1st timer PC growing

Ok, I'm new to the site and seen how some people have been growing in PC towers which blew my mind cause I have a spare one that's pretty tall so I decided try it out. PICS BELOW. This has been my 3rd attempt ever to grow erb and failed. Never grew inside so I hope this works. My mother and I both share the ritual of smoking MJ together as it always brought us together. Starting smoking with her at the age of 16 I believe and I am now 26 and she is 54 and still puffing strong. So to make a long intro short I have been challenged from my mother and wife to start out small and then maybe something larger after this goes well. I have 2 14w daytime cfls 5500k pretty much all I could find at home depot for what I had in my pocket and a splitter, found a adapter in the house and hooked up one fan to it from the old PC, still have to get another one for out take but I have a hole already made up top for now. I used sun reflector for car windows for the walls, and the soil is miracle grow seed starting potting mix with phosphorus for roots. I only use water that has been set out for a few days and some rain water I have collected that I have stored. Tuesday July 28, 2009 I started germinating in soil with a bag tightly over the containers set outside and noticed they had came through Aug 2, 2009 Saturday. I have been real cautious of how much water I add noticing the soil I have gets real damp and logged so I'm trying to get that figured out and wonder if my lights are good for my application. Any and all help would be appreciated!




BTW THIS IS ALL BAG SEED.

you are gonna have a hard time keeping them small enough to fit in the pc case, im not saying it cant be done, but as basicaly a first time grower i am predicting space problems real quick. you should look into training techniques such as topping and lst. even then i say that the.space will probably be to small. i am only saying this because i dont think that i could keep plants that short and narrow.

as far as the lights, those will defenitaly work for now. you should be able to find some 23 watt bulbs there. i would suggest upgrading to at least this wattage if possible in the near future. Daylight spectum bulbs are good for vegging. you will want to switch to 2700 k "warm" bulbs for flowering.


good luck man, and ill be chekcing in later on to see your progress

jact55 said:

you are gonna have a hard time keeping them small enough to fit in the pc case, im not saying it cant be done, but as basicaly a first time grower i am predicting space problems real quick. you should look into training techniques such as topping and lst. even then i say that the.space will probably be to small. i am only saying this because i dont think that i could keep plants that short and narrow.

as far as the lights, those will defenitaly work for now. you should be able to find some 23 watt bulbs there. i would suggest upgrading to at least this wattage if possible in the near future. Daylight spectum bulbs are good for vegging. you will want to switch to 2700 k "warm" bulbs for flowering.


good luck man, and ill be chekcing in later on to see your progress

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BUMP! I thought I would give an update and show ya'll how they are turning out and answer a few of my questions. First this is day 4 of grow. I have had them in the case most of the time all day long and was turning the light out for 7 or so hours dont ask me why but decided I will keep them on constant,, I had them outside whenever I get some sun on my porch and alogn with the humidity I thought it would be a good start,, should I just keep them inside with the lights on and never take them out? Also, my setup I only have one intake and a hole for the outtake and it seems the fan im using is keeping the box too cold even with the lights on? I will look into gettin a thermomiter here soon,, anyways I also noticed that the leaves were starting to get a lighter green on the outside,, and the center they are darker,, is there something missing or am I doing something wrong? And can someone please tell me a few tips at the stage im on,, I am tryign to watch my watering closely thats a big concern for me anything else? here are some pics~~~~>


I also wanted to add that would it be possible as far as the room I have to keep the plants that I have only to see if any them are females. I planted a few because I was hoping maybe just one could be a female! Would it basically get too cramped of space even with LST to get to the stage of determining the sex of the 3 plants?????

Hey bornhigh
Nice work on the case. Think it needs a bit of work to produce though.
The lights you have are not enough for plants much bigger than you have now and when you up the lights the cooling system will need to be upgraded too.
What you have is cool for a short while. Check out the other microgrows meantime for ideas on upgrading.
Good luck with the grow.

i kno we got off to a rough start but......
looks like your off to a good start first and foremost get that thermometer ( walmart has a digital temp and humidity put together for 8 bucks youll need both) second lights the 26w work great for small grows the more light the better theyll do as long as heat isnt a factor... basically you can get a way with 70 to 86 out of that range youll have problems the trick is geting no more than 10 to 13 degree difference from day to nite if your running 24/0 you wont have to worry as much but great temp is under 80 for sure.... as for the lst and topping to grow more than two females in that youll have to do alot of training and a low veg time like 2 to 3 weeks but i think youll have fun learning all these techniques best of luck on the grow and let me kno if ya need anything

also check out crazytrains pc grow
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/204894-pc-case-lowryder-grow.html

kho20 said:

also check out crazytrains pc grow
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/204894-pc-case-lowryder-grow.html

