Indoor AB's latest grow log - Launch of the Badboy!

[roadsidevendor1]

cool this is 1 I've been waiting for too. we alll love your grows andy.
best part is ..we just bought a 8 bulb t5 ho to use in our 2 x 4 x 5 tent
with 11 plants in 1 gallon pots. so,we get to compare notes.

 

[AndyBotwin]

Where did you get the purple ak seeds?

From the AFN seed shop, of course: Purple AK47 - Fully Auto - Automatic Seed

:smoke:

 

[The Squid]

Are there no fems in the AFN store, good sir?

 

[AndyBotwin]

cool this is 1 I've been waiting for too. we alll love your grows andy.
best part is ..we just bought a 8 bulb t5 ho to use in our 2 x 4 x 5 tent
with 11 plants in 1 gallon pots. so,we get to compare notes.

Thanks for the kind words, RSV. I like to keep things simple and affordable just like you, so I'll be interested to see how things turn out for us. :thumbs:

 

[Truu]

Sweet dude I'm in for this one. T5 growers united!

 

[Noods]

It took me a while to get here Andy, but better late than never... It sounds like we're in for some real fun growing here. Your setup sounds real sweet and I'm SURE as hell we'll be seeing some pretty Sexy's here real soon!

A little off-topic (sort of): A while ago you posted a list of bulbs with wattage/lumens comparisons. Remember? I can't find it! Do you remember where it is and can you let me know? Thanks friend.

:smokebuds:

 

[Rebel]

Andy! You rock brother! Great to see you back in it! Everything is rockin' so far as usual! I'm subb'd and ready to rock! :head: Sending loads of female Karma your way bro!

 

[BuddyLove]

think i'll come along and enjoy the ride too!good grow vibes andy.

 

[AndyBotwin]

A little off-topic (sort of): A while ago you posted a list of bulbs with wattage/lumens comparisons. Remember? I can't find it! Do you remember where it is and can you let me know? Thanks friend.

Hey Noods, is this it? https://www.autoflower.org/f43/cfl-growers-open-thread-2497.html

 

[AndyBotwin]

Good to see everyone checking in including my old friends Noods and WVR! Time for a new update, but unfortunately it's not what I had hoped for. Long story short, I had to have some repair work done on the house that caused me to completely shut down my grow. I thought this was going to be for one afternoon, but parts had to be ordered and things ended up stretching out to almost 3 days. During this time I was forced to move the plants outdoors during the day, and as bad luck would have it the weather was cool and overcast. I also was not able to tier the plants before this happened. So by the time I was able to get the tent set back up and tier the cups into the larger pots, they were getting rootbound and clearly not thriving as they would have in ideal conditions. Looking at the photos from 6 days before, there has been some growth, but basically this week was a write off. But this is a marathon not a sprint, and I'm sure that things will pick up speed now. And it did force me into a long overdue cleaning and reorganization, and now I am confident that I could shut down and pack up much more quickly if I ever need to again. Ultimately safety is first and foremost, so I did what I had to do.

The shots below are more for documentation purposes for myself rather than anyone else getting much from seeing them. The plants have been in the larger pots for about 36 hours, so I'm hoping to see things take a good turn as the roots are able to expand and pick up some nutes from the soil. I got the Badboy hooked up and I'm now on my usual 18/6 schedule. Temps have been cold and humidity has been very low this weekend, so I'm still running the humidifier though it's struggling to keep things at 40% with the lights on. But the weather is due to turn more springlike this week, so hopefully things will settle down.

Day 14



Mi5 1 and 2






PAK




AKR




BB 1 and 2






SR 1 and 2