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BTK3ill

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okay enough talk finally ill be starting my first grow. this saturday i am going to be ordering my Flower box stealth pc grow case

http://www.pcgrowcase.com/flowerbox.htm

i am also ordering some lowryder #2:leaf: feminised seeds. i plan on doing 3 at once all in 6 inch pots. the box comes with everything fans lights ect. all i am buying separtly is a carbon filter and timer. ive calculated everything out and have some extra cash so i was posting to see if you guys have any suggestions on any other assecories i might need i was thinking about nutrients. anyone have some advice?
any suggestions / advice about the general grow would be awesome too.
thanks guys!:bigjoint:
 
LOLsauce

LOLsauce

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Yo i'm considering doin the same thing except im buildin my pc from scratch (just finished gutting it) and ima try and use a 70w hps with DWC cuse the case is 24" and LR2 stays real short, for nutes im thinkin about using Advanced nurtients: grow, micro, bloom combo but lr2 only veg's for like 2 weeks when itsa baby so idk......
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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I yhink you should both consider getting an extra 6500K cfl.
Without this you both have correct lights for flowering but nothing to help the plant grow the veg it will need to carry it through the flowering stage.
I binned my 70w HPS after my first grow because the effective range of the light was about 5 inches around the bulb and it showed in my final yields.
Your soil will feed the plants fine for 2 or 3 weeks. Don't add nutes until after this time.
It's also good to know what temps and humidity levels are at in such a small space.

Good luck guys
 
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BTK3ill

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v12xjs said:
I yhink you should both consider getting an extra 6500K cfl.
Without this you both have correct lights for flowering but nothing to help the plant grow the veg it will need to carry it through the flowering stage.
I binned my 70w HPS after my first grow because the effective range of the light was about 5 inches around the bulb and it showed in my final yields.
Your soil will feed the plants fine for 2 or 3 weeks. Don't add nutes until after this time.
It's also good to know what temps and humidity levels are at in such a small space.

Good luck guys
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yeah man im buying 4 6500k 27w cfl also for the veg, then ill change out them for the 2700k bulbs it comes from. i also have a temp/humidity gauge on the buy list too.
but as it goes for nutes can you please help me gimme some advice on maybe a couple i should buy that will help my plant.
thanks
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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BTK3ill

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v12xjs said:
Sure.

This is for the growing stage in soil:

http://www.canna.com/site/dhtml/products_terra_vega.php

This is for the flowering stage in soil:

http://www.canna.com/site/dhtml/products_terra_flores.php

Do a search on ebay or visit your local hydroponics shop for supplies.

Don't start using them until the first 2 round leaves on your plants have died or you will cause problems due to overfeeding. Once the plant is ready just follow the instructions on the bottle.
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thanks man
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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Any time BTK3ill

Hey LOLsauce

Just reread my early post. Didn't mean to disrespect your setup. Was trying to say that it would make a big difference if you could fit maybe 25w of 6500K cfl in there.
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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Good point, well argued :)

If you are growing auto strains in fresh soil then it shouldn't be needed.
 
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nexcare

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How much weight can you pull from one of these boxes? Dry weight. Im not talking about the best ever results, but average to good results.
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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I don't fill mine. I put a seedling in every couple of weeks and they are in around 10 - 12 weeks before harvest. Last one out yielded 21.9g dry bud in 10 weeks. I guess I could fit 3 in there that size without any trouble so 60 - 70g should be easily achievable.
 
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BTK3ill

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v12xjs said:
I don't fill mine. I put a seedling in every couple of weeks and they are in around 10 - 12 weeks before harvest. Last one out yielded 21.9g dry bud in 10 weeks. I guess I could fit 3 in there that size without any trouble so 60 - 70g should be easily achievable.
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my goal is 80g of 3 lowryder#2's

what you guys think? can i do it?
 
