Shadowman's First Grow

[MaggiesFarm]

I like that a lot. A small diameter pvc frame on the inside would be handy for clamping on small fans or some side lighting.

 

[shadowman]

If you have cats, be very aware you just put a cat door in a cardboard box. Trouble

Fluffy! Here Fluffy! Where could that cat be?

 

[Cannabis 1]

Everything is looking great!!! Im going to use your bamboo idea for my next grow. Keep up the good work!!

 

[shadowman]

I haven't gotten around to fully set up my wardrobe but here's a sneak peak of the veg box. Waitin for my Mylar to come in. So for now it's car windshield covers. Lol

You got it Tamir, talk about your quick build. Hey, Where did you get the light fixtures? They just plug in to the powerstrip right? I like that, I'm going to find some. That's what I love about the 420 Mag. community, you can bounce ideas around and fine tune your grow. Sweet job on the box man.

 

[shadowman]

I like that a lot. A small diameter pvc frame on the inside would be handy for clamping on small fans or some side lighting.

Good one MaggiesFarm, as I'm reading what you wrote, I thought, why not put a 2" diameter pvc pipe in the middle, put the plants around the pipe and clamp the lights to the pipe.

 

[shadowman]

Everything is looking great!!! Im going to use your bamboo idea for my next grow. Keep up the good work!!

Hey Cannabis 1, thanks, I started putting some into the soil to give the floating scaffolding more stability. I find it rather therapeutic. Thanks for coming by.

 

[shadowman]

What's going on my fellow growers? Glad to have ya back again. I got a light put in the 1st grow box. I am going to upgrade it soon but it will get me started with the seedlings. I'm going to put 3 in each box while I put Medi and LF in flower mode. I need to pick up some more pots, I think I'll get a couple of 3gal, 5gal, 7gal and maybe a 10gal. I've got 6 1gal. Things are growing along nicely, a couple more weeks and I'll re-evaluate when to flip. Here's some update pics, enjoy and I'll catch you later.
Grow box with light

Family photo

LF

Medi

Seedlings

Happy Father's Day to all you Dads. "Keep The Green Side Up"

 

[grannyT]

I sure do like your grow box...and your babies look great..gonna be healthy !!

 

[shadowman]

I sure do like your grow box...and your babies look great..gonna be healthy !!

Hey granny, Thank you, the 2 that sprouted 1st are both Medi's, the strain seems to have more of a sativa type growth to it even though it is more of a indica heavy hybrid. LF is definitely an indica strain. I like growing them at the same time, LF is much harder to train. Talk to you soon.

 

[Chinnubie]

You might be able to patent that bamboo idea because I've not seen anyone else attempt this idea. You know, send it to people with instruction in a little kit. Just thinking outside the proverbial box. Medi looks awesome, great job.

 

[shadowman]

Hey Peeps, What it is. Quick update, starting to fill in a few thin spots in the canopy. In another week or so I'm going to measure the height on Medi, I don't want her getting more than 2'-21/2' tall before I go into flower. I'm getting good growth but Medi is doing better. The clone is doing fine, no roots showing yet. The seedlings are growing very fast and all a very healthy. Here's some pics.

Have a good one Y'all.

 

[shadowman]

You might be able to patent that bamboo idea because I've not seen anyone else attempt this idea. You know, send it to people with instruction in a little kit. Just thinking outside the proverbial box. Medi looks awesome, great job.

Hey Chinnubie, Why thank you. That will be $2.99 please. For the online tutorial. Happy Father's Day!

 

[Chinnubie]

Shadow, you always find a way to crack me up. Maybe we can work something out on the $2.99 but I see you have the right idea. Also, I'd been bugging you about the 420 soil and never thought to go look at the link to it on your posts, what an idiot I am!! Question answered. I'm going to try the promix with growology nutes similar to what Denise has going without the LED. This first grow was in an over the counter soil from a nursery and it came with a starter & wetting agent. It is a loam soil and it really holds onto water making it difficult to administer nutrients/fixes. Anyway, I wanted to have more control over my grow next time.

