auto grow #2

Ok, so ive gotten creative today. An old mini fridge in the garage caught my eye, its perfect except its mini! i will probably get some fem. auto short rider and wait to see if ill be needing a seperate cabinet for when they are taller(in tht case i could keep a perpetual growth going) . I took the coolant tank and all the wiring out , cleaned it thoroughly and have 2 100 watt cfl's inside. I will be adding more. The fan is temporary until i cut out a side hole for an exhaust/intake fan for ventilation. Also i don't know if anybody is familiar with these bag like things that produce co2 i will purchase one and set in the door and my babies will breathe extra well! I am just feeling smart at the stealthy aspect of it all. I will post some pictures shortly

So here is the fridge now, any suggestions im listening. No auto seeds yet but im starting these bagseeds i got from my personal stash, they will be photoperiod so i have them on 18/6 until they are big enough to be moved out the auto box

Ok new update, after considering how small the fridge was, seeing as the seeds i haee planted are jus good local mids , no fem, and most likely photoperiod plants.... i thought they would need more room. Obviously i will have to sex them and remove the mails when they show there gender. Does anyone know how many seeds i should plant to get mayb around three females?? I will be posting some pictures of my new setup tonight also i bought some soil from the local depot store.. it was cheap but is indoor potting soil w/ peat moss tht will do tha trick i hope? Please ppl comment and give me suggestions i see im getting quite a few views but no comments lol what tha fuck!?

so here is the new spot trashed tha fridge the two coffee cups have good potting soil with peat moss nd perlite not jus backyard dirt like the other three, i need a dughter man!

Looks like you got a nice setup, before and after! lol Let me try to start off by answering questions I do know some of the answers to, there aren't many, but any help is good lol.

1.) Reputable seed banks: Herbies Seed Bank(OG breeders package) & Sea of Seeds(Cheapest). Both give abundant freebies.

2.) I'll skip as I have no clue lol

3.) As far as lighting goes, you can spend all day researching lighting types (Cfl, HID, LED) but it depends on your budget, space, and temperatures.
In a small grow area you could probably get away with using CFLs, however many will say it cannot produce buds comparable to HID lighting, however
this has been tested and retested, but it seems the collective thought is it takes much more work to produce with cfls than HID. HID lighting is great for
bud production, however having bought a 600w HID for around $130 bucks on Ebay, they range from id say $90 to $200 depending on power, but this
price tag will only dive ur hands further in ur pockets, because it raises the temperatures of your grow temps by 10 degrees easily. This sucked for my
plant, and I had to buy a bunch of fans(will have to buy even bigger and better types of fans smh), but if your grow temps are 70 right now and its
summer, it shouldn't be much of a problem. But seeing how you have 2 100 watters, I don't think you'll have too much of a problem, however im only a
novice.

4.) I'll skip cuz I wont even pretend to be a knowitall lol.

And as far as getting 3 females, to be honest, that's always a toss up and we'll never know how many boys and girls you'll be blessed with lol, but a good
way to make sure of three females would probably be to plant 7-9 plants. Id say 6, however who knows what could happen throughout the process and its
best to have more than less, as u could just give one away to a friend lol. Anyways, good luck growing and I hope to see those beautiful buds at the end!

Thanks for the response finally man, ill be savin a few seeds outta my smoke today nd put them in a wet paper towel to start them, im considering moving my operation yet again, simply because im not sure how to have these lights hung in my cupboard , they seem to like to fall when im not home...... they havent broke yet but im going to make something more sturdy for them to hang off. Also the ones in the clear jars im jus gonna move to my backyard, tht is where i got the dirt nd im kinda compulsive thinking about what kind of contaminates nd things could have been brought with them so they are retired. After i do alot of work on this next setup ill post some pics. Oh and lighting 18/6 is fine right? what is the plants prefereed amount of lighting during veg?

marsdaley said:

Thanks for the response finally man, ill be savin a few seeds outta my smoke today nd put them in a wet paper towel to start them, im considering moving my operation yet again, simply because im not sure how to have these lights hung in my cupboard , they seem to like to fall when im not home...... they havent broke yet but im going to make something more sturdy for them to hang off. Also the ones in the clear jars im jus gonna move to my backyard, tht is where i got the dirt nd im kinda compulsive thinking about what kind of contaminates nd things could have been brought with them so they are retired. After i do alot of work on this next setup ill post some pics. Oh and lighting 18/6 is fine right? what is the plants prefereed amount of lighting during veg?

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I was having the same problem with my CFLs until I rigged it up to something smh, but I know what you mean, I still have to modify my plants grow space and container. But they like to be settled in one place otherwise it may cause unneeded stress, so im trying to get it setup pretty quickly. Anyways I know what you mean about that backyard soil, idk what was goin on with my grow but I used a bit of soil from outside with some other mixtures and ferts and my plants were so sad, they all died but to answer your other question 18/6 is perfect for veg, and it saves on electricity. I was running 24/0 for a few days then 20/4 then 18/6 because my plants were really about to die. But as far as lighting goes yours is pretty sufficient for veg, cfls are good because you can keep them closer than hid lights, so your plants don't stretch as much, making tight bud sites.