Grow #8 3 Stage Stealth Closet Box

[aisispoet]

This is my 8th Grow in 13 Years. I have done some cool grows and had some rewarding experiences with the girls and have been disappointed more than once and very lucky in regard to the Law men. Over the years I have learned that secrecy and stealth is the first rule in Growing fine tomatoes and not getting caught. So I will post diagrams and information regarding my setup. I upload a 32 month yield calculator and a cost analysis of my setup. I will detail equipment and method in as much detail, but I will not tell anyone I know personally that it exists no matter what. I don't have a single friend or acquaintance who know about my hobby and I recommend you do the same.

Strains----------------------------->

Juicy Fruit
N LightsXShiva Shanti
Sweet Tooth
Mixed indica
--------------->NEW STRAIN ADDED as of Sept 22nd
NYC Diesel from Soma Seeds and
HazeXSkunk#1 from Seedman

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Medium- Soil Mixture(1part Vermiculite, 1 part Organic Soil, 2 parts Perlite, Lava Rocks at bottoms of pots for drainage)
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Grow Chamber Lighting- 4- 200W CFL
Cloning Chamber- 2 12" Fluorescent Tube Type Warm
Flowering Chamber Lighting- 250 HPS and 250 MH
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The Flowering Box has an air conditioner built in. It is used to control both temperature and humidity while working in conjunction with the Main exhaust/ Air scrubber all running on a central Thermostat above canopy level.

I keep the Temp at 77 degrees and the CO2 is maintained at 1500+ PPM using a 20lb tank on a controller.

Nutes------------------------------->

VEG- Alaskan Nutes with superthrive

Cloning- Technaflora B1 Thrive Red, Rootex gel,

Flowering- Technaflora Products
BC bloom & BC boost
Magical
Root66
Sugardaddy
Awesome Blossoms
B1 Thrive Red

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PH 6.5 to 7 in soil/ 6.6 runoff water
Water is from a reverse osmosis source.

I have had some minor Fungus Gnat problems, but other than that things have been good. I will upload some pics of the flower chamber asap. For the mean time the diagram will have to do.

[aisispoet]

Some different views of the Diagrams I made

[c20h25n3oIsGood]

Well, it looks like you wont need it, but good luck bro!

Can't wait to see what your setup can do.

do you have any pics of past grows?

[aisispoet]

Originally Posted by c20h25n3oIsGood

Well, it looks like you wont need it, but good luck bro!

Can't wait to see what your setup can do.

do you have any pics of past grows?

I think I have some somewhere. I took some of my 2003 indoor and a few of my 1999 outdoor. I'll have to dig around and scan them in if I can find them. I broke my digital camera so pics of this one may take a bit until I can borrow or buy a new one.

[aisispoet]

A simple 3D diagram of my clone and veg cabinet.

The clone station has two 12" Fluorescent Tubes providing a nice low light source for cuttings.

Both areas are injected with Co2 with the Clone humidity dome also injected with Co2 so my girls can breath.

[aisispoet]

OK here are some photos of the current flower box. The camera is a crappy $20 kids digital camera, but my 8mp cannon had a run in with the washing machine so its all I have for the moment. The girls just moved into the chamber shown and a few are showing primordial sex indicators as female. They are on a 16 on 8 off lighting schedule right now. Things are a bit crowded, but it will thin up once I pull clones on Monday and then once they all show sex it will probably open up a few more slots. If you have any questions, criticism or suggestions feel free to post.

[dafinestsniper]

What do you think about Juicy fruit?

[aisispoet]

Well sniper, I will say that I've had a good experience with them so far. This is the 1st time I have seen Juicy Fruit and they kinda picked me as they were free seeds that came with the Sweet tooth. They are smaller, shorter little things and eat up the nutes and water faster than the other strains I have goin. When I introduced the Co2 at 1500ppm for the first time they exploded with super compact growth. When I get a new camera I will put up some better quality photos. I'll have to give you a review after flowering.

[mjboy]

nice set up and hope all goes well.

[BUDSLiNGER]

props on the cab man, very nice...I am suprised you havent had many grows over the years.. must have yeilded monster amounts,,
anyway man looking good...

[aisispoet]

This is my 8th personal grow , I have been partners on several operations but they weren't of my creation I just assisted in several ways and reaped a portion of the benefits.I've had monster yeilds a couple times, but I'm not a cash cropper or anything I just produce what I need for personal use. I like to stay super safe and I don't take unreasonable risks. Some of the places I have lived it wasn't safe so I had to shut down ops. That's just life. I'll have pics of an old Veg box up soon. Peace

[aisispoet]

Here's some updated pics of the now less crowded flowering box and my current veg box. The Veg Box is a work in progress still, but it serves as a home for my 2 mothers and the 20 new clones I cut yesterday. I have lights on order to brighten the Veg box up but till then the little tube lights will have to do. Also The Flowering box it not so crowded now and it looks like 7 of 9 are female which is good news. I removed the MH and replaced it with a 250 HPS so now I am running 500W(250X2) of HPS in the Flower chamber. The temp in the flower box has really stabilized as you can see and all is well.

Comments?

[aisispoet]

My outdoor herb garden is doing just as well as my indoor

[c20h25n3oIsGood]

Hey man I'm trying to read that chart you uploaded but I'm failing.
Could you tell me how much you spend vs. yield?

[aisispoet]

It's about 2300 setup cost I projected 32 months out and the total yield over 32 months would be about 80 ounces. Thats all personal use for me, but you can do the math on what that is worth. Total expenses over 32 months projected at 6500 that includes all equipment and seeds and nutes etc....