looks good man can't wait to see the fridge when its done

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coming along good mate...keen to see finish.

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nice setup.
hey is that fan pretty loud?
thinkin of getting one for my stealth grow but not sure

Well like I said it has 2 different speeds, 100CFM and 135CFM. I plugged it in on both and the 100CFM is no louder than a computer fan, its amazing. The 135CFM setting is probably twice as loud, but if it was inside your cab I think it would be virtually silent. Mine will be installed outside on the back, so Im hoping to get away with the 100CFM setting.

I think even if I had to use the 135CFM setting it would be ok considering this is a mini fridge and is expected to make a little noise. On a dresser/cab/closet type grow though I think the 135CFM setting would have to be muffled in some way, or just run an oscillating fan or something near it to drown the noise out. I once used an old humidifier that didnt work on top of my cab, and when you walked into the room it looked and sounded like the humidifier running, especially because the fan was right beneath it.

KB

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Great idea. This is the type of low profile stealth that will keep the attention away

DAY 14

Plant Stage: Veg
Light Cycle: 20/4
Lights (Until HPS Arrives): 2x42w 2700k CFLs, 2x30w 2700k CFLs, 2x26w 2700k CFLs, 2 23w 6500K CFLs
Medium: 50% Sunshine Mix, 45% Pearlite, 3% Blood Meal, 2% Bone Meal
Ferts: None (Besides Whats in Soil)
Strain: 6x Diesel Ryder Autoflower, 6x Apollo11/Green Giant


Ok its been a little bit since a picture update, and the damn fridge still isnt finished up I have more pictures haha! Between me being lazy, making too many trips to the hardware store, and having car trouble I didnt get a whole lot done. In fact I owe 99% of the work done this weekend to my good friend. Anyways, here are some pictures of where I'm at with the mini fridge.

Here is how it will look from the front. Doesn't stand out at all, which is nice.

Heres an inside shot. After some sanding and a final layer or 2 of paint it will be finished. I have the reflector and light in place for visual effect but its not hooked up yet unfortunately.

The setup on the back was done with a lot of rubber, nylon & plastic washers & spacers to cut down on vibration. My friend came up with the idea to mount the ballast on a bracket to dissipate the heat away from the fridge better. We also decided we will mount the igniter in a separate box, I was told that the closer the igniter is to the transformer the louder it will hum.


So that is the fridge for now, lets move to the ladies (hopefully) that will be occupying it for a while. here is a shot of all the girls. The 6 Diesel Ryder autoflowers up front, and the 6 Apollo11/Green Giants in the back.


The growth has been great considering the cramped cab with med-high temps (86 max). There are 2 that Im not sure about. They are both Apollo11/Green Giants, plants AG1 & AG6. AG1, on the left looks fine but one of the leaves didn't form completely and its a bit lopsided. AG6, on the right has been a little runt from the beginning, but it looks 100% better than yesterday.



All 12 will be going into the mini fridge asap on a hanging shelf. I will be using the 150w HPS for vegging, but they CFLs I'm using now are 2700K so they're used to the orange spectrum a bit already. After another coat of paint or 2 and some simple assembly it should be complete. Ill post details as they are available. Feel free to comment or ask any questions, I'm open to all suggestions & criticisms.

Peace
KB

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lookin good man

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Thanks man, appreciate you stoppin by!


So I have some interesting news. At only 15 days old all 6 of my Diesel Ryder plants have shown sex!! The night before I was watering them and giving them a good look over, and did not see one sign of sex on any of them. Overnight its like they went from toddlers to young adults!! I woke up and 4 of the Diesel Ryders had balls from top to bottom, and 2 of them had 6-12 white hairs coming out the top of the plant. I was a little disappointed at the low female to male ratio, so I started germinating 4 more seeds last night

I repotted the 2 females in 6 inch pots and set the males outside he cab. I will snap some pics of a male & female to show off. It just looks so funny seeing balls & hairs on such little plants. I also rearranged the light setup in the cab to maximize the light that Regina & Carmen (my "almost ready to harvest" diesel ryders) get better coverage. Plus i took 4 plants out so theres more room overall.

