InCognition
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Stealth PC Case - First Grow - White Widow
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InCognition
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She just got of the ICU and seems to be recovering. She is now an amputee. I had to cut off one of her larger fan leaves.
She seems to be severely stunted at this point, even though I'm only using CFL's and my temps are not ideal, even when they are under control. If anyone thinks she is not that badly stunted given the conditions, let me know... I don't have much of a clue.
I'm not sure when she began to show sex, but I do notice it today... maybe it occurred a few days ago. I'm surprised at this, given all the trauma she has taken.
I changed my setup a little bit by leveling the lights and I'm keeping her a bit further away from them now.
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She seems to be severely stunted at this point, even though I'm only using CFL's and my temps are not ideal, even when they are under control. If anyone thinks she is not that badly stunted given the conditions, let me know... I don't have much of a clue.
I'm not sure when she began to show sex, but I do notice it today... maybe it occurred a few days ago. I'm surprised at this, given all the trauma she has taken.
I changed my setup a little bit by leveling the lights and I'm keeping her a bit further away from them now.
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InCognition
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She is all healed up now and back on her way. There is absolutely no way I can run more than 46 watts. I'm done screwing around with this case and I simply cannot compromise the stealth any more. It's already been de-stealthed to a pretty large degree. Light pours out the back through the rear fan now, when the lights are on. If I could remove the light catchers all together I know I could get 96+watts in here, but it's just not worth the risk.
I'll probably use all her produce for edibles as to stretch the use out. I haven't smoked in about 5 years, and before then about, .2 - .3 would absolutely destroy me for about 8 hours, so if I do edibles I should be able to get a good run on even a few grams.
I'll probably use all her produce for edibles as to stretch the use out. I haven't smoked in about 5 years, and before then about, .2 - .3 would absolutely destroy me for about 8 hours, so if I do edibles I should be able to get a good run on even a few grams.
glockdoc
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sup bro how the plants doing?!? well anyway i have an idea to help u lower the temps but u might have to make some major changes. if i was you i would remove the other power strips that the lights arent on from your case. the cell phone charges powering the fans put out a good amount of heat hence why everytime u turned the power up it got hotter in the cab. you can have 4 cfls on 1 strip with 2 Y connectors. for the 5th light i would just use a regular extension wire well fastened (bulb and wire) hung up somewhere. but im more then willing to bet if u removed the other 2 or 3 powerstips(which also put out some heat) you will be completly fine. you might have to figure out a way to get all that wiring into ur pc case but making sure to keep it all separated from inside the grow room. try it out and let me know. it will be a learning experience for both you and me.
InCognition
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Checking back in.
Plants are still going well. They are a lot smaller than I would of thought, but then again I had burned the plants pretty bad and continued the grow with only 46 watts. I'll probably get less than 1 - 2 grams of not so great quality smoke. Oh well, it's 1-2 grams I didn't have before.
Thanks for the advice, but I just can't move anything outside the case, which sucks. It will compromise the near level-5 stealth.
I'm going to try and do an outdoor guerrilla grow this summer, so that I can get some average quantities per plant. I'm going to spread some single plants out in different locations and see what happens. The computer case I have to run, just doesn't cut it with the weight or quality.
Plants are still going well. They are a lot smaller than I would of thought, but then again I had burned the plants pretty bad and continued the grow with only 46 watts. I'll probably get less than 1 - 2 grams of not so great quality smoke. Oh well, it's 1-2 grams I didn't have before.
Thanks for the advice, but I just can't move anything outside the case, which sucks. It will compromise the near level-5 stealth.
I'm going to try and do an outdoor guerrilla grow this summer, so that I can get some average quantities per plant. I'm going to spread some single plants out in different locations and see what happens. The computer case I have to run, just doesn't cut it with the weight or quality.
Guitar guy
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I am also growing white widow and let me tell you, this plant is a monster. I got my seeds from nirvana and went 12/12 from seed and they started smelling on week 2 and they are about 8 inches tall (LST'd a bit) at a month old. Hoping to see some flowers on this thing soon!
