Metal grow cabinet build for 1st grow

PrezDickie said:

if you can get your venting set up a gun cabinet would be great for a grow cab! they are usually tall enough and it would be secure. thou i would consider lining the inside of the cabinet with like plywood and covering that with mylar that way your not always struggling to figure out how to mount things. you can just screw into the wood. Good luck and good growing.

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That's a great idea! +rep for good lookin' girls and great advice!

So should i be worried that my "autoflowering" white russian isn't showing signs of preflower yet? She's been growing strong since Oct. 22nd 2011 so she's almost 4 weeks old. this strain was a new strain i think g13 labs put out as a tester during attitudes birthday giveaway. so maybe the auto gene isn't fully there. the plants are still under 24/0 lighting but i just added my all red bloom boost led spotlight into the cab directly over the white russian. if that doesn't get her to start showing pistils then i guess i'll try changing to 20/4 or 18/6 light schedule... hate to jump right to 12/12 when my other plants are so little
Pics to come later today

taken November 13th

pics from this morning after watering last night with plain H2o

Nov 14th

So last night (Nov 15th 2011) i noticed the first few pistils popping out of my Auto White Russian! its about time i'm not sure if its because she was happy about the last feeding i gave her about two days ago or reacting to the all red bloom boost led hanging above her or maybe it was just time, because when i checked by larger Easy Ryder "rudy" is showing just a few pistils too! that worries me thou cuz i hoped that plant would get larger first my white russian is about 10 inches tall and 11" wide but my ER's are still small rudy is only about 5 inches tall.... Should i move the light up to get some stretch on my two small easy ryders and hope they fill in? or should i keep it about 12 inches above them and see what they do as they flower?

Pics later today

Does anyone have an idea when the best time to switch to flowering nutes for autoflowers is? i was listening to Danny Danko the other day and he suggested not switching from veg to flower nutes till the bud sites really form but that is for photoperiod plants, i was curious if same holds true for autos with their shorter lifespan??

Before and after 20 hours of growth i'm loving this plant!

Im new to this but I'd say if your plants are starting to show pistils its about to time start the flowering nutes. If anything, the nutes will kick start the flowering process.

Looking good man. I'm growing some autoblueberries that are showing pistols at about 4 inches too. I really hope they keep growing vertical or it would be kinda disappointing. I think I'm going to wait to add flower nutes because even photoperiod plants can show preflowers in veg.

My white Russian is taking off almost 15 inches now, but my youngest easy Ryder hasn't grown vertically at all. Think I'll switch to 20/4 light schedule since moving light up doesn't seem to be helping her stretch out

The last pic is my youngest easy ryder but she's been going since Nov 1st 2011 so i don't know why she's so small i can't keep her leaves off the soil since she's so small


also today will be the 1st day i'm starting 20/4 lighting schedule i was running 24/0 since they are auto strains.

Dam thats suxs, atleast you still got the other big ones.

So in an attempt to give some life to my small easy Ryder I busted out the power drill and punched many quarter inch holes all over the black plastic pot it's planted in. It's the only plant not in a smart pot and also the smallest so I hope more air in the soil will help her out. And a good dose of grow big might help in the next feeding, anyone know about what Ppm an easy Ryder can take at day 23 without burning?

my tiny Easy ryder got 500ppm of grow big
and the big white russian got its first taste of tiger bloom at 240ppm

hey man if you use the trimming method I detailed in my journal you'll be able to get the smaller one to bush out big time, I'm looking at the plant in pic 3 in your last post. Basically remove the fan leaves that are inhibiting cola growth once an established cola has sprouted from the leaf you're about to trim. I have pictures if that doesn't make sense.

Also to chime in on what you were asking earlier - I begin flower nutes as soon as pistils appear (FF Tiger Bloom, Open Sesame, Beastie Bloom, and Cha-Ching - flush with Sledgehammer a week and a half before chop).

Lookin pretty awesome brother.

i do plan to do some trimming. On the bigger plant i've been able to tuck leaves to get light to bud sites but the smaller easy ryder just started to show some bud sites and no tucking possible there so snip snip soon, i'm just hoping the nutes and being positioned directly under the main light will help her grow a little

Looking good so far dude!

keep up the good work man!