Alright boys i think i have come close to the end in the on going effort to improve my cabinet. This thing has gone a long way as I picked it up from a local guy selling these metal office cabinets in an empty lot in a local town.. needless to say i picked up this retired server cabinet for $60 cash. After about 16 hours and mucho cash later this is what i have come up with. This is how she sits in a room adjacent to our kitchen.. it kinda sucks having it there but i have no other choice for now. pretty sneaky eh? Opening the door to a gorgeous view of my 4 baby girls from our friends at high grade A better view showing my homemade 400w HPS house in a sun system super sun II reflector. looking up at the top shows my 6 x 18 foothill carbon filter which is routed out using my 6" votex that i have throttled down using a speed controller. The box has a slight hum but no noticeable odors are exhausted. Another shot of the ventilation check it out rumples bubble buckets chillin in the background **right on!! due to the construction of the box and my stupidity and over excitement in starting my baby seedlings I had to switch my 10 girls to a shitty organic miracle grow and peralite mix? my previous hydro tub featured 4 airstones powered by 2 pumps. This thing was massive and held 10 plants and was 35 gallons... yes a pain in the ass to drain so that system was eliminated.. I did not know much at the time and searched for the quicket solution to keep some ladies alive and that was home depot special. Are the pots im using to small? Im thinkning about switching to Fox farms ocean forest and potting the four in there? What size pots and how many bags will i need? Is it safe to switch 2 1/2 weeks into flower? ladies basking in the daylight o no! my babies are starting to show signs of yellowing leaves at the bottom.. man these fans are yellow..advice? I brewed up a solution of 6.0 ph balanced tap water and mixed in a teaspoon of FloraNova Bloom formula and gave them a drink.. advice on the yellowing ? How often would you advise watering? im thinking this helps cool the glass.. i can touch with my hand and its cool... rock on votex !
How bigs your light? i know my 400watt lights only penetrate the canopy up too 12 inches or soo. but the leaves look higher up so it could be a nute lock out dunno what kind.
the cab for now has a few unfixedleaks that allow some fresh air to enter. However i am stuck on how im going to add vents to this thing.. i was thinking 2- 4" holes in the bottom? but how to seal to avoid light/odor leaking?
maybe its that shiny stuff all around the box kind of like insulation? and whats the average temp in the box
Looks like old growth is just dying off... your plants are healthy. +rep for the stealth cab, your going to have a fucking jungle in there!
Nice cab you built there bro. You've probably seen those companies selling similar setups for thousands. As far as the yellowing leaves what kind of soil, how old, feeding schedule, watering and any other info would help diagnose the problem. Yeah get those temps. below 80, prefarably around 75, ASAP. Peace bro.
Soil is a just an organic miracle grow potting mix that i mix with 20% perilite. I use floranova bloom and micro nuts every week. Watering with 6.0ph balanced water. Im going to add an intake tomorrow..ideas?
^^^thats right!!^^^ whats up blitz, checking out your stealth cab. Looks good man and your plants are healthy. that one yellow leaf is just old growth bro. It happens throughout flowering. Dont jump the gun and over-nute with the miricle grow. usually the whole plant will turn yellow on you within a day or two, if there was a nute diff. I went through something like that in early flower. I would give the girls at least 2 watering between feedings now on or the double feedings will come back to haunt you in two weeks. la8er GL
Yep, don't over feed. Remember that when you feed you are feeding the soil, not the plants and when you water you are watering the plants and not the soil. Put it this way; Do you eat every time you get thirsty? The plants need more water than food. Also, get those temps down asap and they NEED fresh air. If you are struggling to come up with a baffled and light proof air intake try connecting an L-shaped black plastic plumbing fixture to the inside of it. This should stop any light leaks. Peace
i would say check the runnoff water, as i have heard that some mg mixes are over fert for our plants. and remove the dead leaves etc, from the bottom as they attract bugs and not good for the plant. hope u grow some nice ones mang, ill stay tuned.
update on the girls i'd say roughly 3 weeks into flower.. tall and skinny? good time to scrog im guessing? I read in another thread that it is beneficial for the plants to eliminate or tuck leaves that are blocking bud sites from the light therefore i went ahead and trimmed the majority of the larger fan leaves that were blocking.. is this a good thing after trim: thoughts? advice GREATLY appreciated!
You'll get mixed reveiws on cutting leaves some people say leave them other say cut them off im somwhere inbetween i try not to take damanged leaves off and leaves that are huge droopey and old which are blocking new growth with potential bud sites.
Same here, I don't take em off unless they are 50% or more dead. You're plants aren't really bushy enough to need it though. I hope you don't stress them out by taking that many.