Homemade Stealth Cabinet- Lots of pics!

stelthy said:

Now THAT is a nice lookin cabinet, my friend
Congrats on a great job stelthy! Looks like Hydro? If it is, I would not want to SCROG. I am nowhere near a scrog expert but it just sounds like a nightmare. Once the buds get through the screen you don't want to have to pull it off for res maintenance. LSTing though would still work good. I will probably use topping and LSTing to shape my next grow.

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Cheers man Ok I'll arrange some screw in loops so I can LST.. that sounds like a better idea - STELTHY[/QUOTE]


Hey I'm a cabinet, doing hydro and ScrOG, what am I chopped liver?? hahahaha. Just joking.

Check out my plans for my Mini-ScrOG's. I'm using 16L reservoirs which are 9" tall and filled with about 2 gallons of water (DWC) which weighs less than 20lbs total and will have their own screen. I can easily pull them out of the cab to service them, trim, tie, etc. You also may be interested in how I'm controlling water temps as well. Once my water temps were under control, it's a matter of finding the right level of ventilation to keep air temps in check. That becomes a function of the ambient temperature of your incoming air meaning it has to already be cooler than the air in the cabinet in order for you to reach equilibrium. I'm still trying to find that source of air without dropping some $$'s on additional AC and exhausting out my humidity.

Basically with ScrOG, you aren't letting the main stalk come up through the screen so as the plant get's "taller" you keep it winding up under the screen aiming each node to come up through one of the holes in the screen. This will develop a lot of extra growth under the screen that you will have to trim away since they will no longer get any light through your "bud" canopy. It will take time each day to redirect "traffic" up through the screen. To some it's too much time. For me, it's daily therapy and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to checking out your thread!

peace

Damn haha I like all these cool little set ups. Nice and healthy look females there OP.

jsgamber said:

Cheers man Ok I'll arrange some screw in loops so I can LST.. that sounds like a better idea - STELTHY

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Hey I'm a cabinet, doing hydro and ScrOG, what am I chopped liver?? hahahaha. Just joking.

Check out my plans for my Mini-ScrOG's. I'm using 16L reservoirs which are 9" tall and filled with about 2 gallons of water (DWC) which weighs less than 20lbs total and will have their own screen. I can easily pull them out of the cab to service them, trim, tie, etc. You also may be interested in how I'm controlling water temps as well. Once my water temps were under control, it's a matter of finding the right level of ventilation to keep air temps in check. That becomes a function of the ambient temperature of your incoming air meaning it has to already be cooler than the air in the cabinet in order for you to reach equilibrium. I'm still trying to find that source of air without dropping some $$'s on additional AC and exhausting out my humidity.

Basically with ScrOG, you aren't letting the main stalk come up through the screen so as the plant get's "taller" you keep it winding up under the screen aiming each node to come up through one of the holes in the screen. This will develop a lot of extra growth under the screen that you will have to trim away since they will no longer get any light through your "bud" canopy. It will take time each day to redirect "traffic" up through the screen. To some it's too much time. For me, it's daily therapy and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to checking out your thread!

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There ya go stelthy! js has it figured out. Pay attention....this guy is pretty sharp.
Sorry js.....it slipped my mind that you were doing it.

For me; I am leaning toward LST as long as I have enough headroom. In this grow I had a runaway AK with over a dozen colas that I didn't want to cut so the screen seemed like the thing to do. It trained the top colas and let the other plants catch up a bit.

I like your style +Rep

SimplySmoked said:

I like your style +Rep

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Appreciate it SimplySmoked,
Thanks for the rep dude!

I cut down the auto AK47 yesterday. It is a good mix of cloudy and amber trichs and most of the new white pistils have turned red.
I started drying the buds so in about a week I should have an idea of how good it is.
The Blue Himalayas need another week or so but this grow will finish about a week ahead of schedule. I have some Master Kush in the veg cab but they won't be ready to go into the big cab for at least 2 more weeks. That will give me a chance to go through everything in the cabinet and get it ready for the next one.
Here are some pics of the AK from yesterday. My apologies in advance for the crappy pictures.

Looking good man do they smell very potent? how do you plan to dry them? do you cure them after? - STELTHY

stelthy said:

Looking good man do they smell very potent? how do you plan to dry them? do you cure them after? - STELTHY

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Thanks stelthy,
The smell is not overly strong. I would say it's a little bit spicy and piney but mellow. I have strung them up in an old trunk with ventilation holes. I have a fan blowing on the trunk but not directly on the buds. I'm watching the humidity in the trunk and so far it is staying around 60%. That's a little high so I hope that it comes down in the next day or so. I will have to keep a real close eye on them for the next week until they are ready for jars. After I put them up in jars, I will have to air them daily for another couple of weeks or until they are ready to store.
I have never been this far in the process so this is what I can gather from RIU and Cervantes. I haven't given this part near as much thought as I did the rest of the grow. We'll see how it works out!

