PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

Damnnnn those look ridiculous... nice going v12xjs

Cheers mate.
I chuckle every time I open the door on the case. It's friggin mental in there

damn... this is getting me kind of excited to finish my case... just need a few more things and i'll be done... any time i need that motivation.. i jump on here real quick... and a video for gutting cases or illustrations would definately be a good idea... you seem to be the leader so far

thats a mad pc grow. im a noob and never tried indoors. how do you stop the plants from getting to big for the box or burning themselves on light?

standardlad said:

thats a mad pc grow. im a noob and never tried indoors. how do you stop the plants from getting to big for the box or burning themselves on light?

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Theres a few different methods to keeping your plant small,

LST - Basically you bend and tye the plant around the pot its a good choice for pc grows i think personally
More info here -
https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=685

12/12 From Seed - Giving your plant 12 hours of light from seed will also help keep your plant shorter than normal but it does decrease the yield.

Indica/Dwarf/Auto's - Choosing a strain that is indica dominant will stay short and bushy, Dwarves and Auto Flowering Strains generally stay short (around 10-14inches)
But from what i have seen I recommend an Indica Dominant as they seem to flourish in a pc case.

SCROG - Placing a screen (Chicken wire is good for this) just below some CFL's you can train your plant to the screen to maximise the spread of the canopy creating a larger yield
Some info on the SCROG Method-
https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=397
past times scrog pc grow-
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/164898-pc-scrog-6-week-flower.html

Cant think of any more of the top of my head (wake & bake ftw) but i hope this can help

needhelp said:

damn... this is getting me kind of excited to finish my case... just need a few more things and i'll be done... any time i need that motivation.. i jump on here real quick... and a video for gutting cases or illustrations would definately be a good idea... you seem to be the leader so far

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I'm no leader.
Having worked for most of the big pc manufacturers and support companies I've yet to see 2 cases that looked the same so a video guide would be a bit too specific to help a lot of people.
That's why I'm so impressed with ER's guide. He's covered what you are likely to come across in any case without being too specific. This also stops people from thinking that maybethey made a bad or wrong choice.
That said, it sounds like you are in a handy position to take pics or a vid. Fancy it?

standardlad said:

thats a mad pc grow. im a noob and never tried indoors. how do you stop the plants from getting to big for the box or burning themselves on light?

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Hey fella
Read SketzoH's answer to your q. He's saved you about 3 years of research and whittled away all the crap.
Perfect response there SketzoH. Thanks.

btw i forgot to say v12 everytime you post pics you amaze me just that little bit more.. great grow my man

Thanks SketzoH. Just wish it was in my stash tin and not my pc case
Some knockout work on the group by the way. I'll tag it to my sig in a mo.

v12xjs said:

Thanks SketzoH. Just wish it was in my stash tin and not my pc case
Some knockout work on the group by the way. I'll tag it to my sig in a mo.

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Wont be long thou ay!

haha i thought it had to be done that way we can keep most of the info in one place then

I tell ya.. your grow jazzes me up more than just about anything else these days. Sex is like a close second!

Yeah Man Looking Mad For A Pc Grow

Hey ER. I was with you right up to the sex thing Perhaps you need to part ex the lady

Thanks DrGreen. Interesting sig by the way.

Turns out Granita is an 8 - 9 week strain, not 8 week. The notes indicate that it's the Ferrari of plants. On looks I would have to agree, but that 0 - 60% amber time is more Land Rover than Ferrari

i know u arent supposed to post in grow diaries however this advice is useful to u judging by ur pics

wrap black garbage bags around the pots so that light does not get into the root chamber

thc42O said:

i know u arent supposed to post in grow diaries however this advice is useful to u judging by ur pics

wrap black garbage bags around the pots so that light does not get into the root chamber

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He doesnt do that as then he can see the root growth and also the light hitting the roots stunts the plant which is whats needed in a pc grow

Hi thc420. Appreciate the concern and the advice.

As SketzoH points out, I use very small pots so having a handle on what the roots are doing is most beneficial.
I do think the whole thing about keeping roots in the dark is an old wives tale though which is why I wouldn't bother covering them up.
Hopefully the plants speak for themselves in terms of general health, but if you think about it, roots are destined to live in blackness so it's highly unlikely that they have any means of even detecting light.
The only problem that is likely to arise would be from algae forming as happens when you leave a cup of water on a windowsill for a long time. As I let the plant dry out, and I can see for sure that it has dried out, this can't really happen. As an insurance measure I do boil and then filter my water after leaving it to stand though.

Just before I'm picked up on it, there is a caveat to what I said.
It's possible that roots can detect uv-b light but cfl's don't emit uv-b.

ive had no problems with exposed roots...

Glad I'm not the only one fs

I noticed last night I've posted up 100 images so I'm gonna try & post an update to see if I've reached my limit. Same kind of pics as yesterday, but on Pandora you can see how much the main flowering head has grown overnight. There's 10 viable tops on her now so she should turn out to be a good producer. This is the Granita show though, so I'd best put one of the fat lazy sod up as well I suppose.
Got some stunning trich shots too. If it goes ok with these I'll try and put one of those up.

So far so good.

OK. Here's a clip of a closeup on one of the lesser tops. They're all similar. You can see a few amber trichs on the small leaf to the left. I love the the little flower hair covered in trichs in the bottom centre.