Super basic yet effective grow cubby

Greenthumblady

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I have the smallest apartment known to man. Its shocking actually. I had my plants stolen last year so outdoor is not an option. They were huge. It broke my heart. So I've managed to set aside a cubby in my bathroom for my wee grow.

Specs:
*Odd shape about 2'x1.5'
*Top light is actually a seasonal depression light. It's a 6400k LED and super bright but it's just holding place for a t5 I usually have there which blew a bulb a couple of days ago.... in a pandemic :(
*Vertical light 150w led full spectrum light in bloom. This setup was me working with what the plant gave me but admittedly not ideal.
*Bathroom fan always on for exhaust and a small fan on the plant for circulation. No issues with smell so far.
*blackout curtain that I close before lights out and open in the morning.
*Soil mix given phed water and mild nutes added in bloom.
*Big mama is a orange tangie that makes my fingers smell like grapefruit! About 6 week flower.
*little runt is a likely dude durban poison I threw in here to verify faster. Keeping a close eye and won't allow to pollinate no worries.

I purposefully did not train this plant. I wanted to see what would happen and if it was better for my tall and skinny space. The answer was no. But this grow led me to realize that for my space, one plant is ideal but it can be a bigger plant with a more even canopy with lst.

Posting this to show that you can grow on a budget and in an unusually small space.

Also looking for suggestions to improve my grow area. Yes. I'm already planning on taking down the foil for my next grow. The paint behind it is white anyways. Any others?

Next grow will be auto bruce banner!
 

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spek9

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The only thing I see that I might suggest, is next time during the flowering stretch period, I'd supercrop that tall plant to bring the main cola down level with the rest of the canopy, so the light can be brought closer to the plants.

That's a High Stress Technique though, and should only be done in the first couple weeks of flower, definitely not now.

Something to research for the next grow.
 

SnidleyBluntash

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I think it looks great. You should spend some time in the Vertical growing part of this forum, see some pics from others. You can for sure get more yield with some training of the stems. Anywhere you can see the reflection of the light off the tin foil - could be plant leaves absorbing the light instead
 

Greenthumblady

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Looking forward to the Bruce Banner, interested to see what you think about it, I want to grow that as well. Nice job!
Thanks Il
The only thing I see that I might suggest, is next time during the flowering stretch period, I'd supercrop that tall plant to bring the main cola down level with the rest of the canopy, so the light can be brought closer to the plants.

That's a High Stress Technique though, and should only be done in the first couple weeks of flower, definitely not now.

Something to research for the next grow.
I'm planning to lst my next grow. Im hoping to be much fuller. Itll be autoflower so I'm hesitant to do anything high stress like topping. Will be researching supercropping tho so thank you!
 

Greenthumblady

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I think it looks great. You should spend some time in the Vertical growing part of this forum, see some pics from others. You can for sure get more yield with some training of the stems. Anywhere you can see the reflection of the light off the tin foil - could be plant leaves absorbing the light instead
I've taken a peak but they're all a lot bigger scale than what I'm working with. I was glad however to confirm I wasnt breaking some unwritten rule of pot by hanging them vertically! It seems to helping the bottom bc I have nice big nugs throughout.

And yes... lots of wasted space on this run :(
 

SnidleyBluntash

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Yes I think it’s great. I am going to be putting a small LED panel underneath the canopy soon to hit all the popcorn and see if it fattens them up.

To use up the space you could try a net, hung vertically, to weave the stems in and out of for them to stay in place.
 
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