So about a month or so ago we purchased a couple abandoned storage lockers at a local auction. think we spent a total of $500 on both units. they contained mostly household items and appliances, furniture and a few valuable goodies! as we worked our way to the back of the second unit i noticed what i thought was some type of chest freezer or cabinet. turns out this thing was a BC Norhtern Lights Bloombox! and it is both clean and 99% complete. i had to order a couple of mesh pots and an optional fan. i have ran through the manuals and checked everything on the box-it is fully functional! not only is it almost complete but there are a ton of extra parts like extra hps bulbs, mh bulbs, cfl bulbs, airstones, carbon filters, pumps, tds and ph testers, coco brick, rockwool cubes in 1" and 3" sizes, lighted loupes, 420 scopes, mixing tub and syringes, unopened bottles of nutrients, and even a couple of co2 tanks-one empty one full! i even have the dryer they offer as an upgrade! after doing a little research i realized we just scored about $4500 worth of equipment!! plan was to sell the box and enjoy being on the plus side in this little storage unit game we play-trust me it is not like what u see on tv-alot more work and alot less value. most people know they are gonna lose their stuff so they usually make one trip to clean out the valuables before they stop paying and the unit goes up for auction. sometime you just get lucky. i also found some seed stock that is roughly a year old! all feminised and packed in small glass tubes. 6x BC God Bud, 1x power africa, 1x original skunk, 1x jack herer, 2x white widow, 5x royal haze auto, 5x trans siberian auto, 1x northern lights auto and 1x hindu kush auto and a 6 pack from bc bud depot with no name.
with everything that is here i talked the ole lady into keeping this thing and seeing if we can make it work! so currently i have successfully germinated 3x royal haze, 1 norhtern lights, 1 hindu kush and 2 of 3 trans siberians! if the last one comes up itll be 100% germination rate. they are in the 1" rock wool and have just started to appear out of the top of the cubes. they will go under the cfl lite on the veg side of the box tonight and in about 7-10 days ill move them over to the flowering side using the 400 watt mh bulb.
ive done a ton of research before starting this endevour and still have a few questions-i may have the right answers but i need some confirmation to be sure. when should i change the mh bulb out for the hps? im thinking when they start to flower. when adjusting the ppms in my nute solution do i measure the ppms of the water then add or subtract that number to the one im trying to attain. example say i measure the phed water at 20ppm before adding nutes. after adding nutes im looking for a number around 140? how do account for what is existing in the water (20ppm) should i be looking for an end number of 120ppm or 160ppms? ive been able to figure most of this out just not the balancing of the nutrients. i understand the autos need very little but ill need to figure this out for the next go round which will be clones from a white widow mother ill start in a month or so. any help will be greatly appreciated
cheers
greenmountainboy
with everything that is here i talked the ole lady into keeping this thing and seeing if we can make it work! so currently i have successfully germinated 3x royal haze, 1 norhtern lights, 1 hindu kush and 2 of 3 trans siberians! if the last one comes up itll be 100% germination rate. they are in the 1" rock wool and have just started to appear out of the top of the cubes. they will go under the cfl lite on the veg side of the box tonight and in about 7-10 days ill move them over to the flowering side using the 400 watt mh bulb.
ive done a ton of research before starting this endevour and still have a few questions-i may have the right answers but i need some confirmation to be sure. when should i change the mh bulb out for the hps? im thinking when they start to flower. when adjusting the ppms in my nute solution do i measure the ppms of the water then add or subtract that number to the one im trying to attain. example say i measure the phed water at 20ppm before adding nutes. after adding nutes im looking for a number around 140? how do account for what is existing in the water (20ppm) should i be looking for an end number of 120ppm or 160ppms? ive been able to figure most of this out just not the balancing of the nutrients. i understand the autos need very little but ill need to figure this out for the next go round which will be clones from a white widow mother ill start in a month or so. any help will be greatly appreciated
cheers
greenmountainboy
Best to you!
