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Discussion in 'Indoor Cannabis Growing' started by subbin, Sep 4, 2006.

  1. #1 subbin, Sep 4, 2006
    I've been doing a lot of research into the ins and outs of growing, and have a pretty good idea what to do. However, I'm having real difficulty finding exact size requirements for the plants. I'm hoping ya'll can help me here:

    I want to set up a standard 3-stage grow system, using clones and dirt. Hydro might be better for my size requirements, but I can't find a definate answer to that point. Any experience here?

    The idea is complete stealth in a piece of furniture, so the footprint has to be small. I'm only looking for small yield, so maybe one-two mother plants, and all the clones associate with them. My biggest problem is height, it seems the plants don't need too much in terms of square-footage. Unfortunately, most decent furniture for stealth is wider/deeper than high. I'm wondering with pruning, if I can get around this, or at least minimize my height requirements.

    I once read a great article in high times about a guy who built a small 3-stage grow system into a little box that mounted on his wall, and that's what I'm trying to replicate here. I'm trying to stay away from the cabinet systems that most indoor growers use. Any advice or input?
     
  2. #2 SmknVTEC, Sep 5, 2006
    Welcome to the City.
    What are the dimensions of the box? You could always do topping, pruning, and/or LST'ing to keep them short.
     
  3. #3 subbin, Sep 7, 2006
    Welcome to the city is right ;) I'm thinking of doing this in an ottoman. However, while searching for a suitable piece online, I haven't found one that measures up. I'm thinking about just cruising house sales and consignment shops until I find something right. Maybe the question should be: when looking at a piece, how do I know if I can pull of a low yield 3 stage system? I'd really just like to hear experiences of fitting the plants into small spaces. What did you have to do? How big was the space? Most online and offline resources jump straight to a closet or cabinet system. I want to stay away from the BIG cabinet, just because it's obvious when I never open it, or go in it, etc. AND I can't really build a full cabinet where I'm living. I'd rather just "mod" and existing piece of furniture. I think next I'll start to look at some IKEA stuff (and other put-togethers). Any advice, or direction?
     
  4. #4 Version 2, Sep 7, 2006
    My grow box is 27 inches tall, my pots are 6 inches tall, and my tallest plant (4 weeks old) is 6 1/2 inches tall (plant+pot=12 1/2" tall). My lights are 7 inches "tall." They are CFL's in a "Y" connector on a clamp lamp. This gives me 20 inches of growroom, a little more if I can train the plants around the CFL's, but at max only 24 inches. I still have a foot of room to play with right now, and I'm LSTing the hell out of them to keep the size down as much as possible. In a setup this small, I don't think it would be possible for me to use HPS lighting without burning my plants up, so I'm sticking to the CFLs. I keep my temps in the 79-82*F range, and this is with passive cooling (just holes at the top and bottom of the box, no fans). As far as the width of the box it is 30 inches and the depth is 21 inches.

    But, everyone's setup is different. I'm growing some unknown seeds that were given to me by a friend, and this is my first grow so I don't know how tall this is going to get, or if I'm going to have to build a bigger box, so this might not be the best thing to go off of. Luckily the seeds appear to be an indica dominant and have stayed relativily short. My friend who also grows has some sativa dominants and his plants are almost 2 foot tall already (but he doesn't LST). Personally I'm looking at thrift stores to find an old wardrobe/portable closet for my next grow something that is more in the tone of 70-80 inches tall.

    Here's an article on LST by Vokal420: http://forum.grasscity.com/advanced...9538-vokals-lst-method-how-pics-examples.html

    Here's my Grow log with pics if you are interested in seeing my small space: http://forum.grasscity.com/grow-journals/110567-version-2s-1st-grow-log.html?highlight=LST


    Hope this helps, and good luck with finding your grow space!
     
  5. #5 ISTANDALONE, Sep 7, 2006
    LSD it, oh wait that's for tripping. i mean LST it. tie it down every few days, so you can coax it into growing horizontally.
     
  6. #6 subbin, Sep 9, 2006
    Appreciate this post very much. I'd really like to hear how this turns out, as it sounds very much like what I'm going to do.
     

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