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Thanks a lot bro

yeah crazy train has some cool shit goin hes bout to start another but with some airflow changes this time

I only have one fan in my case now blowing in and it seems with it on for a minute it gets too cold in the case,, i seen the hygrometer at walmart for 6.00,, good deal on that,, how would I b able to control the temps in these small ass boxes? get smaller fans or ones that dont put out so much air or what?

really i doubt its getting too cold it but yeah it could be tho jus check it with a good thermometer if thats the case then a small space heater will heat it up but i doubt youll need this ones the plants get goin and more lights youll be fightin to get the heat out but a fan for exhaust is a must for sure ill post a lil diagram thing i made for the one im building hehe after this grows done i wanna downsize a lil( more challanging)

see the trick is airflow without it youll have hell gettin the temps straight

for mine i was thinkin bout maybe one of water cooling the intake fan but thats another story hehe

but unless the exhaust fan either has to be mounted close to the top of the box or build a small duct to make the fans suck air from the top ie the heat from the bulbs

oh and id transplant after the first set or so of true leaves to some 16oz or 32 oz cups to make more space given only a couple will turn out to be female but the small cups will make them easier to manage

Alright it has been 10 days and im seeing improvement. I purchased a thermo/hygro thermometer and I made some janky bulb covers outta can,, works good though,, my temp and humidity in side of the case with it closed remains at 80 degrees and humidity between 45 and 40,, is this fine for what I have? im wanting to keep what i have through the whole grow but torn between making a bigger box cuz of money being an issue just being laid off and all so how do they look so far? Leaves are soft and cool, perking straight out and the small one is smelling a little This shit is fun but anticipating!!!

Iwuzbornhigh said:

Alright it has been 10 days and im seeing improvement. I purchased a thermo/hygro thermometer and I made some janky bulb covers outta can,, works good though,, my temp and humidity in side of the case with it closed remains at 80 degrees and humidity between 45 and 40,, is this fine for what I have? im wanting to keep what i have through the whole grow but torn between making a bigger box cuz of money being an issue just being laid off and all so how do they look so far? Leaves are soft and cool, perking straight out and the small one is smelling a little This shit is fun but anticipating!!!

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man i hear ya on the laid off thing its a bitch..... but hell i grow to pass the time hahaha as for the reflectors cans are great ive used them fine as for the bigger box thing i think you mite beable to stayin this if you either train the hell out of it or work on a shorter light fixture which in a case you have to top top top and train train train to keep em manageable i have seen small scrog set ups in em basically a small wire shelf that you can weave the growth thru creating a level canopy but i think you can do it jus dont veg as long as you normally would and train a couple weeks into flower then finish out

how would i be able to get my humidity up a bit? I have a cup of water inside lol and when should I start feeding the plants? 1 more week? I def will slowly put the plants onto the stuff I happen to buy and not over fertilize cuz I want the plants to do theyre own thing as much as possible,, so how much longer until I should change soil or fertilize? And is ok to give the plants 6 hrs dark or just keep lights on them at all time until flower?

id start flowering those lil fuckers now..

SmokeyMcSmokester said:

id start flowering those lil fuckers now..

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I just sprouted them like last week or so,, isnt that way too early?

Hey, looking good buddy. Ive never done a pc grow but i Have done micro grows that are smaller than a pc case. You need to sgtart flowering asap,if you veg the plant for too long it will outgrow the case very quickly.

skiskate said:

Hey, looking good buddy. Ive never done a pc grow but i Have done micro grows that are smaller than a pc case. You need to sgtart flowering asap,if you veg the plant for too long it will outgrow the case very quickly.

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Shit,, really?? It has been only like 11 days though? How long should I be flowering the plants and cant I just use a screen up top to try the LST technique as it grows? or will I do that when its flowering? Is the purpose to start flowering early so that I can see if I have females or males faster and decide?

I also again have not fertilized yet,, should I start now or what? please let me know,, It says 2 weeks and im close to 2 weeks and not trying to kill the babies and now ya'll are saying start flowering now,, I was expecting around 20+ days to start flowering .

BuMp!!!!!!!