Betty’s First Grow, Stealth Bin Thing, Auto Afghan XXL, Organic

[SweatyBetty69]

Locked down like a motherfucker. Breads boring and I don’t like cleaning the kitchen. I already have the body of an immortal so extra training isn’t a option so here I am.

Details

Stealth grow / indoors / in a bin. Yeah you heard it. A 110L bin. I’m not American so you may need google translate. Ya ken.

1 X Auto Afghan Mass XXL from OO Seeds.

Organic soil (80% bio mix / 10% super bio char / 10% perlite.

10L fabric pot.

Indoor grow under 1x300w full spectrum CFL in a bin 30cm wide at the bottom and 60cm tall.

26C with 34% humidity.

2X 10cm powered intake fans.
1X 10cm powered extract fans.

I have a carbon filter for when it starts to smell.

I put a seed straight into the soil last Sunday and it popped up in a few days.

I’ve already started to fuck with its zen by trying to make it grow horizontally instead of vertically.

Feel free to lols along with me.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

Some awful iPhone photos of what I’ve got going on.

 

[Stunger]

When it comes to training or topping I like to do so early, seems to work for me. The stealth bin sounds interesting, if there's any pics of it, it'd be cool to see. I guess you have grown that way before?

Great, you posted the pics as I was typing this. How much yield would you hope to get from a grow in that setup?

 

[SweatyBetty69]

Oh hai.

Truth be told I’ve never actually grown anything before (unless you count veggies that have sprouted in my cupboards and I’ve buried in my 4th floor window box instead of putting in the bin)

Yield - I’d consider this a win if I get anything at all. Plant lives until harvest hurrah. That would be amaze. Even if it’s to smoke some soggy bonfire joints just to say it worked. So one fat zoot and the satisfaction that I could do it myself without getting busted. Low expectations indeed.

 

[Stunger]

Oh hai.

Truth be told I’ve never actually grown anything before (unless you count veggies that have sprouted in my cupboards and I’ve buried in my 4th floor window box instead of putting in the bin)

Yield - I’d consider this a win if I get anything at all. Plant lives until harvest hurrah. That would be amaze. Even if it’s to smoke some soggy bonfire joints just to say it worked. So one fat zoot and the satisfaction that I could do it myself without getting busted. Low expectations indeed.

I would still guess that if the seed is from an average decent strain and you can keep it happy in the bin, you'd have to hope for a good bagful of bonfire joints! It's just about keeping it happy and hope it isn't a high growing strain or else you can manage to do some clever training on it so it doesn't get burned by the lights.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

I would still guess that if the seed is from an average decent strain and you can keep it happy in the bin, you'd have to hope for a good bagful of bonfire joints! It's just about keeping it happy and hope it isn't a high growing strain or else you can manage to do some clever training on it so it doesn't get burned by the lights.

I hope it’ll be less that 1m tall. I started some rudimentary LST as soon as it came out of the ground. I’m hoping to keep it flat as possible during veg stage and cut slits in the it sides to try to get the branches to grow to the outside edges of my tiny space then force them onwards again for flowering. What could possibly go wrong..

 

[SteveJasmine]

I'm going along for the ride and I'm also gonna guess you're either a kiwi or an auzzy @SweatyBetty69

 

[SweatyBetty69]

I'm going along for the ride and I'm also gonna guess you're either a kiwi or an auzzy @SweatyBetty69

Wrong on both counts but feel free to keep guessing.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

9 days since I put a seed into the soil. Currently 15mm from the surface of the soil. It’s flattening seems to be working. It looks the right colour too. Any one disagree?

 

[SweatyBetty69]

A slightly better photo.

 

[Mark Gordan Smith]

Any one disagree? ❤

No one's brave enough.

Wrong on both counts but feel free to keep guessing. ❤

Essex Girl - England

 

[SweatyBetty69]

No one's brave enough.

Essex Girl - England

Nope.

Whoops, I hope I didn’t come off stand off ish.... happy to take all feedback. I’ve never done this before.

 

[Mark Gordan Smith]

I’ve never done this before.

I bet you say that to all the boys!

Stay Calm - Stay In - And Grow!

 

[East Coast Marley420]

Looking good, I've seen some cool little stealth grows like this with a nice little harvest from them, you are in the right place to learn, this community is awesome and will feel like family, good luck with it and don't give up, you will learn something new everyday.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

10 days from planting.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

Some gentle crumpling of the leaves. Anything to be worried about?

 

[SteveJasmine]

Some gentle crumpling of the leaves. Anything to be worried about?

What is the temperature of your bin?

 

[SweatyBetty69]

What is the temperature of your bin?

Currently reading 28c on the cheap eBay gauge. Added a second usb fan to blow over the plant too. I also turned off the other 200w cfl and the remaining one is dangling 10cm from the top of the plant.

Hopefully this will reduce the temp. Thanks for the input friend.

Bin temp now at 24c.

 

[SweatyBetty69]

Photo for the day. Happy weekend.

 

[East Coast Marley420]

Photo for the day. Happy weekend. ❤

Looking good Betty, have a great weekend