ICURBYOUs WhiteWidow CFL dresser growbox

Scroogeness said:

hey so is your webcam connected to a laptop or something? i still think its cool haha

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Yeah, its on a laptop that is sitting on top of the grow box.

Days since ground-break: 10 days
Number of plants: 2
Lights: (5)26w CFL
Lumens: 1600 (x5 = 8,000)
Light Cycle: 18/6
Temps: 82ºF
Nutes: 0

Okay... So, what all has been going on. I decided to transplant the ladies into 1.5gal pots. The Miracle-Grow auto feed shit was (possibly) causing #3 some issues. I ran to the store and purchased FoxFarm Forest stuff (lol).. and got some BigBloom/GrowBig for them. I havent used the nutes yet, just preparing.

Doing the transplant procedure was scary. I felt like I was on the show HOUSE and was doing some freaky ass brain surgery. The roots were a plenty. The cups were filled with roots. I removed as much of the MiracleGrow dirt as I could, and especially searched for the little 'feed balls' to remove them.

Once I had them transplanted and stuck them in the growbox and holy shit, I knew it would be a tight fit but good lord, this is a real tight fit.

Trying to fit the lights, and the fan.. oh man, its going to be a bitch. I want my lights within an inch, so thats my real problem. I could have them about 4 inches away pretty easily, but I want them right up on those plants.

I want to bring in another fan but I dont know how to fit it. I need one of those portable fans that clips to things so I can clip it to the side of my pots.

Anyways, here are the ladies after the move:

Cramped box!


I guess #3 gets 3 lights and Charlotte gets 2


Charlotte getting some bling from both sides


This is how they were last night before I lowered Charlotte's lights to surround her

Nice, I just transplanted as well and space was very limited. Are you thinking about adding a 3rd light to the others? Mine seem to like it very much.

bxke1414 said:

Nice, I just transplanted as well and space was very limited. Are you thinking about adding a 3rd light to the others? Mine seem to like it very much.

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Well, one has a 3rd light... And yeah, once I can figure out the space I will have way more than 5 total lights. I think I'm aiming for about 8 for veg... and then (10)42w + (1)85w for flower.

hahaha house. great show. im transplanting into the same soil so i hope i dont have to deal with the scaryness. think you need a bigger growbox haha

this is friggen sweet. i just started my own ww grow on the 6th and have 2 plants too. they both sprouted and have just shown the first set of jagged leafs. ill be keeping a tab on this for sure.

SzechwanChicken said:

this is friggen sweet. i just started my own ww grow on the 6th and have 2 plants too. they both sprouted and have just shown the first set of jagged leafs. ill be keeping a tab on this for sure.

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Awesome bro! You should make a grow journal too!

sorry to ask a silly question but which way round did you plant the seed i germinated the same way and put it in taproot facing up. do you think it matters??

i put them in soil on day 2 after first sign of tap root. we are now on day 7 and i have a bare stem comin from soil,no leaves or sign of leaves help me please this is my first grow?

billypotboy said:

sorry to ask a silly question but which way round did you plant the seed i germinated the same way and put it in taproot facing up. do you think it matters??

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Dude, regardless where I read, I get a different story... Some say up, some say down. If you figure, the thing comes out like a "J" shape.. So it would depend on how far germed it is when you plant it. If it JUST cracked it would face a different direction than if it cracked a few days beforehand.

Who knows.. I cant remember what I did. I just put it .5 inches under the surface with tweezers.

billypotboy said:

i put them in soil on day 2 after first sign of tap root. we are now on day 7 and i have a bare stem comin from soil,no leaves or sign of leaves help me please this is my first grow?

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Go to the NOOB section. I cannot help with that bro. Im sorry.

Days since ground-break: 11 days
Number of plants: 2
Lights: (5)26w CFL
Lumens: 1600 (x5 = 8,000)
Light Cycle: 18/6
Temps: 82ºF
Nutes: 0

Welp.. 2 days after tranplant. Actually, I guess a day and a half. They are showing no signs of weakening or despair so I am thinking they are okay.

As far as new growth... Dude, they have too many leafs for me to keep track of. I am not sure where time has gone, or what day they really blew up but boy they sure do grow up fast.

This morning I mounted my webcam on one of the support beams to the box. I have a badass view of my plant now. It's just too bad their lights out time is 11am-5pm.. Thats majority of the time im at work. So I stare at darkness.

#3 is still the type to lift her leafs high... and Charlotte is still the type to hang her leafs low. This has nothing to do with the amount of water, light, wind etc. I have switched sides with them and it means nothing. I am not sure why, but whatevr.. They are who they are!

I will start feeding of nutes this evening when I get home. I leave tomorrow around noon and wont be back until later on Sunday. I will keep the cam on and watch them while Im out of town to make sure they are okay!!

Probably wont have time to keep the journal updated on Saturday or sunday.. So look forward to a big update on Monday!!! YAY!

Welp, lights will be off any second... t-minus 5....4....3.....2....1... and..... and...... okay any second now... anndddd..... (waiting a few seconds patiently).... Hmm.. maybe not? coulda sworn it was 10:55 OH! THEYRE OUT! Sleepy time for my babes.

Now pics:

Charlotte getting her portrait this morning


#3 recovering very well after her MiracleGrow feedball episode


Webcam setup


A shot from the webcam taken just minutes ago

im strting nutes today too. should be interesting to see them on monday after some big bloom! yea there are a lot of leaves on Charlotte haha a LOT

icurbyou said:

Awesome bro! You should make a grow journal too!

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true true. my thread i started is like on page 12 already. it basically looks like a journal tho. imm probably start one once they mature a lil more

Looks good man!! Hope to see more pics.

damn, i forgot you aren't updating this weekend.

Days since ground-break: 14 days
Number of plants: 2
Lights: (5)26w CFL
Lumens: 1600 (x5 = 8,000)
Light Cycle: 18/6
Temps: 85ºF
Nutes: 0

Okay, so I'm back and have an update. I could tell the moment I got home and checked my plants that they had grown massively over the 33hrs I was gone. I watered them last night and went to sleep.
This morning I decided I'd wait until this evening to water again. Usually I do it a few times per day but I figure they dont need it as much anymore.

I rigged up my lights differently on Friday night. Instead of having my "light reflector" hanging from a string, and the other lights sitting in the dirt.. I decided to create a board across to hang the lights from.

I made it real quick, and the wood I used (recycled from the original dresser drawers) isnt quite strong enough for the weight of the lights. Today I am swinging by HomeDepot to find something more suitable. I think I am going to go for some sort of metal grating. That way I dont have to drill holes and shit, I can just loop it through the metals holes.

Anyways... Here are some pics. Im taking the day off so Im going to hop off of here.

Here they are!

#3


#3 again


Charlotte grew in height quite a bit over the weekend


Both of them from the side


Under side of Charlotte


Under side of #3

Looking goooooood.

your plant is coming on well RESPECT

plants a ment