How to grow inside a pc grow box?

doggyd

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Hey guys, I just put together a little PC grow BOX and I have a few questions!
1- When growing inside of a PC, Am I growing AUTOFLOWER or REGULAR seed?
2- How long am I going to Veg for and How long do I flower for?
3- Can I use multi spectrum Bulbs? 1-6500k and 1-3500k?
4- What would be a good light setup?

I'm looking too grow something fast, so the shorter the time period the better for me. I am currently running a setup in a closet as well but that won't be done for harvest until sometime in January. So in between that time I would like to grow inside my PC and grow 2 or 3 plants before my closet grow is done! Any ADVICE for a new PC GROWER? ++REP


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atb

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thats a nice case just put a potter with a seed in there and start growing> i would recommend making a simple carbon filter for it (you can use a rubbermaid for it if you want) and it should work perfectly
 

doggyd

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Anyone else have advice for me! Can I grow a regular seed in here or autoflower. Which is best!
 

doggyd

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I need help here. I'm about to plant a seed into my pc case. Do I do 12/12 straight threw the whole grow or do I do 18/6 veg and 12/12 flower. This is a black widow seed and I need this to finish as quick as possible so advice is really needed. What is the shortest period you can grow a plant inside of a pc box! ++REP
 

ylem

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ive considered pc growing before, but decided it would just be too difficult to restrict a plant to those confines. it really is a tiny space for a plant to grow if you think about it.. however, totally possible! in fact i have a flowering photoperiod plant that was veery slow and stunted from birth, but she looks like she would fit fine in a computer box. ill see if i can toss a pic up.
i dont think it matters - photo or auto, but id lean towards photoperiod. for this reason - autoflowers have a complete package of genetic information that says they will grow this big for this long. photoperiod plants are much easier to manipulate in terms of lst during veg growth. it might be hard to train an autoflower, because they start flowering at like 3 inches tall!
ill throw up some shots of the autos i have now, and while you will see that it's possible, i cant really picture stuffing one of them in a pc box.
ill go outside and water my ladies.
 

ylem

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fresh photos.
the first 2 are the crazy photoperiod plant that grew to like 4 inches, stopped, then exploded into like 3 little colas and some lower branches when it started flowering.
the other 2 are my potted autoflowers. they were planted veery late in the season and are smaller than the autos i harvested earlier this year. you can see the one i tied down. lol thats also the plant that fell of my deck - thats why its all tied up and splinted. worked quite well tho haha.
oh well. hope some of my input helped. good luck
 

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smokebros

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I would use a small airpot to maximize air pruning the roots. I would make a scrog out of wire coathangers. I would top and LST the plant.

I give ppl credit who grow in these things lol.
 

doggyd

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Thanks for responding, I thought nobody had any input for me! Well I went ahead last night and placed my germinated seed into the soil I am using only 1- 150w CFL 6500k for now until I see some development, then I will switch CFL to 1-150w CFL 3400k for flowering......The question for me is, how long will this take me! I need asap!
 

Mike@420

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A lowryder or other short auto would fit in there. On a normal size strain, the top bud alone would be too big.
 

Truu

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My friend gew a green-o-matic autoflower, plant only got like 12 inches tall. Grew it all with CFLs, got about 36g harvest dried. I would def stick with a autoflower for a pc case. I have seen a photoperiod grown in a larger server case and it came out nice! But just remember the plant gets only as tall as its light source.
 
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