Micro/PC Growers Thread - A place to exchange pics, knowledge, and advice.

[Sgt.Sly]

Welcome ALL. We need a sub forum for this, and as i understand it's already being worked on, so for the time being we can start here.

Who's Got micro grows going? Lets see your pics, progress, and preferences!!!

I have converted this old night stand into a micro grow. It works awesome. Temps are perfect all the time.

 

[rawrfox]

Im growing in a rubbermaid atm but i dont really consider that "micro"
what do you do just cut off ALL lower growth and harvest the top? how old is that? (clone?)

sorry hehe lots of questions , im interested though neat little setup you got goin

 

[RanTyr]

Great idea to consolidate into a thread while RIU gets around to creating a sub-forum. I am currently growing a single plant from bagseed to get my feet wet with marijuana growing.

My second grow will be two or three plants from whatever strain I decide to order later in the month in a stealth PC grow. Finding a case suitable to my (overly) exacting standards is rough atm.

Edit: I am rather jealous of your ability to have such a large grow Sgt. I would advice you to use mylar (or a suitable substitute) on your entire internal workings. All of it. Otherwise nicely done. Could of course always be improved upon, but nicely done otherwise! Hopefully I will be able to run a grow at the size I desire within the next couple years (aiming for 10x10xroom height).

Oh an shameless bump. Please vote and reply to endorse the subforum! The more input the more likely RIU will be to accomidate us smaller growers with a sub-forum.

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/256259-all-stealth-pc-growers-read.html

 

[dopewear]

sly i think you could do better with the space you have in there i had a pc grow and it slayed

 

[RanTyr]

sly i think you could do better with the space you have in there i had a pc grow and it slayed

Clearly any system can always be improved upon. Perhaps you should offer some more insight as I am much too tired to do so myself (aside from the mylar. That's a pet peeve of mine ).

 

[dopewear]

a wise man once said "i dont use mylar because im not building a spaceship." so dont worry about the mylar even flat white paint would do the trick if your up to it. i dont know how much insight i can give you but what if you were to do one plant in one little planter pot and and LST it? more space to grow a bigger plant and with LST you can make full use of your space and for sure easily yeild more then what your putting out now. just a thought

 

[Sgt.Sly]

Im growing in a rubbermaid atm but i dont really consider that "micro"
what do you do just cut off ALL lower growth and harvest the top? how old is that? (clone?)

sorry hehe lots of questions , im interested though neat little setup you got goin

There's a long story to go along with those little nugs. I lost 250 plants to a COP sweep this year.. ALL that was left were these two. I rescued them and have them growing in my Micro Grow at home.

I will let them bud out till they die, or they Hermi. At which time i will dry them. I wanna see how big they will go. Those were left out all summer. Went into ground july1st. Basically did nothing because they were planted too close to pine trees. Soil was way too acidic.

Otherwise I'm growing lemon skunk in there, from my own feminized seeds. Will use topping and LST to accomidate size.

 

[Sgt.Sly]

I am currently growing a single plant from bagseed to get my feet wet with marijuana growing.



Edit: I am rather jealous of your ability to have such a large grow Sgt. I would advice you to use mylar (or a suitable substitute) on your entire internal workings.

I appreciate your words of encouragement. HOWEVER, your not a grower, your just starting, so advising on things you don't know shouldn't be done.

If you looked at the pictures my "suitable substitute to Mylar" is flat white vinyl tape.
Mylar97%reflective flat white 95% Which is cheaper. FLAT WHITE! How much of a difference does it make from mylar? NO MESURABLE difference in my experience. My reflector up top was done with Aluminum tape. NO IT WILL NOT CAUSE HOT SPOTS WITH CFL LIGHTS!

sly i think you could do better with the space you have in there i had a pc grow and it slayed

Yea I suppose, but i just started this box, can't even tie any of my plants down yet.
As for thise charlie brown nugs, read my post above.

a wise man once said "i dont use mylar because im not building a spaceship." so dont worry about the mylar even flat white paint would do the trick if your up to it. i dont know how much insight i can give you but what if you were to do one plant in one little planter pot and and LST it? more space to grow a bigger plant and with LST you can make full use of your space and for sure easily yeild more then what your putting out now. just a thought

This is my plan, sorry all for not explaining! But yes i plan to LST 2 plants in here.

AS FOR USING MYLAR!!!! it drives me nutz that people are like mylar this and mylar that. MYLAR is not economical concidering it's cost to flat white paint.

There's a mere 2% reflective difference.

