Second Attempt at growing. PC/ stealth

clivendon1

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My first attempt was foiled by some things coming up in life that made me have to rip my plant out and now my second attempt is fueled by a random seed sprouting lol. I built a pc box out of an old pc case I had and it has around 90watts of cfl in it currently all are 2700k I would have gotten different but I live in BFE and my hardware store didn't have any different color temps. Was just looking for some feedback and tips, I know my soil is shit didnt plan on anything actually growing it just kinda sprouted which is why i built such a small box i don't want anything huge. And I have mylar coming in the mail sometime next week. I would change the soil but seeing as i'm a beginner and not too serious about it i'm just going to see how it goes as of now and if it dies I'm probably going to invest into some soil to plant some better seeds into. Oh and my fan is an old thermaltake performance fan from my old gaming pc which is where the case came from also. So it gets pretty decent airflow i think.
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PutItInTheBowl

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lol nice man.. thats how alot of people start believe it or not...
if i were you though and if you do enjoy weed i would grab some soil from your nearest store
just get some soil that is good enough to grow plants in... i know yoru not serious about this yet
but you will be when you see results... its awesome to grow your own shit.
most soils have nutrients in them.. nitrogen is needed during your vegetation stage..
your fan is good cfl's dont produce alot of heat so your good either way with or without airflow from fans
just make sure you open your door or whatever to your closet/cabinet every now and then...
ill be straight up.. once you start growing you honestly dont want to stop... its fuckin awesome to grow your own shit
goodluck man
 

clivendon1

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Thanks for the input lol and yeah I plan on growing more after this one it's just it's a bagseed and i don't see myself spending money on it lmao. I do plan on planting my next one in the best stuff i can get all organic and whatnot. I have like 3 gallons worth of 3 types of fox farms nutes that a friend of mine gave me I believe they're open sesame, beastie budz, and cha ching. Not sure if I should try them once it gets big enough or not but we'll see lol.
 

DeeTee

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Nice start up you've got there, pretty soon as putitinthebowl said You'll be enjoying more and more growing your own and soon you'll have yourself some nice smoke. Be gentle with your babies and they'll pay you back.....grow on my friend.
 

clivendon1

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Thanks for the reply and I def will grow on! I'll keep this thread and my journal updated almost daily probably.
Oh and p.s. in the morning (I'm east coast) my baby will be 6 days old if that helps with anyone throwing some advice out there.
 
Yeah i hear you man! I was rolling a blunt one day and threw a few seeds outta the bag into a crusty plant in my bakyard and like 3 weeks later there was a 3' tall plant on its 3rd node lol. So i rushd and built a pc case and transplanted the little plant into a solo cup and unfortunately it just never recovered from whatever went wrong and i scrapped it. After that, i germ'd like 20 seeds and only got 1 to sprout! Wtf... Anyways,, i got a few more bulbs(6500k and 2700k), some organic soil and perlite, added another fan to the case to keep temps below 84(max). And now i got the one that sprouted and earlier today it already broke the top soil!! And it was only in the cup 2 days! Its just bagseed but im stoked! This is the beginning to an epic SoG op! ;) good luck man i hope u grow bud abundantly!
 

clivendon1

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I'm trying to keep my grows really stealthy and small hehe but yeah same situation here lol threw it in a little thing in the window sill just as a joke and it pops up i noticed it as soon as it sprouted and built my PC box for it a couple days later i had it in a different box with some lights at first though. Can't wait for my mylar to come in the mail so I can get the thing more light proof and add some better reflection
 

PEE2

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great job on the grow man! i'm sure your plant is going to get a lot more better then mine you have like the double the amount of lights i have!
if you keep the light distribution even with your lights then i'm sure you can get a great plant going!

also may i recommend lowryder/indica strains when you/if you order seeds, they are wayyy easier to manage compared to the sativas!

happy growing!:leaf:
 

clivendon1

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All but the last pic are from last night also, the last pic is first thing this morning. She (hopefully) is growing pretty steady on day 6 officially now the temps inside the case feel a lot lower than I expected but don't know the exacts.
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PEE2

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well i would recommend pineapple express auto flower cause it is working out pretty good for me so far! i also have some power skunk 75%indica 25% sativa , i dont know how these other two plants will grow but i will update that one too, i am not sure where you can get better priced seeds , i would google your country and seedbank see what you find and browse through them, and make sure you filter for feminized seeds, it's up to you if you want an autoflower or not, but i'd just say stay on the indica side for stealthy stuff!
 

clivendon1

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Yeah i like indica bud more than sativa to smoke as well so I'll look into that pineapple express for my next grow after this experiment. I also want to find some nice purp strains. (love the taste)
 

clivendon1

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upgraded add one more 13 watt light to make it 100 watts even. All are 2700 because that's all I had around the house.
 

clivendon1

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Another update to my grow, after adding the extra 13watts of lighting to even my grow to 100watts i made a really really ghetto scrog screen got my box will be making a better one once i can get better materials for it. Uploading more pics in this post and hoping you guys can give me some pointers also I changed the way my lights were mounting to try and get more even light distribution. Also, since I've been doing all my growing late night due to the need to be undercover with my grow and it's 2am currently (east coast) My baby is officially 7 days old. Put it on a 12/12 light schedule and waiting to see what happens.
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longarms90

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Man thats a great little setup. Pain those walls white or add mylar or somthing. Losing a lot of lumes there. those walls are soaking up the light. But im running 2 23w 2 13w and a 15 w led and mine is booming. Im going to double the bulbs for flowering
 

clivendon1

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Ive got two 23watt 3 13watt and the 15watt big cfl with the spotlight type thing to direct the light right on the plant
 
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