EvlMunkee said:

Thanks stelthy,
The smell is not overly strong. I would say it's a little bit spicy and piney but mellow. I have strung them up in an old trunk with ventilation holes. I have a fan blowing on the trunk but not directly on the buds. I'm watching the humidity in the trunk and so far it is staying around 60%. That's a little high so I hope that it comes down in the next day or so. I will have to keep a real close eye on them for the next week until they are ready for jars. After I put them up in jars, I will have to air them daily for another couple of weeks or until they are ready to store.
I have never been this far in the process so this is what I can gather from RIU and Cervantes. I haven't given this part near as much thought as I did the rest of the grow. We'll see how it works out!

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HAHA munkee im so proud and jelous at the same time lol

looks like ur gna be MOST high for the next few weeks. i know what u mean about the finishing process, as with all growing its 90% research and 10% intuition , im already worried about drying and curing and im not even finished veg yet.

All the best though and WELL DONE

Got another ? for ya evil, with your cooling capabilities of this cab, do you see it possible to run a 600w and cool it?

SensiStan said:

HAHA munkee im so proud and jelous at the same time lol

looks like ur gna be MOST high for the next few weeks. i know what u mean about the finishing process, as with all growing its 90% research and 10% intuition , im already worried about drying and curing and im not even finished veg yet.

All the best though and WELL DONE

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Hey SS,
Thanks man!
I still have 3 plants left that will start coming down soon. One of them will be ripe any day now. I'm looking forward to tasting that Blue Himalaya. I love the way it smells.

adquirk said:

Got another ? for ya evil, with your cooling capabilities of this cab, do you see it possible to run a 600w and cool it?

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Whassup adquirk,
I am not sure how hot a 600w runs but if you could boost the air in the cool tube I suppose it could work. My main limitation is space. I can grow more with the 400w but I just don't have the room. For that reason I can't see how changing to a 600w would be worth it in this case.
Just my opinion.

EvlMunkee said:

Whassup adquirk,
I am not sure how hot a 600w runs but if you could boost the air in the cool tube I suppose it could work. My main limitation is space. I can grow more with the 400w but I just don't have the room. For that reason I can't see how changing to a 600w would be worth it in this case.
Just my opinion.

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I think if you went up in wattage you would notice slightly accelerated growth, in my opinion not worth it for the additional heat and power requirements mate, you have a gooood thing going on there

Wow very nice work. Hey munk have u checked out stelthy's cab. U guy's r pee's in a pod. I think munk and stelthy should do a pimp my cab show I'll def. send mine in. Also is there no group 4 us cab growers. The AK's looked great btw well done r they dry yet.

SensiStan said:

I think if you went up in wattage you would notice slightly accelerated growth, in my opinion not worth it for the additional heat and power requirements mate, you have a gooood thing going on there

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I agree SS. 400w is all I would want to use in this cab.

chainseeker said:

Wow very nice work. Hey munk have u checked out stelthy's cab. U guy's r pee's in a pod. I think munk and stelthy should do a pimp my cab show I'll def. send mine in. Also is there no group 4 us cab growers. The AK's looked great btw well done r they dry yet.

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Hey chainseeker,
Thanks a lot dude.
Yeh, I saw stelthy's cab...it is excellent!!
I was impressed with the AK too. It can yield a lot more than I thought. My target was 4oz from 4 plants but the AK has already yielded 94g. I weighed it when I put it into jars so it may lose a little more weight but not much. I still expect at least 90g from her. It is a little early for a good smoke test. They need a couple more weeks at least.
I've also done a first cut on 2 of the BH and got what I think is better than 2 oz. There is probably 3-4 oz left in the cabinet.
Thanks for comin by

Sup Munk? Just trolling through! Hopefully my Cherry AK-47 holds those same genetics!! Stop by my journals and check out my clone saga...bring a tissue! Okay it' not that bad. hehe

peace

Hey js,
It's been a while since I've been online so I haven't done any trollin lately. My wife and I start our holiday tomorrow so I won't be around much in June either.
Here's a quick update on the harvest..
Everything has been cut as of 31 May. The AK yielded 75.5g of dried buds. The BH are 160.7g for an average of 53.5g per plant.
Of course there are about 5 or 6oz of trim and fan leaves for bubble hash.
The total bud harvest for 1 auto AK47 and 3 auto Blue Himalayas is 236.2g or a little over a half pound! I had hoped for a quarter but didn't expect this.
It's a little early for a good smoke report. I have been smoking a little bit while I wait and it seems to be fairly potent but not killer. The taste is starting to mellow a bit but has a way to go yet. When it is fully cured I will post a full smoke report for both strains.
I'll try to post a few bud pics later today.

Where did you get that Square thing that holds your fans and stuff that is on the back panel? I am building the same kind of grow closet and I like that idea to hang fans from and so on.

growalater said:

Where did you get that Square thing that holds your fans and stuff that is on the back panel? I am building the same kind of grow closet and I like that idea to hang fans from and so on.

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Hey growalater,
You must be talking about the square aluminum tube. I bought it at Lowes. They have several sizes and shapes.

Half a pound!!! Very impressive man!!!
Thinking about the next one yet?