Computer Case Grower!

**Pleasetryagain** · 04-14-2010, 07:00 AM

Hey everyone im new to these forums and this is my first time growing, i really like the support ive seen displayed by the key members who prowl this digital tome of knowledge, i have studied horticulture for the past 2 years and have a very comfortable knowledge about plants, ive made this forum in order to gain some followers who can help me with my newest plant (dutch passion skunk#1 feminized), i currently have a 5 week old bagseed which ive somewhat given up on, im pretty sure it died due to multiple deficiencys but i went into this endeavour with the less is more mentallity playing on the fact weed is a weed and it would do fine without much human intervention, clearly is not the case inside of a computer case, so lets move onto my mini growroom, it is a large pc server tower which has 6 fans mounted inside (3 for intake 3 for outake, there are two 23 watt cfls ( daylight so 6500k), the temperature inside is consistently around 76-82 so its not too hot inside. Ive invested in this equipment as a learning experience and maybe if i get a beautiful lady il take a clone or two, i dont expect more than an ounce MAX (high hopes

), so the reason im posting this thread is because i feel it might interest some of you exemplary growers to critique what is going to be happening over the next while, but as i said i currently have one dying plant which i believe has bitten the dust, but with my freshly germinated and planted skunk#1 seed so il be diverting my attention to it, i want feminized so i can run it along a chicken wire shelf i have inside of the case ( kind of like a scrog), and if i did that and it turned out to be a male thats alot of wasted time. So lets begin unveiling pictures, i can post pics of whatever you all would like to see, im going to start off with a summary of the case and then the sickly plant that once brightened my day. Oh btw im growing using an organic soil mix.

**riddleme** · 04-14-2010, 07:05 AM

Welcome to RIU, show us what ya got

**Pleasetryagain** · 04-14-2010, 07:13 AM

Im sorry im on my iphone and its extremely diffcult posting pics on 3G lol

i will have several more pics up within the next couple hours
These pics are of the sick plant, i pruned off the purple growth shoots due to lack of any growth

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**Pleasetryagain** · 04-14-2010, 07:31 AM

Here are some pics of my sickly dying plant, il have more upbeat pictures soon :P. [url]http://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/321549-emergency-pruning.html[url\]

**riddleme** · 04-14-2010, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by Pleasetryagain

Here are some pics of my sickly dying plant, il have more upbeat pictures soon :P. Emergency pruning?[url\]

end tag should be like [/u not l/] but you can just paste a link into the editor and the forum script will tag it properly

**Pleasetryagain** · 04-14-2010, 08:32 AM

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**Pleasetryagain** · 04-14-2010, 10:04 AM

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Here are the more recent pictures, taken 5 mins ago lol, the lights are on a timer going 18/6, im wondering is that the proper way to sprout seeds?, fill peatcup with dirt lightly, sow germinated seed into loose soil a 1/4 inch deep, lightly sprinkle with dirt, water to let things settle, and then place into a humidity dome (mini greenhouse) under lights to generate heat to spur sprouting??
Also I was using nestle aberfoyle bottled water to water it, i now realize that was a terrible idea as the ppm of the water is 520, is that a serious problem?