LOLsauce

LOLsauce

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put in 3 and see what happens, worst comes true and you get only like 60g zomg! rofl put in 3 again and try adding some co2 or somethin test your system to see what will work and what wont and after a few harvests (which are mad quick <3 autoflower lol) you'll prolly be getteing more

and you guys really think id need a veg cfl? a 70w hps is like 6k lumens and in a half sq foot of grow space that's 12k per foot, even with a 10% loss from a cooltube thats still 11.2k lumens per sq. foot. Im sure that a better balance of light would be better but then again ive heard of ppl going straight from seed to finish with just a hps and more lights might cause some heat issues... in should have enough light with only the hps since they will be growing extremely close to the light but then again idk. This is gona be my first micro with a hps and i havent really seen many or any successfull HPS/hydro/PC grows.

o and remember LR2 doesnt need crazy amounts of nutes. recommended for hydro is somewhere around 1200-1600 ppm, which is nothing when compared with like ak which can tollerate much more ive even heard rumors of like 3000pm
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

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The best guys in the best setups look for 1g per watt. I guess I'm about half that and I have things pretty well sorted and I know what I'm doing. First time out you should just use as a learning curve and be happy with what you get. Your 2nd run may get you 80g if you learn fast and read up on it.

Hey LOLsauce. In my experience the big lumens on your bulb are a bit misleading and the shape of the bulb isn't helpful for a 3 plant grow. Best way I can describe it is if you draw 3 triangles say 15 inches high and put a 4 inch egg a couple of inches above the middle triangle. Straight away you can see that the far left and far right sides get no light at all. A couple of leaves at the top of the middle plant block light from everything below them too. So all of a sudden, your lumens are only hitting a small amount of the plants. Those lumens are also a bit frail. 6000 are available say 2 inches from the bulb but only 4500 are at 3 inches. By 8 inches you have only a few hundred lumens.
Another bulb will at least give you a better light spread.
If I still had my little hps in the case I would probably grow one plant at a time and lst it like mad so that I had 10 or 12 little tops right next to the lamp. Another cfl would get the next plant started and help out on the big girl too.

Whatever you guys end up doing, you'll learn a lot and your next grow will be much better.
Keep the faith.
 
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BTK3ill

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v12xjs said:
The best guys in the best setups look for 1g per watt. I guess I'm about half that and I have things pretty well sorted and I know what I'm doing. First time out you should just use as a learning curve and be happy with what you get. Your 2nd run may get you 80g if you learn fast and read up on it.

Hey LOLsauce. In my experience the big lumens on your bulb are a bit misleading and the shape of the bulb isn't helpful for a 3 plant grow. Best way I can describe it is if you draw 3 triangles say 15 inches high and put a 4 inch egg a couple of inches above the middle triangle. Straight away you can see that the far left and far right sides get no light at all. A couple of leaves at the top of the middle plant block light from everything below them too. So all of a sudden, your lumens are only hitting a small amount of the plants. Those lumens are also a bit frail. 6000 are available say 2 inches from the bulb but only 4500 are at 3 inches. By 8 inches you have only a few hundred lumens.
Another bulb will at least give you a better light spread.
If I still had my little hps in the case I would probably grow one plant at a time and lst it like mad so that I had 10 or 12 little tops right next to the lamp. Another cfl would get the next plant started and help out on the big girl too.

Whatever you guys end up doing, you'll learn a lot and your next grow will be much better.
Keep the faith.
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yeah dude ill be happy if i just see something poke outta the soil lol
 
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BTK3ill

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ok guys it happened just got done ordering all the stuff i got the complete package comes with both boxes the veg box and the flower box and comes with the hydro kit. idk if ima try using the hydro kit first cause i know nothing about hydro. but anywyas and i also orders a package of 10 feminized lowryder #2's. im soooo stoked

http://www.pcgrowcase.com/products.htm
 
LOLsauce

LOLsauce

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YEAH BOY just ordered my seeds from worldwide, only a matter of time now im not gonna lie im pretty excited as well. whered you order your LR2's from?
 
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