I built this with the plan of doing a perpetual harvest. The cabinet is 50"x18"x32". The top shelf is 28"x18"x32" and the bottom shelf is 18"x18"x32". I will veg on the bottom and flower on the top shelf. I have made each shelf light tight from outside the cabinet and from each other as to not disturb the 12/12 on the top. I am adding a 96w T5 lamp on the top shelf and one on the bottom as well. I currently have some cheap led's and 15w T8 fluorescent. I will also be adding duct around the fan obviously. I can legally grow 12 plants and wanted to know if y'all think I can flower 12 plants on top or would I be better off with less. Also, are their any strains that would be better than others for this type of grow? Thanks in advance for the feedback.
Custom Cabinet Grow Box
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Keif.
Member
Brother, the cab looks great! Nice job and I think it will be a very effective setup. I am in for the ride.
I would just stay away from anything thats more sativa based, I have great luck with hybrids or indica in my indoor grows. Just train them to stay low and make them bushy with topping or FIMing..
If you are in LA County, or anywhere else in California, going by the states overall limits, you can only have 6 mature plants OR 12 immature plants. People often say different things all the time but it is best to go with what is on your counties website.
randybishop
Well-Known Member
Looks badass!!
Can't wait to see what you grow in it!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to see what you grow in it!!!!!!!!
theartoflife
Member
Nice cab! I just finished a bubba kush that stayed short, at least in SCRoG. My new grow is a blue dream that exploded. Try to stick with indica, like keif said.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
I have completed my cabinet for the time being. I just installed a 110w t5 light fixture with 3000k bulbs in the top (bloom) and eventually I will upgrade the light in the bottom (veg) compartment. I have added the exhaust ducting as well as a pvc duct to allow air to flow from the negative intake in the bottom compartment out of the top and still stop light from either compartment reaching the other. Here are the pics and next I will finally get to the actual grow. lol
This is my first grow and I will tell y'all I made every single mistake possible.
A friend gave me a bunch of bag seeds and I used the paper towel method and it worked great. So far so good... but that was about my only success as the mistakes start to pile up.
1. I buy some cheap organic GARDEN SOIL and that is it. I didn't get perlite, peat moss, coco, or anything else to amend the soil. Big mistake as this had almost no drainage and ph was not optimum and it created insect problems due to the soil having living matter. Make sure to get a good potting mix, soilless mixes are best indoors in my opinion. I am mixing my own from here on out using 60/40 coco coir and perlite with organic nutes mixed in to "charge" the coco.
2. I plant the sprouted seeds in solo cups with holes punched in the bottom. I am not saying you cannot use solo cups because you can, but make sure there is proper drainage. The holes were basically pinholes and just compound the drainage problem of heavy garden soil. Make sure to use pots with lots of drainage, solo cups will work if you make holes big enough on the bottom.
3. The nutes I bought were Jobe's organic all purpose. Great stuff when blended in your medium before you use it but not as effective just sprinkled and mixed in the top soil. I have now bought some all purpose water soluble nutes to better control the food supply.
4. At the time I did not have the ventilation in the cabinet and if left closed would get so humid the walls would sweat! Not good! This was a fungus gnat factory until I got some gnatrol. This also did not allow the soil to dry. Make sure you have proper ventilation. Fans are a must but if the hot humid air cant escape it is just getting blown around.
Like I said I made several small mistakes that completely destroyed several plants. All of the seeds sprouted and within a week I had good 3" seedlings. Within a day the leaves started to yellow on almost all of the plants. I tested the ph and it was 7.7, way to high. I started using vinegar to ph my water and I also bought some sphagnum peat moss to put on top of the soil that seemed to help a little for a couple weeks. Growth was very slow almost non existent during that time. I am sure that the roots were not getting enough air or nutrients to flourish as they should have. But they seemed like they had bounced back from the yellowing leaves and slow growth. I thought I was in the clear. Nope, within two days every plant was doing the claw, leaf tips were curling up and down, and the tips were yellowing and dying. I flushed them with just water hoping to save them. Didn't happen. I thought it was a total loss
. In a last ditch effort I mixed the garden soil with the peat moss and some of the organic nutes and transplanted the strongest plants in to bigger pots. The new mix was a lot less heavy and compact. BINGO! Four of the plants I transplanted took off. Growth on one of the plants was extraordinary. In a week in a half it almost outgrew my veg compartment. Once I determined the sex of the big plant I took a clone of her to hopefully produce more. 3 of the four were are females
. I got rid of the male right away. I started feeding the plants a 15-30-15 fertilizer and moved them to the top compartment with the bigger light for flowering. 3 weeks in They are looking nice. Especially the bigger one; starting to show some crystals. I tied down the main stem and lst'd some branches to create an even canopy. It has worked in producing more bud sites but I think I will top the plants next time to use the space more efficiently.
