First Grow, Rubbermaid and cfls... let's see where this goes...

Bleezyboy1990 said:

Go to newegg.com and they have a 4pin molex adapter that plugs into the wall and can power pc fans. Only about 5 bucks. I personally found an adapter at frys electronics that had two 12v plugs and wired my two fans in my pc build to it and only took up one plug. In these small builds its all about saving space! If you haven't id try your hand at wiring the lights vs using the power strip. More lights with less space and money.

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Oh that's great news, definitely gonna have to check that out! Thank you i didn't know those existed! Although i got these, they're 3 pin, hopefully those adapters exist too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835104011

---edit post: those things practically don't exist for the 3 pins, and even then it's not really necessary to spend another 10 bucks to plug up a 3 dollar fan..... goodwill $2 12v power adapter, stripped wires, connected them, good to go now. should of thought about that first, much cheaper and easier

checked the 3 today... looking good... good color, good growth...
popped 5 new seeds into some pots...
added 4 cfls for a total of 9 23 watters
set up pc fans for intake and exhaust
put mylar up to reflect light
i know you hate me because i don't have pics
good night
i love doing this

You can connect (wire) as many fans to a single power adapter as amperage permits. For example if your power adapter is 12V and 1A output it can support up to 6 CPU fans that 0.15A

Plants are loving the 9 23 watters (207 watts total) but they aren't loving the heat... sometimes it hits 90 - 95 in there, can't get it down to 80 ever at all with those in there. thinking about pulling 2 or 3 of the lights out...

Alright this sucks i gotta figure out something better here... the temp is average 89 - 92 degrees when the lights are on and i can tell it's stunted the plants growth... i hooked the pc fans in there with one intake and one exhaust but i may have to put in a second set. They are almost 2 1/2 weeks in now. I was hoping to change to 12/12 at 4 weeks but they need alot more growth first....
Watered them today, and going to water them thur and add a tiny little bit of blood meal (nitrogen) when i do..... need a camera. damnit. not happy

if i were in your shoes i would either take the intake pc fan off, make it an extra exhaust and have a passive intake. If that dont help then take a bulb out. Either way you gotta try something.

Could of sworn that this was updated about 3 or 4 days ago. Weird.
The 6 of them were moved to a bigger box... one is a male, 3 are females, 2 don't know yet (give it about 7 days)
Looking good. New box has high humidity though. Gonna see if another fan might help that. 6 50 watt 2700k and 4 23 watt 6500k running.
About 5 or 6 more weeks till the females can be chopped i'm thinking.
Saving the pollen from the male to make some seeds. Also am considering cloning but have never done that

post sum bud porn!

get some mylar in there man, and turn those CFLs side ways get way more lumens



HAPPY GROWINGG

Down to just 3 females but they are budding up nicely, they should have been in a slightly larger pot but i will know better next time. Getting alot of crystals and they are beginning to fatten up. I am feeding just a little bit of organic nutes that are high in pk but low in n every 2 to 3 watering. They are day 40 into flowering. Tomorrow they'll be watered with more nutes. They are looking like they'll be ready around day 60. Maybe 65 or 70, want to get all the bud weight possible.
Going to fix up the flowering grow cabinet before next time. Going to set it up with 10 55 watters, 5 65k and 5 27k for flowering and attempt to angle them sideways.. Also going to turn a smaller cabinet into my veg room and put two levels in there so i can have 3 stages of grows at once. 6 23 watters at 65 k for the small area and 10 23 watters at 65 k for the bigger area. Hooking it up right so the ball can get rolling steadily.
Got some Hindu Kush seeds but may wait until the grow after next to make sure they are used to their fullest potential. Would like to clone them and make more seeds with them as well because i can't just get seeds easily.
Sorry i have no pictures. Sometimes i feel like it's better that way. I should really use this forum more often but i have so little time.
Thanks for your time and happy growing. One love.

Well the 3 ladies are 8 weeks into flowing and seem to be producing some nice looking buds. Sadly i think all 3 got pollinated because they seem to all have seed pods that look like they are about to bust. But it is my first grow and i learned quite a bit. Today will be the last day of watering, which i will water 6 cups, 2 to 3 cups more than usual, to help flush out the nutrients and all. And Wednesday will be lights out, Friday they will be cut. 60 - 80 hours of darkness before the cutting, heard it helps...

Can we see the results!