1st Grow - cabinet, bagseed, cfls

I started small to verify I could keep a living thing alive. Plus, I am all about stealth! This is where I grow, an upper cabinet in my garage...



Seedlings were a lot of fun to watch grow...



i forced them to flower just 3 weeks old, to see what they were capable of.
one month old, 1 week into flower:



4 weeks into flower:



the final four plants fit like an LST puzzle into the cabinet.





note the air intake at the top of the cabinet, i have tied into the HVAC of the adjoining room. this cabinet is in my hot garage, but as long as temps are ambient inside my house, my 50cfm exhuast fan will keep plenty of air moving thru this tiny space.

this was my hood. 7 cfls. 4 warm, 3 cool. 1500 lumens each spread very well across the tiny space.


this low light lamp will still be used in that space for my mother and clones. but i will now double my growspace by expanding into the next cabinet.



Expansions include a new 250 watt hps lamp and Joey Weed White Widow seeds.

Let the party begin...

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With regards the smoke. I harvested after right about 8 weeks of flowering, when trics were at about 70% amber. Thats 2 1/2 months total grow time. i don't have a scale, but i would estimate i got about one full ounce dry from the 4 plants. maybe a little more.

I water cured my best plant (#4) but lost so many trics down the drain, plus it tasted like shit so i trashed it. what a waste. i'll stick to air drying.

i air dried 3 plants, but had my computer fans running in the space and they dried them out too quickly. (don't do this!) i ended up placing them in jars and re-hydrated them with a lemon peel just fine. next time i will use bread though, so there is no lemon taste.

after 3 weeks of jar curing, potency is higher then i expected for flowering so young and such low light. the high hits you like it's Kind for about 30 minutes then goes away quietly. not bad considering it's mexican dirt weed and all 4 plants turned out to be hermies, sprouting about a dozen seeds each right at the end of flowering.

White Widow is on her way. I can't wait to begin the next experiment.

BTW, comments appreciated.

sick looking buds for flowering at 3 weeks. i like your cfl hood too.

thank you. it's a start. i'm building up from here.

Very impressive cult. I would never think it would be possible to harvest buds like that giving your type of setup. How do you plan on cooling your hps once you get it. Its going to get real hot in that small space. Whenever you expand your op. let us know.

Applause, Applause,
so many before you have tried and failed, where you suceeded.
You are a GROQWER !
Rep for ypu!

thanks, everyone.

i plan to use a 50cfm ventilator to exhaust thru the pvc pipe housing my 250w hps bulb. presto: air cooled hps+exhaust in one, ABOVE the cabinet, not it in. that should mean minimum heat build-up in the small space.

all in all, micro managin a small space is easier then a large one. but only two mature plants can be harvested at a time. to make it worthwhile, i am aiming for a long veg next time, major LST and supercropping techniques. let's see how hard these girls can be pushed.

very very nice!

im in a state of aww....very nice i couldnt believe the pics very nice rep for u

nice work there for cfl

thanks, everyone!

ug ot any mor plant goin naw?

WW seeds haven't arrived yet. I prob germinate in a week or two. Looking forward to it.

hey whats yr expected yeld

Hey closet-cult..congrats on the buds..they look dank ...I was wondering if you could tell me how you constructed that cfl hood?

Thanks,
D

ken; i didn't have a scale but a looked like an ounze, may a tad more, dry. i've never grown with an hps before and i just got a 150 bulb. from what i read, with every technique i've learned on rollitup, i want two ounces from my next plant in that bigger grow space. is that wishfull thinking?

D; the hood is that white foam board from cvs or wallgreens. cut and scotch tape it. used 18 guage wire to link up those standard replacment light bulb fixtures. all from lowes. i used the cord from a broken appliance to be able to plug the hood into a timer outlet.

2 oz of a plant isnt wishful thinking just need right light an shit.
with info i got off rollitup i think im gna aim for 2oz a plant next grom

medicineman said:

The heat factor will be critical. you need to increase your grow area. Maybe build a new cabinet with a vent in the top going into your attic to diffuse the smell and allow for some cooling airflow.

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that's exactly what i'm planning. the light will be ABOVE the cabinet, not in it. and glass to seperate it, with the exhuast fan pulling the air thru the bulb housing, into the attic.

completely air cooled for the new cabinet space. (see final pic)