Got the wife to give the go ahead on a 2nd grow so as you can see I'm looking into how it's going to go/grow, little gardening humor. Thinking about getting some mylar for the closet. Where did you get yours?

 

[shadowman]

GOOOOOOOOOD MOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRNNNNNIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGG 420 Mag. How's it hangin? Hopefully, upside down and drying out. Quick update, jus t waiting for more growth before I flower Medi1 and LF1. Watered the big girls Tuesday, they got their 5 cups each and Medi got another cup of cal/mag+ Wednesday. The clone hasn't started any roots yet but it is looking healthy and happy so I'll let it keep going. All six seedlings are coming along nicely, Medi 2 & 3 broke soil first so they are naturally the furthest along and LFs 2, 3, 4 and 5 broke soil in pairs so they are just a few days behind the Medi twins and each other. I should have my second grow box put together tonight, I still need to get some fans for circulation. I'll pick those up probably this weekend. I'm thinking of using a couple of inline fans and run some dryer vent hose, I'm going to look into maybe hooking the 2 grow boxes together with vent hose and have 1 450cfm fan for intake and 1 450 cfm for the exhaust. I've decided to convert an entire 12' x 12' room into a complete grow operation. I'll have a 5' x 5' area for seedlings and clones, a 5' x 5' for veg, a 5' x 5' for flower and a 5' x 5' for drying and curing. Then I can keep the grow in perpetual motion. I'd like to have that setup and ready by September. I'm going to do a DIY and just curtain off the grow areas from one another. Things may change as I make my plans more concrete. Anyway, here's some pics of what's happening in "The LOU".

That'll do it for today, now I'm off to toil in the garden for the rest of the day. Have a great day everyone and always "Keep The Green Side Up".

 

[Tamir]

You got it Tamir, talk about your quick build. Hey, Where did you get the light fixtures? They just plug in to the powerstrip right? I like that, I'm going to find some. That's what I love about the 420 Mag. community, you can bounce ideas around and fine tune your grow. Sweet job on the box man.

I got those from my local dollar store. It's actually 2 fixtures. The first is the bulb to power socket converter and the second the the bulb splitter(Y-Fixture). All pieces cost about $12.

Works like a charm.

 

[Dusty Kiefers]

lookin good sadowman

 

[MaggiesFarm]

I could retire if I was your bamboo skewer connection.

 

[Chinnubie]

Shadow I wanted to tell you over on Denise's thread there are a couple of Yankee fans giving me some grief so I wanted to call on some assistance to tell them St. Louis is the BEST Baseball town in America. Wouldn't you agree? Sorry for the interruption, but this is baseball so I thought you wouldn't mind too much.

You've made a scrog with the plant and bamboo. It's what makes us all unique, she looks great your going to get great buds dude!!

 

[shadowman]

Thanks Tamir, I think the light will be perfect for the boxes.

 

[shadowman]

Shadow I wanted to tell you over on Denise's thread there are a couple of Yankee fans giving me some grief so I wanted to call on some assistance to tell them St. Louis is the BEST Baseball town in America. Wouldn't you agree? Sorry for the interruption, but this is baseball so I thought you wouldn't mind too much.

You've made a scrog with the plant and bamboo. It's what makes us all unique, she looks great your going to get great buds dude!!

Hey Chinnubie, Yankees fans should be seen and not heard. Just like children. Besides, what could they possibly have say of interest? Their club is in total disarray this year. Next year will be even worse when Jeeter is gone and A-Hole, OOPS! I meant to say A-Rod will be back from his time-out and pouty as ever. Shame on you for wasting your Cardinal Nation time by listening to anything a Yankee fan has to say. Unless of course they are talking about weed farming. Thanks for stopping by, however, please refrain from taking my time with such wasted conversation about a Stinking Yankee Fan. There for a minute I thought I was back on the farm just down the road from a hog farm.