Easy Ryder Auto PC Micro LST 1st Grow. Completed 24 Grams.

icipher

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First off... I want to thank everyone on the Rollitup community, without you guys I don't think that my first grow could have been this successful. I've been lurking on these forums for quite a while and now I hope I can give back to community some by posting this. So here is the general info about the grow please ask questions if you are interested.
Set up
-CaseFor my set up I used an old PC case from craigslist. Its dimensions are pretty small considering it is not a full sized tower. I think the height of the box was around 18 inches.
-Lighting I used 4 25 watt CFLs and changed the light spectrum through out the grow. I started with all Veg lights and replaced them one at a time with flowering lights throughout the duration of the grow. As for light cycle I went with 18/6, and 24/0 for the first few days of veg.
-Cooling I only used two fans for this, one intake and one outtake. The Intake fan was larger than the outtake. The Intake was located at the front bottom of the case and outtake near the rear where the power supply was located. I also used an extra PC fan inside the case to blow on the plant but I think that it dried the plant out because of how constant the air flow was on one spot so I removed it after a period of time.
-Temps/Humidity With the fans that I had set up and the cold location where was growing I was able to maintain a temp of 70-85 degrees throughout the grow, however, sometimes at night with lights off my bedroom would drop to around 55 degrees. As for humidity I used a humidifier throughout the grow because the winters here are fucking dry and cold as shit. With the help of the humidifier i was able to keep the humidity around 40%, higher for veg & lower for flower.
-Nutrients/Soil I used Fox Farm Ocean forest throughout the entire grow. As for Nutes I used Botanicare Pure Blend pro bloom for soil. In addition I used Canna Rhizotonic root stimulant throughout the veg cycle. Near the end of the flowering cycle I also used molasses.

As of now thats all I can really think of for the set up. As for harvest it was done around day 80. If you want any more info just ask. Now for the good part... the pics (sorry they are cell phone quality)
 

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Here are some more pics from a different angle.
 

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Here are some more Pics Most of which are after day 52... I lost my SD micro converter so I wasn't able to put them on my PC till now and I dont know the dates of the pics.
 

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HARVEST. The nugs were quite fluffy but thats to be expected with CFLs and LST stress I figure.
 

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Nice stuff! If I wasn't living in Holland I'd definitely be using a PC cab. How do you deal with the smell in one of these? There pretty discreet, but can you fit a carbon filter in there?
 
Thanks everyone.

To Thesaltonsea, I kept a detailed hand written journal and it says that I lsted on the 17th day. At that point I LSTed under the 4th node, which was the last one at that point, and bent it parallel with the ground. Once the LSTed portion was facing back up towards the light I just kept going with the LST on the last node. I didnt stop lsting the plant till much longer into flowering which probably stunted the growth and created odd looking nugs.

To TheCannabist, As for the smell it was not really noticeable untill the last few weeks of flowering. However, I do not think that a carbon filter would be a good idea for this type of project because of the fans that are usualy used in a PC case. If a filter would be added it would have greatly reduced the air flow and caused the temp to sky rocket, but if you were to use a more powerful fan I dont see why it wouldnt work.
 
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