BesideHimself - Cabinet Grow - SourBubble (BX3) - 300W CFL

[BesideHimself]

Minor update for tonight, and hey I need to get PM capability too.

So, two of the seedlings I was germing in the towel I decided to crack open a little this morning to help 'em out. By tonight they both have little tails, went ahead and transplanted one into one of the remaining pots. The two seedlings in the front pots are still underground.

Cracked the remaining seeds in the towel, they were still shut tight. Will update in the morning I suppose - maybe not if there's no good news. I have 3 seeds left to germinate and will do that tomorrow morning.

For nooooowww.
Peace

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[BesideHimself]

No pictures today but as of yesterday I've got my first sprout. He's looking good, nice strong stem. Hope I'm not over-watering, just keeping the top layer of the soil slightly moist - let me know if you have any suggestions for watering the seedlings! Hopefully more sprouts to come today or tomorrow, I saw a couple of my seeds were trying really hard, had some green popping out the top and everything.

Popping two gifted Thunderf**k seeds in mah ziploc as of this morning.

Peace
Yo this ICMag is a pretty nice place.

 

[justanotherbozo]

censorship sucks!

 

[BesideHimself]

Hey justanotherbozo thanks for the write-in.

Light definitely leaks through the PVC pipes. From top to bottom (and the other way around, but I suppose that's irrelevant). Was thinking about spray painting the vents black - but the stocking sounds like a great first idea, I'll do that this afternoon and see if it's a complete remedy - could always use a combination of the two. I'm also noticing a potential light leak on the main shelf that I missed while weatherstrip-sealing, and I'll address that this afternoon as well.

I noticed mylar was pretty disgusting to work with when I was putting it up. Once things get going I'll probably rip it right out (along with all that nasty duct tape). But flat white definitely sounds like an easy fix, I was being naive and really digging the shiny look. Just a testament to my new-ness I suppose.

Thanks for the kudos.
And again for the input, I think I might track down some stockings before checking out with them at wal-mart - hehe.

 

[rootfingers]

what is up BH? Hope all is well in your little sour bubble box, I am planning a run with my sbbx3 now.

Its gonna take a few months to get going though, I'm hoping to pack forty clones under 2k and getting the mothers going and veg time after they root for that many of such a slow vegger seems like it'll take a while.

Anyway, you oughta stop back in here sometime soon and let us know how things are going.

 

[BesideHimself]

Hey rootfingers thanks for giving me a reason to update, saw my post on the front page and thought I should check it out .

Yeah, slow going in the cabinet this past week, but there is a lot of potential in there for some nice growth.

Had to add a cool-air intake since. I've got this cabinet shoved in my closet, and the air was simply recirculating in and out of the cabinet, getting warmer and warmer - with the bottom cab fully on temps reached 90 degrees this way (Plants were out, just a test). Anyway, the active intake has an adjuster with which I can control the amount of cool air flowing in from outside, temps are much more manageable now topping off at 81 degrees in the bottom chamber and 79 in the top.

I'll post up some pics tomorrow. Got a slight droop on my seedling from over-watering. Cloning Gel and Superthrive on the way. Should start organic feeding in a week or so.

 

[BesideHimself]

Alright.
To document the growth of my seedling, I'm updating with some pics:

This is my seedling. We'll call it SourBubble1 (SB1).
Taken Nov. 4
SB1 sprouted on on Nov. 1 and experienced some quick growth leading up to the 4th. From the 4th to the present, however, SB1's growth slowed considerably. I suppose I'll do a PH test of the runoff just to make sure nothing funky is happening, but I think everything will be fine. Anway, here is SB1 as of today.
Taken Nov. 8th

Something to note:
1. I know it looks pretty droopy in the picture. It was like so this morning, and the soil was extremely dry for once, so I went ahead and gave him a water dunk. Sure looks overwatered, though. Was droopy once before, so we'll see. But again, if you've got something about it just hit me up.

Other than that, things are pretty good. Temps are being controlled. Oh, a friend of mine was (trying to) grow a decent bagseed and decided he didn't want to deal with it so he gave it to me to do with what I would. Haha, but FriendsBagSeed (FBS) looks horrible:
Taken Nov. 4 & 8th, respectively

Had some serious transplant shock, but you can barely tell because it looked so funky to begin with. Was apparently under a single 13W CFL. The earlier picture was taken just after transplant, and as of tonight the leaves are stretching up and looking happy but also like they're still searching for purpose atop their giant stem. The one lower leaf fell off. There were new leaves growing this morning, though! And tonight they are visibly almost twice as big. Hopefully the plant will have a little growth spurt. Guess I'll start updating FBS progress too, it's a fun plant to take care of - It's more interesting than my droopy seedling, at least.

