Stealth Cabinets

BudBaby said:

Hi mate sorry for the delay ive got a few bud pics here, again the camera quality isnt very good for close ups, i got a jeweler's loupe yesterday though so ill take a look tomorrow when lights are off. Theres a pic of the vegging ladies also, lemon haze at the back and bolue venom at the front. One of the lemon haze (back left) has been topped already as its growing really fast so i topped at 15". One of the blue venom is a bit of a runt but its still healthy

Im fairly pleased with results so far, i was a bit worried about how slow they are growing but from what i read led lights take a little longer than HPS to flower anyway and take into consideration stress/root damage when being transfered i rekon these will take about 12 weeks in all so not to bad. Ill take your advice on cha-ching and wait a while.

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All plants are looking very healthy, when the buds are pretty much 50/50 in Orangey Brown, and White hairs then thats when you are approaching the final week/s - STELTHY

BudBaby said:

Mate when is it best to top the plants the second time? I have only topped one so far but im unsure when to do it again, shall i wait say a week inbetween doing it? Also is it ok to top more than twice? Im just thinking another 3+ weeks of vegging the mutant haze will be really tall.

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Wait to top again in about a week...or so the new growth has reached 2" .. I'll try n post some pics, LINKs or video's on how to do this if I can shortly You can top multiple times.. (no more than 10 - personal advise). Haze plants are renoun for grown tall so if you can train that/those ones, tie the branches down and spread her branches apart to allow more light to penetrate her and then your be less likely to have any height issues later on - STELTHY

Cheers mate, do i start bending them back as they start to streth during flowering? I saw a link you posted for me before that shows you how to do it, tie some string around my buckets and use that to anchor the the piece attatched to the stem to the bucket.

What do you rekon to the size of those colas mate? Do you think my main 2 plants ay yeild well?

man i'm sat here smokin my own! its been a long time coming but it feels goooooood!!
i chopped the smallest of my 4 last friday & hung it for 4 days. its spent a few days in & out of jars but been tootin on it for a few days now
I'll update my journal when I chop the other 3 which I'll do tmrw. they are 24 hrs into a 48 hr dark period.
it was 25grms dry btw

Griffta said:

man i'm sat here smokin my own! its been a long time coming but it feels goooooood!!
i chopped the smallest of my 4 last friday & hung it for 4 days. its spent a few days in & out of jars but been tootin on it for a few days now
I'll update my journal when I chop the other 3 which I'll do tmrw. they are 24 hrs into a 48 hr dark period.
it was 25grms dry btw

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Man thats great, any luck ill be 4 weeks away from doing the same. Is it a nice smoke mate?

delicious
I mean it, some of the nicest shit I've had. cant wait to sample off my 2 best plants

BudBaby said:

Cheers mate, do i start bending them back as they start to streth during flowering? I saw a link you posted for me before that shows you how to do it, tie some string around my buckets and use that to anchor the the piece attatched to the stem to the bucket.

What do you rekon to the size of those colas mate? Do you think my main 2 plants ay yeild well?

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Its kinda hard to tell at this stage how big the buds will get, but they are all looking super healthy so fingers crossed they will Flower as well as they've Vegged! in a couple of weeks we'll have a better idea of how big they should get - STELTHY

Also... be very gentle bending the branches, to avoid 'snapping' any branches etc.. you will find that a branch will only bend so far before you risk 'Snap!' however if you bend it well, you should be able to further bend it again upto a week later, but be careful - STELTHY

ok i am just to page 60 of your thread and plan to read them all but i must say so far i am impressed with the cabinet u built have not seen the finished pics yet but up to what i have read and seen it looks great man prop and + rep for u and stelthy right now prob more to come when i finish the rest

Thanks dogie man.

Stealthy mate this freak lemon haze plant(been topped twice already) is 21" high and prob has another 3 weeks to go, how much do you rekon bending the main cola's will reduce the height of the plant? I rekon i could mayve get away with 40-42" at a push as the ladies are fine with the light about 2" from them

Nice row, just a few questons which im sure is answered but there are so many pages...
What lights did you use?
How much did this DIY project cost, do I save a substantial amount rather than buying a tent? This leads to my next question did you do this project for science, to save money or for stealth?
i ask because im on the fence about either just buying one or makign one myself.

Hi BUDBABY, Just thought I'd let you know ... I have started my next grow I am growing 2 DWC plants a Cheese and a Royale Haze, I have only just planted the seeds but feel free to stop by and comment now and again - STELTHY

I will mate i promise, im really still at the moment and ive been toking some tosh valley charas and nepali pollen so havent had chance for an update yet. Im going to get some pics done with lights off tomorrow so you can see how the ladies are coming along. PH is dropping again in the 2 front buckets so ill do another bucket change for those tomorrow and add the cha ching

When will the buds start to fatten mate as the hairs are about 50% orange now so hopefully only 2 weeks and bit to go

loudpac said:

Nice row, just a few questons which im sure is answered but there are so many pages...
What lights did you use?
How much did this DIY project cost, do I save a substantial amount rather than buying a tent? This leads to my next question did you do this project for science, to save money or for stealth?
i ask because im on the fence about either just buying one or makign one myself.

