Metal grow cabinet build for 1st grow

[PrezDickie]

I let my girls get way too Dry.... Newbie Screw up its only been 3 days but you can see my white russian is looking BAD! i hope i didn't do too much damage. the other two seem ok but i can't get over how dramatic the change is the healthy looking pic in the middle is from Nov 24th and the rest are from Just now...

 

[hoss12781]

you're good, nothing some tlc won't clear up in a day or two man.

 

[hellohappinesss]

This is making me consider trying autos on my next order.. how long from start to finish do you expect this grow to go? Three months?

 

[PrezDickie]

not sure on my final timeline the big white russian got a head start it broke soil on Oct. 20th 2011 the larger easy ryder was germinated at the same time but took much longer to break soil. and the smallest is an easy ryder that broke soil on 11-1-2011.
i should finish within 3 months thou white russian is only 39 days old and she's kicking butt

 

[PrezDickie]

pics from this morning, plants have recovered from the dry spell but i saw just the slightest bit of yellowing on the smallest easy ryder so i added some cal mag to their feeding today, all plants got around 500ppm the white russian and rudy the er got tiger bloom with 100ppm of cal mag and and the runt my small er got grow big with about 100ppm of cal mag also

 

[hoss12781]

This is making me consider trying autos on my next order.. how long from start to finish do you expect this grow to go? Three months?

sorry to jack the thread for a minute Perez, but yeah man autos kick ass and are super easy to grow. I just pulled over 2 full oz off one plant in less than 70 days. Most run as advertised and finish in about 2 months.

 

[hoss12781]

how are you diggin those 5 gal smart pots Prez? I've been super happy with mine as opposed to the 3 gal or the plastic 4 gal I used to use.

 

[PrezDickie]

sorry to jack the thread for a minute Perez, but yeah man autos kick ass and are super easy to grow. I just pulled over 2 full oz off one plant in less than 70 days. Most run as advertised and finish in about 2 months.

No worries Hoss your knowledge and experience is always welcome and that 2oz you pulled from the caramel is still stuck in my head will be a must for my next auto grow, thou that might be a while since my girl doesn't want me spending more money on seeds because i've got a large back stock of photoperiod genetics to grow, most were freebies but i got a few good strains to try out including critical+, heavydutyfruity, dark star, dutch passion's blueberry, dinafem's blue hash... etc... i guess i should grow so non-auto's for comparison, but i'm loving these plants even thou its my first grow

 

[PrezDickie]

how are you diggin those 5 gal smart pots Prez? I've been super happy with mine as opposed to the 3 gal or the plastic 4 gal I used to use.

actually right now i'm using the 3 gallon smart pots since i couldn't fit three 5 gallon smart pots in my cabinet, but i love the smart pots, and i'll be using my 5 gallon when i grow my photo periods which might just be one or two plants at a time

 

[hellohappinesss]

sorry to jack the thread for a minute Perez, but yeah man autos kick ass and are super easy to grow. I just pulled over 2 full oz off one plant in less than 70 days. Most run as advertised and finish in about 2 months.

'Nuff said.. wow, I should visit the autoflo part of riu once in a while..

 

[PrezDickie]

white russian is now just over 20 inches tall and growing pistils everywhere and is just starting to frost up

rudy my larger easy ryder is 16 inches tall and is forming lots of bud sites

the tiny easy ryder seems to be putting lots of new growth out but is still crazy short...

I'm switching my cfl's from 5000k to 2700k tonight also, forgot they were still the bright white ones

 

[gingerbuddha]

Looking good Prez, when you switch you're bulbs leave one or two 5000k in there. A nice mixed spectrum helps with photosynthesis. I have about 210 watts, and of those 50 are 5000k.

 

[PrezDickie]

Looking good Prez, when you switch you're bulbs leave one or two 5000k in there. A nice mixed spectrum helps with photosynthesis. I have about 210 watts, and of those 50 are 5000k.

my main blackstar led light has a variety of spectrums including IR/uv, infact i was worried it didn't have enough of the red spectrum for flowering, thats why i got the all red bloom boost led spot light to supplement so i've still got plenty of the bright white spectrum the 2700k clf's will just be for my two lower lights to help the lower buds develope

 

[PrezDickie]

so i finally got around to swapping out my lower cfl bulbs, i forgot the new ones at work so i got delayed a little the color change is really dramatic from the 5000k to the 2700K so i'm hoping the new color will help push flowering and frost up these plants

also my small easy ryder is finally reaching above its own pot rim, some actually vertical growth! its still not showing pistils but i didn't want to hold the two big ones back while waiting for that one

 

[PrezDickie]

"rudy" (center) has just about caught my white russian (left) in this pic you can also see the spectrum difference between the lower lights since i only swapped one cfl when i took this


my small easy ryder showing signs of life, but still crazy small for being 30 days old


the white russian is starting to frost up, its nice to actually see the trich's forming

 

[gingerbuddha]

This stage of growth is so exciting! The buds look frostier and frostier each day, keep up the good work. Check out my thread for some new pics

 

[PrezDickie]

so my girls are looking good as i just watered and fed them this morning but i'm a little worried about the temps, its staying around 66 degrees F in there? is that too cold? will that stunt them? i know its not ideal but will it hurt my yield?

 

[blimey]

I don't mind my temps getting down there at night. I generally consider below 60 degrees to be the "danger zone."

 

[gingerbuddha]

^ what he said. I've had a few nights where my temps dropped to 58 or so and that scared me but the plants seemed fine... i also have days where my temps rise up to 88-90 but for the most part they stay in the 75-85 range

 

[PrezDickie]

i love this plant i hope G13 labs makes the decision to produce it full time and not just as a one off freebie


i can actually see space between the leaves on my small easy ryder now before her internodal spacing was 0 i think

rudy is tall but i'm hoping she fills out a lot more soon... i've seen some bud heavy easy ryders so far rudy isn't one but she's just starting