sleeperls93
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Do yo know any plumbers? Ask at the local home depot, maybe they could help you get then right fittings and tools for the job...
Fuck!!!! Management told me to take out window ac!!
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NLNo5
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Dude,
Run your AC inside, vent it out the window somehow using home made ducting, let it drip into a big ass rubermaid. Then feed the plants with the collected water. FUCK THE MANAGEMENT.
Or do like he said get a portable fucking AC.
If it was me I'd tell the management to fuck of and get a new place to stay as soon as the time was right.
Run your AC inside, vent it out the window somehow using home made ducting, let it drip into a big ass rubermaid. Then feed the plants with the collected water. FUCK THE MANAGEMENT.
Or do like he said get a portable fucking AC.
If it was me I'd tell the management to fuck of and get a new place to stay as soon as the time was right.
timmychan
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I dont have tha money, time, or space to rig up a window unit INDOORS.
And bro, I wish I could get a new place right now, but Im in debt by a couple hundred and havin my bills payed by close relatives. Im counting on this grow to fund 6 months of my life in 4 months, so I can pay off lenders and get a new place. This is all I got Right now, and tha temps are stayin at 86-87 during tha day with only 1 600w running.
But I got another 600w in tha tent too, and I know if it was turned on, tha temps would jump its ass back to 96-99
timmychan
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They can see somethin out my window, but its not as noticeable as a big ass duct just taped outside blowin hot air.
Why dont I let you just see how it looks and you tell me if it looks noticeable
This is how look outside my window. Tha left sliced up cardboard DIY vent you see is blowing all tha air from tha carbon filter and both lights cooltubes with a 6" 500 cfm inline fan. Tha vent on tha right is sucking air in with a cheap 6" 156 cm fan barely gettin enough fresh air into tha room
This is how it looks inside my room. Like a shelf or something with ducting coming out of it. Not too worried bout anybody comin in my room,but if someone does, I got explanations all worked out. And plus, tents locked and I lost my key, so unless you have a search warrant your not breaking tha locks to get inside my grow.
This is outside my apartment complex. My window is in luckily in a semi hidden area back in a dark corner 50ft from any street. When street lights come on, window still stays shadowed out, so theres no spot light om my grow window at any time.
And yes, Im growin 6 plants under 2 600w's. You were close with 4, but its 2 buckets, 3 plants each: 3 x 2 = 6.
Im hoping to harvest 2 pounds, but 1 is good for me, and should be tha minimum for 1200w's. There have been numerous grows with a 600w over 2-4 plants that have harvested 1 lb with only a 4-5 week veg. So I plan to do something similar to those grows.
LSTing will be my main form of training. I will FIM once on each plant, and LST till harvest.
And yes bro, 3 plants per DWC bubble bucket. A very common number of plants for a 5 gallon DWC. And suposedly grows quicker than soil too
There will be 2 buckets total for a final amount of 6 plants.
timmychan
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Tha fuckin homemade DIY AC's aint do a damn thing to drop temps. Its keepin em at 87 during tha day and round 78 with lights off. They should survive at those temps for a month or so till it starts to freeze around here right?
Heres my tha pics of my babies I took last night before I knocked tha fuck out on tha xans
LSD #1,2, and, 3
Super Lemon Haze #'s 1,2, and, 3
They're not too mall for 3 days right? They shouldnt have more nodes yet? Ive never seen a plant grown from seed continuously like this and dont know if its moving to slow or wat. How long should I expect to see 4 nodes?? 1 week? 2 weeks?
And these frozen water bottle DIY AC things aint fuckin workin, heres how it looks if yall are interested.
I got 2 small plastic narrow conatainers that could fit at least 5 watter bottles.
I drilled 6" holes on both sides to use as something like a Ice Box Heat Exchanger.
Sadly though, it didnt work for me. Temps still at 87-88.
This one was blowin air from outside tha window into it hopin to bring down tha room temp. I think i just need more powerful fans. Cuz all i got blowin for this one is a 6in 165 cfm. Proly if added at east 400 cfm, itd cool my room down quick, same for exhaust going into grow tent.
This one is pulling air in from tha room through tha DIY Cooler into tha grow room pulling with an 8" 300 cfm fan and a 6" 165 cfm booster fan blowin across tha babies.
