shower cubicle grow

morp · #1 03-13-2007, 07:41 PM

hello all. i have been browsing, learning and posting on this forum for a couple of weeks. time to introduce myself and my little green friends i feel. i am from the uk, and i am growing in an unused shower located in a bathroom extension downstairs in the house.
i have grown in the same enviroment before under a hps light and will add pics of that grow soon (when someone tells me how!). anyways, due to certain financial difficulties (and legal threats from my gas and electrical company), this grow is going to be kept to a cheap, but still effective overhead.
unfortunately, i have no "premium" seeds left and due to me leaving this house in june, i dont feel i have sufficient time to really appreciate spending what little money i have on MORE seeds...

my setup is as follows;

* ROOM DIMENSIONS: 2.5' width, 2.5' length, 7' height shower cubicle with black/white plastic shower curtain. room is about 10'w x 8'l x 7' h. black/white plastic covering window. light not adjustable, although i creatively stack boxed shit until the plants are at the right height..
* LIGHTING: For veg, i have a 125w eco-light with 6400 kelvins. For flowering, i (hopefully) have a 400w hps.
* GROWING MEDIUM & CONTAINER: Soil, bought from Asda (Wallmart subsidary) containing vermiculite and other things. mixed with 25% perlite. plants start in 5" pots until i feel ready to move them to what i think are 3gal square pots. (ill post pics soon)
* NUTRIENTS: i will be using Advanced Nutrients Sensi Grow A&B throughout the vegging of my plants (starting tomorrow on the largest hopefully) and will be choosing an appropriate flowering nute as i go. maybe chosen with suggestions?
* STRAIN: fackin bagseed. and two vietnamese/thai stick seeds.
* EXTRA: i have a 8"? fan blowing on them 24/7, a 18/6 light scale, and a heater which keeps the temp at about 70 degrees.

I know ive posted alot of stuff here, and i dont blame you all for not reading it, but any comments and/or advice will be warmly recieved. i am trying to stick to a low expenditure by finding and using sources and deals. any support greatly appreciated. rar!

***PICTURES WILL BE UPLOADED AS SOON AS SOMEONE COULD KINDLY EXPLAIN TO ME THE INS AND OUTS OF SUCH A TASK. ADIOS ***

morp · #2 03-14-2007, 06:49 AM

well, ive just created an account with filehigh.com the image hosters. i will here attempt to just post some pics of the previous grow in the same environment. these pics were taken about 4 months into flower. if it works, then enjoy. i apologise for the rubbish quality of the photos.

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hope it works and please feel free to post here any comments. thanks

morp · #3 03-15-2007, 08:18 AM

here are some pics from the current grow. the smaller plant has some sort of poblem... i gave them both nutes for 1st time about a week ago and i think the small one got a bit burnt. seemed to of got over it though, ive just been watering. however, looking at him this morning he seems to be a bit of a mess. repotted the other day, so maybe thats got something to do with it? not sure.

have a look:

the grow room:

the largest:

the smaller, problematic plant:

any feedback, and comments would be very much appreciated. thanks

videoman40 · #4 03-15-2007, 08:45 AM

Dude, this is interesting. I like the whole shower concept. Also, I am jealous....you got some vietnamese/thai stick seeds. hmmmmmm

I haven't seen thai sticks in like 20 years now!

morp · #5 03-15-2007, 09:30 AM

any ideas whats up with the smaller one? some sort of deficiency... some of his leaves have gone all floppy and brownish. pretty bad looking. others are yellow at edges, like nute burn.

got some advnced nutrients sensi grow a&b today, should i try them on him? dont want to kill him off if he's not strong

bigballin007 · #6 03-15-2007, 11:34 AM

are you over watering them? The tall one looks very streched as well! It really looks like a combo of over watering and lite case of nute burn to me!

morp · #7 03-15-2007, 11:44 AM

overstretching is cus i had a hps when they first sprouted, but then i had no lights for a couple of weeks. kept them on my windowsill and in the bathroom. since getting the new cfl, theyve both stopped stretching. nevermind..
some of the leaves have gone crispy and really dry.. sue thats nute burn? only gave him water for the last week or so..

mogie · #8 03-15-2007, 03:19 PM

Nice thing about setting up in a bathroom humidity is never a problem. Used my garden tub and humidity is at 50 maybe creeps up to 60. Nice job there morph!

kimbo420 · #9 03-15-2007, 05:12 PM

Hey im a newbie to the growing world and actully just started a few weeks ago and i need to ask alot of questions lol. First the box i have chosen for my plants is a dresser and i took all the wood out of it and put tin foil around the hole thing and then i painted all my walls white. My room i have the dresser in is 7 feet by 8 feet by 8 1/2 feet and we have all our thermometers and all the plant food and we got our lights online we have 2 light one is 600w hps with ballast and the other light we have is 400w hps with ballast and spent close to 550 bux for the 2 lights and we got our seeds online the strain is called super skunk#1 so were hoping they grow well and give alot of bud and they give you 10 free seeds if you pay over 60 bux and so we did and now we are thinking were gunna grow 20 plants with the lights we have that should defiitly be good for the plants the only thing we need help with is the ventilation. See the room we are growing in is in my basement and i dunno if its a good idea to grow in a basement or not i hope so we just have a square room completly bare there is nothin in it except my box for the plants. We were thinking of buying 2 huge floor fans.there is a space like where a door would go. Were thinking of putting a huge fan at the bottom blowing into the room and putting another huge fan about 2 feet up from the first fan so there will be a space between them the one fan will blow air in the room the other one at the top will blow the air into the room thats right beside my grow room and then i was gunna put a fan at the only window i have down here and turn that on and get that to blow clear air in in the room thats beside my grow room and im hoping that ventilation will be good enough. i all so have a fan that will be blowing on the plants constinitly. And actully our grow room is all white would that be a good enough reflector? instead of just putting tin foil around the hole room witch is best? if anyone can get back to me whenever that would be great thanks i need all the help i can get cause i spent alot of money into this project and i want it to work out well thanks.

morp · #10 03-15-2007, 05:58 PM

the white paint is better than tinfoil.. the rest of the setup sounds good. may as well use the whole room rather than a little cupboard... look around in the other forum rooms for grow tips. gl