Standard DIY Personal Grow Cabinet w/ hydro at 400W hps

WhiteHotAfterburner · Post by **WhiteHotAfterburner** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:34 pm

Awesome, Roller!

Looking good!

All the best!,
WHAB

Post by **roller24** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:26 am

Made some alterations in the design today, I want to be able to have perpetual harvests and the gutter design was impracticable for easy maintenance of the res.
I found some smaller pots which fit in the top (4) and moved all the plants into the one pot.
most of the clones took to rooting, but I miscropped my Fiona, and she died in two days. oops
Im going to 12 12 on April 1st and this should give me some decent buds by late May.

Post by **roller24** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:30 am

some evolution so I'll post an update, The clones were cut 3 weeks ago and all seem to be rooted and beginning to grow again.
I have some nice OgrexOgre seeds all with tap roots and 5 out of the cube.
Finished setting the CFL side and my box is good to go.
Temps have been fine thus far, but hotter weather ahead will be the test.
I have some measures in place for an urgent situation, so I'm not worried.
I may throw this batch into 12/12 on 4/20 if I can wait that long.
by then the seedlings should be ready to sex as well.

Post by **roller24** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:33 am

This is a picture of my exhaust port, rapid enough to blow a snorkel sock

JimmyHat · Post by **JimmyHat** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:19 pm

Hey Rolls-

I had a similar cabinet a few years ago and I lined the inside with Mylar. On the front doors, the Mylar overlapped all 4 edges by about 2 inches. Once shut, it blocked out all light. I know Mylar can be pricey, but its worth its weight in green.

I was running a 600 watter in my cabby and temps ran pretty high (80+ if I remember right), but still produced a nice yield. I didnt have a separate area for veg inside the same cabinet. I did that in a separate area.

Post by **roller24** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:41 pm

Yes, FSM dodgy is a good word.
They under went a bit too much handling.
Ive pulled them in and out of the rocks 2 times altering the set up from the unmanagable arrangement.
The mom was in pretty rough shape too, ph issue along with some whiteflies I may be losing her, so I put her outside for the summer to see if she can recover.
She was harvested for buds and never really came back to full health, but the cuttings once rooted have been doing fine.

They look better everyday and I will extend the veg out another week or two to sturdy up the roots.

as far as the paper goes, I just leave it on most of the time, unless I pull it off to check something.

Post by **roller24** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:52 pm

Having trouble getting some seed to pop this week, and I really need to get them going.
but on to a couple pics.
the dodgy clones have done well for being so weak on start up.
12/12 started 17 days ago.

c99 cuttings from a sick mom, who died. rest her stalk.

Post by **roller24** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:54 pm

i'll get some decent photos up on day 30

Post by **roller24** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:35 am

Well, it's not day 30 yet, but day 27, so I began playing with the camera.
This test run of my new 400 cab, although small due to a very shaky start on some shaky clones has recovered well, and should yield me an ounce or so of some very dank shit.
Now if I can get some fucking beans to pop and get going, I'll have a new load ready to go.

MrHydroIsBetter · Post by **MrHydroIsBetter** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:41 am

thats awesome man ! good to see that... makes me want to head up to the lowes and get a cab going.