Close up
Tha top 2 numbers is grow room temp (top) and humidity (bottom). And tha numbers on tha bottom of tha thermometer are room temps and humidity.
I think if I get stronger fans and more frozen bottles, It might help these DIY Coolers, beacause there are hardly any CFMs pushin or pullin through them. When I get this cash from my roommate Im def gonna have to invest in a bigger 6"
Will post Day 4 pics later tonight.
Heres my tha pics of my babies I took last night before I knocked tha fuck out on tha xans
LSD #1,2, and, 3
Super Lemon Haze #'s 1,2, and, 3
They're not too mall for 3 days right? They shouldnt have more nodes yet? Ive never seen a plant grown from seed continuously like this and dont know if its moving to slow or wat. How long should I expect to see 4 nodes?? 1 week? 2 weeks?
And these frozen water bottle DIY AC things aint fuckin workin, heres how it looks if yall are interested.
I got 2 small plastic narrow conatainers that could fit at least 5 watter bottles.
I drilled 6" holes on both sides to use as something like a Ice Box Heat Exchanger.
Sadly though, it didnt work for me. Temps still at 87-88.
This one was blowin air from outside tha window into it hopin to bring down tha room temp. I think i just need more powerful fans. Cuz all i got blowin for this one is a 6in 165 cfm. Proly if added at east 400 cfm, itd cool my room down quick, same for exhaust going into grow tent.
This one is pulling air in from tha room through tha DIY Cooler into tha grow room pulling with an 8" 300 cfm fan and a 6" 165 cfm booster fan blowin across tha babies.
Close up
Tha top 2 numbers is grow room temp (top) and humidity (bottom). And tha numbers on tha bottom of tha thermometer are room temps and humidity.
I think if I get stronger fans and more frozen bottles, It might help these DIY Coolers, beacause there are hardly any CFMs pushin or pullin through them. When I get this cash from my roommate Im def gonna have to invest in a bigger 6"
Will post Day 4 pics later tonight.
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timmychan
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Will def do when I get some more cash
timmychan
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straydarknight
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Alright man i know everyone is giving you good info and all but your going to be lucky to get 1/2 lb with that set up if that. First off your crowding 3 plants in one bucket, having room for your plants to reach out and utilize its light source is key. You started off with wrong lighting and way to high of nutes to youve already stunted growth. My babes would be 5times the size of yours by now. You have to be getting your grind on and keeping your bills paid will you grow, its not just fun and games and counting on a harvest for servival is not smart. You should of done alot more research before you got in over your head and you would be better off right now. Are you gonna use co2? your yield and product would be their if you dont. Are you leaving enough room in your buckets for the right oxygen/water ratio so you root rote wont set in? That system you have is really designed for one plant in each bucket. Not crowding 3 in one to save money. Instead the 2 600s you should have got more buckets anr air pumps. But in time you will learn.
budthirsty
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good luck man u seriously need it
timmychan
Active Member
I know bro, I still got time. I have a 35 watt pump so I can run 6 5 gallon buckets on it to keep oxygen/water ratio perfect.
Tha plants are stunted for sure, so Ill flush em with RO water and put them in there own 5 gallon bucket tomorow when i get more cash and hit up home depot again for some more buckets and lids, foil tape, and a new drill. I gotta hit that petsmart up too for more airstones and y spliters.
But will they recover to full strength or should I plant new seeds with better conditions?
I have 2 more SLH fem and 2 LSD fem if I it would be better to start from new seeds with better water and nutes.
I got homemade CO2/Hooch containers that keep me a nice supply of co2 for tha 6 plants I hae going.
I got income comin in to pay bills and am counting on a job interview in a couple dayz, som im straight on main bills. This is just my large investment thats gonna fund even larger LEAGAL investments. A gotz my plan homie
timmychan
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I had it all planned out perfectly, then everything got busy with life and school and I started orderin shit i didnt need and soon enough I was out $3000 and didnt even get all of what I need. Because of bullshit. Lesson learned, gettin my different hustles now.
So I wanted to do each plant in its own 5 gallon bucket. Maybe 4 or 6 total. Itll grow faster with 1 plant per bucket with NO nutes in tha beginning right?
Hit me up
So I wanted to do each plant in its own 5 gallon bucket. Maybe 4 or 6 total. Itll grow faster with 1 plant per bucket with NO nutes in tha beginning right?
