Stealth Grow Box w/ 10 42 watt CFLs

well here is my stealth entertainment center grow box that i constructed. I currently have 4 3 week old plants in the veg room and i am starting 9 plants 12/12 from seed in the flowering side. i gave the 4 plants in the veg room some general hydroponics liquid fert. i gave them a mild mixture a few days ago and i have noticed rapid node and leaf development. i also think they just entered the veg stage of life. On the side of each fert there is a chart showing how much of each is needed for different mixtures. all mixtures are tsp/gallon.

cuttings + seedlings: 1/4 teaspoon micro, gro, bloom

general puropose - mild: 1 tsp micro, gro, bloom

veg growth: 2 tsp micro, 3 tsp gro, 1 tsp bloom

Transition to Flower: 2 tsp micro, grow, bloom

Flower: 2 tsp micro, 1 tsp gro, 3 tsp bloom


I gave them the mild general purpose mix.

my veg room is the chamber on the left and has 4 42 watt cfls. three of them are 6500k and one of them is a 2700k. exhaust has 2 12v pc fans and intake is one 12v pc fan. the hot air is exhausted up into its own seperate chamber before being blown out the back. the exhaust from the flowering room ( right side of box) is also blown out the top left of the flowering chamber by 2 12v pc fans to above the veg room in the seperate hot air/odor control chamber.

the flowering chamber has 5 42 watt cfls. 4 are 2700k and 1 is 6500k. along with 2 32 watt 2700k's. the lights are on very top of chamber which is separated by glass from the rest of the room. ( 2 exhaust fans are above glass by lights sucking hot air into odor control chamber above veg chamber). The intake are 2 12v pc fans. All pc fans are wired to one 12v, 2amp adapter. each fan uses around 300 milliamps therefore all are running at full speed.

Can anybody tell me why my leaves are droopy. I did just water them today. Could that cause it. My max temps get around 82-84.

nutes too soon
just give them water every 2-4 days

in the 3-4 week is good to give nutes, but remember that bot too many and step by step increase the doasge of nutes.also, your temps are a lil bit high but can still to fine with that too.drooping may be caused by over or under watering, but this case sound like over watering.


keep it up man and let those sweet herbs grow........

nice setup, lets see what them girls(hopefully) can do how often do you water? thats probally the droopy leaves cause.

I water every 4 days. I water when the top 2-3 inches are dry as far as temps I can't do to mich about. It's really hot here, gets like 80. When it is cooler out my temps stay around 78. I was also thinking of doing some lst and or topping. Never done either.

fim and lst is the best. i guess overwatering isnt the culprit. do your leaves feel kinda crispy? it could also be underwatering.

i think they were just thirsty cuz today they popped right back up. how long should i wait before i top?

1-2 weeks if it grows good. like 4-5 nodes and/or 5-6 inches tall is when i fim. but it depends on the plant. if i had that plant like i said i'd wait 1-2 weeks if its growing nice and fast. or lst now then fim the new tops in a few weeks.

Ya I will prolly start lsting in a couple days. Than in a week or to I will top it. I read that u can clone the tops if the plant is big enough. There is nice fast steady growth and I would like to know if they are female. I am also glad to see that I have a sativa dominant plant as well. All others are def indica Dom. These are just bagseeds.

I will post updated pics tomorrow night as well. I also got a sprout in my flower box to

much too early to tell. your just now entering the veg phase , you can tell sex when the plants are mature in veg from the pre-flowers which its way of saying it wants to be flowered.after 3 weeks of 12/12 you should be able to tell the sex for sure but some take longer than others

alright heres some updated pictures. unfortunately i had about a 4 hour power outage today which sucked. but overall looking marvelous. growth is seems like a quarter inch a day.very soon shall the lst begin.

i also have 2 different kinds of rooting hormone. i was wondering if one was better than the other. the rootone has fungicide in it.

EDIT: dang stoner...posted in the wrong thread...sorry mate!

So which root hormone is better?

here are some updated pics on my plants. they are 1 day shy of 4 weeks old now. growth is def vegatative. just watered them today. i used ferts like 8 days ago from today. in a few days when i water again should i give them full veg fert as well or should i do it bi weekly? oh and the one in the monster can thats all blurry is a clone i took from a plant i had outside that wasnt getting good enough light. the second pic is a plant that i topped as well about 2 days ago.

well that kinda sucks that the only post besides mine in a while was someone posting in the wrong thread.

looks good

here are some updated pics. i fimmed one a few days ago along with started lst on another. can somebody tell me if i am doing this right? this is my first attemp at fim and lst. also which root hormone is better. the rootone has fungicide in it? it has also been a week since i gave them ferts. i gave them a mild mixture on the 20th when they were a little shy of 3 weeks old. its the 30 and i watered on the 28th. so the next time i water should i give them the full on veg fert mix or should i give them the mild? or should i wait a little longer?