GroBoston's 1st Micro-CFL Grow Attempt

Discussion in 'Micro Grows' started by GroBoston, Oct 10, 2010.

  1. Hey GC! I've been doing a lot of researching the past couple of months here on GC and I have to say this site is by far the most informative. The people here are great, down to earth and very helpful and my thanks go out to everyone for sharing they're success & failure.

    Simple setup, more of an experiment so I can learn "hands-on". Nothing major for a strain... just BS bagseed from some good mids.(A little skeptical on ordering seed) Hoping I can find a good clone once I troubleshoot a little here...

    Plan on trying to LST and top.(Practice)
    That being said, Im working with:

    1- Growbox: 20"L 14"W 21"H

    1- 23W 2700k

    1- 26W 5700k
    (Def need 2 more)

    1- 4" fan (inside box)

    1- Temp/Humidity Detector


    Heres the custom box, made from a nightstand I hollowed out... (Working on putting a "lamp" on the top as exhaust/carbon filter)

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    Inside the box... Mylar lined... with 25 day old (s)he...

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    Kinda a crappy pic... trying to figure out this new cam... got some yellowish/orange spots =(... any ideas? (It looks a little like calcium deficiency?)

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    One last pic of the grow... leaves are a little fat...(Indica?) One more leaf set to top?

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    Any input/suggestions/constructive criticism would be much appreciated... Will keep updated...

    Happy Growing! :smoke:
     
  2. looks good, how have your temps been?
     
  3. Temp usually stays around 81-84... down to 70-72 at night.
     
  4. can you post a side view of the plant/lights. From the pics that you posted, it looks like the lights are a bit high. You can move the plant closer to the light source. Also what kind of nutrients / soil are you using.

    Keep it up.
     
  5. Great book...

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    The nutes I inherited... although I want to go organic when I get a good strain...

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  6. @joshweedon

    Heres a pic of where the CFLs sit when I close the lid... gotta rig up a 1x2 or something to mount the CFLs...

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  7. Soil came from the chicken pen, kinda peaty... thought it would be good for drainage.
    I mixed that with some soil from the pasture, looks like good soil...

    Will def upgrade once I have a good strain.
     
  8. Messing with the cam, some pics...

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  9. Well its been a while... sorry I havent kept more updated. Ive been busy, anyhow Ive made some changes...
    Transplanted into a bigger bucket.
    Added bulbs making it 4 23w soft white 1 26w daylight total now= 118w
    Started flowering about 2 weeks ago, bunch of pistils sprouting.
    Pics will be posted later.
     
  10. Heres a budding site.

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    And another...

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    A group of budding sites...

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    And the girl in her dwarf-ass entirety lol...

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    Anyhow, I will surely try to keep more updated with pictures from here on out... let me know what you guys think, thanks GC.
     
  11. Looking good.
     
  12. Thanks Josh, I'm glad I took this practice run before I used some of my good seeds. Got lucky and this middies seed was a female. I planted another about 35 days ago but found out it was hermie so I got rid of it. Ack!
     
  13. Nice looking plants there man. Congrats. Looks like you will get some good smoke there man!:smoke:
     
  14. No doubt, thanks mdog... I'm hoping to have a decent crop, how much you think she's capable of rearing, weight wise?
     
  15. Heres some more shots of bud sites right after a morning misting... getting excited... doesnt stink yet, but Im sure it will soon =]

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    Got the carbon filter rigged on the side real ghetto like... strapped it up with straps of sheet metal and then caulked it lmao... Ill post a pic of the ghetto filter later.
     
  16. Ghetto rigged hah, hope it works good enough...

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  17. Anybody have an estimate on how much I can expect from this little girl?
     
  18. Did some pruning today to shed some extra light on the bud sites... pics will be posted later, pistils are def starting to sprout out like crazy.
     
  19. Heres some bud sites... pistils are starting to go nuts. =D

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    Feel free to comment =]
     
  20. Hey man I would like to follow this but your pics are massive and it makes it hard to see them.
     

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