Anyway, I'll be around.
If you're reading thanks for stopping in.

 

[BesideHimself]

Received some things in the mail today:
4 oz. Olivia's Cloning Gel
2 qt. Age Old Organic Bloom (Ferts)
4 oz. Superthrive!

Anyway, I added [1 drop Superthrive]/[1.5gal RO Water] and watered my very dry plant with that solution via dip method.

Also, got another SB sprout. Pictures tomorrow.

Peace
BH

 

[Orestes]

nice! I'm getting my own cfl cabinet started off next week, you've got a nice looking setup there. But I must know, how did you wire the cleat sockets? i mean you have no less than 15 cleat sockets. Did you just string 'em up like christmas lights? Did the process involve any precision soldering? It's easy enough but something i prefer to avoid in general

 

[BesideHimself]

So it's been awhile, but I've been poking around...

Going to update for some possible input. I don't know if I have some issues or not, but my seedling is growing slooooowly, and it is showing some attributes I'm not thrilled with.


Believe it or not, this is still SB1, barely out of the Solo cup.

I feel his slow progress is enough to remark on, but he's also showing lightened edges. I don't want to say it's a nute deficiency this early on, especially because there are some supplemental nutrients in my soil - and I don't want to burn the baby. But still, something seems wrong, as this picture is day 23 veg.

We've also got an SB2:


It will be interesting to see how this one compares (growth-wise) to the other. Anyway, if you've got some words of wisdom regarding the growth either post in or send me a PM.

 

[FreezerBoy]

Your S&P is a 5 inch? Does that make life difficult for attaching ductwork?

I'm not a CFL guy but a 150 HPS kept me smoking for years. My 250 CMH is burying me alive.

 

[BesideHimself]

i mean you have no less than 15 cleat sockets. Did you just string 'em up like christmas lights? Did the process involve any precision soldering?

Luckily it's not that hard! Just screw the screw into your wire, test to ensure a solid connection, tighten as needed. I have them on a couple outlets just to alleviate strain on the wire. Also, you gotta be careful when working with the one's like I've got, as electric shock is a possibility. The positive and negative screw terminals are a fingers length from each other, and although it would be hard to touch both at once, it is not impossible. I am looking on getting some caps for the screws so they can be insulated. Also gotta make sure nothing grows up there with them open and "hot", because it is a potential fire hazard.

Now that I wrote that out I'm gonna get me those caps sooner rather than later.

 

[rootfingers]

I can't see the pics in your post atm but I took a look in your gallery and it looks like you are over watering them. Also what happened when you checked the ph?

More than likely I would just let them dry out for a while and see if that helps. Like real dry. Might even take a week. Then do a ph test by running 6.0 water through them and testing the runoff. After that I would hit them with a light nutrient solution ph corrected based on the runoff.

Also, you may consider posting the pics in the infirmary and see what others think.

All the best BH. . . .

RF

 

[BesideHimself]

@FreezerBoy
Yo man. Yeah, I'll most likely move over to an HPS after I get the hang of this growing thing. I'm going to try to get a couple harvest out of this cab. I obviously have some work to do on my green thumb.

@RootFingers
Hey man, thanks for posting in so quick. The initial runoff test showed a 6.4, I'll take your advice and ease up on the water and hope that fixes things.
Guess it wouldn't hurt to do a second PH test as well.

 

[Tonatiuh]

wattup abird...sorry to see ur havin isues bro....are you maybe watering too much?
that can cause slow growth yo.just tryin to make a suggestion for ya...gl.peace-T-

 

[FreezerBoy]

Hey Be, wasn't trying to get you to change lamps, just a comment on your concern if 308 watts is enough to flower. Many do with a lot less. Sure an HPS/MH/CMH has better penetration but, that's what LST, SOG and ScROG are for.

 

[DocPouceVert]

yea Beside our cabs are almost the same size....u have a nice set up, im thinking about making a permanent vedge room in mine...anyway

Good luck...and the better tip i can give you...keep it simple !

 

[K.J]

Gonna keep an eye out on this one. There are very few strains I'm more interested in than BOG's SB (and all of the rest of his gear), so it'll be interesting to see how well the SB does under CFL's.

 

[greenpenguin]

BesideHimself,
Holy Moly man! You aren't kidding about slow growth. I would agree, overwatering and pH too high. I started out with my pH at around 6.0-6.1 and the seedlings did not like it, I dropped it down to 5.3-5.5 and they grew happily. Right now I let it hover around 5.5-5.8 since they've grown larger.
Keep your head up, these plants are strong and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

 

[justanotherbozo]

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