Low-Watt CFL Wardrobe Grow - Bagseed & NYC Diesel

Charmwah

Active Member
After 5 years since my last grow (Custom stealth grow, Blueberry under T5's), mainly due to not having the facilities i've decided to experiment again, with the onus being on keeping it cheap and not worrying about yield (as long as it pays for the leccy bill!). MY setup is as follows:

Custom converted wardrobe (4 1/2ft High x 2 1/2 ft Wide x 1 1/2 ft Deep)
Custom made lighting rig
5 x 30w Daylight CFL's - Vegging
7 x 23w Warm White CFL's - Flowering (with scope to add more if necessary)
2 x 120mm PC Case Fans, both running extraction
1 x Passive intake, hepa filtered
1 x 6 inch Desk Fan for circulation
1 x custom made carbon filter ($3 DIY job as seen on RIU)

At the moment i've germinated some old bagseed in root riot cubes (trialling them as never used before), but eventually I expect my soil mix to be 1:4 Vermiculite : Seedling compost. I've got hold of some bio-bizz grow and bloom nutes to use as and when.

As for technique I plan to use 'Uncle Bens Topping' method, I figure this will keep the height down and boost yield while helping light dispersal. If height becomes an issue I might LST.

Once i've sussed the kit out using the bagseed i've got some NYC Diesel Fems & some NL x Haze to play around with :)

And thats about it! Any pointers gladly recieved :D

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Apologies for the shocking pics! More to follow when my blackberry is fixed!:evil:
 

Charmwah

Active Member
As I said, I had some bagseed to play around with and get things sorted with. I didnt pre soak them (4 seeds), rather I put them straight into root riot cubes and covered with a little vermiculite, making sure they were nice and moist. Had never used root riot cubes before, and although it says they're good for seeds they seem to me to be better for clones. Anyway, it took about 7 days for germination. 2 days after that...

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Again appalling pic, apologies!
 

Charmwah

Active Member
Fast forward a couple of days and we're now at day 6 of growth (my photoperiod is 20/4). Still only one seed has shown any real growth, however i've noticed one other has a root, we shall see. These pics are of day 4 and todays growth:

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Day 6 Day 6 Day 4 Day 4

Hardly any stretching so far :)
 

Charmwah

Active Member
sub'd!

what temps are you seeing in your box?
I'm managing to keep it between 75-80 all the time. On warm days its hit 85, but its just been a case of slightly opening one of the doors to allow air circulation (my extraction fans arent wired in as yet!). How about you?
 

Charmwah

Active Member
Ok, its Day 11. Not a great deal has happened. on day 8 I noticed the first roots coming out of the side of the root riot cubes so i've transplanted her to her new home. Since then shes had a nice growth spurt, although the leaves are looking a little yellow, possibly overwatered on transplanting :/

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Progress tho!
 

SimplyBaked

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yeh, its always good to compare grows when someone is in the same ballpark as you! i mainly just compare growth....ya kno :-)
 

TheJointProject

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Scribed. i'm startin my wardrobe cfl grow in 2 weeks. startin with clones tho so will prob be right there with you and simplybaked. good luck. lookin good so far
 

Cransi

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Nice Charmwah, they are startin out lookin good. Another Low-Watt CFL Cartel grow Op!!! Sub'd

I finally reached a point to transfer my babies into the unfinished Grande Wardrobe Box(thanks Concord Dawn). It is amazing to see a difference 4 hours inside the new area made. That much closer to some relaxation!
 

Charmwah

Active Member
sub to this one :-P
Scribed. i'm startin my wardrobe cfl grow in 2 weeks. startin with clones tho so will prob be right there with you and simplybaked. good luck. lookin good so far
Nice, thanks for hooking up. Share the wealth :)

your lights should be at least 3 inchs away
I've seen lots of people saying that, but i've noticed that my plants arent stretching to get to the light, therefore i'm keeping them as they are until they're at least a little bigger. Thanks for the input though.

Nice Charmwah, they are startin out lookin good. Another Low-Watt CFL Cartel grow Op!!! Sub'd

I finally reached a point to transfer my babies into the unfinished Grande Wardrobe Box(thanks Concord Dawn). It is amazing to see a difference 4 hours inside the new area made. That much closer to some relaxation!
Cheers Cransi! My 'drobe is still unfinished, havent fitted the extraction fans yet, or the passive intake, waiting on my cousin to get his jigsaw round here. Alls good at the moment tho, pics to follow :)
 

Charmwah

Active Member
I dont plan to upload masses of pics every toher day, but thought i'd add these two of Day 13 as they're growing well. Slight patch on one of the leaves but looks healthy enough so not too worried.

Day 13 a.jpgDay 13.jpg
 
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