Gidget's Ghetto Grow

SL2 said:

Hey Gidget


How big is your flower area?

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Good to have followers! Plan on adding lots of pictures and showing in detail topping, LST and any other experiments I try.

Just measured, beginning to buy/assemble flowering area today.
Currently they are vegging in an area 29.5" wide x 22.5" tall x 20.5" deep.
There is a board I think I can take out to give the plants more headroom I will be trying that later after shopping, it should give me an additional 13.5" in height to grow.

Currently the plants are 8-10" tall. Growing well. The blueberry i topped has developed 2 possibly 4 tops, but she's doing so well I decided to top the only superskunk plant that i'm trying to grow.

All's going well so far!

Yay! I completed my upgrade and am ready for flowering!!!

Switched my lights to 12/12 should kick in to the plants tomorrow sometime, hoping for girls!!!

I found a fan designed for use in a RV refrigerator so I now have battery operated circulation!
Thermometer with Humidity gauge!
We are ready to rock!!! Exciting stuff going on here! Definately developments coming soon! Flower babies Flower!!!

Will be shopping at Home Depot tomorrow to buy more 2700k lights, just adding to the existing 6500k, will leave them in and just add more lights as I buy them and figure out how to fit them in!

YAY!!!!!

Nice setup looking good!

SL2 said:

Nice setup looking good!

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Thanks!! Love the encouragement!

Added a couple more light bulbs tonight, 2 2700k CFL's.

Currently running 10 light bulbs for 8 plants.
4- 5000k - 1750 lumen
3- 2700k - 1600 lumen
2- 2700k - 2600 lumen
1- unknown (red) - 900 lumen

Total Lumen of Grow Area = 17,900
2700k lumen = 10,900
5000k lumen = 7,000

(Beginning Flowering Period)

A couple days after flowering looks like 1 maybe 2 males. Waiting a couple more days to see more signs.

gidget you rock! you've inspired me, i went ahead and created my own little cfl grow box haha! thank you and keep on rockin' it with your ghettofab growin' self!! =)

I love inspiring!!! Grow to your hearts content!!!



Pictures!!!

Pics of all of them and the close ups of the ones I think are showing sex already... Plus as a bonus I threw in a pic of the runt I threw outside when I planted my seedlings to show how little one can be yet still alive. It's just as old as all the blueberry in the lighted box.

Enjoy the pics!!! Comments always welcome!

So the expected boy is in the backyard. (The dog will probably eat him eventually)

I woke up this morning to one of my blueberries having had a growth spurt she burnt herself on the light, so I'll be raising a couple lights again today. Starting to show a little trouble with the lower leaves not receiving enough light. Not sure how to correct that at the moment, been thinking about it, I know I need more light, but that requires more financial investment.

When I booted the boy outside I used the 8" pot he was in to upsize Superskunk since it was growing so tall and fast in the 6" pot.

And Updated pictures on how my LST is turning out with the rhinowreck.

One pic, not very good even, shows on a Blueberry where i think it is going to show female. But I'm still waiting.... barely patiently enough.

I put in soil to germinate today the only Infinity seed I had around from bagseed. We will see if it grows and what not, I expect it to be a male from what I read on evaluating seeds. (Will attach pic)

Looking nice Gidget!

If you take a razor blade and cut those roots before repotting it will help promote a more fibrous root structure which is what you want.

SL2 said:

Looking nice Gidget!

If you take a razor blade and cut those roots before repotting it will help promote a more fibrous root structure which is what you want.

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When i transplanted after I had it in the new pot I ran my fingers down the sides to loosen and scrap them apart so they will head down again in search of water. I have high hopes!

hey man where didi you get your lights @

snowwhitebudman said:

hey man where didi you get your lights @

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Home Depot. Awesome selection of lights there.

I think we got ourselves the first sign of a girl!

The Rhinowreck I've been LST'ing seems to be trying to show me her true colors....

I know I look really closely, but I swear that's a hair.

Great grow Gidget, just subscirbed. Doin a ghetto grow myself. I'll be watchin. Using the same bulbs you are, check out the light fixture I made for 20 bucks.

Backyard showed some nuts today, so he's out in the backyard where he originated, he can spend some time in the sun with the Blueberry I put out there the other day.

Transplanted Rhinowreck B the dwarf into the 8" pot left behind by the boy.

Started with 8 plants, down to 6 waiting to see more signs of sex.
It will be 1 week flowering tomorrow.

Currently have in garden...
Rhinowreck A - LST (showing signs of female)
Rhinowreck B - dwarf
Blueberry C
Blueberry B
Blueberry D - runt
Superskunk


YAY!!! Let's grow!!!

1 week flowering


Rhinowreck A - LST (female)
Rhinowreck B - dwarf - no signs
Blueberry C - no signs
Blueberry B (possibly hermie, mostly female showing 1 possible male showing)
Blueberry D - runt - no signs
Superskunk - no signs

GidgetGrows said:

1 week flowering


Rhinowreck A - LST (female)
Rhinowreck B - dwarf - no signs
Blueberry C - no signs
Blueberry B (possibly hermie, mostly female showing 1 possible male showing)
Blueberry D - runt - no signs
Superskunk - no signs

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Any pics Gidget? Keep us posted.

Rhinowreck A - LST (female)
Rhinowreck B - dwarf - (female)
Blueberry B - no signs
Blueberry C - (possibly hermie, mostly female showing 1 possible male showing)
Blueberry D - runt - no signs
Superskunk - no signs (topped day before 12/12 so expected slow progress)

Forgot to include overall room shot, the ones in back are tall!!! The ones in front are raised to the lights.

With no ventilation it gets up to 95 F in there, but as soon as I wake up I take the one wall off it's around 82-85 F so these plants are tolerating high temperature fairly well.

Man, looking great!! Very nice. Got the
ghetto-fabulous light working today, here's a pic, hope you don't mind. Keep up the good work.