New Grower Grow build (my first)

[Eekman]

Nice ideas here, keep it up. I hope this goes viral. And that IS an insane grow technique.

 

[dEEoHH22]

This is a updated picture and is there a guide to scroging? I purchased on a gel already

 

[Joe383]

Depending on what your using for grow medium a square or rectangle shaped pot might make better use of your available space that is not so tapered at the bottom like a square nursery pot. I have found the clay pots dry my soil out faster than the black plastic pots.

 

[guerilla]

Definitely get a bigger pot and I agree on the square pot Thang.

That is a beutiful stadium scrog!!

 

[fustipisti]

This is a updated picture and is there a guide to scroging? I purchased on a gel already

Nice start! Lot more to go though, but I think if you put in the time to set this up right, you will see the reward at harvest

Well, each scrog is a bit different due to the box, so you have to get a bit creative on how to setup the mesh to tuck the colas as they grow. The most important will be to determine the best height for your mesh, but I think in your case you are lucky because you have a pretty well positioned shelf holder in the middle. That is what I would use for the mesh - maybe make it a slide-in? Should help at harvest if you could just slide the mesh out after you cut the plant. As for the mesh build itself, do a search on youtube for "micro scrog". That will give you a few tips on how to build the mesh from homedepot parts.

I would work on flush-mounting the CFLs to the ceiling of the box, you want as much headroom as you possibly can get. Right now they are hanging at the height where the mesh should be, which is too close. Even better would be to get a UFO, or some other mini grow LED. Google around, check ebay and amazon for "mini led grow light", I think you'd have better results with something like that vs the three CFLs. I see good ones around 25-45W - cheap too!

I fully agree with Joe383 and guerilla - it may be an extra effort but it will pay off well to hunt down a flat pot, something like what a bonsai tree would have. Your local homedepot -may- actually have that, but a garden store for sure. A flat pot will give you even more headspace for the plant, and if you can find one that occupies as much of the bottom surface as possible, then the plant will have multiple times the soil than with the current pot (better growth, bigger buds).When you work with such a small space, you must squeze everything to its limit.

Although the surface is white inside, I would definitely wrap the whole internal with a reflective foil, the best you can get, like on the pictures below.

This one looks like is just a plastic bin for the pot - may work:

Look how cute this is with the UFO LED.


Two LED panels, even better. Looks like a tube heater in there as well for temp control, pretty awesome:

 

[dEEoHH22]

Thanks Fusti, Yes I was planning on flush mounting the cfls anyways was just setting them for seedling stage atm. and I thought about the leds just wanted to get a setup to work with now and improve it with each grow. I am gonna get a flat flower pot and see about the mesh thanks for all the help great community here

 

[Joe383]

Is the fridge deep enough to put a power strip on each side at top? If so you could fit 3 CFLs per power strip and have a pretty good amount of light for your space and it will keep them high and close to the top. When you get your lighting figured out put a thermometer in there and let it sit for a little while and make sure your ventilation is enough before you risk burning a plant in there. Getting a 90W UFO LED later might be a good investment if that becomes an option down the road.

 

[HMR]

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