Indoor Archaic fall 2018 stealth cabinet

[Growtogrow]

Well, height of the pots is pretty much set with the autopots. I did some lst early on but the stretch got away from me. I don't mind a little light burn. I raised the light 3 inches and the stretch seems to have stalled. Fingers crossed.

I see
I Google the autopots I see what you're talking about.

I watch this YouTube video couple years back. these guys were doing some extreme stress training. Where they were coming out of the pot with the branches and then pulling them down the side of the pot to the floor and then tying them along the floor like stapling them or pinning them to the floor and just kept tying them down and manipulating them any which way they wanted to. Making a lot of Bud sites along the way and even making designs like art.
Interesting video.
That kind of extreme stress training might be something to look into with the height challenge areas. I don't remember if they were using Auto or photo plants though?
I've been doing extreme stress training since I started growing as a gorilla grower in the 80s.
It was just a stealth tactic and I quickly found out it had great benefits [emoji482]

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[Archaic]

Here is the cabinet, I swapped the pots to minimize the light burn

Fastbuds Northern Express day 44, really starting to pack on weight.

Northern Express early bud porn. Just starting to get frosty.

Female Seeds Auto Bubble about two weeks. I'll probably be topping her in a few days. A little limey looking, the coco is pretty wet, but it's staying fairly cool in the box. I may end up adding the heater soon.

 

[DTOM420]

Just found this thread of yours, neighbor! Great journal! I’m subbed.

 

[St. Tom]

Here is the cabinet, I swapped the pots to minimize the light burn

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Fastbuds Northern Express day 44, really starting to pack on weight.

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Northern Express early bud porn. Just starting to get frosty.

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Female Seeds Auto Bubble about two weeks. I'll probably be topping her in a few days. A little limey looking, the coco is pretty wet, but it's staying fairly cool in the box. I may end up adding the heater soon.

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read your journal i admire your skill to grow in the height and size i grow it autopots and holy shit im in a 4x4 grow tent and i have to supercrop at times top marks pal and i will follow along and thanks for posting a journal and helping others on afn

 

[Archaic]

Generally temperature in my unheated shop building is more of an issue than space. I put the heater in a couple of days ago, here it is - the black thing is a 150 watt reptile heater.

Outside temps have been between 28-44 the last few days, I've managed to maintain cool but workable cabinet temps.

I think the low temperature is slowing the growth of the Auto Bubble. A little note burn on the tips also. I will dilute the next reservoir a bit and hand feed the Northern if necessary.

Female Seeds Auto Bubble day 17 (I think)

Northern Express day 48, stacking buds really well. I chucked some Stone Dragon pollen at a lower bud and it's showing signs that it took, so I'll get a few seeds out of this one too.

Close up of the top buds getting frosty.

Cold is easier to handle than heat, I typically don't grow anything in the cabinet during the summer, but having something green to take care of in the winter helps keep me sane. Well, mostly.

 

[Nosias]

Nice, real nice.

Generally temperature in my unheated shop building is more of an issue than space. I put the heater in a couple of days ago, here it is - the black thing is a 150 watt reptile heater.

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Outside temps have been between 28-44 the last few days, I've managed to maintain cool but workable cabinet temps.

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I think the low temperature is slowing the growth of the Auto Bubble. A little note burn on the tips also. I will dilute the next reservoir a bit and hand feed the Northern if necessary.

Female Seeds Auto Bubble day 17 (I think)

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Northern Express day 48, stacking buds really well. I chucked some Stone Dragon pollen at a lower bud and it's showing signs that it took, so I'll get a few seeds out of this one too.

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Close up of the top buds getting frosty.

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Cold is easier to handle than heat, I typically don't grow anything in the cabinet during the summer, but having something green to take care of in the winter helps keep me sane. Well, mostly.

 

[Yeatster]

Looking good in there. Curious, do you have a heat mat under the pots, by chance? You mentioned the reptile heater, I'm thinking a reptile heat mat would do well for baby bubble. I'm actually thinking of getting a couple myself.

 

[Archaic]

Looking good in there. Curious, do you have a heat mat under the pots, by chance? You mentioned the reptile heater, I'm thinking a reptile heat mat would do well for baby bubble. I'm actually thinking of getting a couple myself.

I have seriously considered it, especially with the little Go2Grow double autopot rig. I'm letting @archie gemmill test out a thermostat for me. If it works, I'll probably go that route.

Here is a shot of the cabinet just now, lights out. Super pleased with the northern Express weight gain at day 50.

I topped the auto Bubble. Also cleaned out the sediment in the res and mixed up a 2/3 tsp / gal refill.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

great frosting for such clear/white hairs i considered stopping for winter a few years ago it was so bad,plants just stopped growing was hard enough just to heat the house.
its easy to confuzzle a stoned eejit with f i was thinking that t shirt weather so -5 to +5 thats pretty nippy and as i watch AvE the shop is the garage
that concrete floor must act like a heat sink.insulation works both hot and cold.i found some cheap polystyrene packaging sheets the floor 2 thick 600x400x10mm not as effective as that double bubble layer roll stuff but costs a packet.kingspan is great stuff but it 50mm thick.even i cut up good corregated carboard boax.my lights off times are reversed summer/winter,not sure what the fluctuations in the garage are day night.could consider running 24/0.i have a cheap speed controller on my ext fan it gets knocked down a notch or 2 winter time,just to keep the air in the cupboard a lil longer it had a heater on the box room didint me out allday.no way of ducting warmer air from inside the house ?
im sure a lot of the stuff i have done,like them tube heaters arnt upto much but they low wattage.my thinking is if i done 7 things to improve hot/cold,if only 4 of them have worked and they only made 1c a difference each,combined 4c it just may be enough to stop my plants from falling over
thinking outside the box,you might have a welder or something fun is there some kind of block or brick you could give a quick blast,then pop it in the cupboard last thing at night ?
keep er lit

 

[Archaic]

Yeah, I'm probably going to do that @archie gemmill , I could put a piece of the reflecty styrofoam on the floor - at least in the winter - and save a lot of heat. In the summer the cool concrete probably helps. You're full of ideas