My 1st grow in many years (it's a pc grow as that is what my wife would agree too)

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 16, 2009

• #1

Hello everyone! This will be my first grow in eight years. My wife is ok with a very small set up, so I am going with a pc tower case. I will post pictures soon. I have rigged up 4 pc fans, 2 sockets for CFL's and a 70W hps separated from the ballast to reduce heat inside. I will be using a DWC hydro setup with a aquarium bubbler to keep the water oxygenated. I have some deep purple seeds by TGA and have germed 2. Let's hope for 2 girls. They are almost ready to be placed in the pc case. I am going to start them on a 20/4 light/dark cycle and let them veg for 2-4 weeks depending on plant maturity. I plan on implimenting a low stress training method using a screen. I have fox farm nutes. Please lend any input if you have any experience related to this style system. I will post some pictures soon.

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 16, 2009

• #2

Check out my sprouts and box...

 

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Sidewinder73

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• Oct 16, 2009

• #3

nutes and dwc hydro stuff...

 

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SpruceZeus

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• Oct 16, 2009

• #4

Looking good. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

 

dopewear

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• Oct 16, 2009

• #5

looks good scribed

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 17, 2009

• #6

I placed my sprouts under the cfl's today. One of the girls leaned over, but I'm sure she'll come back. I also added a fan inside to help keep it cool up top.

 

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kaiserAxel

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• Oct 17, 2009

• #7

Awesome man, I think I'm gonna steal your idea lol...It's a good set up hope for the best for ya

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 19, 2009

• #8

Right now my only concern is the sprout on the right. The stem looks weak and it is still bent over, but it continues to produce 1st set of leaves other than the sprout leaves. If I'm lucky it'll recover and make my screen LST easier.

 

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kaiserAxel

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• Oct 19, 2009

• #9

I wouldn't worry man, if it continues just splint it, that fan will hopefully provide enough current to make them grow stronger..you could pinch the other one if you wanted to slow its growth and make it a bit stronger...Youve been waiting 8 years, whats another 3 weeks?

 

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BlazedMonkey

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• Oct 21, 2009

• #10

Looks good, i actually considered doing a dwc or bubbler system in my pc case but decided against it because you had the change the water every two weeks (too lazy and to hard in a case). But hopefully i can see if it produces much better bud or not :]
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Snickelfrits

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• Oct 21, 2009

• #11

pretty sweet setup, good luck!!!

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 21, 2009

• #12

BlazedMonkey said:

Looks good, i actually considered doing a dwc or bubbler system in my pc case but decided against it because you had the change the water every two weeks (too lazy and to hard in a case). But hopefully i can see if it produces much better bud or not :]
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I'm following your grow closely as well. I hope we both have excellent results. I also bought another reservoir exactly the same as the one provided, so when I have to change the water, I just slip the fresh one under the lid and I'm done.

 

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BlazedMonkey

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• Oct 22, 2009

• #13

Nice i didnt think about something like that. When i go bigger after i move in a year then i might get into DWC

 

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titleistbudz

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• Oct 22, 2009

• #14

Bro your plants looked brown (burned) in the first picture. How a re they doing?

Love the setup.

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 23, 2009

• #15

titleistbudz said:

Bro your plants looked brown (burned) in the first picture. How a re they doing?

Love the setup.

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I had just brought them from the dark, so they were light green with a shade of purple. I will post some pictures tonight. Today, they are a nice shade of green and looking healthy. I did have to stake one of them as she didn't want to stand up on her own.

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 27, 2009

• #16

Here are some pictures of the sprouts after 1 and a half weeks under the lights. The one that was laying down has strengthened and is standing up on her own now. I think I have been overwatering as the leaves have turned down and one is getting slightly yellow. Any other feedback would be great, so let me know if you think something else is going on. All help is appreciated, thanks.

 

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irish4:20

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• Oct 27, 2009

• #17

cool man i'm subscribed

 

Snickelfrits

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• Oct 27, 2009

• #18

more light for sure

 

wonderblunder

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• Oct 27, 2009

• #19

Looks good should be interesting.

 

Sidewinder73

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• Oct 27, 2009

• #20

Snickelfrits said:

more light for sure

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I'm limited on lights for now, but once they start flowering I have an additional 70 W hps to use. How far should I have my plants from the CFL lights?