PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

thats awsome.. really packin on the buds.

looking great dude, check out mine if you get a chance..I am amazed at how you have maximized all your potential "floor" space inside the case...that is one of the things I failed to do...

Cheers guys. I'll check out both your grows.

Got a swift update on the case and HempyGoneWrong. She got a bit big and with the new bulb she ended up with about 5 colas that were bleached at the top 1/4 inch, so I chopped them down but left the lower buds and the shorter colas to fatten up a bit. Here's a pic of the case before and after the trim plus a couple of shots of some of the dried buds:

It always amazes me how you manage to fit all them buds in a pc case......

Looks awsome dude, I'm quite jelous of the dried bud you've got - I can still only get hold of the nepal squidge... loads of it down here, never had it for this long before, I'm not gonna complain about it as it is better than most of the green goin around atm (Its all sprayed shite)... I keep on telling myself that its only a few weeks away - but it really can't come quick enough! lol

Cheers RedEye.
I miss my black although I have had a bit this year. Harvest will come soon enough for you as long as you have that to keep you going
You get a little home made black off the scissors every time you manicure buds. I must take a pic next time I collect a decent lump.

beautiful budshots v!

v like usual those are some epic photos. I dont think I could ever come close to what you've got going on there! Anyways your grows never stop amazing me keep up! Cheers DW

Nice pics those buds are looking nice! Crossing my fingers i can replicate some of that success

Greets DW & thanks m8. And to you too BM.
I'm only showing you guys what you can do. Can't wait to see all your pics. Charge up those cameras guys

v12xjs said:

Hey there SketzoH

Thanks m8. It's always hard to tell what the yield will be but I think this Granita could be a personal best for me. I got 27g from a lowryder 2 a while back but it's possible I'll hit the magic 28 this time out.
I know it doesn't sound like much in comparison to a scrog but the perpetual nature of this system actually yields more in the long run with less effort.
Granita has 21 days left, the Amstel Gold will be ready 14 days later and Pandora will be ready 3 weeks after that, so over a gram a day without any problem.

Here's a link for a psu conversion:
http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply



Just tumbled that I misread your post faceplate27. I'm a bit scared to advise on mains connectivity. If I tell you something wrong you could get hurt, so better to speak to an electrician if you can.
For what it's worth I have used 240v ac fans but took them out for a couple of reasons. They are much more noisy than 12v pc fans (even mine) and they are just too powerful for my growspace.
They worked fine on the timer but I tried to use a dimmer switch to tone down the noise and the hurricane Katrina effect, but they went pop as soon as the voltage dropped.

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Man what an awesome link dude I love it. You just saved me a ton of money to. Thank you very much. Plus I Subscribed. What if you don't have one of those big pc like you have. Can you do it in a regular pc case and if so Does anybody body know of a thread with the build and possibly pics as well. I have 2 old cases and I can get more But I want to make sure you can do it before I go get more cases. Any help would be great guys Thanks

Hey Mastershake.
Thanks for posting. It's really good to know this thread is still helping people.
If smaller cases is all you got then that's what you should grow in. I was inspired by Mr Micro's Nanomachine and it was way smaller than my rig.
If you still fancy a perpetual system then just get shorter flowering strains or leave a bit more time between plants. A single plant in plenty of soil grown as a scrog can be really productive too. You just got to dive in there and work out what's the best technique for what you have available.
I don't tend to update this page much anymore because RIU don't seem to respect microgrows and won't provide a dedicated forum for us despite the fact that this thread gets 1000 hits a week and Sketzoho's PC grow club is the best and fastest growing club here. Click the private microgrow forum link in my sig if you want to keep up with what I'm up to these days.
Let me know what you are working with and I'll give you a few suggestions to get you
started.

I'm just off to tend to the garden now. If I've got any charge in the cam I'll take some pics and do an update.
Oh and some +rep coming your way for doing the groundwork.

Hey man I just registered on your page I will look it over with a fine tooth comb. Thank you very much for being so polite and helpful thank you.

Oh by the way +1 rep for you Mr.

Cheers
Got some pics, so here's a quick update.
The cuttings don't fill the case in the same way seedlings do, so it looks a bit empty in there just now. I think with a bit of veg time they would do really well but I don't have the room, so it's back to the 12/12 from seed setup for me.
I've still not found the ideal solution to the bleaching caused by the new light but I'm managing ok and still have a few tricks to try to eliminate it completely. I don't want to change back to the 125w as the buds I'm getting now are sticky beyond belief, but you can see what's happening to the shade leaves so the plants are stressing a little and I do need to address it.
Here's the pics:

like always v. looking totaly beautiful!

nice job v12...they do look good.

Looks fucn great so far!

Thanks guys. Very much appreciated.
I was all down on the grow but you guys are right, that case is full of promise. It just feels weird I'm the only guy here banging my head cos I have too much light!
To be fair there's only extra space in there because I gave a couple of plants away to worthy causes and at least I have a grow.
Thanks for putting me straight

Hey DW. You gotta plant today for a xmas crop. Get growing m8!

Think I might have sorted the bleaching out also. I had a brainwave and went mad with some sandpaper on the plexiglass. I've made it so you can't see through it and I think it will resolve the problem of too many lumens.
I tried it out last night and they do seem to have improved a little. Still got all the bleach damage and some burnt tips but this is restricted to lower growth now.
Here's a family shot taken about 20 minutes ago and a couple of pics of the oldest girl. She showed her 1st flower on september 6 and has been in full flower for about 14 days. I told you they were sticky

hey v12, lookin sticky. what strains are you running now?

Just finishing off those jack seeds. Picked up some white label NL fems to get me over the holidays and give me time to pick a new strain. Lovin your offspring mate