KrAzY ToKa's Grow Journal

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 12:21 AM

Hey guys. Id like to welcome you all to my first grow journal I am glad to have you reading this hopefully youll stick around throughout my journal and give me some pointers or comments. I will be using 4 15w CFL bulbs and 1 80mm intake fan with a 120mm exhaust fan with a homemade active carbon scrubber. I was to lazy to go buy mylar so i rigged it up with aluminum foil. I put 6 Unknown strain dank seeds into some wet paper towels the way i usually germinate seeds, hopefully in a few days a few will show signs of a root and ill be able to get them going but for now I snapped a few shots of the grow box.

BKKG · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 12:25 AM

That's a nice looking stealth box, Krazy! Although I'd recommend against using aluminum foil, since it creases so easily. Those creases can create hotspots, which are difficult to find, and can easily cook (or at the very least stress) a plant. I definitely suggest making the effort to get mylar, or black white poly, or even posters with glossy white backs.

I haven't seen that kind of mount for lightbulbs before, that plug right into an outlet like that. What are they called, and where did you get them (and where can I get some?)

Best of luck to you, I'll be checking in!

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 12:32 AM

dude i rigged that up by myself basically what it is.

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 12:33 AM

and i will also be buying mylar shortly i just don't know how i will be able to hang it because duct tape worked well with aluminum. i didn't know it would cause hot spots i just thought it wouldn't reflect as well, but since my plants are under CFLs i plan on keeping them pretty close to the bulbs at most times.

SurfsUpBrah · #5 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 02:06 AM

Where did you get the plug to light socket converters?

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #6 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 02:24 AM

Home Depot has everything you need for a soil grow.

Sloppy G · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 02:43 AM

Yeah, im pretty sure CFL's arent powerful enough to cuase 'hot spots'. I had aluminum foil all over my old setup and never had anything even like that happen. But maybe I was just lucky, you know :-)

Good lucc with yours tho, agn, sicc setup. +rep

SurfsUpBrah · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 02:48 AM

I would say cover all sides with plastic, then mylar it up and use tin tape to secure it. That tape is good stuff. Just tell the people in the store (Lowes, Menards, Home De Pot) you need to seal a crack in your heat duct coming out of your furnace in the basement, they'll bring you right to the tape.

SurfsUpBrah · #9 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 03:07 AM

Sorry for the double post but I thought I would tell you.

I read just now that most chip bags with the shiny inside are made out of mylar

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #10 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 03:27 AM

good thinking bro i saw someone does this with all rice krispies rofl!. honestly id rather buy mylar then eat a bunch of junk food.

celicaracer05 · #11 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 04:40 AM

mylar is really easy to mount, i used spray adhesive and i stuck the mylar to cardboard, who knew a shitty space blanket could work so well. i just sprayed up the carboard and layed on the mylar, its wrinkled as fuck but it still reflects light. i then cut at the seperations of carboard and wala my walls were done. and carboard was really easy to maniuplate to fit my grow area.

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #12 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 06:00 AM

beautiful idea where can i get such a thing as spray adhesive? home depot?

purp_kush · #13 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 07:47 AM

nice! keep it updated

kRaZy tOkA IVXX · #14 (**permalink**) 10-11-2007, 11:16 PM

will do, its been 24 hours since the seeds have been germinating.

gnomegrown · #15 (**permalink**) 10-12-2007, 09:08 PM

did you buy the comp supplies (fans and case) online? and if so where? i am really interested in a pc grow since i am moving into a house with my buddies next semester and i wanna start to growm my own to save money and learn something

and helpful hints that you have for me now, as well as when the grow is happening would be awesome and ill be visiting this thread often to see how it turns out

good luck bro +rep

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#1 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 12:21 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	KrAzY ToKa's Grow Journal Hey guys. Id like to welcome you all to my first grow journal I am glad to have you reading this hopefully youll stick around throughout my journal and give me some pointers or comments. I will be using 4 15w CFL bulbs and 1 80mm intake fan with a 120mm exhaust fan with a homemade active carbon scrubber. I was to lazy to go buy mylar so i rigged it up with aluminum foil. I put 6 Unknown strain dank seeds into some wet paper towels the way i usually germinate seeds, hopefully in a few days a few will show signs of a root and ill be able to get them going but for now I snapped a few shots of the grow box. Last edited by kRaZy tOkA IVXX; 10-11-2007 at 12:24 AM.

