Copperfield
Well-Known Member
Hi all, Copperfield here.
This is a budget shed grow, in cheap soil, with self built lights.....what could go wrong
Strain - Girl Scout Cookies/Bruce Banner/Critical Orange Punch/Sour Diesel Auto
medium - budget soil/perlite mix
20lt Pots
Garden Shed Grow
Lights Used - 2' 28w T5 Tube for clones (Aquarium light)
4 x 4' 28w T5 tubes for veg (Self build £30)
6 x 50w COB Led (Self build £55)
Nutrients - Hydro Coco Grow/Bloom/Boost
My starting point was to germinate 2 feminised GSC seeds in a wet paper towel, which was then put in a zip lock plastic bag. After 4 days there was a inch long tap root on both so I planted them into plastic cups.
Now to the shed....I framed a 9 foot by 4 half foot section.
This will be the flower section at the end of all this, so wanted it to be light tight for obvious reasons.
Also gets cold here in UK so i've insulated ceiling and walls. I will be fitting 50mm polystyrene sheets on floor, and covering with laminate floor and a heavy plastic sheet on top and carrying on up walls about 12"
After that I fitted a 4" intake fan and a 6" outlet fan with carbon filter, and popped on a door.
Now back to those 2 girls I planted....
The 2 Girl Scout Cookies are in red plastic cups, these dated April 22nd.
About a week after I germinated the 2 GSC, I stared germinating 2 feminised Critical Orange Punch, 1 feminised Bruce Banner and 1 Sour Orange Auto.
Same as the GSC's, I did the wet paper towel and zip lock bag method, and as before after 4 days I had inch long tap roots on all. Then I made my first mistake... Instead of using plastic cups, I planted them in small brown degradable pots....
By the 27th April, the 4 new seeds had popped through and all were looking good. At this time all plants were kept in a tall plastic tool shed
I had converted with the help of a aquarium light and a small 4" inline fan.
6th May
The flower section was ready enough, so I got the plants ready. I was going to veg them in the flower section until the veg section was finished being built. I put the 2 COP and the 1 BB (Critical Orange Punch/Bruce Banner) into red plastic cups and the auto into a 20lt pot.
MY MISTAKE WAS.....I left them in the small brown degradable pots, which slowed the 4 plants down for a few weeks.
more to follow.
BC
This is a budget shed grow, in cheap soil, with self built lights.....what could go wrong
Strain - Girl Scout Cookies/Bruce Banner/Critical Orange Punch/Sour Diesel Auto
medium - budget soil/perlite mix
20lt Pots
Garden Shed Grow
Lights Used - 2' 28w T5 Tube for clones (Aquarium light)
4 x 4' 28w T5 tubes for veg (Self build £30)
6 x 50w COB Led (Self build £55)
Nutrients - Hydro Coco Grow/Bloom/Boost
My starting point was to germinate 2 feminised GSC seeds in a wet paper towel, which was then put in a zip lock plastic bag. After 4 days there was a inch long tap root on both so I planted them into plastic cups.
Now to the shed....I framed a 9 foot by 4 half foot section.
This will be the flower section at the end of all this, so wanted it to be light tight for obvious reasons.
Also gets cold here in UK so i've insulated ceiling and walls. I will be fitting 50mm polystyrene sheets on floor, and covering with laminate floor and a heavy plastic sheet on top and carrying on up walls about 12"
After that I fitted a 4" intake fan and a 6" outlet fan with carbon filter, and popped on a door.
Now back to those 2 girls I planted....
The 2 Girl Scout Cookies are in red plastic cups, these dated April 22nd.
About a week after I germinated the 2 GSC, I stared germinating 2 feminised Critical Orange Punch, 1 feminised Bruce Banner and 1 Sour Orange Auto.
Same as the GSC's, I did the wet paper towel and zip lock bag method, and as before after 4 days I had inch long tap roots on all. Then I made my first mistake... Instead of using plastic cups, I planted them in small brown degradable pots....
By the 27th April, the 4 new seeds had popped through and all were looking good. At this time all plants were kept in a tall plastic tool shed
I had converted with the help of a aquarium light and a small 4" inline fan.
6th May
The flower section was ready enough, so I got the plants ready. I was going to veg them in the flower section until the veg section was finished being built. I put the 2 COP and the 1 BB (Critical Orange Punch/Bruce Banner) into red plastic cups and the auto into a 20lt pot.
MY MISTAKE WAS.....I left them in the small brown degradable pots, which slowed the 4 plants down for a few weeks.
more to follow.
BC