Overall a big learning experience. I made a ton of mistakes and have a better sense of what I needed for a more successful grow. I have the clone to make a mother and two lemon kush seeds I am popping right now so gonna try round to with my new found knowledge and see how she grows. I'll keep y'all posted.
A friend gave me a bunch of bag seeds and I used the paper towel method and it worked great. So far so good... but that was about my only success as the mistakes start to pile up.
1. I buy some cheap organic GARDEN SOIL and that is it. I didn't get perlite, peat moss, coco, or anything else to amend the soil. Big mistake as this had almost no drainage and ph was not optimum and it created insect problems due to the soil having living matter. Make sure to get a good potting mix, soilless mixes are best indoors in my opinion. I am mixing my own from here on out using 60/40 coco coir and perlite with organic nutes mixed in to "charge" the coco.
2. I plant the sprouted seeds in solo cups with holes punched in the bottom. I am not saying you cannot use solo cups because you can, but make sure there is proper drainage. The holes were basically pinholes and just compound the drainage problem of heavy garden soil. Make sure to use pots with lots of drainage, solo cups will work if you make holes big enough on the bottom.
3. The nutes I bought were Jobe's organic all purpose. Great stuff when blended in your medium before you use it but not as effective just sprinkled and mixed in the top soil. I have now bought some all purpose water soluble nutes to better control the food supply.
4. At the time I did not have the ventilation in the cabinet and if left closed would get so humid the walls would sweat! Not good! This was a fungus gnat factory until I got some gnatrol. This also did not allow the soil to dry. Make sure you have proper ventilation. Fans are a must but if the hot humid air cant escape it is just getting blown around.
Like I said I made several small mistakes that completely destroyed several plants. All of the seeds sprouted and within a week I had good 3" seedlings. Within a day the leaves started to yellow on almost all of the plants. I tested the ph and it was 7.7, way to high. I started using vinegar to ph my water and I also bought some sphagnum peat moss to put on top of the soil that seemed to help a little for a couple weeks. Growth was very slow almost non existent during that time. I am sure that the roots were not getting enough air or nutrients to flourish as they should have. But they seemed like they had bounced back from the yellowing leaves and slow growth. I thought I was in the clear. Nope, within two days every plant was doing the claw, leaf tips were curling up and down, and the tips were yellowing and dying. I flushed them with just water hoping to save them. Didn't happen. I thought it was a total loss
. In a last ditch effort I mixed the garden soil with the peat moss and some of the organic nutes and transplanted the strongest plants in to bigger pots. The new mix was a lot less heavy and compact. BINGO! Four of the plants I transplanted took off. Growth on one of the plants was extraordinary. In a week in a half it almost outgrew my veg compartment. Once I determined the sex of the big plant I took a clone of her to hopefully produce more. 3 of the four were are females. I got rid of the male right away. I started feeding the plants a 15-30-15 fertilizer and moved them to the top compartment with the bigger light for flowering. 3 weeks in They are looking nice. Especially the bigger one; starting to show some crystals. I tied down the main stem and lst'd some branches to create an even canopy. It has worked in producing more bud sites but I think I will top the plants next time to use the space more efficiently. Overall a big learning experience. I made a ton of mistakes and have a better sense of what I needed for a more successful grow. I have the clone to make a mother and two lemon kush seeds I am popping right now so gonna try round to with my new found knowledge and see how she grows. I'll keep y'all posted.
CoolDudeStuff
Active Member
Great, great!! Well done!!!
(If you can grow legally 12 ladies, go get yourself a tent!!
)
Cheers!
(If you can grow legally 12 ladies, go get yourself a tent!!
)Cheers!
expolegend
New Member
Hello,
very nice share indeed. but could you help me getting it dont step by step? thanks
very nice share indeed. but could you help me getting it dont step by step? thanks