My PC grow case and it's inhabitants.

I started germinating on January 22 with bag seed.

(1) roll of reflective tape
(4) 23 watt 5500k cfl bulbs currently
(2) 23 watt 2700k cfl bulbs for flowering
(1) pc case 20 inches high, 8 wide, 17 deep
(1) power strip with 4 bulb adapters
(3) 4 inch grow pots
(1) bag of Miracle grow garden soil (flowers and vegs) .15-.05-.10
(1) bag of earth worm castings mixed 50/50 with MC soil
(1) Ph test kit.
I'm running the lights 22on/2off and using Technaflora plant products "recipe for success" starter kit which Imust say seems to be working well. Also it's nice to buy a kit with everything you need instead ot buying everything seperatly.
The first set of pics was taken on 2/4, the reason I have 2 plants per pot is so if one turns male I can destroy it.
pot A

Pot b

Pot c

My case



And my nutes

These pictures were taken with my shitty cell phone, in the future I will use an actual camera. Also future pics wont be so freaking big. I have thin plastic dividers in the pots below the soil to keep roots from doing this when/if I need to transplant, they can easily be removed. What is a good photo hosting site, I'm worried about these pics being tracked back to me.

Feel free to leave any comments/suggestions

My ph test, see how it's nearly perfect

Pics taken on 2/8
Pot A


Pot B


Pot C

i would intervail the pots becasue 2 fans are on one side and none on athoer heat and venilation issue.....................................

I will start vegging in about 1 week depends on how things go. Sometimes I see people using both 2700 and 6500 during veg why is this?

I rotate the plants often and because of the stealth grow I didn't want any light escaping through the front of the case.

your using 6500k right now though right.....? and you are vegging right now veg starts you you have seedings.....!!! and people use both becase plants want many spectrums of light but i not nessary becasue of your pc grow case just switch bulbs when you start flower......

i didnt read you top post but might wwant to flower soon becasue you plan on chopping the male in the pot and in a 4inch pot this can become a problem very soon with rroot ball......................i say at te end of the week start flower due to this and your soil looks very damp.............if you have 4 inch pots and your getting water out of the bottom your watering to much(unless you let your soil get dry until you water again...??????

At the moment I'm using 4 6500k at 23 watts each. I understand the basic lighting concept between flowering and vegging just was curious why people used both. I want the plants to be about 14 inches high max, when should I start flowering and how soon can I tell the sex?


I just watered before taking the pics, I'm very careful not to over water. I wait till the soil is dry before adding the solution. I water less (quantity) more frequently instead of the opposite.

i would flower at about 5 inches then....?? a few day after you switch your bulbs and you start the 12/12 light cycle you will be able to tell im keeping posted for you so i will stay tunned...............

you could top them to keep em short...

wow that looks tight.

Im interested to see the yeild as i was first planning on getting this setup.

Good luck, ill be watching

Would low moisture cause some of the leaves to slightly bend upward? I have great airflow and the lights are 3 inches away.

Here is an update. Feb. 11, just started to use the veg nutes and will be transplanting tomorrow. My best plant has it's set of 5 leaves and the stem is nice and thick, whats weird is the plant seems very short which is a good thing. I water once daily, my soil has no means to retain moisture and I make sure everything is dry before watering. feed, water, water, feed and my lights are on 21 hours and off 3 hours.

Pot A



Pot B



Pot C



I just hope my strongest plant is a female, crossing my fingers.

for only a week that is very good

looks nice bud...i believe the leaves pointing upward is the plant trying to retain water

Ok I have started flowering but with the lights being on only 12 hours instead of 24 I'm having problems keeping the temps up. I live in an unfinished basement and it's pretty cold down here, any suggestions? Also my biggest plant has red stems, shouldn't they be green?

I have 4 23 watt/100 watt equiv bulbs at 2700k. My cell phone distorts the color, the bulbs have a yellowish tint and not the white which is shown. I'm growing very impatient, I made a deal with myself that I would hold off on smoking until this crop is done..............what a mistake that was lol

pick you a space heater if your like 10 below 75 and have it 3 feet away from the pc bout 10-15 depending where you go......

Good call. How much damage would I do if I decided to switch back to vegging after 3 days of flowering. I would like to see them get a little bigger.

fitch303 said:

Good call. How much damage would I do if I decided to switch back to vegging after 3 days of flowering. I would like to see them get a little bigger.

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completely fine

i think all you have room for is where your surge is at now (top of plants) and they should make it there during flower.....sexing usally doubles a plant and flowering triples from the origanal flower part