Favre2Harvin
Well-Known Member
Hey fellas (and ladies too lol), first off I would like to say that you guys have done some awesome grows and provided a SHITLOAD of helpful/useful information throughout this site,I cant believe how much shit i've read about and learned in the past month or so. Ive been doing nothing but reading other peoples grow journals/threads and collecting as much information as possible to construct my first grow project. I think now I feel comfortable enough to go ahead and make my own little journal so.... here it is. Enjoy 
I've decided that for now with the space and limitations I have at the moment I will go with the 'stealth' approach and use this cabinet that I obtained from my local Goodwill for cheap
DIMENSIONS: 4 1/2ft TALL x 2ft WIDE x 1ft (give or take a few inches) DEEP
-its divided into 2 units the bottom being a bit taller than the top section. I plan on using the top section for Vegging, as you will see in the upcoming pictures. I'm not quite sure what I will use the bottom for yet, if I will use it at all. right now it just holds supplies lol.
Heres a few pictures of the inside before any plants in there:
Covered the inside with mylar, then I used industrial strength velcro that I got from HOM DEPOT to hold up my power strips, man does that work well I suggest it to anyone. Some Y-splitters x3, and CFLs of course. heres what i chose for lighting:
x4 GE General Purpose Daylight 26w 6500k @ 1600 lumens each.
x3 Ecosmart Daylight 27w 5000k @ 1750 lumens each.
Equalling 185watts/11650 lumens.
For the ventilation right now being temporary until I can figure something out, and this works perfect for me so far, is like this:
Theres no back to the cabinet it is all open so I have it pushed as far back as i can have it inside my closet to the wall.(I also put a small board on top to keep all light inside and tucked a few shirts in the corner where the fans are. Sweet. I took a huge cut of mylar and hung it behind the cabinet all the way down the wall. I have a small 5 or 6 inch clip on fan(in picture) sticking out of the corner, then on the other side of the cabinet I have another fan a little larger taking the hot air out, and temps stay in the 70s at night, low 80s during the day
and so far.....so good.
+This being my first grow, I only have bagseed to experiment with, so.... here are my 7 babies, Lucky 7 so hopefully a few will be girls...
TEMP:81 degrees
HUMIDITY:27%
I chose to name my plants just for the extra motivation and excitement.
Jess, Angel, and Ashley were planted on 3/14, they are 2weeks1day old.
Kelly was planted on 3/15, 2weeks exactly today.
Mandi and Jamie were planted on 3/16, they are 1week6days old.
****ALSO "JESS" AND "ASHLEY" WERE TOPPED ON 3/28****
And this is "Veves", I hope and pray that she is a SHE. she is looking fine.
I plan to top her later on today, shes 4weeks old, Planted on 3/1. I am feeding her 1/4th strength GROW BIG by Foxfarm. No problems beside a little yellowing of some leave tips.
I also plan on using the whole Foxfarm nutrient lineup for my first grow.
heres a shot of them inside all settled:
I also plan to use LST as my space is again limited guys, I've been reading quite a bit about it however I dont really know how it will go, we will see later on, I hope that some of you could maybe teach me a thing or two about the LST like when to start, how, etc.
otherwise enjoy guys...I will try to update atleast once a week.
Sorry about the picture quality guys my 8MP camera phone kinda sucks :/
I've decided that for now with the space and limitations I have at the moment I will go with the 'stealth' approach and use this cabinet that I obtained from my local Goodwill for cheap
DIMENSIONS: 4 1/2ft TALL x 2ft WIDE x 1ft (give or take a few inches) DEEP
-its divided into 2 units the bottom being a bit taller than the top section. I plan on using the top section for Vegging, as you will see in the upcoming pictures. I'm not quite sure what I will use the bottom for yet, if I will use it at all. right now it just holds supplies lol.
Heres a few pictures of the inside before any plants in there:
Covered the inside with mylar, then I used industrial strength velcro that I got from HOM DEPOT to hold up my power strips, man does that work well I suggest it to anyone. Some Y-splitters x3, and CFLs of course. heres what i chose for lighting:
x4 GE General Purpose Daylight 26w 6500k @ 1600 lumens each.
x3 Ecosmart Daylight 27w 5000k @ 1750 lumens each.
Equalling 185watts/11650 lumens.
For the ventilation right now being temporary until I can figure something out, and this works perfect for me so far, is like this:
Theres no back to the cabinet it is all open so I have it pushed as far back as i can have it inside my closet to the wall.(I also put a small board on top to keep all light inside and tucked a few shirts in the corner where the fans are. Sweet. I took a huge cut of mylar and hung it behind the cabinet all the way down the wall. I have a small 5 or 6 inch clip on fan(in picture) sticking out of the corner, then on the other side of the cabinet I have another fan a little larger taking the hot air out, and temps stay in the 70s at night, low 80s during the day
and so far.....so good.+This being my first grow, I only have bagseed to experiment with, so.... here are my 7 babies, Lucky 7 so hopefully a few will be girls...
TEMP:81 degrees
HUMIDITY:27%
I chose to name my plants just for the extra motivation and excitement.
Jess, Angel, and Ashley were planted on 3/14, they are 2weeks1day old.
Kelly was planted on 3/15, 2weeks exactly today.
Mandi and Jamie were planted on 3/16, they are 1week6days old.
****ALSO "JESS" AND "ASHLEY" WERE TOPPED ON 3/28****
And this is "Veves", I hope and pray that she is a SHE. she is looking fine.
I plan to top her later on today, shes 4weeks old, Planted on 3/1. I am feeding her 1/4th strength GROW BIG by Foxfarm. No problems beside a little yellowing of some leave tips.
I also plan on using the whole Foxfarm nutrient lineup for my first grow.
heres a shot of them inside all settled:
I also plan to use LST as my space is again limited guys, I've been reading quite a bit about it however I dont really know how it will go, we will see later on, I hope that some of you could maybe teach me a thing or two about the LST like when to start, how, etc.
otherwise enjoy guys...I will try to update atleast once a week.
Sorry about the picture quality guys my 8MP camera phone kinda sucks :/
) I also used other small strips of velcro so that I can move the lights around higher and lower and shit. however the lights were fallin out of the sockets from the weight so an easy fix I used string and a tack through the posterboard to hold it up. Oh I also used more of the velcro to keep the top lid tight the only light that leaks out now is from the bottom from it sitting on the floor and the intake fan, but I aint too worried about it.
