First Indoor grow! HID(den) in the closet!

Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Indoors' started by WeekendWarrior, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. Hey Chimera,

    How long did yours take to finish? The box says 56 days but to me that seems f*cking absurd. 56 days? That's like next week!

    I was thinking probably more around 70 days or so... (10 wk from germ).
     
  2. What up WW? Glad to see they survived being home alone. Hope they straighten up for ya. Looking forward to seeing your project through to harvest. My girls are just now starting to get their mature odor like yours did.

    Are you gonna pre-harvest and sample a little bud? I'm trying so hard to be patient, they just look so damn delicious.
     
  3. I'm thinking I harvested around 65 days. If you have a 30x microscope or better just look at the trichs if there all cloudy you can harvest. If you don't and can't get one, then when the hairs start receding/turning red/brown and there are no new hairs you can chop them. By the way you can get a little handheld microscope for like 10$ at radio shack.
     
  4. Blu,

    I have to admit that I've snipped a little sample or two haha.
    Since I vaporize, it really doesn't matter if it gets cured or even dried or flushed for that matter. Just popped a little popcorn bud in the ol' Iolite and away I went! Got me pretty blazed and it's still got a bit before harvesting! They're 49 days from seed today.

    Go here to see my latest pictures of my ladies. They're getting fat!
    http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-grow-journals/750990-3oz-container-grows-37.html#post13304899

    As one of my friends put it,
    "Strictly plus size lingerie from now on!" :p

    And when I chopped up that bud... The sweetest smell. Just the sweetest.
     
  5. using vape does not bypass flush unfortunately, what does bypass it though is eating it. i vaped this super super super strong indica and every time the next day i felt quesy and clammy and very week. never again that stuff was fun when high but the next day was death.
     
  6. It's time to give GC some bud porn!

    I just pulled my favorite lady out of the closet for a quickie :p

    Ladies and gentlemen,
    Lucy:

    Day 52 Lucy.jpg
    Day 52 Lucy HPS Bud.jpg
    Day 52 Lucy Branches.jpg


    Keep in mind, I've got two others sittin' in the closet still :hello:
    Lucy is the biggest producer, though.

    I am sooo anxious to harvest for the first time! I know they still have a liiiiiiiiittle bit of maturing to do, so I'll let them do that. They are at day 52 right now. This strain lives up to its name! It is really Fast Bud!

    I just started the flushing process, so in about 10 days, I think I'm gonna take one of 'em down.

    :cool:

    Also, with my automatic watering system, it makes it so much easier to water my plants! All I have to do is hook up my water pump, and wave around a hose for two minutes. This does involve a tedious weekly reservoir filling, however. Either way though, it's sick.

    I'm hoping to get 2.5 ounces from all 3 plants.
    Anybody else have any guesses on yield?

    Nobody's seen into my Veg cab either!
    I've done a lot of work on it in the past week. Here are a couple of pictures:

    Here are teh innards
    Veg Cab 1-4-12.jpg

    And here on the left are the plants that will be my 2nd indoor grow
    Bubba Kush 33 fem from CH9 and Aroma fem from CH9
    Veg Cab Plants.jpg

    Here is a seed that I found in a bag of my favorite strain: Sour Diesel
    I'm going to see if it's a male or female and decide what to do with it from there. I was so stoked when it sprouted!!
    Day 8 Sour Diesel Bagseed .jpg

    Oh yeah one problem though GC.. when I put in the recirculating fan, it actually increased the temps in my veg cab up to 90 overnight! They were stable at ~76-82 before this. I'm thinking I'll just add a passive intake because I don't have any intake right now. If that doesn't work I'll get another fan. They're super cheap used.


    :wave::wave:TL;DR / Stoned version::wave::wave:

    1. Look @ pretty pictures!
    2. Take a guess on my yield. I have 3 of these bitches in the closet, but this is my best one.
    3. Veg cab problem: When I put in recirculating fan, it raised temps 10 degrees!
     
