Grow Room Small grow cabinet and PC Grow Box. 4 plants come join and help me on my first grow!

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Hey everyone, Hod928 here. About a month ago I tried to pop one of my seeds I bought from attitude and it never took off. Fast forward a month later and here I am with 4 plants (well 6 but you will see) Lets begin with my journey that led me to today!

My old thread can be found here https://www.autoflower.org/f104/hod928s-micro-short-stuff-1-grow-40908.html#post786005

As you can see from my old thread my short stuff never took off. It could of been to much watering, me rushing all sorts of things. After that I decided to use some of my bag seeds I had stored instead of the seeds I bought because I figured I should use those to learn and not the ones I paid money for! I germed 6 bag seeds and got 100% germ rate. Next I planted all of them and they all popped threw the soil! So know I have 2 in my micro grow cabinet and 2 in my PC grow box and 2 still in the small planters that I don't have room for but am keeping around just in case one dies.

First lets talk about my PC Grow Box! Some pictures to get you started These are a little over 2 weeks going on 3 weeks old!

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And here is my Cabinet (also pictures of the two plants I don't have room for) These plants are all the same age give a day or two from when they popped threw the soil. So right around 3 weeks old.
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OK now my questions and concerns!

I know in the cabinet the plant on the right is not getting enough light. I originally only wanted to use 1 plant in the cabinet but decided to go with two. I rotate the pots each day so they get equal light until this weekend when I can figure out something to get more light on the right side of the box. Any suggestions?

Should I be PH'in the water that goes into the pots? My water is normal city water with a PH of about 6.3 I run the water threw a brita pitcher and let it sit for 1 day before giving it to the plants.

And last how much longer should I let them grow before starting to give them nutes or do you think they are old enough now to handle them?

Thank you in advance to everyone that comes along for the ride. Im looking forward to gaining knowledge from each and everyone of you (well thoes that come to help) Im always open to criticism!

~Hoddy :cool:
 
Good luck with this grow Hoddy. Hope it'll go allright this time :)
 
Update 2!

Hey guys and gals, today makes 3 weeks old for each plant! Both the PC and Cabinet are on a 18 hour on, 6 hour off light cycle. I snapped a few pictures while I had them out for watering I think starting next watering I will be giving them all nutes starting at 1/4 dose working up 1/4 each week until im at the recommend dosage following the fox farms trio schedule from their website.

PC Case

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My PC plants are by far the best looking ones. But that's clearly because they are receiving the most light. Both will start LST and nutes this week!

Cabinet Grow
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I added a few lights to the power strip running up the side. I know this is a Band-aid fix but I cant really think of anything that would work without building a new cabinet or buying a tent. (Really just wanna get threw this one grow before I buy a tent and then I can use the box for vegging seedlings) I still plan on rotating the plants back and forth each day so they are receiving the same amount of light. Still open for suggestions on what to do to increase my lighting for both plants! I totally under estimated the size of a 125w cfl! Same as the PC case tho both will get nutes and light LST starting this week just need to make a trip to walmart for some pipe cleaners.


Some questions as before that I hope I can get some help with.

1. Should I be PH'in the water up/down that goes into my plants.

2. Any tips for feeding them the nutes? Should I be checking the PH of the run off after I give them the nutes? What do I do if its to high/low?


Thanks everyone!
 
Hey Hod, Good luck!:goodluck:
 
Hey everyone, Just got my twist wire from amazon. Today makes the plants 3 weeks and 2 days. Feedback is welcomed for my LST its probley a sloppy job but thank god these are bag seeds for this grow!

PC Case
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Cabinet Grow
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Decided to throw my other 125W CFL (Flower Bulb) into my cabinet to see if the heat would be an issue. I honestly figured that it would be too much heat for the box.

Turned my exhaust fan on high and took out one layer of the carbon filter to help push more air out...and it worked!! Going tomorrow to pick up a new veg bulb from the local shop!!

This makes me feel alot better now that I wont have light issues in my cabinet on the one side anymore. Im just going to stagger the lights a few inches apart!




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Sad news for my PC case, over the night my lights fell onto my plants..Anybody know if these can be saved?

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Hey bro, they don't look totally destroyed lol. I would say, very carefully, trim off any leaves that look burnt or toasted. If a leaf is half green, leave any green for the plant will still use it. :) This may stunt them, but they look young enough to still try producing bud. In a couple weeks they should look much better.
 
Update on my Cabinet Grow!

This marks 4 weeks in veg. I moved my lights up to the top and from plant bottom to 1 1/2 inches from the light I have 13 inches of vertical growth area. With the plants tied down in LST they are right around 3 inches tall. I was told that 1/3 of the height should be used before switching.

Also besides LST what are some training methods I should be using to get the most potential out of the plant. I cant think of the name right now of the training method but I would like to start plucking some the of the lower fan leaves to help with the light penetration and giving the plant the most energy now that im about to switch into flower.

Anyways here are the pictures, thanks for looking! If anyone has any tips/tricks/suggestions on what I should be doing feel free to comment!

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