Twin 70w CMH Cab

[Gnz]

Chopped at day 86.

185.86g of roughly trimmed wet weight, should be some nice smoke.

Few cab mods up next, then popping the NL5 and delicious candy.

 

[Dakine]

Ultimately 600w is the best value for money, the only reason to go smaller is to experiment with smaller spaces. If I was dead set on growing the most weight I could, rather than experimenting and enjoying myself, I'd run a 600w on a light mover in an ~8 plant tent and aim for 1gpw. If you've got the space and the privacy it's pretty foolproof.

Edit: I actually retract the above, I'd be far more likely to go LED than using any kind of discharge bulb again.
For a cab this size you'd use screw in LEDs and likely have more even light distribution. I went CMH because I got the gear for next to nothing, I was originally using CFL. There may be some advantages to CMH over LED but probably not in this cab.

That answers the question ive been asking myself.. I was wondering why you kept pickin up lower wattage CMHs. The prices for higher wattages werent that much more then retail pricing of the ones you picked up.. Man I wish I could get a deal on CMH. I really want the 315 and maybe 2-70s or 1-150. I gotta stop reading this thread over and over haha..

Your right about using the Screw in LEDs in your cab though.. I think they would do just as good, if not maybe even better Gpw. BUT I still wouldnt trade the CMHs in for Screw in LEDs haha..

that strain your buddy gave you, that you just harvested. Has a pretty cool/odd structure yea? Is she pretty dense? How much you think dry weight is, without checking what it weighs now lol..Hows the smell after chop?

Whats in the plans for next cycle? Cant wait!

 

[chronosync]

It looks like it will be some fine smoke, it looks sticky nice going!

 

[NWNR]

Stacked cab reminds me of my first grow in my 1 bedroom apartment.Good luck man.

 

[ReikoX]

Few cab mods up next, then popping the NL5 and delicious candy.

Hope you find a keeper in that Delicious Candy like I did. I like them so much (a freebie) that I ordered some Delicious auto flowers.

 

[Gnz]

that strain your buddy gave you, that you just harvested. Has a pretty cool/odd structure yea? Is she pretty dense? How much you think dry weight is, without checking what it weighs now lol..Hows the smell after chop?

Whats in the plans for next cycle? Cant wait!

The same buddy gave me the last two strains, the one I chopped a little over two weeks back and this one. This one came out a little more dense than the first plant, but I'm expecting less than half the dry weight maybe around 40g.

It absolutely reeks, the other strain was a mild sweet cinnamony diesel smell but this one has a very strong lemon fragrance.

Nirvana NL#5 downstairs with Delicious Candy upstairs is the plan for the next round. I might try running 4200k for the whole cycle.

After that I'm going to hunt through some more of the first strain from my buddy, it's a yielder and more resilient than the second.

 

[Gnz]

Put this chop into open jars at 5 days to slow the dry, I think the last stuff was a little dry by the time it went into jars at 7 days.

Will close these up after another 24-48 hours, smells very strongly of lemon.

Coming up on two weeks of cure for the earlier harvest now, smell and taste is fantastic with quite a sweet diesel fragrance. Smokes very nicely and is definitely a keeper, might try making some fem seeds in a few rounds.

Going to make some changes to the cab over the weekend, adding another permanent fan and another pair of intake holes and re-routing some wiring.

 

[Gnz]

Long time no update.

Going to do one more run in this cab before building something new.

2x bag seed hybrids about a week from finishing in the top half of the cab now, same downstairs but probably 3-4 weeks away yet.

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[Gnz]

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Planning to do another run of NL and Delicious Candy for the final round in this cab, with a single plant in each section and more veg time.

 

[blynx]

Very nice plants, they're looking great!

What are you planning on building?

 

[Gnz]

I'm either going to go looking for some used solid wood furniture to modify or build something out of timber framework and marine ply.

Going to stick with the CMH for now; but I'd like one larger flowering space with 290w of CMH, an LED veg space with around 50w of LED screw ins and a proper exhaust fan with more passive intake area this time. Haven't drawn plans for a DIY cab yet, possibly a scaled up NGB style box. If I go with modified furniture it will likely be two seperate units.

What would you do with the CMH stuff I'm playing with? (150w & 2x70w)

 

[Gnz]

Fem delicious candy and northern lights seeds as a freebie from a buddy.

Considering dismantling some screw in LED bulbs and separating the LED arrays from the driver to run in the new veg section.

I'm working out square feet for the new flower section vs these CMH lamps. I should be able to give 5 sq ft of canopy 58w/sq ft and 10k lumens at 12".
I'd like 3ft of headroom this time so I have a little more room to play (may go 400w)
To pull air through this 75 cubic feet and approx 30 cubic feet of veg space with a passive intake, would an 8" fan around 250cfm be a good idea considering my warm climate? The more airflow the better unless you're getting windburn was my understanding.

My other consideration is whether I'd be better off with a 4x4 tent and running a 400w HPS (I have a ballast somewhere), stealth isn't as big a consideration as I grow in a spare room only my wife and I have access to. I can duct fresh air directly in and out with no worry about odour control. The extra yield would be nice.

 

[ReikoX]

I LOVE my Delicious Candy freebie! Maybe I got lucky with the seed, but I doubt it. I'm running some of their autos now. I am really starting to dig Delicious Seeds.

 

[Gnz]

I've been smoking some delicious candy my buddy grew both indoors and outdoors, he had a few stress hermies but it's tasty stuff.

Would love to try the Jägg Kush or Sugar Candy, they both seem like what I'm looking for but the Sugar Candy has a shorter flower time. The CBD Jam is a good looking strain too.

Cab is all cleared out; you can see the hinges have started pulling out of the softening particle board, duct tape works miracles.

Converted to "seedling mode" with just the LEDs running in the top section.

Time for a quick wipe down with some disinfectant before these seeds pop!

 

[Gnz]

Last two that I chopped going into jars now, ended up with a little under 4 oz and half a jar of popcorn.

DC and NL both popped and in soil, will update again when there's something to look at.