Tuesday, January 14, 2025

DIY Grow Box 2nd Grow

What's good 420!!!

Well I got a little update today..A monkey wrench was thrown into the mix and now I'm out the 400 watt MH that we we're useing. So we had to rearange things for a whlile. Our flowering area is now set up in what used to be the vegging area. The lights were set up in there so it will have to do until we can make a new grow light. Already in the works is a new light designed by yours truely..:smokin2: Hopefully it will work. I got faith, I know it will.
I finnally got to a camera but the pics are not any better. So here ya go.

Here is the set up so far.
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The closed area will be the flowering area until our light can be made from stratch. The copy paper is coming down I plan on putting up something else not sure what yet. I would like mylar but the funds are saying tin foil....:smokin: I think it will all work out in the end.

The next photo is of our Vegging 1024. She has had alot of new growth. The 1st photo is how every1 remembers her and the next is how she looks 2day.

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Next is our flowering 1024 I'm hoping she will be dried and cured by my birthday.

How she looked b4.
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How she looks today.
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I'll try to take some better photos 2night when the lights come back on..
 
What's good 420!!!

Well I got a little update today..A monkey wrench was thrown into the mix and now I'm out the 400 watt MH that we we're using. So we had to rearrange things for a while. Our flowering area is now set up in what used to be the vegging area. The lights were set up in there so it will have to do until we can make a new grow light. Already in the works is a new light designed by yours truely..

What happened to the 400 watt MH light?
And by the way Happy Birthday my friend!
(I gave ya a few Birthday reps++)
What kind of light do you plan on building?
 
What happened to the 400 watt MH light?
And by the way Happy Birthday my friend!
(I gave ya a few Birthday reps++)
What kind of light do you plan on building?

Well the light was on loan from a friend and he needed it back. The light still work just fine, it just was a hick-up 3 weeks from harvest if you know what I mean. Oh well it is what it is.

My birthday is not until April but thanks bro!!

I plan to use cfls from now on. Our flowering area is 2'x3' so I was gonna build a new a box about 1'x2' box with 1"x4" and have it hang like the big lights do. Then drill either 6 holes right through the boards and hook up the light sockets. I was planning to use 6 of the 65 watt cfl's equal to 200 watts, with six of them that equals to 1200 total watts. I plan on createing a hood as well to reflect the light. So for the same wattage that the 400 watt MH was useing I'm gonna have 1200 watts. We plan on tripleing our wattage and keep the power bill just about the same if not less.

So I guess my boy needding back his light was a blessing....
 
Well there's no Home Depot around here but I'll check out Menards and Lowes. Yup those are the ones. Right now we only got 400 watts in our 1'x3' area at this present time. Hopefully we can get our new light made soon, but its all about the $$$$ to get the materials.
 
I had a hard time finding them at Lowe's but they are there you just have to look around in the light bulb department. Our local store only stocks 1-2 at a time.
 
Our 1024's were lst'd tonight and given some go jo juice to grow faster and bigger, They look very nice for being one month old.

Here is a photo of how our medical 1024's looked upon arrival late last month.
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Here is how the one on the left looks today..

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This plant (and whitney) are in an area that's 1x3 with 400 watts of engery to grow. She seems to like it though.

Here is how the one on the right looks today..

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This plant is under a 2 foot shop light fixed with grow lights. This light produces no heat what so ever. We are leaving it on 24/0 for this plant. The only reason is becase it don't produce a high amout of light. The plant seems to like it so far. She will be the one I'll be taking clones off of in the weeks and months to come..




I see what I can find around this area JC. I'm sure I'll find something that will work..That's not bad for about 15 bucks. I have found 200 watt ones for less than 9 bucks at Menards. Either way thats works out to be about the same price in the long run. Yea over the past few days she seems to have adjusted to the cfl lights very well.

Their will be a cfl grow in the future....
 
Hey Ya'll. I see ya mention MG here. Man do you have any idea how many plants have been grown with that fert? I can't even count the ones I've grown. My Lady did this one last year in 4 1/2 months. It's a outdoor plant Called "Church", or "Elvis". Was grown in a 10 Gal trash can, so we know there was no food values left in the soil. All it was fed was MG straight grow. I had some kush growing rite next to it too, but you cant compair apples to oranges.
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Dude sorry to hear ya lose a clone but gl with your trip there.
 
