NOW BEFORE EVERYBODY STARTS GETTING THEIR PANTIES IN A BUNCH, I DIDNT PAY FULL PRICE FOR THE BOX. GOT A WICKED DEAL ON CRAIGSLIST. SECOND REASON WHY I GOT THIS SO SMALL IS IM TRYING TO GO FOR AN ULTRA STEATH GROW. Now that we got that out of the way. My friends call me Fatmann. Reason why i want to grow??? Im a Prop 215 patient and use medicinal marijuana to help with my back pain and insmonia. Fucked up my back (3 disc herniation) in a work related incident. Like a previously stated, STEALTH IS A MUST!!!! Even though Im legally able to grow my own weed in the state of California, my dad still trips about me growing it. So that why im choosing to go with this cash crop grow box. Now as of today 5/30/16 my seedling is at 8 days old. Didnt have time to start this journal cus of lack of time but i do have pics docomenting The beggining Day 3 Germaniton of seed is a success!! Strain is Bubblegum Auto(Fem) by 00 Seeds. I got it because they calim it has high thc and cbd so its going to help me with my back pain and insomnia <a href="Photo by ivangar123" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/hh622/ivangar123/20160525_172733.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 20160525_172733.jpg"/></a>
Day 6 Upgraded the 13 watt cfl to 42 watt cfl I also decided to replace the water in the resevoir and add nutes. PH'd water to around 6.0
Day 9 Seedling seems to be doing fine. My only concern is that the temp inside the grow box gets way too high. Usually around the high 90s and low 100. Im currently looking into switching over to leds and install some intake fans to draw in some fresh air
Feel your pain about stealth.. I up cycled for my box to make it fit the look of room I will be having it in. I live in a med state also. I got a journal about its build and grow. I'm mostly a beginner. Kc Kush / ThcTitans
You need constant air movement around your plant aside from any air dealing with pulling heat away from your plant. But you've GOT to get the temps down or your plant is going to start showing the affects of it. Heat can kill them in a heartbeat. The mid 80's is about as high as I'm comfortable with although they can take more than that. But temps like that over an extended period of time will do damage. Don't know what your level of grow experience is, but while your plant is growing, you need to be growing your knowledge base on the "how to grow" in this particular setup and what to expect. If you already have lots of grow experience and understand this particular process, then have a wonderful time. But any time you're trying to grow in a confined space, the lighting you use is going to produce heat. The stronger the lighting, the more heat and bigger the problem. If you're only planning to grow one plant, then a "GOOD QUALITY" (American Made if you want your money's worth) LED is definitely the way to go. They're not magical or anything, but a good one will produce one fine plant and they don't emit nearly the heat that other bulbs do. However, they only shine straight down and have little coverage outside the particular box that the diodes are in, and you can't crowd too many plants under one without losing growth below the canopy. One of the big downers is the price. The production hasn't caught up to the technology and the ones worth having are ridiculously expensive and tend to be pretty tiny as far as sq. footage they cover...but in your situation, one would be perfect. You might even be able to get away with only a small fan to gently move your plants around as they grow and not have to do any ventilation installation...but you'll just have to see because they ALL make heat. LOL They also burn hot to plants, for some weird reason, so hang your LED high and give the plant time to adjust to it and then slowly lower it down to a comfortable height for it over a few days. Good luck. You can harvest a very nice amount from a single plant if you know how to grow the plant and keep it healthy and give it the best and strongest flower lighting possible during the flowering cycle. The quality and strength of light is most definitely the determining factor though. Good luck. Can't wait to see how your little box works out for you. TWW
Thank u very man!!! Lovee That info that u gave me! Since I'm still a newbie I'm trying to be like a sponge and suck in all the info that I can! This is my second grow and fire time in Hydro. I have a little bit of experience in dwc cus that's how I grow my lettuce. As for the heat, yes getting those Temps down is my top priority!! Today I bought an Led grow light so hopefully that'll lower the temps.
Amazing!!! Is this the bulb??? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HL...light+bulb&dpPl=1&dpID=41IJygzu+tL&ref=plSrch ?? I had thought bought buying a couple of those bulbs but I want to sure of they would work. So today I went out and bought a Hydrofarm 300w full spectrum Led with 5w leds. I know it's not a super high end one but ExplosiveTrap is using one in his recent grow and his pant seem to be don't reallywell. Heres the link to his grow Cash Crop 4.0 Journal - Start to Finish
This is it and I am getting a secound one soon.. they really are solid lights. Kc Kush / Rescue grow, my first Journal.
This is my solar storm 440.. I love it very much, Infact I bought 2. Kc Kush / Rescue grow, my first Journal.
Day 15 Plant seems to be doing very well. Still having problems keeping temps down. Unfortunatly the leds i bought were putting out more heat than those cfls so i put back the bulbs inside the grow box. I also got rid of that crappy 120mm pc fan and hooked up my 4in exhasut fan i had from my previous grow. Looks pretty ghetto lol but i hope itll help lower temps
As long as it gets the job done. . Try leds no joke. This one has been a beast and I'm very happy with its results so far gonna get a secound one soon. Kc Kush / Rescue grow, my first Journal.