Refrigerator Grow

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Hello all
Update day 5 after the melt down and plant B is starting to recover as you can see in the first two pics. Plant A is doing lovely as you can see i am LSTing her down to gow more out than up i was thing about croping the top on this plant now but i have read mixed results on this not sure if i should. I am keeping the plants 4" away from the lights is this to far for veg stage. I added 5 more CFL's to the setup so i am now running 9 23w 2700k lights and 2 13w 2700k for a total lumen output of 16070 i was told that this will be more than needed for 1 or two plants in flowering but i would like someone to chime in if the have experience with refrigrator growing. I will be placing them into flower next week. The plants are now 53 days old i am adding a screen today for a SCROG but i am still undecided on this would like to know if anyone can tell me how much this will increase the yeild if at all.


Thanks guys

Frig




In pics 4 and 5 i am trying to show what looks like preflowers anyone confirm this or am i just getting hopeful lol

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Hello all

Update i started the SCROG as you can see in the pics i moved the lights to within a inch of them. anyone care to coment on pic 5 above is that a female part

looking good man, have they sexed yet?

Hello all

Update I have solved the heat issue for the light cycle. I am using a 12v portable car heater attached to a Digital Manual Thermostat from Honneywell is working perfect and the temp inside never drops below 72 now lol. why didnt I think of that before I dont know. I removed the shelf i was going to use as a screen and did some major lst work the big plant now has 18+ growing tips I gave them a dose of co2 for the first time last night and saw lots of growth on plant B the bushy one from all the cutting i had to do to save it. I am starting the 12.5/11.5 cycle on friday with the lights off for 24hrs before the cycle starts. I had 5 split shells last night so 5 cups have been started. still waiting on the last three to crack befor I place them in the dirt. I am going to flop the flower frig over to the 250w hps that I am going to buy some time after the first. I am getting the type with a stand alone balast fo that i am not adding a shit ton of heat to the frig the bulb comes with a vented hood so i will be adding another 12v pc fan with ducting to cool the bad boy down and i will keep 4 cfl's for side lighting. The first frig i thought would be a loss is not going to be so bad after a total cleaning i figured the freezer portion would be a great place to dry my crop now as i dont want to grow anything in there even though its clean lol. I will be moving 7 cfl's to the lower portion and making that the veg room with the two bulbs already in there I will have 9 cfl's in there.

I will take some pics later when I can


Thanks guys

Frig

Great stuff, Amazon has some pretty good deals for HPS, there is a 150w you can get delivered for around $80. I may buy one. Just curious, why all the 12v stuff dont you have power? Is the thermostat like one out of a house?

No not a power issue I use the 12v fans cause i have a crap ton from working on pc's (it is a hobby of mine) and they work great and make almost no noise and i dont want to have my babies get stolen from me again hence the stealth. Where i live there are a lot of Juvenile Punks with nothing better to do than to break into places to steal. I read a article here http://forum.grasscity.com/lighting/...heres-why.html thats why I went with a 250w and not the 150w I found this very helpfull for making a informed decission. Thanks man I buy everything Localy at a Brew and Grow store that is a few hours drive from me but totaly worth it. I need my medicine and am glad to have it Plus it is always nice to drive and see the sites.
this is the thermastat http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-RTH1.../dp/B000WEOQ6I looks just like it lol

thanks for the links, good info!

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Update
Hello all
I am happy to report that was the 24hr temp pic with lights off for 20 hours prior. I can see major growth and improvement on the little bush plant B makes me so proud. I am happy to report that the first ground breaker has arrived . I added 2 new 5000k natural daylight 1200 lumen bulbs to the mix and it looks way brighter. this will be a great mix for the veg room when I get back with my air cooled hps 250w light. I am so happy with the results of adding that 12v heater and thermostat. I decided for the old style as the wife decided the digital needed to go in the house LOL still worked great so far.

Thanks
frig