Hi All! Got a lot of new stuff coming up so I thought I would start a fresh journal to document my new setup, plans and progression in one consolidated thread which will stay ongoing for the foreseeable. You may want to grab a brew, spark up a smoke and get comfy as this is quite a long intro.
Firstly the setup. I have to do things small and stealthy so here's what I have. Some of you will already be familiar.
Mother/clone cabinet
I built this cabinet when I first started growing early last year. It is a modified office drawer cabinet.
Dimensions - H 64cm, W 42.5cm, D 57 cm.
Air exchange - Can Lite 150 carbon filter with 54CFM 120mm USB fan for extraction, passive intake, 2 x small 12V fans for circulation.
Lighting - HLG 65W LED panel 4000k
Flower tent
This was made from an old canvas shoe rack I've reinforced and lined with diamond mylar. Stuck a zipper door on the inside lining too.
Dimensions - H 90cm, W 60cm, D 30cm.
Air exchange - Fox carbon filter with 54CFM 120mm USB fan for extraction, 120mm USB fan with several layers of filter foam for air intake, clip on USB fan for circulation.
Lighting - 54-119W DIY Bridgelux EB Gen 2 3500K LED strip build.
Grow plan
Nutrients - Mega Crop, Bio Bizz top-max, plant magic bio-silicon, seaweed extract.
Media - Bio Bizz lightmix soil, perlite.
Plant containers - Various fabric and plastic pots.
I currently have one photoperiod Gorrilla Glue in a roughly 4L fabric pot. Had some early issues which now seem to be under control. Soon I will take some cuttings from her to make a bonsai mother plant following Nebula Haze's tutorial. She will then be trained into an 8 cola manifold and put into the flower tent.
While she is flowering I will be attempting to create and maintain 3 bonsai mother plants in the cabinet. 1 x Gorrila Glue, 1 x Critical Mass & 1 x OG Kush. The plan going forward after that will be to take clones from these mothers to flower in 2L fabric pots in a 6-8 small plant SoG. This is the plan anyway. We'll see how it works out and adapt as I go.
All seeds to start with will be from @Dope-Seeds.com with strains from their own line and the Blackskull seeds line.
I hope some of you will find this journal interesting, entertaining and learn along with me. I expect some successes and some failures. If I can inspire other micro/stealth growers to give things a try too I'd be chuffed.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to seeing you along the way. I like to keep things open and fun so feel free to chime in at any point with ideas, questions, advice or just general chit chat. All are welcome here.
Happy growing!
Firstly the setup. I have to do things small and stealthy so here's what I have. Some of you will already be familiar.
Mother/clone cabinet
I built this cabinet when I first started growing early last year. It is a modified office drawer cabinet.
Dimensions - H 64cm, W 42.5cm, D 57 cm.
Air exchange - Can Lite 150 carbon filter with 54CFM 120mm USB fan for extraction, passive intake, 2 x small 12V fans for circulation.
Lighting - HLG 65W LED panel 4000k
Flower tent
This was made from an old canvas shoe rack I've reinforced and lined with diamond mylar. Stuck a zipper door on the inside lining too.
Dimensions - H 90cm, W 60cm, D 30cm.
Air exchange - Fox carbon filter with 54CFM 120mm USB fan for extraction, 120mm USB fan with several layers of filter foam for air intake, clip on USB fan for circulation.
Lighting - 54-119W DIY Bridgelux EB Gen 2 3500K LED strip build.
Grow plan
Nutrients - Mega Crop, Bio Bizz top-max, plant magic bio-silicon, seaweed extract.
Media - Bio Bizz lightmix soil, perlite.
Plant containers - Various fabric and plastic pots.
I currently have one photoperiod Gorrilla Glue in a roughly 4L fabric pot. Had some early issues which now seem to be under control. Soon I will take some cuttings from her to make a bonsai mother plant following Nebula Haze's tutorial. She will then be trained into an 8 cola manifold and put into the flower tent.
While she is flowering I will be attempting to create and maintain 3 bonsai mother plants in the cabinet. 1 x Gorrila Glue, 1 x Critical Mass & 1 x OG Kush. The plan going forward after that will be to take clones from these mothers to flower in 2L fabric pots in a 6-8 small plant SoG. This is the plan anyway. We'll see how it works out and adapt as I go.
All seeds to start with will be from @Dope-Seeds.com with strains from their own line and the Blackskull seeds line.
I hope some of you will find this journal interesting, entertaining and learn along with me. I expect some successes and some failures. If I can inspire other micro/stealth growers to give things a try too I'd be chuffed.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to seeing you along the way. I like to keep things open and fun so feel free to chime in at any point with ideas, questions, advice or just general chit chat. All are welcome here.
Happy growing!