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Hi dude

Lights i got from a guy on ebay who custom builds them out of the very best components. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Finest-Quality-Custom-Made-LED-Grow-Light-140-Watts-/390331458024?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item5ae19161e8

The project itself cost about £5k so it was expensive but i will save more than that over time as i wont have to buy shitty uk street weed.

As we rent our house they can come and inspect it anytime as long as they give us notice, it hasnt happened in the 9 years i have been here but you never know so stealth was my main reason for going the way i did.

A few update pics, this is week 9 of flowering.

BudBaby said:

I will mate i promise, im really still at the moment and ive been toking some tosh valley charas and nepali pollen so havent had chance for an update yet. Im going to get some pics done with lights off tomorrow so you can see how the ladies are coming along. PH is dropping again in the 2 front buckets so ill do another bucket change for those tomorrow and add the cha ching

When will the buds start to fatten mate as the hairs are about 50% orange now so hopefully only 2 weeks and bit to go

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Hmm...a week or 2 tops, and they should be more or less ready to harvest... The buds do look a bit skinny at the moment, but they do swell up in the last couple of weeks... it maybe just the strain your growing.. What do you plan to do if your not happy with their final size? would you look into HID lighting?

Your LED panals have Vegged your ladies very nicely, I just hope for your wallets sake they will allow your ladies to Flower to the best of their potential...

How do the buds feel...(try not to touch them too much...) are they dense or soft and airy ?? You can use a nuitrient called ROX to harden the buds up and add weight etc..

You could always accompany the LED panals with CFL side lighting... but I would want to keep cost to a minimal, given the ammount you have spent already.. What are your thoughts ? - STELTHY

TBH mate ill just stick with these lights now i have paid for them, im sure ill be happy when there done. Griffta did really well with just one of my lights for 4 plants in soil so im hoping they will fatten up nicely. I have plenty of other lower buds also so im hoping they will be a good addition to my yeild.

Not sure why they are skinny though I mean 140 watt veg light veggies 4 big plants easily and well so 140 watt flowerinf over 2 should do alot better. Only time will tell though. The buds look pretty dense to be fair. Im just hoping they fatten the fuck up

If i can get between 12-14oz total off 4 plants when i have my growing perfected ill be happy.

Ill get the cha ching added later mate and give it a week then post some more puics so you can advise me on when to flush them out. The little runt plant is still going but its way behind the others

I just dont get why the buds are skinny, the stems are all fat etc and everything is really healthy. Lets hope they fatten up nicely

BudBaby said:

TBH mate ill just stick with these lights now i have paid for them, im sure ill be happy when there done. Griffta did really well with just one of my lights for 4 plants in soil so im hoping they will fatten up nicely. I have plenty of other lower buds also so im hoping they will be a good addition to my yeild.

Not sure why they are skinny though I mean 140 watt veg light veggies 4 big plants easily and well so 140 watt flowerinf over 2 should do alot better. Only time will tell though. The buds look pretty dense to be fair. Im just hoping they fatten the fuck up

If i can get between 12-14oz total off 4 plants when i have my growing perfected ill be happy.

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If you are happy with the LEDs thats cool.. I haven't seen what Grifta has achieved with his setup yet.. Maybe it'd be worth your while adding a couple of 125W 2500k (Red-Spec) Envirolite CFL's in your Flowering cab only.. that will extend the colour spectrum the plants use for growth in the flowering stage of photosynthesis... This may be a solution that will help you achieve bigger buds from your ladies, Aside from the size of the buds at the moment.. The plants look very healthy indeed!!

I pulled 9.3 oZ off 2 plants in my DWC cab so I am pretty sure you'll get 12-14 oZ easily... I'd be pushing for 18 oz from 4 plants ... Still its a learning curve, and the more you grow the better you'll get at it.

Its great we have this site to discuss stuff like this .. I was wondering do you plan to make hash with your trim/leaves + popcorn buds etc etc ... Its pretty easy to do and we all like a nice bit of Ice Hash - STELTHY

Griffta posted pics of his plants 3-4 pages back mate, i know he got 25g off his runt plant in small soil pots so i think the lights are fine.

The cola's on the plant i topped late are alot bigger than the one i topped early even though they are the same height.

I think what ill do is flower the next four just using led's, ill do a res change every 14 days and hopefully if i dont get any root damage this time when moving them ill have a better idea what the lights can do. Ill also be lollypopping again and tying the main cola's back this time. If after that i still think they need to be a bit bigger ill prb add 250 watts of cfl. Im still hoping these will turn out fine though. I still rekon there is maybe 2-21/2 weeks yet so we can see how they fatten up.

I was going to get some bubble bags mate but i just havent got the cash at the moment, ive dropped on hash wise though as im getting some tosh valley charas, nepalese pollen and nepali first cream sometime next week. Ive tried the charas, very uplifting and visual/trippy, i tried the nepali pollen aswell and its very very strong. In October ill have access to Malana Cream which is meant to be the best hash in the world