 

[dopewear]

well sounds like you got everything planned planned out for your next grow which sounds great. sorry to hear about that sweep of all your plants aswell. anyways keep me posted for when your new grow starts i will be starting my new cab grow this weekend feel free to check it out

 

[Sgt.Sly]

Just a couple close ups of these resuce mission nugs.

 

[dopewear]

arent they just the cutest things!

 

[RanTyr]

To preface: I am unsure why you took such a defensive stance towards my advise. I apologize if you took offense but you cannot say any of it was lacking.

I appreciate your words of encouragement. HOWEVER, your not a grower, your just starting, so advising on things you don't know shouldn't be done.

That's like saying "Hey. You've never put your hand on a stove so you shouldn't advise me on whether or not I should do it. "

If you looked at the pictures my "suitable substitute to Mylar" is flat white vinyl tape.
Mylar97%reflective flat white 95% Which is cheaper. FLAT WHITE! How much of a difference does it make from mylar? NO MESURABLE difference in my experience. My reflector up top was done with Aluminum tape. NO IT WILL NOT CAUSE HOT SPOTS WITH CFL LIGHTS!

I don't have to have growing experience to know that vinyl is not 95% reflective. Especially when it is that thin. I'm glad you haven't found a measurable difference between the two. If you truly like the vinyl tape why not tape your entire enclosure?

AS FOR USING MYLAR!!!! it drives me nutz that people are like mylar this and mylar that. MYLAR is not economical concidering it's cost to flat white paint.

Mylar is about the same price as paint. You get more out of it, and it's vastly more reflective.

You could purchase twelve mylar emergency blankets for fourteen dollars, or you could purchase 25 feet of 2 mil pure mylar for about twenty bucks. It's not expensive. Not even relatively to flat white paint.

There's a mere 2% reflective difference.

It's more then two percent. Much more. It doesn't matter much since you are content with your results usig what you are using.

I could be wrong and don't feel like breaking out the calculator so if you could provide some proof to back up your claim I would be very interested in reading it.

Edit: My lack of experience growing marijuana is in no way a reflection of my knowledge of growing plants in general. Also I am into min/maxing as much as possible. I find pushing even two or three metrics to the best attainable conditions for any given environment can and will produce vastly superior results.

 

[Sgt.Sly]

To preface: I am unsure why you took such a defensive stance towards my advise. I apologize if you took offense but you cannot say any of it was lacking.
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My bad, I didn't mean to make it sound like i took such offence. BUT i do remember my girlfriend just harpin on me over growin and bein on this site. I think that's what set me off that day.

 

[bestbuds09]

the lights and your little ones are too far apart from each other thats why the long reach, always try to keep the light as close as possible, in your case since you have a cfl you can keeo them really close, if this is your first grow in pc box study the plant see whats wrong with it and also learn from your mistakes,

 

[Sgt.Sly]

the lights and your little ones are too far apart from each other thats why the long reach, always try to keep the light as close as possible, in your case since you have a cfl you can keeo them really close, if this is your first grow in pc box study the plant see whats wrong with it and also learn from your mistakes,

You are absolutely wrong in this case my friend, and the reason is you did not read the story about those two nugs.

I appreciate your attempt at advice though. I have mastered the art of CFL growing. And your right keeping them 1-2 inches away throughout the entire grow is essential.

 

[RanTyr]

My bad, I didn't mean to make it sound like i took such offence. BUT i do remember my girlfriend just harpin on me over growin and bein on this site. I think that's what set me off that day.

Bwuahaha I know the feeling. Hence the super stealth grows I'm working on. Even if one is doscovered and destroyed I have at least one other

Hope she stays off your back.

Oh and post more pics!

 

[RoBoMikE510]

i like that

 

[Sgt.Sly]

Bwuahaha I know the feeling. Hence the super stealth grows I'm working on. Even if one is doscovered and destroyed I have at least one other

Hope she stays off your back.

Oh and post more pics!

Post more pics? I'm trying to get others to post their stealth grows here. There's going to be new pics soon.

Ment to ask why your Rep bar is in the red??

 

[RanTyr]

Post more pics? I'm trying to get others to post their stealth grows here. There's going to be new pics soon.

Ment to ask why your Rep bar is in the red??

Ask AMV why my rep bar is red! He's a dickface! 'tis all good now.

I will be posting pics of my second grow once I get my pc case and seeds. My first grow is rather pathetic, relative to what I want.

My first batch of seedlings were all males. Out of eight. That's horrid luck. Only at day four but I can post a pic of them if you are really interested.

 

[RoBoMikE510]

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