Hit me up
sleeperls93
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I would be extremely paranoid to be growing out of a first floor apartment... Imagine when things start to get stinky? people are really nosy, be careful dog... and seriously, if you have 6 plants get six buckets dude; that bucket sharing shit is not going to cut it! You could position one 600hid over 3 plants, and so forth.... you get that water situation fixed, and learn how to properly feed them, and maybe you could get alot closer to your goals, right know thoughj, I doubt you'll get a half P...
Mudslide9791
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People who are afraid of apartment growing are usually lazy and have no creativity. I use an entire walk-in closet bro, chill, smoke, drink a beer and tackle the situation. I run carbon scrubbed air into my wall (there is a draft running through the wall leading me to believe there is a draft from outside) The scrubbed air gets swept away. Negative pressure from the scrubber pushing air into the wall causes the slots under the door to act as passive intakes and sucks cool apartment air into the room. Mount your scrubber/exhaust high (heat rises) and have your intake low. The Walk-In is padlocked and the bedroom it's in is locked (I changed the bedrooms doorknobs) Management/Maintenance would have to illegally bust through two locked doors to get to my lab. The breaker box and the water heater are nowhere near these rooms. Now then, be sure you keep your humidity low if you decide to vent into the crawlspace between apartments as high humidity will eventually cause mold. My humidity sits at 45-50% more on the dry side.
Peace bro and don't trip, not everyone grows for personal use. Without people like us there wouldn't be much good shit around for people who aren't able to grow themselves. I figure we're saviors. We save people from smoking dirt mexi-brick weed and promote the American economy. Dunno bout you but when I get paid I pay bills and buy grocery's at American companies (shrug)
Also, don't think that you gotta have massive, hot ass, light systems to get good yields. Try toppin and scroggin 6 plants under a 400watt, so long as your nutes are right and your medium is dialed in you will make lots of $
Peace, Love
timmychan
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Ima a creative and cautious muthfucker.
I know im takin higher risks but not as high as they could be.
I have a carbon scrubber, no light leaks through tha window, and a locked tent for non-search warrant police encounters.
But my question still stands: Should I keep usin these over nuted stunted plants, just flush them with clean water and place them in their own buckets? or plant new ones from other fem seeds in perfect water and in their own bucket? Which would grow quicker?
I know im takin higher risks but not as high as they could be.
I have a carbon scrubber, no light leaks through tha window, and a locked tent for non-search warrant police encounters.
But my question still stands: Should I keep usin these over nuted stunted plants, just flush them with clean water and place them in their own buckets? or plant new ones from other fem seeds in perfect water and in their own bucket? Which would grow quicker?
sleeperls93
Active Member
nothing personal, lol... good luck bro! you'll be alright!
Mudslide9791
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Don't take that quote personal man, but yeah the statement stands. The reason I told him about exhausting through the crawlspace was because I saw the pic of the window. Police can use that as probable cause if they couple it with smell, heat, or electricity usage. It takes VERY little time to get a judge to give them a probable cause warrant.
No offense man but you turned a relatively simple endeavor into a potential legal nightmare. Your room has all kinds of makeshift ducting and shit running through a regular room. It looks terrible and if I had that going through my condo I would be terrified every second I was away from the apartment. I grow in SOIL, I use a 400w switchable electric ballast (no sound) 4" inline scrubber moving air into a crawlspace and passive airflow induction. I use a T5 propagation setup for cloning and seedlings and don't need/use the scrubber when smell/temp isn't an issue (T5 runs very cool) You went overboard thinking about $$$$ money man. You can grow less and yield more if you dial in the small shit.
Sleeper this wasn't aimed at you bro, most people who bash apartment growing have a very comfy house with no neighbors and don't have to worry about unwanted traffic, and they always say people are dumb for growing in rented space. Maybe your not most, I dunno, just giving the guy food for thought. Thats what this site is all about......
sleeperls93
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haha, its cool man, i know what you mean, i'm also in an apartment... but it's not in a complex like his... it's alot riskier just for the simple fact that a landlord does exist, lol... Landlord loves me though, I always pay my rent early, don't make any noise, very low key and keep everything clean, inside and out...
ohnothimagin
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I would invest in a portable A/C unit. I use them in my small condo and vent them out the window through a small vent. It's very hard to notice the vent. This is the best time of year to buy them because Winter is just around the corner.