InCognition
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I'm day 68 from sprout today. Some of the buds still have pure white hairs, others are about 50% amber. I think I'm going to turn the lights off for 48 hours, then cut.
I was told White Widow sometimes will not change color, and that the hairs remain white. Not sure how true that is, but I'm assuming some buds are just more mature than others.
Any ideas on chopping the amber buds, and letting the white buds mature for another week? That would put it at 75 days for an Indica auto-flower.... seems a bit long. I stunted her bad though in the beginning.
Tell me what you think:
I was told White Widow sometimes will not change color, and that the hairs remain white. Not sure how true that is, but I'm assuming some buds are just more mature than others.
Any ideas on chopping the amber buds, and letting the white buds mature for another week? That would put it at 75 days for an Indica auto-flower.... seems a bit long. I stunted her bad though in the beginning.
Tell me what you think:
InCognition
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I've read that the good LED's do put off heat. I'm just not willing to take a random shot at it, if they do actually put off heat, being that I'm in a closed space.
They are too expensive for what they offer, but that is just my opinion. I don't think I could cool a good LED either.
InCognition
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In all honesty, I think I would be screwed heat wise with 70w. This computer case just does not cool unless I open the fan ports up, or the case itself. Neither of which I can do to maintain stealth.
glockdoc
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https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=64551
but yea you can open up ports, make light trap with make shit filter if u want. use dryer sheets or u can buy the carbon filter and cut it to fit snug in ur light trap.
but yea you can open up ports, make light trap with make shit filter if u want. use dryer sheets or u can buy the carbon filter and cut it to fit snug in ur light trap.
bohicular
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With your temps, see If you could isolate your Cfls from your grow space with clear plexiglas, with an exhaust fan on the cfl side. It would take some designing, but I do that and it drastically brings down temps. Jacking up your airflow too high will kill humidity and expose your plants to more heat stress. Good luck
Edit: also, with a bit of wiring, you can get that power strip out of there, which will help temps too
Edit: also, with a bit of wiring, you can get that power strip out of there, which will help temps too
InCognition
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Checking back in. Thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll look into some of those ideas.
I decided not to cut yet, because as soon as I said I would, I started getting a lot more frost... like 3 - 4 x the previous amount.
I'm thinking the previous burning and low light levels must be stunting the plants development, because I'm on day 79 and they seem to just be finishing up now. Half the buds are still lacking in frost or amber hairs, so I'm thinking of cutting down the ready buds, and letting the immature buds go a bit longer.
Should work to some degree, as I had to cut off the very top of one cola that seemed to have been dead. As soon as I cut it, the lower part of the cola started growing like crazy and frosted up a lot more. So, I'm hoping if I cut the mature colas down, I should see some type of effect on the remaining, immature colas.
I'll post back here with the weight once I get her cut and all that.
I decided not to cut yet, because as soon as I said I would, I started getting a lot more frost... like 3 - 4 x the previous amount.
I'm thinking the previous burning and low light levels must be stunting the plants development, because I'm on day 79 and they seem to just be finishing up now. Half the buds are still lacking in frost or amber hairs, so I'm thinking of cutting down the ready buds, and letting the immature buds go a bit longer.
Should work to some degree, as I had to cut off the very top of one cola that seemed to have been dead. As soon as I cut it, the lower part of the cola started growing like crazy and frosted up a lot more. So, I'm hoping if I cut the mature colas down, I should see some type of effect on the remaining, immature colas.
I'll post back here with the weight once I get her cut and all that.
InCognition
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You won't believe it. I'm just starting to flush now.
Word of advice to others. Don't try to grow anything with 43 watts... it takes too long. The last of the white pistols are just now beginning to recede.
I don't think all the pistols are going to go orange on this for whatever reason, but I do still have some fresh white pistols sticking straight up, which indicates to me that the buds are not ready just yet. This is from the research I've done on this website.
Word of advice to others. Don't try to grow anything with 43 watts... it takes too long. The last of the white pistols are just now beginning to recede.
I don't think all the pistols are going to go orange on this for whatever reason, but I do still have some fresh white pistols sticking straight up, which indicates to me that the buds are not ready just yet. This is from the research I've done on this website.