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Blynx's 1 sqft CFL cab & other CFL micro cabs
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Thanks Buddle!
Yes the 1sq ft cab is still running off the dayton blower, but i'm not sure how many cfm it is cuz it was a recycled old blower. It's a lot more powerful than a 4" inline fan.
I think you would need probably at least one 4" inline per box and wouldn't try running multiplel boxes off a single 4" inline (especially if you are talking the cheap 4" inlines from homedepot/lowes).
I originally tried 14w in the small area and they just weren't bright enough.
IMO 42w aren't quite as efficient as multiple 23/26w cfls. 42w put off a lot more heat and they are physically larger, both of which need to be taken in consideration when building a micro cab.
2 x 23w is only 4 watts more than a 42w cfl, but you get two points of light. You can also get the plants closer to the 23/26w than you can 42w bulbs.
It varies depending on cab/grow.
If I'm using a new soil mix (promix/ewc/perlite at ratio 3:1:1), then I will mix up a liquid lunch of guanos/ej bloom,grow,catalyst/old age bloom and maybe some kelp and feed it to them a couple times during the grow.
If I'm re-using soil, then I remove the excess soil from the rootball and run it through a 1/2" hardware cloth screen, then pitch the main root mass. This breaks up some of the roots into small pieces adding organic matter back to the soil. Lately I've been adding back just bonemeal and biotone. Then I moisten and turn the soil every couple days, then use when needed. Then when running plants in this mix, I only feed them water.
Arthur Dent.
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More picture less explainy, Im sorry but these other porn sites explain too much as well,
Blynx, the pooh my friend the pooh,
Namaste
Blynx, the pooh my friend the pooh,
Namaste
Yep, just been slacking. Didn't realize I was so far behind in updates.
Here's the 1sq ft cab on day 0 of flower (after 6 days veg time)
1sq ft cfl cab
here are the plants in the cab
During the first week of flowering I had to supercrop some of the plants. I didn't take pictures of it, but you can see it in last weeks update below.
1sq ft cfl cab
They're still growing and stretching a lot. I'm hoping it will stop in the next week.
Arthur Dent.
Member
Me too.
this guy i tell he is far to intense.
Namaste
this guy i tell he is far to intense.Namaste
ProfGerbik
Active member
excellent.
The next round in the cfl scrog cab is underway. This round I will be growing some Williamsburg Haze. Williamsburg Haze was some from some seeds found in a bag of hazy bud bought in Williamsburg NY. The person grew out some seeds, made F2s and I was gifted some of those F2s. I started one and ended up with a female.
Here's a clone of her that was forgotten and vegged a couple months in a 6" container.
I transplanted her to a large Goldfish box and stuck her in the cfl scrog cab.
Williamsburg Haze
Day 00 Veg
Here she is transplanted to the Goldfish box
and here she is stuck in the scrog cab under the screen.
Here's a clone of her that was forgotten and vegged a couple months in a 6" container.
I transplanted her to a large Goldfish box and stuck her in the cfl scrog cab.
Williamsburg Haze
Day 00 Veg
Here she is transplanted to the Goldfish box
and here she is stuck in the scrog cab under the screen.
Originally I had planned on letting the Williamsburg Haze grow across the screen and then I would flip the lights. After almost 3 weeks of veg, the plant still wasn't really filling up the screen anymore, so I repositioned it to the center of the screen and then flipped the lights to 12/12.
Williamsburg Haze
Day 00 Flower
Williamsburg Haze
Day 00 Flower
Arthur Dent.
Member
Scroging it up I see Uncle blynx, You never cease to amaze me,
Cant wait to see?
Namaste,
Cant wait to see?
Namaste,
reaaly interesting project Lol, i'll be watching this thread!!!
I'm done using my 11" x 11" cfl cab to veg some test plants, so I started another round in it.
This round will be Casey Jones.
I had a Casey Jones that was growing in a 3" pot for 9 weeks (since New Years Eve). A couple weeks ago I topped the plant.
Casey Jones
Here she is transplanted to the container I've been using in this cfl cab.
Casey Jones
Day 00 Veg
Since the plant was so old I decided to veg it for a week before flipping the lights to 12/12.
Here she is after a week of veg, or day 0 of flower.
Casey Jones
Day 00 Flower
and here she is after a week of flowering
Casey Jones
Day 07 Flower
This round will be Casey Jones.
I had a Casey Jones that was growing in a 3" pot for 9 weeks (since New Years Eve). A couple weeks ago I topped the plant.
Casey Jones
Here she is transplanted to the container I've been using in this cfl cab.
Casey Jones
Day 00 Veg
Since the plant was so old I decided to veg it for a week before flipping the lights to 12/12.
Here she is after a week of veg, or day 0 of flower.
Casey Jones
Day 00 Flower
and here she is after a week of flowering
Casey Jones
Day 07 Flower
I noticed the Casey Jones in the 11" x 11" cfl cab was throwing one branch a lot taller than the rest. I decided to train that branch down so the canopy was even.
Casey Jones
Day 11 Flower
Pre-training
I used 2 small pieces of wire to do the training.
Post-training
Casey Jones
Day 11 Flower
Pre-training
I used 2 small pieces of wire to do the training.
Post-training
