Growdrobe - Pics of ongoing project to convert a wardrobe into a grow area
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No smell issues at all unless the exhaust is off.
You are absolutely right. I cut more than just holes. I cut a long rectangular hole across the entire bottom. Light does not leak from one chamber to the other from the back. And there is a whole lot of air flow.
I just kept cutting untill I felt it was good enough, I mean till the pressure of the exhaust was still strong enough to pull air and the smell but not put too much pressure on the Fan. If you know what I mean.
Do you mean If I built or purchased it as is? The cabinet was just a regular cabinet that I modified just a bit.Then added all the materials.
Bonzi Lighthouse
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What happened to your first grow from May?
I scrogged the grow and broke the main stem on one of the plants. The main stem was completely broken, just hanging by a piece of skin from the stem. I taped her back together with Magic Tape, and she recovered. I can't believe she stuck back together like she did.
I used organic nutrients for my plants and they tasted great. BTW, it is a flood and drain, hydroponics. Tasted just like Soil Grown Herbs pulled right from the backyard.
Bonzi Lighthouse
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I'm doing a little DWC on my One Seed Garden. So far so good.
glad to hear you got a harvest
glad to hear you got a harvest
Bonzi Lighthouse
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I have 2 14" air stones in the res.
I was thinking so much on converting my medium to a bubbler like that, but after putting so much work and money on this project, I don't even want to reconstruct or spend any more money. I have so much hydroton rocks, and sure waste a lot of nutrients in that big reservoir. Your bubbler setup looks very cost-effective in terms of medium and nutrients.
How often do you change your water in the resevoir?
Do you think I should try the bubble setup in this wardrobe, or just stick to the flood & drain?
My goal is to spend less money on medium, and especially nutes. And spend less time moving that damn reservoir around every week.
Any advice is appreciated, but I totally understand if non is given. I am stumbled on all the the ideas I have to set up this wardrobe, and only time, trial and error will tell what's best. Unless the wardrobe breaks down. LOL
How often do you change your water in the resevoir?
Do you think I should try the bubble setup in this wardrobe, or just stick to the flood & drain?
My goal is to spend less money on medium, and especially nutes. And spend less time moving that damn reservoir around every week.
Any advice is appreciated, but I totally understand if non is given. I am stumbled on all the the ideas I have to set up this wardrobe, and only time, trial and error will tell what's best. Unless the wardrobe breaks down. LOL
The Spray Adhesive didn't work out that well in the long run. It started to just fall off slowly, it is still stuck on now with some tape.
Thanks Essex, the screen worked wonderful, I didn't even think of that. Thank You.
It proved to work. One day the exhaust Fan was turned off by accident. There is no screen on the exhaust and a couple of white flies got into the grow, through the exhaust duct.
I made 2 huge rectangular shapes in the bottom
The white flies laid some eggs and everything was getting fucked up man. There were larvae of the white flies everywhere in the reservoir, the flood tray, inside the pot of the plants. Every other day there would be a couple of white flies flying around, I killed every single one I saw flying around. It sucked having to monitor and kill those nasty flies.
I bought some goGNATS to put in the reservoir to kill them, but I never used it because it was too late into flowering, and i was already close to flushing. So, I continued killing them off throughout the rest of the grow, just about two weeks were left.
In addition to your advice, also find a way to put a screen on the exhaust. I will do that at some time, just lazy right now.
I decided to SCRoG the grow and not worry about the amount of height. SCRoG is good man. The grow was able to Veg for more than a month, It was taller than one feet, then i switched to Flower them. If I recall, there were three plants, the amount of space was just about right, Some bud sites were really close to each other, while others were far apart, that is the bud sites of the canopy. If I can just find a way to get them even all around, that would be great. Experience is definitely needed for properly training those plants, especially when the strain is unknown, or how it grows, whether it's Indica or Sativa.
I learned a few things about strain and how they cover the screen.
Sativa is good for SCRoG if you keep it short as possible. The bud sites can get so long that it defeats the purpose of the SCRoG, forcing to have to move the lights away from the plant because they get too long. That's my opinion, after experimenting. The buds were more fluffy than dense.
Indica is perfect for SCRoGing, the plants grow shorter, bushier. The bud sites grow lower and evenly across the screen. These buds were really dense. They felt almost like compressed marijuana. Before and after drying. I could barley squeeze them. I was surprised to see how dense the bud was after reading so many CFL hater's comments.
The sativa strain was not dense at all but there were much more buds sites on the sativa than the indica.
Although I cannot argue any differences between lights, I will be sticking to CFL for a while, the quality of Bud was better than any other Medical Marijuana I ever smoked. It tasted and felt so good. I was able to function, with a cerebral and body high. Most others I smoked just put me to lay down on the sofa, and stay stuck for a while. I want to feel good, but still needing to function normally throughout the day. I was able to accomplish this with great results.
Anyone know if Sativa Strain produce more bud sites, and are fluffier than the indica strains? [Keep in mind this grow is all CFL Spiral, about 500w (actual, not equivalent)] Or should i post this question somewhere else?
Bonzi Lighthouse
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i change the res once every 2 weeks, The 3 part Hollands Secret was $42 total and it will last a couple of grows at least.
I love the DWC simple just an Air pump and a tub, I put a drain in the bottom so I don't have to even move it.
I would stick with what you have for this grow though.
Just rewired the lights together, and screwed the fixtures onto the walls.
Also Added a cloning area, that is the container you see on top.
On the right, I plan to let the plants grow taller.
On the left below the clone container, I will keep the plants that short below the lights.
The clones coming from the top will be moved to the bottom left, then those plants in the bottom left will be move to the right, for extra growth.
Also Added a cloning area, that is the container you see on top.
On the right, I plan to let the plants grow taller.
On the left below the clone container, I will keep the plants that short below the lights.
The clones coming from the top will be moved to the bottom left, then those plants in the bottom left will be move to the right, for extra growth.
brownbearclan
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Really nice setup! I may have missed this skimming through, but why so many fans in there? =)
I like to keep it cool. I don't really know how to check the temperature. It gives me different readings all the time. Not sure if I can take the temperature while all the lights are on and so close to it, I think it's giving me false readings. It goes up to 92 degrees with the fans off, but it still seems cool when I open the door. I think I'm taking the temp wrong, the thermometer must be to close to the lights. I tried putting the thermometer in a cut open orange juice box, but it gave me the same temperature.