I got the light & fan all wired up on the mini fridge last night. Tonight I will work on the ductwork & some touch-up lightproofing. The gasket on the door is pretty lightproof, it doesnt let light through but it kinda glows. I may just have to leave it as is unless light starts peeking through. That 150 HPS puts out a LOT of damn light in that little fridge! I will need to get a 120mm fan still to mount to the reflector so its constantly blowing on the light.

Ill get some pics of the new girls soon, and also of a male or 2 for shits n grins

Peace
KB

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sweet man congrats on at least getting 2 ladies. ive got 4 lorwyders in my pc case hopefully they will show as quick as yours did

here's my set up Pc case lowryder grow

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DAY 18

Plant Stage (Apollo11/Green Giant): Veg
Plant Stage (Diesel Ryder): Flower [Day 4]
Light Cycle: 20/4
Lights (Until Mini Fridge is Ready): 2x42w 2700k CFLs, 2x30w 2700k CFLs, 2x26w 2700k CFLs, 2 23w 6500K CFLs
Medium: 50% Sunshine Mix, 45% Pearlite, 3% Blood Meal, 2% Bone Meal
Ferts: Schultz Plant Food (10-15-10) every other day.
Strain: 6x Diesel Ryder Autoflower (4 Males 2 Females), 6x Apollo11/Green Giant


Well the fridge is still sitting in my garage all hooked up and needing a little touch up work. Its been very busy at work this week and just keeping all my plants watered, trained, etc. usually consumes most of my night. Not to mention its been over 90F all week and that keeps my garage hangout time down to a minimum, haha!

But anyways, I promised pics of the Diesel Ryders and I finally have time to post them. I took a few more pics that I will share of my pollinated Diesel Ryders that I am harvesting, too. So here we go.


Here are the 4 males of the 6 Diesel Ryders I started at just 16 days old!

A closeup of the 2 showing the most pollen sacs. A couple are even split open, just blows my mind :P


Here are the 2 girls in their new pots at 18 days old. Lots of white hairs up top and multiple budsites with white hairs on both. Daria is the lady on the left, and Ellie May on the right. Im sticking with the alphabetical method used for hurricanes when naming new females


Closeup of Daria

Ellie May


Here is how the cab is setup right now. The plan is still for everything in there to go into the mini fridge asap. The 4 newly planted Diesel Ryders are in the middle with plastic wrap on them. The plastic wrap will get taken off as soon as I can see green through it.


I have decided its time to harvest my two 61 day old Diesel Ryders, Carmen & Regina. We sampled a couple little buds last night off Carmen and we were VERY satisfied with the results. With just a 30-45min quick dry on top of my light reflector int he fridge and it got us higher than we've been in a good long time. The high lasted for about 1 to 1.5 hours and it had a slight fruity pebbles flavor to me. It was pretty harsh and the flavor was not very strong but it made my toes tingle and my lips slightly numb, god DAMN I miss that!! haha!

I decided I will put Carmen & Regina in my bedroom closet for 48 hours with no light. I had installed a lightproof curtain inside the closet for my first grow attempt, and it finally came in handy The temps are 68-70F and humidity is 58% so it should be great for drying. after the 48 hours Ill chop them and hang them upside down for 5-8 days. Ill take a little after that and cure the rest since we need to save some for a trip coming up. By the time we smoke the rest it will have cured for about 2 weeks and should be very smooth & the high will hopefully be stronger and last longer.

Here are both of them just before going in the closet. Carmen on the left, Regina on the right. Carmen ended up at 5 & 3/4 inches tall and Regina is 6 & 3/4 inches tall.

Carmen

Carmen's top bud

Regina

Regina's top bud



I will give more of a full smoke report in about a week or so, as well as what they yielded, which I'm sure wont be much. They are pollinated and quite full of seeds, Id be happy with a 1/2 ounce of bud total, including the seeds. I'm just in it mainly for the seeds on this run, and I already got 7 out of the 2 tiny little buds we smoked.

Thanks for tuning in, please feel free to leave any comments or ask any questions. I am still learning myself and I enjoy all feedback.

Peace
KB

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