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MicroGrowerTim

MicroGrowerTim

Member
Hello there my fellow growes

I am very excited to say that I am starting my very first grow. For a lot of reasons it must be a PC micro grow.
I am currently germinating one WHIDAK 47 (AK 47 X WHITE WHIDOW) seed with the paper tower method and awayting other seeds to arrive.
And I am now planning which way to go on the whole project and would very much appreciate your helpfull opinion.

Setup:

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I was trying to decide if I should have one big pot, or two smaller pots. And if I go with two, how to train them to get the most yield possible.
I would very much like to go with two diferent plants to be able to harvest two different strains. But I have decided to first go with only one plant on a big rectangular pot.

So first I would like to know... Where should I plant the seed? On the side of the pot or in the middle? I will LST wither way.

Here are some pics for better understanding. Also, please tell me what is the best option for planting two separate pots.



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OTHER PLANS:

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I would very much enjoy a discussion and tips on how to proceed.
 
v12xjs

v12xjs

Well-Known Member
Nice tidy work but that's a pretty small case even by PC case standards, I would definitely consider looking for something bigger myself.

Keeping plants compact involves restricting root growth so anything over 2L pots will encourage the plants to outgrow the cab and you won't be able to finish them.

Environment is key when doing this as everything is so cramped. Without really good airflow, bud rot will ruin everything.
It looks like your exhaust is pretty low down, but we know hot air rises. Moving the exhaust up as high as possible is the only way to extract that heat.

The best way to get 2 plants going is to run a perpetual setup, personally I run a 3 plant cycle:
Start the 1st seedling off under 12/12.
After 23 days, put a 2nd seedling in and follow that with a 3rd seedling 23 days later.
Seedling 1 is now taking up 2/3 of the case, seedling 2 gets around 1/3 and the baby fits in wherever she can get some light.
After another 23 days the 1st seedling is now 92 days old and is ready to come out, and is replaced by another new seedling.
Continue to harvest a plant every 23 days and replace it with a new seedling each time.

Looks like this:1080992.jpg1090423.jpgP1100856.JPG
 
M

MicrogrowerCanada

Member
This is mine. But I always struggle with height on PC. I've performed every technique I takes to deal with low height but it is a challenge. This is 2rd week of flowering. Now it's on the end of 5th.
I would advise 1 plant
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MicroGrowerTim

MicroGrowerTim

Member
v12xjs said:
Nice tidy work but that's a pretty small case even by PC case standards, I would definitely consider looking for something bigger myself.

Keeping plants compact involves restricting root growth so anything over 2L pots will encourage the plants to outgrow the cab and you won't be able to finish them.

Environment is key when doing this as everything is so cramped. Without really good airflow, bud rot will ruin everything.
It looks like your exhaust is pretty low down, but we know hot air rises. Moving the exhaust up as high as possible is the only way to extract that heat.

The best way to get 2 plants going is to run a perpetual setup, personally I run a 3 plant cycle:
Start the 1st seedling off under 12/12.
After 23 days, put a 2nd seedling in and follow that with a 3rd seedling 23 days later.
Seedling 1 is now taking up 2/3 of the case, seedling 2 gets around 1/3 and the baby fits in wherever she can get some light.
After another 23 days the 1st seedling is now 92 days old and is ready to come out, and is replaced by another new seedling.
Continue to harvest a plant every 23 days and replace it with a new seedling each time.

Looks like this:View attachment 4724535View attachment 4724536View attachment 4724537
Click to expand...
Hello there, thank for the reply.

One thing that concerned me on your reply is that you said I shouldn’t get the 5L pot because my roots would grow too much and the ceiling is too low...

Do you guys think it would be better to get a smaller pot? The one I was thinking about using is this 5.4L
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I

Inthestruggle

Member
v12xjs said:
Nice tidy work but that's a pretty small case even by PC case standards, I would definitely consider looking for something bigger myself.

Keeping plants compact involves restricting root growth so anything over 2L pots will encourage the plants to outgrow the cab and you won't be able to finish them.

Environment is key when doing this as everything is so cramped. Without really good airflow, bud rot will ruin everything.
It looks like your exhaust is pretty low down, but we know hot air rises. Moving the exhaust up as high as possible is the only way to extract that heat.

The best way to get 2 plants going is to run a perpetual setup, personally I run a 3 plant cycle:
Start the 1st seedling off under 12/12.
After 23 days, put a 2nd seedling in and follow that with a 3rd seedling 23 days later.
Seedling 1 is now taking up 2/3 of the case, seedling 2 gets around 1/3 and the baby fits in wherever she can get some light.
After another 23 days the 1st seedling is now 92 days old and is ready to come out, and is replaced by another new seedling.
Continue to harvest a plant every 23 days and replace it with a new seedling each time.

Looks like this:View attachment 4724535View attachment 4724536View attachment 4724537
Click to expand...
Looks like you're killing it in that PC. What strain is that? I really like the logic of the planting schedule and the light time....BRILLIANT!
 
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