#2 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 12:25 AM
BKKG Puts the Can in Cannabis Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: In the lab Posts: 802	That's a nice looking stealth box, Krazy! Although I'd recommend against using aluminum foil, since it creases so easily. Those creases can create hotspots, which are difficult to find, and can easily cook (or at the very least stress) a plant. I definitely suggest making the effort to get mylar, or black white poly, or even posters with glossy white backs. I haven't seen that kind of mount for lightbulbs before, that plug right into an outlet like that. What are they called, and where did you get them (and where can I get some?) Best of luck to you, I'll be checking in! __________________ I'm not a stoner, and I'm not a hippie, but my life is absolutely better with marijuana in it than it was without. To Growers: The absolute, #1 best thing you can possibly do for your plants is research before you start. Ignoring this is like depriving your plants of light or water-- enough to ruin everything because a vital component is missing.

#3 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 12:32 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	dude i rigged that up by myself basically what it is.

#4 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 12:33 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	and i will also be buying mylar shortly i just don't know how i will be able to hang it because duct tape worked well with aluminum. i didn't know it would cause hot spots i just thought it wouldn't reflect as well, but since my plants are under CFLs i plan on keeping them pretty close to the bulbs at most times.

#5 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 02:06 AM
SurfsUpBrah It's 4:19 Gotta Minute? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 30,000 Chilli Beans from the Sun Posts: 104	Where did you get the plug to light socket converters?

#6 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 02:24 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	Home Depot has everything you need for a soil grow.

#7 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 02:43 AM
Sloppy G A REAL G Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 308	Yeah, im pretty sure CFL's arent powerful enough to cuase 'hot spots'. I had aluminum foil all over my old setup and never had anything even like that happen. But maybe I was just lucky, you know :-) Good lucc with yours tho, agn, sicc setup. +rep __________________ SLOPPY G'S SOPHOMORE GROW JORNAL CannabisSeeds.com Review

#8 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 02:48 AM
SurfsUpBrah It's 4:19 Gotta Minute? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 30,000 Chilli Beans from the Sun Posts: 104	I would say cover all sides with plastic, then mylar it up and use tin tape to secure it. That tape is good stuff. Just tell the people in the store (Lowes, Menards, Home De Pot) you need to seal a crack in your heat duct coming out of your furnace in the basement, they'll bring you right to the tape.

#9 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 03:07 AM
SurfsUpBrah It's 4:19 Gotta Minute? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 30,000 Chilli Beans from the Sun Posts: 104	Sorry for the double post but I thought I would tell you. I read just now that most chip bags with the shiny inside are made out of mylar

#10 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 03:27 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	good thinking bro i saw someone does this with all rice krispies rofl!. honestly id rather buy mylar then eat a bunch of junk food.

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#11 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 04:40 AM
celicaracer05 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 32	mylar is really easy to mount, i used spray adhesive and i stuck the mylar to cardboard, who knew a shitty space blanket could work so well. i just sprayed up the carboard and layed on the mylar, its wrinkled as fuck but it still reflects light. i then cut at the seperations of carboard and wala my walls were done. and carboard was really easy to maniuplate to fit my grow area.

#12 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 06:00 AM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	beautiful idea where can i get such a thing as spray adhesive? home depot?

#13 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 07:47 AM
purp_kush Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: vancity Posts: 145	nice! keep it updated

#14 (permalink) 10-11-2007, 11:16 PM
kRaZy tOkA IVXX Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chi town Posts: 945	will do, its been 24 hours since the seeds have been germinating.

#15 (permalink) 10-12-2007, 09:08 PM
gnomegrown that one guy...you know.. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: trashed, lost, and strungout Posts: 335	did you buy the comp supplies (fans and case) online? and if so where? i am really interested in a pc grow since i am moving into a house with my buddies next semester and i wanna start to growm my own to save money and learn something and helpful hints that you have for me now, as well as when the grow is happening would be awesome and ill be visiting this thread often to see how it turns out good luck bro +rep