My SETUP *Finally pics*

[digican]

ok, i just got back from lowes and i was lucky to find reflectix, which is goin in my new new grow box. It is very smal, but also dicreet. I will post pics of its progress. So far i have....

-the box
-50 cfm bathroom fan (awaiting carbon filter)

Updates in a bit ... too hot to work on it (104* F!!!!) Hot as hell

I am also trying to make a simple hydroponics system, any tips/ suggestions?

[digican]

ok a lil update. i finally finished the box, with the exception of my 70 watt hps so pics soon, possibly later today. my freakin camera is being a bitch so...

Update... here it is...

The box...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... 020030.jpg

The Veg fan...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... 020032.jpg

Flowering fan...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... 020031.jpg

One light setup in the veg room until i install 2 more...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... 020033.jpg

No light in the flowering room yet...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... 020034.jpg

What do u think so far?

[Dr. Greenthumb]

Looks good.

How come you made another chamber for flowering?

[digican]

im getting seeds from a friend and i made another chamber because i want to try cloning cause i cant order seeds so yea... i gotta grow wat i have and i wanna save some seeds for a later time.

[Dr. Greenthumb]

Cool. Cloning is the best way to go when it comes to growing more plants.

The only other thing I might suggest putting on there is another fan. If it's not that much trouble to put in it's definitely worth doing. Just make sure that if you do that one is blowing air in and the other is blowing it out. This is only necesssary if smell or heat is a problem, that way you have steady ventilation on the plant.

[digican]

no worries with the ventilation i had a small pepper plant growin in their for like a week and i would check up on it evryday and i would feel a nice breese from the top of the reflectix door so yea its workin great and i just gave away my last fan to juggalopaul69 yesterday...!!! o well

[Dr. Greenthumb]

Well like I said it's only necessary if heat and smell are a problem.

Another good way to prevent smell is by never touching the plant once it starts developing crystals. I dont know from personal experience but I know a few people who have tried it and had zero smell.

[digican]

thanks for that info.

[digican]

ok a little update, i found a 150 watt hps light !!!! i need to geta new bulb and wire it but check back for pictures in a bit...

ok a pic of the light...



it is similar but the glass and bulb were broken, so i took it home, freshened it up and geting a bulb to see if it works. im so stoked!!!

['erb]

Well like I said it's only necessary if heat and smell are a problem.

Another good way to prevent smell is by never touching the plant once it starts developing crystals. I dont know from personal experience but I know a few people who have tried it and had zero smell.

fans are essential, especially with hps lighting. plants don't have lungs. they have no way to expel air from the cells of the leaves, other than simply allowing it to float out. if the air is still, they effectively suffocate. also, with sodium lights, heat is usually an issue. MOST canna plants prefer temps of around 28 degrees C.

i'm sorry but i find it VERY hard to believe that ANYONE who has actually grown weed to the point of having it late in flower would tell you that it doesn't smell. there are many ways to remove smell. ozone generators and ionisers can be used, but the most effective method is to use a carbon filter, attached to an inline duct fan. you can make a filter yourself, or buy them from grow shops.

niceone on the hps digi!!! i suggest you replace the bulb every 12 months. they produce less precious lumens with age and a new bulb every 12 months is good practice

[Dr. Greenthumb]

Sorry erb I havent grown my own weed so you got me on experience but thats not to say that I havent seen huge buds thats smoked great and were grown with virtually no smell.

If the THC crystals arent tampered with they give off alot less smell.

['erb]

smell can vary so widely from strain to strain, that it's ALMOST impossible to give any indication of how strong it can smell. i have grown white widow that smelt almost as strong as my current ladies ( day 35, 12/12), while they were only 2 weeks up from seed. i do appreciate what ya saying, and of a sorts, this is correct. smell is USUALLY related to either one, or a combination of, cannabinoids within the plant. smell is not DIRECTLY related to potency. although usually, the smellier, the better. what i'm getting at is that ruptuiring the trichs will no doubt cause a more potent smell, but i think that to say you can remove all smell by simply not touching the plant, is (please forgive this, for want of a better word) a little naieve. most people are caught because a neighbour, or someone close, notices something out of the ordinary, such as a very potent and abnormal smell. i personally see it as nothing but a sensible, precautionary measure to attempt to avoid tis situation, before it becomes a problem. just my 2p worth. it's all down to the individual grower in the end

[Dr. Greenthumb]

Agreed

[digican]

thanks for the praise on my lucky as hell find. I wentr to a local lowes and bought a new bulb another timer and the wiring for the light. i also recieved my camera in the mail today from being repaired so pics in a bit... and also what do u guys think of my rough sketch of my simple redneck drip hydroponics setup?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/ ... /setup.jpg

['erb]

where are the cotton balls? this looks essentially good, but i'm unsure of what you're holding the roots in. can you elaborate?