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maariic · Mar 30, 2011

Thanks for the advise!
Intake is passive - just simple holes at the bottom of the box. I am now looking for fan that blows on leaves but in our city there is none of the simple table fans. It's too cold outside. And shops don't order them from stocks. As soon as I will get salary and pay the rent I will add at least one more fan to my box.

ottermunky · Mar 30, 2011

always the way innit? I got loads of shit I need to buy for my new waterfarm I ordered the other day but rent and bills are due. i was a bit silly reall- got my new seed germing and the waterfarm hasny even got here yet lol! o well it'll just be really crowded in my veg room i guess lol!

n00bGrower · Mar 30, 2011

For little to no money, you can rig up an old (or new) PC fan to an old DC adapter (like the kind you plug into a cell phone, router, modem, etc...) Just make sure the power adapter is 12v and the mA or A (milliamps or amps) are at least equal to or more than the the mA or A printed on the fan. Remember, .1 A is equal to 100 mA and 1A is equal to 1000 mA, so if your fan says 500 mA, your adapter needs to be greater than or equal to .5 A (or 500 mA).

Here's a thread https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/196833-3-wire-pc-fan-outlet.html

To sum it up though, here it is in 8 easy steps...
#1 Get your adapter (wall charger)
#2 Get your PC fan
#3 Check to make sure the adapter is rated for 12v and the A or mA on the fan is less than the A or mA on the charger.
#4 Cut the "device" part of the charger off as close to the end as possible (the side that plugs into the phone or modem or whatever) and strip the wires. Don't cut off the part that plugs into the wall!
#5 Cut the 2 or 3 pin connector off of the fan (the end of the fan that connects to the computer, not close to the fan itself) and strip the wires. We're only concerned about the red and black wires. If there's a third wire (most likely yellow), we can ignore it as it won't be used.
#6 Look at the wires coming off the charger. You should notice that once you separate the 2 strands from each other and strip them, one of the wires will have a white stripe and the other will not.
#7 Connect the RED wire from the fan to the wire WITHOUT the white stripe (this is the live).
#8 Connect the BLACK wire from the fan to the wire WITH the white stripe ( this is the ground).

*NOTE* Sometimes the wires coming off the adapter can be reversed. It's very uncommon, but if you wire your fan as above and it doesn't work, switch the red and black wires.

I love using PC fans because I'm in IT and there are always plenty of spare parts laying around... I love free shit!

ottermunky · Mar 30, 2011

yeah i got computer fans in my veg room, actually quite effective! and free!

maariic · Mar 30, 2011

n00bGrower said:
For little to no money, you can rig up an old (or new) PC fan to an old DC adapter (like the kind you plug into a cell phone, router, modem, etc...) Just make sure the power adapter is 12v and the mA or A (milliamps or amps) are at least equal to or more than the the mA or A printed on the fan. Remember, .1 A is equal to 100 mA and 1A is equal to 1000 mA, so if your fan says 500 mA, your adapter needs to be greater than or equal to .5 A (or 500 mA).

Here's a thread https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/196833-3-wire-pc-fan-outlet.html

To sum it up though, here it is in 8 easy steps...
#1 Get your adapter (wall charger)
#2 Get your PC fan
#3 Check to make sure the adapter is rated for 12v and the A or mA on the fan is less than the A or mA on the charger.
#4 Cut the "device" part of the charger off as close to the end as possible (the side that plugs into the phone or modem or whatever) and strip the wires. Don't cut off the part that plugs into the wall!
#5 Cut the 2 or 3 pin connector off of the fan (the end of the fan that connects to the computer, not close to the fan itself) and strip the wires. We're only concerned about the red and black wires. If there's a third wire (most likely yellow), we can ignore it as it won't be used.
#6 Look at the wires coming off the charger. You should notice that once you separate the 2 strands from each other and strip them, one of the wires will have a white stripe and the other will not.
#7 Connect the RED wire from the fan to the wire WITHOUT the white stripe (this is the live).
#8 Connect the BLACK wire from the fan to the wire WITH the white stripe ( this is the ground).

*NOTE* Sometimes the wires coming off the adapter can be reversed. It's very uncommon, but if you wire your fan as above and it doesn't work, switch the red and black wires.

I love using PC fans because I'm in IT and there are always plenty of spare parts laying around... I love free shit!

Thanks n00bGrower. Did you see my first vent setup at the beginning at the thread? I know how to put those wires together. But PC fans are too weak to blow through my filter. I need more powerful one. Even my cool tube bathroom fan didn't blow properly when I put filter at the end of the tube. Recommended power for my carbon filter is 130-190m3/h. Sorry for not converting to imperial system. It's too hard today My little propeller blows only 89m3/h. I think that I will have to spend some 25 or 30 EUR for quite and powerful bathroom fan. (those in-line fans are far too expensive)

maariic · Mar 30, 2011

ottermunky said:
always the way innit? I got loads of shit I need to buy for my new waterfarm I ordered the other day but rent and bills are due. i was a bit silly reall- got my new seed germing and the waterfarm hasny even got here yet lol! o well it'll just be really crowded in my veg room i guess lol!

