My Secret Stealth Closet/Clonestand (comments welcome)

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-21-2009, 02:38 PM

So I ask a friend who grows some stuff if he can maybe help me out sell me a used light and maybe a clone. Couple days later he sais here, gives me a blueberry clone mother and lets me borrow his 400hps ballast/bulb and an ebb and flow table for once my clones take. I take a couple clones 3 days pass I get a call. He sais he and gfriend breaking do I want a few more plants. I say sure then blammo 40 plants in my 10by8 bedroom that I can let no one who is here see. Then next day blammo his light burns out. Long story short its 2 weeks later now, Ive started 3 other friends grows and kept 4 mothers, clones and 8 budding plants for myself.

Mothers are blueberry, orange cush,ninja, and NYC Diesel. Right now I have 5 clones of each of those strains starting in lower tray. The veg cabinet I converted from an old tv stand. Mothers have one 30 watt cfl to promote the sort of slow growth i need. Height of veg area is around 3 feet so I veg in short pots under 2 times 2500 lument daylight spectrum bulbs ( again to promote not overly rapid growth so only 1 veg is tall enuff per 7-10 days when I harvest a plant. Clone tray is under a single 30 watt daylight spectrum in small greenhouse with heating pad under.

Closet is full 8ft ceiling height with top 1.5 feet being a shelf. I hung one 150 watt hps (which I plan to augment later not sure what yet need low heat, maybe cfl, maybe those ozonite light bulbs maybe leds suggestions welcome). As it stands current bulb with no additional vent just a 6 inch clip fan and a 1 inch gap under door the temp stays between 73 at floor of flower room to 85 above lights. Humidity ranges from a high of 65 if i dont open all day to around 50-55% which seems the norm.
Still trying to figure out how to show a picture thumbnail in messages all I seem to be able to do is one huge blown up pic any advice on that would be $$ as well.
Here are some picks of the veg/mother area open partiially closed and stealth mode and some of the goodies in closet.At least a link to pics

http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/v...cultivator111/

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-21-2009, 06:49 PM

Well 4 iof my initial 5 blueberry clones have rooted into rockwool and 2 blueberry clones that were a branch that broke upon move also rooted and placed into soil. Officially my first clonebabies to live. Hopefully they will veg fast enuff in my growbox to add them to closet before more than 2 plants harvest. Then I plan on trimming shaping etc as before long hopefully ill be ahead of flower cycle with excess of veg candidates.

**StickySack** · 03-21-2009, 07:06 PM

I would swap that tin foil for some mylar if u can. Looks like a decent set up, does the light leek between your rooms?

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-21-2009, 08:09 PM

Actually the clone area is just for veg/clones and mothers so the light leaks there dont matter as they are all on same cycle. The closet is off to the side and sealed inside with only a 1 inch gap at bottom, so any light that leaks only barely touches the floor plastic. Yeah I know I need mylar, my first blueberry harves I'm gonna sell an ounce and buy all reast I need. Sells for 100 a 1/4 oz here. Gonna buy a 2 tube t5 flouro for my vegi area,then take the 2 bulb sockets i have in vegi area, put their 10 inch reflectors on them and add one 100 watt cfl(hopefully its heat wont put it over top) and maybe try one of those ozonite bulbs to add to my 150. Has anyone used those ozonite/do they work?And of course by mylar and vent fan for my vegi area as I cant seam to get the humidity over 30%, so I guess ill mylar and aluminum tape a more airtight space with a small venthole/fan and a velcro or zipper mylar front panel.

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-21-2009, 08:11 PM

The only light leaks I have are into my room from under closet door and from ventholes in clone cabinet, and as long as its daytime or my ceiling light is on unless your right by them the light cant be seen thru other light.

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-22-2009, 10:46 PM

Moved a friends sweet tooth to 12/12 today and helped him start his bloom room. So I got myself 4 good lower branch clones that were gonna be pruning trash and started those in a jar in my mothers area. His plant hygiene slightly questionable so quaranteened them.

Now heres a look at some clones all are numbered depending on when I planted them. 1-2 were from mother cuts and transplanted to pots on 3/16, 3 and 4 were from a broken branch cut on 3/1 and transplanted to soil on 3/16, plant was allready budding hoping that they will resume veg as had only been budding 1-2 weeks. Clone 5 was cut 3/1 transplanted 3/19.Clone 6 transplanted 3/21 also cut 3/1.All blueberry.

Heres some pics of the budding room. Again still only the 150 watt HPS wish I could afford more. Looking for low heat ideas any suggestions, cfls? leds, what works good also do ozonite bulbs work?The long branches of byds are the blueberry, the huge bud is a sweet tooth and is hard as a rock, any advice on drying that thick beast would be great.

all comments and advice welcome

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-23-2009, 09:30 AM

Woke up this morning and checked clone area and wow what a difference a night makes. The leaves that yellowed and drooped really bad right after I cut them are colored and standing straight. Was looking like of the 20 or so clones I had 10 were dying now all look healthy. Being patient and stepping back really works sometime.My recently transplanted to veg station/soil clones color has improved remarkably although still a lil yellow. ! of them has taken off. Grown a good inch since checked early yesterday. All seems to be going well soon lights in bloom come on and I can check my nute burn, as of yesterday had gotten no worse since the day of the flush and now seem to be improving some.

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-23-2009, 04:11 PM

Everythings looking great in vegi closet, still alot of burn marks from me being an overnuting moop.looking better tho. Hard to see in pictures but one blueberry is as high as the light hangs at like 1-2 weeks into flower so thinking of either low stress bending it along wall with some tie offs or supercrop style bending it out to sides. Kinda want to have it just hug one of the side walls and kinda grow in levels on it to soak as much light as possible.

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-24-2009, 12:15 PM

Sigh, the major leaf damaged stopped then the plants leaves started shriveling up. Tested soild ph was right around 7 with very low nutes. Based on some advice i nuted them with some bloom stuff . Botanicare pro bloom and liquid karma. Water im useing is 7ph with nutes was around 6ph, watered plants each with a quart , tested runoff was at 6.5 ph. Tempermental blueberry all other plants doing great. Am told blueberry can be a fickle bitch so lets hope this helps. Heres a link to my picks of my poor poor leaves. Tips curling, crunchy leaves help!!!!

lets hope for best. My Vegi area got way to hot so a couple the newest clone to vegi not so hot. Tied em up lowered lights and opened area up till can get a fan for it.

**Closetcultivator111** · 03-24-2009, 12:20 PM

Also replacing foil with posterboard to help with heat etc issues. All other plants looking awesome. Ninja mother drinking faster than others dunno if a starin thing or what got a lil wilty. And clone tray still seems fine, nothing dead, few droppy leaves but sojme even showing growth so all in all normal. Im sure I will get better at that to so far have only had 1 of 20 or so die, and 4 of my first 5 got solid roots and one still not sure what its doing of those. Im sure once I get a heating pad and stuff for them it will improve. To broke to pay attention at the moment tho so working wit what I have.