CFL Cabinet 12-12 From Seed Grow- Organic!

First indoor stealth grow.

Dimensions: 2' L x 1.5' W x 2.5' H
Painted flat white on the inside, weatherstrip and caulk already applied.

Lighting: CFLs, probably around 160 Watts total at the moment but will be getting more. Hung from top with shop light cords to lower/higher them.

Medium: FFOF in 4" pots

Nutes: Earth Juice Bloom, I've heard that it will not affect the pH levels much.

Passive air intakes, Carbon Filter with a high quality silent CPU fan outtake, small fan on inside for plants.

Will start this with a couple Blue Dream and Mango Kush seeds. All seeds from a reputable friend. More than likely going with SOG and 6 plants.

I am planning on starting 12-12 the day the seeds sprout and will start with the nutes around week 2. Primary reason behind trying out a 12-12 schedule is due to time constraints. This is primarily a trial run to see the yields possible from 12-12, regardless of the stage the plant is at it will be cut within 9 weeks of the seed sprouting. This is more of a "research" project on my part rather than a grow.

Any comments, questions, or suggestions are more than welcome.

 

Bingo on the business trip. This is my first indoor grow in almost 4 years, due to security issues I was forced to abort that grow so this will hopefully be my first complete indoor grow. I've grown outdoors for 3 seasons with moderate success and have decided to scale down to a personal indoor grow. This mainly because at this point in my life I am way to busy to be running around in our National Forests, plus it is also winter.

I looked at the calendar and I have around 9 weeks total (germing seeds now) worth of grow time if the plants are in soil by Saturday. No other option other than to cut the plants at that time, but then again these are bagseeds. I have a bunch of feminized seeds that I will be growing at the start of 2012, if the cab ends up working out, when I have a bigger window to grow.

Status:
Germing seeds at the moment using the paper towel method (I've always done it this way with great success); Blue Dream and Mango Kush.

Question:
I have both 2700K and 6500K 40 Watt CFLs available.

Should I use (2) 2700K and (2) 6500K CFLs for the beginning stages and then switch to all 2700K after a couple weeks?

Or, would it be best to go with only 2700K CFLs for the whole grow?

Out of curiosity, what exactly happens if you only use 6500K bulbs to flower?

Any suggestions on good indoor strains which finish early, have a decent yield, moderate smell, and have strong sativa characteristics? I am always looking for more seeds.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, completely forgot about Ruderalis. It's been a couple years since I have even heard of one.

 

General Goals:
-\t60% humidity, 80* F during the day and as low as 70* F at night.
-\tI am predicting a minimum of 14 g dry but am expecting in the range of just over an ounce to close to two.

Day 1~14: Vegetative/Pre-Flower
-\t12/12 schedule using (4) 40 Watt 6500K CFLs
-\tFeeding: Water only at this time, Nitrogen will be supplied by the soil
-\tI will hopefully be triggering flowering with the 6500K lights in the first 2 weeks to encourage growth until I feel the plants are at a sufficient size and the sex is determined
-\tI hope around day 14 the plants will have shown their sex, it is wishful thinking but possible.

Day 15~60
-\t12/12 schedule using (4) 40 Watt 2700K CFLs
-\tFeeding: Earth Juice Bloom 0-3-1 starting at ½ TBSP/gallon concentration, increasing up to 2 TBSP/gallon. Will be adding minute amounts of Epsom salts to correct for Mg
-\tAt this point I have almost run out of time and must begin wrapping up. Ideally the plant will be done flowering though it is unlikely.
-\tPlants will be trained as necessary, though I doubt they will ever need to be.

Day 60~63
-\t48-72 hours of darkness having been fed only cold water the week before
-\tCut most fan leaves
-\tMay allow temperatures to fall as low as 55* during the night

Harvest

Comments or Suggestions?

There is always the possibility of hermies due to stress. However, I feel that by skipping the vegetative growth cycle it will reduce the shock on the plant since the photoperiod will remain consistent, 12-12, from seed to flower. I would rather not have any hermies but would not mind them and this truly is more of a project to see the possible yields in such a short period.

Edit:

Status:

Cabinet is complete except for a fan, which I will need to keep the temps down inside. Seeds (6) have been germing for 24 hours, none have popped yet. Started germing 6 more seeds today.

 

Sorry for the lack of life in here guys.

Been really busy lately so I have not been able to post updates. Only 1 female plant left at this point. Began flowering roughly 3 weeks in to the grow. It is roughly a foot tall (I have LST'd it though). I would guess that the main "cola" looks to be around 4-5g dry with many other smaller pop-corn nuggets all around the plant.

I have 2 2700K 42W CFLs focused on the main cola and 2 6500k 42W focused on the pop-corn nugs in the hope that they will grow vegetatively. (Fingers crossed) I am hoping the pop-corn nugs shoot upwards from the stem and form small colas of their own.

I transplanted it from a smaller 1 L pot to a 3 Gallon pot, hopefully the roots will explode and the buds will as well.

More than likely will chop main cola in a week or so and allow the rest to develop.

Temps 65 at night, 80 day
Humidity 40-50%
Nutes: Small amounts of organics

How much watering is to much watering for indoor plants? I hear different opinions from everyone.

Pics tonight

 

really busy, sorry for the wait. but here you go, also a recent pick up

Edit: Yes, I am aware that I have a Magnesium defency but have not had the time to get Epsom salts to correct this issue. Appears to be sativa dominant.

 

Yes it is 12/12 from seed.

Not sure but I would guess from a month to two weeks but really compltely depends. I would guess she is at Day 48 so she is still relatively young