newbie cabinet grow

growmech

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I have just gotten a cabinet and*seeds, and ready to rock and roll.I did the wet paper towel on the evening of 10/20, and I am pleased to say that I already have one sprouting a tail as of 5 this morning,*THC Bomb.*My other 3 THC Bomb, 2 white widow x Skunk and 1 Liberty Haze haven't shown anything, but it is less then 36 hours,*I am planning to do the grow under 10k lumen t5 lighting as it is a 2x1 area.*Does anyone have any advice for me,*I am planning on doing DWC Hydroponics, having a mother of each,Hoping that all 4 THC germinate and both white widow do, as these are not fem, I am allowing for males that will be binned (unless anyone has any advice to the contrary)Having all the secondary plants flower 2-4 weeks into veg, and throwing the clones into bloom a few weeks into veg. after the mothers produce enough material to support the cloning.*I am wondering if the mothers will have any odor that needs to be dealt with,*Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
 

chino7564

Member
2x1 area isn't that much space. How many T5's are you running and how many plants are you looking to have growing? Also what size pots? 2x1 isn't much room for a hydro grow either. I'm a newbie myself so i might be wrong on that.
 

growmech

Member
Im running a 2' x18" 4 bank of lights with reflection insulation inside
I'm doing 2 x5gallon dwc buckets
I want to do scrog
Or a vertical grow
 

TheGoodGrower

Active Member
The mom's should not produce that much smell. Its the flowers that really kick off a scent. There will be some odor but hopefully your box is venting out into the attic or somewhere above nose level.
 

growmech

Member
Well I had some setbacks, and some forward progress,
I found out the hard way about DIY carbon filters after getting some teen clones and getting direct evidence that my DIY 80 cfm carbon filter wasnt cutting it, nor when the fan was replaced with a 4" centrifugal 180 cfm was laughing at my carbon filter,
So I had to buy a real one as the whole place got skunky.
Anyone know which might be the culprit(s) for the heavy smell,
I have 2 Critical Kush, 2 OG13, and 2 murder mystery (which I was told is amnesia mystery and diesel male hybrid clone)

I had some THC Bomb seeds, White Widowx skunk start great, and 10 kc45 completely flop, 1 germed, then died, 9 others were still born. Dunno why.
Working on cloning from the teens I got, but they are going slow.... or I'm just impatient

Moved some thc and white widowxskunk to a diy bubbleponics rig that I designed and made, thank you homedepot....
Pictures soon, as my damn macbook doesnt want to connect with my android..... Thanks Steve//
 

growmech

Member
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This is my bubbleponics rig,
One home depot bucket, 6 hoses from a manifold on a 600 gph pump, and 2 airstones submerged with a 3 amp pump.
seedlings are 1 week old, but not feminized, so im hoping,
All THC Bomb
 

growmech

Member
Ok I need some advice,
I have had 1 week old seedlings in a bubbleponics bucket I made, and a 2week old seedling in a dwc bucket they have been under a 600 watt hps for about a week with no real signs of growth,

thelight is about 2' over the plants and on 24/7 temp is 70
Any idea as to why the lack of growth?
 

growmech

Member
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Advice needed,
These are my two grow buckets that I made,
First is a DWC with a seedling, the other is ?Bubbleponics? (just water pump going to manifold up through the middle trickling down over roots)

Besides needing to swap hoses for black,
how much light will get through from a 600 hps at 2feet, and will it cause a problem,
also, how long until I should see some appreciable growth?
 

jackm420

Active Member
Next time soak the seeds for 6 hours. That's what I do then into ziplock bag and on the fridge. Longest to ever sprout was 26 hours
 
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