growth spurt on the smaller trainwreck plant - january 5 2010

i came home from work today and noticed the smallest of the trainwreck plants had grown 2 - 3 inches, this happened on the main stalk which i had tied down for training, so i went ahead and moved the tie down point a few inches the direction i want it to go, attempting a little lst here and it seems to be working out well

here is a pic of the growth before i re tied it down, it is the plant in the back, the branch to the right, the angle isn't the best but i can't retake the pic right now as it is ZZZzzz time for the girls



notice in the same pic above, there are a couple really dried out leaves, this was the result of the heat and my craptastic venting system, this girl wasn't too tall though so she didn't get it as bad as the more mature girls

here's a pic of a handful of dying leaf i yanked off of one of the hindu skunk plants right before their lights out time

heat damages - january 4 2009 7pm-ish

the heat problem i had until i downgraded back to the old 250 watt hps caused issues with 1 of the hindu skunk plants

there was a much larger than normal amount of dried out dead or dying leaves, i had to remove far more than i normally do

back down to 250 watt hps - january 3 2010

we've downgraded back to the old 250 watt hps light

temperature seems to be staying at about 80 degrees now, the lowest i was able to get it with the 400 watt hps was just over 100, 102 or so

here is the grow space with the old light back in



here's the new 400 watt light kickin' it unplugged, waiting for the lamp to cool off so i can pack everything up and put it away for another day

cooling schmooling - december 3 2009

i have zero time to hit the hydro shop, going to have to order a couple fans to work, for the time being i am going to downgrade back to the 250 watt hps lamp, i never had temperature issues with that guy, hopefully this won't piss/stress the plants out...

fans and more fans! - january 2 2009

i cannot seem to find fans anywhere, i can find plenty of the heater type, but no regular fans, i rigged up computer fans to the main grow closet, it dropped the temperature about 2 degrees, lol, this isn't going to work out, i need to just get back to the hydro shop and get a couple of their decent $20 clip on fans, that should do the trick

i did score on some usb fans on clearance at staples, i am using those in the small veg box, the fans were 1$ each ;) i got a usb hub in the shape of a dog bone for 2$, i'm currently using a charger for a palm pre phone to get power to the usb, i will find and order a basic wall plug to usb converter and get the palm guy out of there soon

here are pics of the veg box with the new fans



here it is with the lid closed sorta', the usb fans have a flexy neck so i have the one on the bottom left setup to prop the lid a bit



here's a pic of the main grow box, this is day 1 of flowering mode after a nice 12 hour lights out nap

lil computer fan mod for main closet - january 2 2010

i have been looking everywhere for fans

target, frys, staples, office depot, every place i check has heater fans that are expensive, but no regular fans, "those are seasonal" i keep being told

so i have rigged up a couple computer fans right below where the hps light is, i have them running now, not sure how much of a difference they are making though, they don't seem to be pushing/pulling a lot of air, poo

gettin' hot in here! - january 1 2010

a happy new year to all!

we are having heat issues in my lil wardrobe grow room, it's getting up over 100 in there with the new light, wow!

you can see the heat effecting the plants below, i have 2 options now, either get more ventilation in there or drop back down to the old 250 watt hps light

we'll be seeing what stores are open today, i need 2 fans, i have some small computer fans but those won't do much for this large wardrobe

i am curious if there is any way to see how the airflow is inside, i'm thinking of putting a camera at the bottom in video mode, facing up, close up the wardrobe and let it chill for a couple minutes, from a straw inserted through the bottom of the wardrobe blow some thick smoke through into the grow chamber, possibly i can see where the air is flowing from the video, hmmmmm....gonna' give this a try after i post this entry



notice the spots on this hindu skunk plant, the only thing to change in my environment is the light, and with it the increased heat as seen above, with the old 250 watt hps i was sitting around 80-85 degrees at all times, this was ideal...might just have to pack the 400 watter away for now...

small ghetto rigged cloning/vegging/germinating cfl grow box - december 31 2009

i need a small growbox for clones, germination, small plants in vegetative state, etc.

i spent about $50 at target (with a gift card i was given, so no cash out of pocket), there i purchased the power strips, the lights, the box and lid, as well as the 2 trays that fit inside the box, the boxes dimensions are 14" on all sides

i then spent about $15 at osh for the wall plug to light socket adapters, then the light socket splitters, i also got the small biodegradable fiber pots there

the splitter seems to be really difficult for people to find, or so it seems from forums i have read, osh has them for under $4 so go get yours there, they also have the wall plug to socket adapters for about 3$




the box is about 90% done, the last thing i will be adding are 2 fans, one for intake and one to blow air out, gotta' keep things circulated

i am using cfl bulbs, there are 4 @ 26watt, the bulbs are 6500 kelvin so they should work out well for vegging



there are 2 shallow plastic trays inside, each with 8 small pots, i seriously doubt i am going to try to keep 8 plants in this tiny space, maybe 4 at most, probably shouldn't do more than 2 haha, but this is an expandable system, it would cost me about 20$ and a bit of sawzall wackiness to make it twice as tall, handy little modular cubes from target

training the trainwreck, light upgrade, hindu skunk too big! - december 30 2009

i'm working on training the trainwreck plants, i only have 1 tied up right now, the second is not doing too well so i'm letting it catch up a little bit more before i begin with it



the new 400 watt hps is in and running, these plants seem to love it! in the little bit of time that has passed i can see growth, i am going to have to switch to 12/12 for flowering very soon, running out of room!!

growlab 80 gots ta' go! - december 29 2009

wifey was not happy at all about the growlab

i packed it up, trying to figure out what to do with it till we move into a bigger place later next year

i went ahead and swapped my 250 watt hps out with the 400 watt hps i got for the growlab tent, not sure what to do with the 250 watt for now either, i guess i'll let them both sit and wait

the 400 watt light is awesome, it has a remote ballast, a lumatek brand ballast, i have the ballast sitting up on top of the small grow room, that should help to keep some heat out since the ballast is no longer inside...

germination plans and growlab80 from craigslist ideas - december 28 2009

i scored a growlab 80 through craigslist for 110$! woohoo!

so i have gone ahead and popped seeds into jiffy pots!

here is a layout for the seeds in the jiffy pot container



here's the growlab 80 next to the current grow room, i went ahead and picked up a 400 watt ballast, light, and reflector as well, 8 more of those square 8" x 8" pots from the 99 cents store (the last ones too!) and some fox farms ocean forest soil, 3 big bags of it

i need to get some ventilation before i can move plants from the main grow room into the growlab

the growlab is going to become the flowering room, the main grow room will be the vegging/clone room ;)



hopefully wifey will be alright with this, it's kind of larger than i anticipated for our tiny apartment, hmmm....

lowryder #2, columbian gold, random goodies, and a mug, thank the dutch =) - december 26 2009

i got a late christmas present today

santa delivered something great from our dutch friends, 10 regular lowryder#2 seeds, 3 feminized columbian gold seeds, and 3 types of random freebie seeds from g13 labs, looks like la woman, la confidential x skunk, kandy kush x skunk, as well as a schnazzy new coffee mug (i heart coffee btw)

these are from attitude seeds, here's their info, check them out:
http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/

merry christmas!