Hey Ya'll. I see ya mention MG here. Man do you have any idea how many plants have been grown with that fert? I can't even count the ones I've grown. My Lady did this one last year in 4 1/2 months. It's a outdoor plant Called "Church", or "Elvis". Was grown in a 10 Gal trash can, so we know there was no food values left in the soil. All it was fed was MG straight grow. I had some kush growing rite next to it too, but you cant compair apples to oranges.
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Dude sorry to hear ya lose a clone but gl with your trip there.

Thanks NCW, wow bro that is a really nice plant!! You said straight MG damn. I learned how much I can give the plants with my presious failures...lol....So I think were gonna get a decent harvest off of these ladies right here. I'm gonna take a large step foward and try to clone here with-in the next month or so. Planning on trying something big here in the next few months. Looking at ur lady there just brightens my spirts when watering with MG.:grinjoint:

Thanks for your support and helpful advice NCW.
 
well just a lil photo update 2day....

Its roughly week 4 of vegging with this young lady...

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She is growing very nicely....Looks like I'm gonna be able to clone her in a few weeks b4 she goes in to flower.

Our other 1024, she is starting to flowering very nicely as well. Its only day 11 of 12/12...

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I know this one is really blurry sorry guys and gals... Will try to have a clearer photo next time, but you get the idea you can see her baby buds right?
 
I bought these 300 watt (65 watts) 2700K lights from Lowes and Home Depot for $15.
They seem to work real well for me.

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Do those need mogul base adapters,Joe?

MI Grower,I know for a fact Lowes sells those 65 watt 2700k CFL's. Finding the 2700k's can be tough,for some reason they don't stay on the shelves long? ;) (Same with the T5 tubes. Strange,huh?)

Lowes also sells 40 watt CFL's in their main light bulb row. You've just got to look carefully for them. People seem to bypass them in their desire for 65 watters. Seems to me the 40's are around 10 bucks for a two pack when you throw in taxes? Not a bad deal.

A good option is to get an idea of what you want in big CFL's at the Big Box Store then go to an electrical supply house for wholesale prices. Plus,the supply house will have any extra electrical stuff you may need.

Good luck.
 
Do those need mogul base adapters,Joe?

Good luck.

No they don't ... They screw right into any standard lamp socket.
I use the $5-$10 work lamps.
They use less electricity than a 100 watt incandesent.

I hear you can get them higher than 2700K but, I haven't been able to source them yet.
 
Thanks for the info.

I've seen the 65 watters at 5000-5500k at Lowes for a floor based shop light called "The Wobble Light" because you can't knock them over. Look in the commercial/pro aisle for it.

The bulb itself is sold as part of the unit,but single replacement bulbs are for sale above the display in the same section. Heck,I want to get one for legit use in my garage.
 
Thats some serious bondage hehe. The I'm sure the girls love it though. Keep it up.

L8ER

Oh yes those ladies love it when I tie them down and make them put forth an effort to grow....lol

Lots a nice growth on the 1024s. Well on their way. Great job...

Thanks sonzor, they are well on their way to producing fat dank buds!!!!



Always good to hear from you guys..
 
Those ladies are getting ready to take off, how big you gonna let them get before you bud them?

If they take off like lilbit did, you might wanna be careful how big you let them get before pulling the trigger.

Glad your grow is looking great bro. :goodjob:

:peace: from the mountains.
 
Those ladies are getting ready to take off, how big you gonna let them get before you bud them?

If they take off like lilbit did, you might wanna be careful how big you let them get before pulling the trigger.

Glad your grow is looking great bro. :goodjob:

:peace: from the mountains.

I got one lady flowering right now as we speak, she is about 12 days into 12/12. Our other lady is gonna get cloned and topped, I want her to get to be a nice size bush b4 we flower her.


Thanks bro always good to hear from ya..
 
What's good 420,

Well it's roughly week 4-5 or so of vegging for our 1024, and she is looking great. She has many branches that are gonna produce lots of buds{hopefully}. I plan on taking some clones from her here with-in the next week or two, so we'll see how that works out. She loves this little shop light, I dont know why it's not that bright.

This is how she looked on 1/31/10
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Here is how she looked on 2/4/10
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How she looks today just 8 days later..

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All I use to veg is just a Made in America 2 foot shop light fixed with 40 watt grow lights..here is a photo..
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Well that's it for now I'll try to get some photos of our flowering 1024 when the lights come back on later on 2day..
 


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