1st Grow, Alpha Server Case CFL Lowryder

dude the middle PIC!!! of the last post you put with pics has a bug on the leaf!! unless im tripping balls! if not get some neem oil! can get at local garden center like 10-20 bucks spray them with it. heat is another issue as others have pointed out!! good stuff!! what i do in my grow (feel free to take a look lol) i like to get some of those lunch pale freezer bags just throw them in the freezer while at work then when your are home throw them in easily gain 5-10 degrees! what is your humidity like?? the mold or fungi can come from too much humidity! =( i know there is pics of your setup but about how far from plants are the lights?? some more pics would be bomb bizzle!!! lmao well happy grows it!!! =) will subscribe!!

livelife8345 said:

dude the middle PIC!!! of the last post you put with pics has a bug on the leaf!! unless im tripping balls! if not get some neem oil! can get at local garden center like 10-20 bucks spray them with it. heat is another issue as others have pointed out!! good stuff!! what i do in my grow (feel free to take a look lol) i like to get some of those lunch pale freezer bags just throw them in the freezer while at work then when your are home throw them in easily gain 5-10 degrees! what is your humidity like?? the mold or fungi can come from too much humidity! =( i know there is pics of your setup but about how far from plants are the lights?? some more pics would be bomb bizzle!!! lmao well happy grows it!!! =) will subscribe!!

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Yeah yer definitely not tripping balls there...that was a little bug on it. I get random blackflies going for the lights when its dark in the room. All of the bugs i've seen in there so far don't seem harmful to the plants. The plants are about 2" from the lights as they are on the lowest part of the mounts I built. Thats the closest I can get em without putting something under the flower bed to raise it up. The humidity is about 40-50%. I've been filling water bottles and throwing them in the freezer and putting them in there to keep the temp down a bit, but I know if I provide better ventilation things will improve much more. Thanks for the advice, I'll try and post some more pics tonight

Just checked the PH of the soil with a not so accurate test kit I got for my garden earlier this year. Seems to be about 6.5ish so I should be fine there. I snapped a few more pics of the babies and attached them for review:










I have been putting small plastic bags over the two little ones the last few days after spritzing a little bit of water in it to bring the humidity up around them. I think the middle one might be ok, I've been seeing new growth from it, but the smallest one I think might be a goner. It's stem is still green, I've only been giving her about 2 shot glasses full of water when watering every 2 days. Cheers

np for the advice anytime =) the umm bag method your using is good but be careful like i said you dont want too much humidity thats really good for heat stressed plants which in your case is an issue and the bags have already shown inprovement! =) grats!! the heat issue is not a HUGE DEAL!! cus the plant will adapt and still grow but trying to hit the 70-80 range would be optimal growth =) as for the watering of the not so helathy one, ide give it a feeding of water and wait 4-5 days to water again let it search for the water towards the end its great for growth and will help "her" come back strong.! =) well lookin foward to progress! will stay tuned blaaaaaayze!!! =)

I am inspired to grow now! I was going to wait till i moved. After seeing your stealth server box it reminded me of my old server box that has been in the closet! Its 9" x 18" x 24" Good luck with your grow. As soon as I can get some lowryder #2's I will be set!

BudBag said:

I am inspired to grow now! I was going to wait till i moved. After seeing your stealth server box it reminded me of my old server box that has been in the closet! Its 9" x 18" x 24" Good luck with your grow. As soon as I can get some lowryder #2's I will be set!

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welcome to RIU BUD! lol. get one up and running!! =) what you waitin around for?? lol Smoke =One and welcome again!

BudBag said:

I am inspired to grow now! I was going to wait till i moved. After seeing your stealth server box it reminded me of my old server box that has been in the closet! Its 9" x 18" x 24" Good luck with your grow. As soon as I can get some lowryder #2's I will be set!

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Awesome, Be sure to start a grow journal buddy. If you are going to buy seed try and get some AK47/Diesel or WhiteWidow autoflowering seeds instead of LR#2. They grow about the same size, but produce higher yields and better highs from what I've heard. I've got lowryder #2 cuz I got the seeds from a buddy of mine

Just took a look this morning at the lil ones...that little sad looking one is definitely a goner. Its almost all brown now. But the other two look to be doing good. I'll update some pics tonight or tomorrow

I have all the guts pull out of my case... Now I'm trying to come up with a plan to trap the light inside and still run 2-3 fans. Can you take some pics of the inside of your box with out plants? id like to see how much wood you have thrown in there. I am thinking I will need to build walls to get it really sealed up.

BudBag said:

I have all the guts pull out of my case... Now I'm trying to come up with a plan to trap the light inside and still run 2-3 fans. Can you take some pics of the inside of your box with out plants? id like to see how much wood you have thrown in there. I am thinking I will need to build walls to get it really sealed up.

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There are a few pics at the beginning of the thread that show how I put things together. I just attached 1x3 strapping to the sides. I also just covered over the wood with tinfoil.

Basically don't take my design...there are much better ones. I'm going to change things as I go to promote much better airflow/growth/etc, so this is just a starter

I'm looking at next time doing a hanging light system with either 6 or 8 lights total. I saw one guys setup on here that it looked like the sun was trying to burst out of his grow closet with that setup. All he used was outlet adapters and Y adapters to add lights on to a hanging section.

I've also seen people put additional lighting in the corners in the form of fluorescent tubes running down to provide side lighting making the plants more bushy. There is a PC growers group with lots of designs in there. I'd suggest checking them out

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Please pray that one is M and one is F so I can have a seed harvest!

So everything is still looking good...the plants are starting to bush out quite a bit now. I'll take some updated pics in a few days...including side shots this time instead of just topdown's.

Lookin good bro! try to edit the pics to make them a little smaller.. like 600 is what i edit my pic size. but other than that lol. the grow looks awesome bro! i saw that ur temps were still in the high 80's if you could even get them in the upper 70's it would be better.. at 81F it starts to put a little stress on your plants. but nothing to worry about...just to let you know bro. but damn them girls are lookin beautifull!!!

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I just attached them this time instead of resizing them and posting them in the message. Some general photos and some taken with a macro lens. I believe the big one is female. I see a few little hairs starting to come in. The other one I'm not sure yet.

what are the dimensions of your box ??

southwestgrower said:

what are the dimensions of your box ??

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The LWH is 22x14x18". The flower bed inside is 20x13x5".

Both plants are girls...oh well...I guess I don't get any more seeds from this. I'll snap some updated pics sometime. I'm definitely having a heat issue, mostly due to the temps in the house.

I've also started fertilizing with 2-7-7 cactus fertilizer liquid nute. Hopefully they will get some good smoke at least at this point

I know I have to redesign the case to have better airflow. That is for grow #2

So here are some updated pics folks. Seems that cactus grow food is amazing. Buds are getting nice and plump. Hopefully harvest in another couple weeks!

Yes you can see the heatstress on these girls...I will be modifying the case to provide much better airflow next grow

Looks more like a humidity problem. Nothing fatal though.
Try to get a container of water in there & see if that helps.

v12xjs said:

Looks more like a humidity problem. Nothing fatal though.
Try to get a container of water in there & see if that helps.

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The Humidity has been around 45-50% in general. I've been having to water about every 36 hours about 30oz of my water/fert mixture. The one bigger plant is plumping out very nicely in its cola. It's probably about 2" in diameter of bud at its thickest part.