  7. For the heat in the veg room, do you use anything on the walls for reflectivity? The extra CFMs might be pulling it off and blocking air passageways out of the cab, and by doing that it decreases ventilation and increases temp
    just a thought, seen it happen before
     
  8. #28 WeekendWarrior, Jan 4, 2012
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    For light reflection, I painted the walls what I like to call "Good Enough White"

    ... It's when you only buy one can of white spray paint, and after numbing your pointer finger from spraying so long, you decide that one can is ... Good Enough.
    :p

    Yes I think you're onto something w/ the fan. I think it's just recirculating the hot air instead of letting the extraction fan just suck it straight out. Either that or the motor and cell charger produce extra heat?

    If you look at my setup, I have the lights next to the carbon filter, the air gets sucked from that area and up through the fan (housed in cardbord box) where it is then tunneled out the top back corner of the cab.

    Flow chart:
    What used to happen
    Light->Surrounding Air->Carbon Scrubber->fan->Exit

    What could be happening now
    Light->Surrounding Air -X-> Carbon Scrubber->fan->Exit
    /\ |
    | \/
    --- Back to bottom of cab

    Either way, it's a bummer, and I'll have to figure it out pretty soon; I can't be baking out my next crop (not just yet anyways :smoke:) !
    If a passive intake won't work, I'll have to wait a couple days until I can get another fan :(
     
  9. i've quit trying to hang my panda film about 4 times from getting so annoyed failing at screwing and tacking it in.. its irritating lol

    it could, put your hand on it after its been running a while, maybe pickup a cheap timer to make it go on for 15 mins then off for 15
    maybe your exhaust fan isn't strong enough, usually a carbon filter needs an inline or booster fan to work effectively

    trying a larger passive intake may work, its worth a shot but don't make it too huge, but keep in mind you can patch it up later
     
  10. I'd just tinker with the placement/direction the fan is blowing and you'll probably take care of it, for placement it should be by your intake, and direction should be pointing toward your exhaust while keeping the air moving over your plant.
     
  11. Cant wait till i see this to the end congrats so far
     
  12. #32 WeekendWarrior, Feb 12, 2012
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    Hey all!

    Now I finally understand why everyone disappears after their scheduled harvest date. :smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke:

    There has been no limit on the number of times I smoke in a day

    Pics:

    Lucy
    Harvest- Lucy Trimmed.jpg

    Maria
    Harvest- Maria trimmed.jpg

    Betsy II
    Harvest- Betsy II trimmed.jpg

    Harvest- Awww yeah.jpg
    Harvest- Lucy Pre-chop.jpg
    Harvest- Betsy II weight.jpg

    I ended up with a bunch of goodies:

    Buds
    Lucy - Exact yield was not written down, ~21 g
    Maria - Precisely 14.0 g
    Betsy II - ~24 g

    Total Buds Dried - 59 g, about 2 oz.

    On top of this, I had about 1.5 oz of trimmings & lower buds, with which I made:

    15 potent brownies - I didn't even know what the hell to do with 15 brownies
    2 washes of Iso Hash - 1.2 and 0.7 g of Hash goodness
    ~10 g of water cured stuff that I have no plans for yet. Might make an alcohol tincture


    For a first time indoor grow, I am definitely satisfied with my results. In two months, I have produced more pot than I've ever owned at once in my life.
    Plus, I have learned so much that my current grow will surely be even better.

    I have started to use RO water with CalMag and nutes with my new plants, and noticed drastic improvements in health. It sucks that I have to buy and haul water now, but my tap causes such problems, I know it will be worth it.

    I'll give you all a sneak peek into my next grow.

    Day 10 Flower Bubba Kush and Aroma.jpg

    Here are my two plants, Bubba Kush (left) and Aroma (right), both CH9 Fem seeds. Aroma has been a pretty odd-looking plant ever since my friend dropped her during winter break (as a seedling). They're on day 11 of flower, and I think they're showing preflowers.
     
  13. Looks killer from what I cann see her on the blackberry
    And aroma as well eh!? I was given that as a UFO from attitude when I bought all my seeds :) so I'm glad I get to see this girl in actoin before I grow it :) but I'm sooo stoked for my current grow, imm telling you man you need to get your hands on some of that. AKR cause its so amazing especially sitting at 22% THC :). 1 hit wonder if you aske me :) can't wait to see more tonight when I go on my laptop to see these HD pics ;) props man :) totally subbd
     

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