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What are the temps in there dude? There so sensitive at this stage...looks like shes being burnt?
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What are the temps in there dude? There so sensitive at this stage...looks like shes being burnt?
As of right now, I only have two bulbs running. The pictures of the plant itself were taken as sooon as I took it out of my germination tray and put it in the soil. My lights just turned on som my plant should be awake by now and I'm about to snap some pictures. But yeah as far as temperature goes, I'm going to pick up a digital thermometer when I go to pick up my clay pots, soil, and my earth juice.
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Talking Day 2
It's day 2, my plants woke up around 1 oclock, feeding time was 8:30 am only because I woke up late. 2nd feeding was 5:30, and it was looking like it had some progress. I'm putting up some pics that I took earlier. My photoshop is acting up so I will try to have the pics up tomorrow.

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What are the temps in there dude? There so sensitive at this stage...looks like shes being burnt?
Ok, so here's the dealio..

I took your word for it, ripped her out, and replaced her with 2 other germs that I made.

In my next post, I will describe the status of the plants!
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Hi, week 2 is here, and I have some pics to prove it. About to go and pick up some earth juice, and some magnesium sulfate. Sorry I can't stay long, but here are the pics!
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Hi, week 2 is here, and I have some pics to prove it. About to go and pick up some earth juice, and some magnesium sulfate. Sorry I can't stay long, but here are the pics!
Hey man. Im scribed. Doing a PC grow myself.

PC case looks good. But you should seperate those plants now while you can. You never want two plants in the same pot, roots will get tangle up and they'll fight for space, water, and nutes.

Also you mentioned feeding them. Water? I hope so, their way too young to be getting nutes. Wait till the round leaves die off to introduce nutes.

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You should seperate those plants now while you can. You never want two plants in the same pot, roots will get tangle up and they'll fight for space, water, and nutes.
I don't have enough room for two pots. I have the sockets for the 2 extra lights on the bottom. I haven't turned those 2 on yet, as I think it is too early in the veg state. But once the plant is off it's stilts (a bunch of hardrives that I stacked on top of one another so that my preciouses could be as close to the light as possible), I will turn on the second 2. By the way, my electric bill has gone up $10 a month with just the 2 bulbs going, so I'm really pondering whether or not to turn # 3 and 4 on. Does anybody know how much it takes to get a red flag from FPL? So as for keeping the plants in the same pot, do you think I could get away with a consistent watering schedule? Currently, I am watering them once a day at 5:30 pm as not to rot the roots. Maybe when they get bigger, I'll upgradethe watering to twice a day.



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Also you mentioned feeding them. Water? I hope so, their way too young to be getting nutes. Wait till the round leaves die off to introduce nutes.
I treated the soil with earth juice before the plants went in it as I didn't know how good the soil was. But I need to buy some more Earth Juice asap for my vegetable garden outside. BTW, speaking of EARTH JUICE, whats everyones opinion on that stuff? It works like magic in my vegetable garden. Also, when is a good time to start the magnesium sulfate schedule?


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Do what furbi said...seperate the 2 plants....maybe get smaller pots......your only going to have problems trust me been down that path....i used to do pc grows & I was able to do 2 seperate plants in one pc case.....then I went to home depot and bought the husky storage box and now i can do 4 plants in one cabinet...no nutrients yet wait till you get 3 or 4 nodes before you do...as for earth juice..never used it.. i guess it couldn't hurt...get foxfarm soil its the best.. you can use miracle grow i never had a problem with it..Other than that everything looks good...Happy Growing
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I will contemplate on the idea.
 

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