VitaminGreen
Well-Known Member
Greetings all, this is my grow journal i am getting around to starting.
I have 2 cabs:
one for cloning/vegging/mother, and one for flower.
Each are speaker boxes 32" high, 16" wide and 13" deep.
I went and got 2 thermometer/hygrometers from wally world, and some extension cords and made it to look like it does. The issue...I want a lot of plants so I need lumens...CFLs are too dang hot! So after a lot of searching I found that you can use LED light bulbs to veg...I have seen flowering with it, but frankly, that's just not good enough! So I ordered 3 5000k I think they were 13w? Leds from amazon. Cost me like 16 I think. I will replace my current veg CFLs, which are 4 5000k 13w and 1 14w 2700k. I will provably keep the 2700k in there to add some heat, and help with the humidity...did I mention ambient humidity is like 80% here?
Then for the awesomeness...I ordered a brand new Intelligent Gro LED!
135w
and its already been shipped! Got a great deal, and when I emailed them about my space, they gave me their number and let me make an order at 10pm! Extremely friendly, and they are a sponsor here. I don't want to badmouth any other companies, but I have emailed most every single company that has a light for my small space, and many of them will ignore you. I have to admit though, a sponsor from GSC that I shall not name, was very helpful, I just wanted to be able to have an American 3 year warranty, and at my range of power, the price was better than any other American company, with some of the best new technology!
Well anyway, I am waiting on that, and currently have two auto flowers vegging in my veg cab:
a pineapple express auto from Barney's Farm Seeds, and a Cream of the Cash Crop auto.
That C of the C crop is weak, I had to remove the shell and the sticky holding part from it, and every time I water it gets droopy and she's just finacky.
The autos were planted on the first and sprouted on the 5th.
I also have my two soon to be moms in there:
One is a Violator Kush from Barney's Farm Seeds, and the other is a Strawberry Blue from Herbie's that I got fooooooo freeeeee! I will be running 12 plants, single cola SOG. The doc's way. I honestly don't care about your opinions on this subject because everyone has an opinion on if he was bs'ing or not, but I think the proof is in the pudding so to speak.
Hoping for 7g dry from each plant, and with the potency people are getting from LED I will have plenty of hash and extracts to go along with it.
I still haven't figured out how I will dry it but any way, on to the pics.
Everyone is invited to post and any advice is welcome!
The link for the light is in my sig.
Edit*My lights are off from 5-1030 so 5.5 hours off/18.5 on. For the autos it seems like they grow based on a set amount of hours so the lower lighting schedule actually almost let's them veg for longer. At least this is what my research indicates, plus I need it for the moms. I figure with led 18 hours will be okay as they are much more efficient than CFL. These cabs are in a closet...does anyone have any good ideas to contain the sound behind like a curtain maybe then a space then the door to the closet? Like a barrier? Thanks!
And here are the pics from today, 58% humidity 73 degree F with no fans on, lights off
This is when they first woke up...I am getting worried about my mom plants, they still havent sprouted yet, and I know it's fine, but man these things are for real like kids!
C of C Crop is to the front or right however you look at the pic. She is heeeavvvyyy, I had to stick a pen cap to hold up that main leaf, the pineapple is light and small, I am hoping for at least 7g dry, I have heard this is a very low-yielding strain.
I have 2 cabs:
one for cloning/vegging/mother, and one for flower.
Each are speaker boxes 32" high, 16" wide and 13" deep.
I went and got 2 thermometer/hygrometers from wally world, and some extension cords and made it to look like it does. The issue...I want a lot of plants so I need lumens...CFLs are too dang hot! So after a lot of searching I found that you can use LED light bulbs to veg...I have seen flowering with it, but frankly, that's just not good enough! So I ordered 3 5000k I think they were 13w? Leds from amazon. Cost me like 16 I think. I will replace my current veg CFLs, which are 4 5000k 13w and 1 14w 2700k. I will provably keep the 2700k in there to add some heat, and help with the humidity...did I mention ambient humidity is like 80% here?
Then for the awesomeness...I ordered a brand new Intelligent Gro LED!
135w
and its already been shipped! Got a great deal, and when I emailed them about my space, they gave me their number and let me make an order at 10pm! Extremely friendly, and they are a sponsor here. I don't want to badmouth any other companies, but I have emailed most every single company that has a light for my small space, and many of them will ignore you. I have to admit though, a sponsor from GSC that I shall not name, was very helpful, I just wanted to be able to have an American 3 year warranty, and at my range of power, the price was better than any other American company, with some of the best new technology!
Well anyway, I am waiting on that, and currently have two auto flowers vegging in my veg cab:
a pineapple express auto from Barney's Farm Seeds, and a Cream of the Cash Crop auto.
That C of the C crop is weak, I had to remove the shell and the sticky holding part from it, and every time I water it gets droopy and she's just finacky.
The autos were planted on the first and sprouted on the 5th.
I also have my two soon to be moms in there:
One is a Violator Kush from Barney's Farm Seeds, and the other is a Strawberry Blue from Herbie's that I got fooooooo freeeeee! I will be running 12 plants, single cola SOG. The doc's way. I honestly don't care about your opinions on this subject because everyone has an opinion on if he was bs'ing or not, but I think the proof is in the pudding so to speak.
Hoping for 7g dry from each plant, and with the potency people are getting from LED I will have plenty of hash and extracts to go along with it.
I still haven't figured out how I will dry it but any way, on to the pics.
Everyone is invited to post and any advice is welcome!
The link for the light is in my sig.
Edit*My lights are off from 5-1030 so 5.5 hours off/18.5 on. For the autos it seems like they grow based on a set amount of hours so the lower lighting schedule actually almost let's them veg for longer. At least this is what my research indicates, plus I need it for the moms. I figure with led 18 hours will be okay as they are much more efficient than CFL. These cabs are in a closet...does anyone have any good ideas to contain the sound behind like a curtain maybe then a space then the door to the closet? Like a barrier? Thanks!
And here are the pics from today, 58% humidity 73 degree F with no fans on, lights off
This is when they first woke up...I am getting worried about my mom plants, they still havent sprouted yet, and I know it's fine, but man these things are for real like kids!
C of C Crop is to the front or right however you look at the pic. She is heeeavvvyyy, I had to stick a pen cap to hold up that main leaf, the pineapple is light and small, I am hoping for at least 7g dry, I have heard this is a very low-yielding strain.
Strawberry Blue is a shorter plant but gets bushy, any type of training just makes her want to bush more. Iv gotta see how this turns out 