That is one of the reasons I am growing myself. Other of course is that in our city you can't choose what strain to buy for smoking. You just buy stuff that dealer has. And no one knows where that shiiiiiiit comes from. But as you see, you even can't predict what comes out from seed that is bought under table. Next time I will choose some sweet strain from professionals

maariic · Mar 30, 2011

ottermunky said:
looking good mate, Its amazing what a few bits of string can do! Hope this works out nice for you. your temps are probly ok a bit high but ok. i would look at trying to drop the humidity though, during later stages of budding it can cause bud rot and your baby may get fucked. whats your air intake like? another fan couldnt hurt to keep the air moving round more. lots of circulation is the key

What humidity percentages do you suggest? Should I lower them step by step down by the end of the "summer". To what amounts?

ottermunky · Mar 30, 2011

humidity is a bugger. you want it to be around 35/45% max. this is hard to achieve though I have a big carbon filter sucking in air like there's no tomorrow with a pretty powerful desk fan running on full and that helps but even with a dehumidifier at the moment I am toppng 55/60% humidity and I am NOT happy, at this stage its sort of alright because there is plenty of air flowing round the budsites so rot is unlikely, but when those buds start filling out and getting all sticky its a perfect place for budrot to do its thing, just get as much airflow going as possible is all i can suggest but get saving for a dehumidifier, you wont regret that shell out.

maariic · Mar 31, 2011

If I am not using humidifier it is around 20 or 25%. I am not sure that I need to buy dehumidifier. Did you mean I need it for drying the yield or also for late stages of flowering?

maariic · Apr 3, 2011

HI there!
I know that I am very impatient. But this is my first grow so I couldn't wait 1,5 month to try my baby. Yesterday I took one small flower and dried it in oven for half an hour. The taste was sh*t because of lame drying, but high was good. This weed gives nice energetic high. No signs of coach locking. I have no more worries about my girl. She will make all my expectations come true. Now I promise that I will leave her alone until she comes ready for normal drying and curing. Thank You RIU for helping me climb those stairways to heaven

maariic · Apr 3, 2011

Good evening ladies and gentlemen!
Finally I borrowed normal camera with macro feature. This is my "Easy Sativa" on the end of second week of flowering. I love these pictures Hope you will like them too.

rrmcmaho · Apr 7, 2011

maariic said:
Producer is ELTA and model is LB111. It takes only 22W energy, but for box gives a lot of moist. this is good one.
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Im moving soon, and wil be down scaling my grow room. I was wondering if you could show a little more detail of your closet? looks like good ventilation in a very small space. What light your running? about how big is the room? (i couldnt really read your drawing it was too small)

maariic · Apr 7, 2011

Always happy to help :weed:

My closet is 60 cm wide 44 cm deep and 1,9m high. I use four 18w tubes in corners and 150HPS above I made that cool box myself. just glued four 250 x 400 x 4 mm glass plates and covered ends with plywood. drilled holes and attached intake tube (80mm) and outtake bathroom fan ( 100mm 89m3/h) i think that \i would need more powerful because there are 29 C temp in closet. But more powerful ones are either loud or very expensive for me.
I don't move the light height but I move the shelf under pots. and I also have intake holes at the bottom of closet and outtake fan (125mm 190m3/h) and carbon odor filter.

maariic · May 2, 2011

Day 43 of flowering!

Hey there! Sorry for not updating but my girl turns so slowly into woman that there was nothing to show on these days. Now I am already dying of how I want to harvest this plant. but it's couple more weeks to go.
I don't know what was wrong but my buds turned very airy. They are not thick. I am giving 5ml/liter Bio-Bloom with every watering. Maybe there is too little of light? but I have around 7000 Lm per square feet. Maybe it's just shitty genetics. she looks like unhealthy from the day one of germinating.

It also has some bad spots on leaves. What I read was that it is caused by phosphorus deficiency. I am giving even more bio-bloom but it looks that she is getting too old to keep all leaves fresh and nice

Anyway, thanks for stopping by. If someone wants please make some guess of dried scale. I am guessing from 10g to 20g (actually hoping 20 )

maariic · May 11, 2011

Latest pictures of my little baby.
There are some pics just at the beginning of dark period. I will keep her now in the dark for three days and then will make my first ever chop on this Sunday ( I don't count killing the male plant). Yesterday I gave her clean water without Bio-Bloom.
I understand that this is clearly not Easy Sativa. Could it be Lemon Skunk (maybe I switched the seeds at germination)? I think most likely not because those are def not sativa leaves. It is only some 55cm tall, bu that could be because she is cripple from the first day. Probably bad seed...
I cut off some small popcorn buds. because they couldn't mature anyway. They didn't get enough light at first weeks. Clever people suggested to lst a lil bit her. but this was a bit late. It helped of course but it came for late. The high is very interesting. At the beginning it gives quite a lot fun but when I smoke it too much it nicely locks in a couch. The feeling also depends of the time when to smoke. Daytime smoke is def better because then it doesn't send me to the bed.

Anyway there are the pictures!

Ganjasism · May 11, 2011

IMO you have an Autoflower plant. If it started showing flowers that soon into the grow with 18+ hours of light a day, then it was definitely an auto. And I do believe with more Sativa genetics as well.

Deltsy85 · May 11, 2011

Great setup dude. I hope to be doing as well with mine shortly.

maariic · May 15, 2011

Hello people!
I just finished cutting and trimming. Flat smells as hell
Wet weight with stems is 165g. If it looses around 70% weight then I will get something around 30 to 40g when those stems will be removed. The first grow has been quite successful if I don't count killing male and getting the wrong strain I don't know what to do with the trim. It looks too little to make hash but I don't want to throw it away because there are quite a lot trichs on those leaves.
Ok, here are the pictures and lets see the result in few days when the buds will be dryer. Do they loose a lot of weight after curing?