PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

Hey man,

All I can say is wow, just read your great journal from start to finish; a truly awesome looking grow. I have also been considering a functional motherboard in my case to aid with stealth and have been interested in miniature PC's for a while. If you still plan on doing this I recommend a Mini-ITX mobo as they run very cool, are very small and require minimal power.

Keep up the good work dude.

P.S. If you do end this thread you should start another for the PC grow massive, one where we can come together to aid newbies and vets alike.

LOLsauce said:

beautius, idk im havin trouble getting my seedlings to root down into my res, ive got the water level up so the peat pellets stay moist and hopefully ill see some roots soon cuse right now they dry out and look sad and havent been growing much :*(

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Hey LOLsauce.
Sorry things aren't going so great. If you can get some pics up I'll see if I can advise. Take pics of everything & let me know when they are up.
A few q's though. Can you measure your humidity and temps? What are they reading? You mention peat pellets, do you mean clay? Are you using nutes at all? Does your airstone go directly under the netpots?
I always used root riot and not rockwool which I think you are using but I guess drying out will have the same effect in both cases. As an emergency measure try taking out 1 layer of pellets. Too wet isn't ideal but it's better than being dry at this stage of growth.

UberSmoker said:

Hey man,

All I can say is wow, just read your great journal from start to finish; a truly awesome looking grow. I have also been considering a functional motherboard in my case to aid with stealth and have been interested in miniature PC's for a while. If you still plan on doing this I recommend a Mini-ITX mobo as they run very cool, are very small and require minimal power.

Keep up the good work dude.

P.S. If you do end this thread you should start another for the PC grow massive, one where we can come together to aid newbies and vets alike.

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Hi Uber. Really appreciate the positive feedback. Surprised you didn't fall asleep yet tho
There's a few pc grows popping up but not much in the way of help & advice yet so I'd be glad to help out and would welcome the chance to learn new tricks myself. I think it needs a new thread though as this one is pretty specific to my system and there's loads of other options like clones, hydro, auto's, scrog and such. Let me finish this one off and if nobody else has started something I'll give it a go.
Cash is the limiting factor in fitting a board just now. I have been considering getting one of those free netbooks you can get for a new phone contract. Just tape it to the bottom of the case and bob's your uncle I'm gonna start a little home business in the next day or 2 and if that goes ok then I'll give it some serious thought. I'll be sounding you out for some input.

v12xjs said:

Hi Uber. Really appreciate the positive feedback. Surprised you didn't fall asleep yet tho
There's a few pc grows popping up but not much in the way of help & advice yet so I'd be glad to help out and would welcome the chance to learn new tricks myself. I think it needs a new thread though as this one is pretty specific to my system and there's loads of other options like clones, hydro, auto's, scrog and such. Let me finish this one off and if nobody else has started something I'll give it a go.
Cash is the limiting factor in fitting a board just now. I have been considering getting one of those free netbooks you can get for a new phone contract. Just tape it to the bottom of the case and bob's your uncle I'm gonna start a little home business in the next day or 2 and if that goes ok then I'll give it some serious thought. I'll be sounding you out for some input.

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Hey again,

Yeah I really should be asleep lol but I am a nocturnal person so what the hell.

Yeah cash is a restricting factor for me as well, be careful with phone contracts man, always read the small print first as sometimes it works out to be less expensive to buy a Pay & Go phone and a laptop separately in the long run.

GL with the home business, gonna do that myself at some point.

As for the input; I will be around...When not fighting crime of course...in my RIU PC Growing Massive t-shirt...think maybe I should get some sleep actually

Take it easy

I know what you mean about contracts.
I'll need a medium t-shirt when you get some more.

v12xjs said:

I know what you mean about contracts.
I'll need a medium t-shirt when you get some more.

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Hahahaha it'll be in the post when I do mate.

Alrighty my pc box finally came in the mail from dell! i bought a brand new one cus the ladies deserve the best. time to start gutting it out!

Welcome aboard McD!
Not sure if there's any t-shirts left
My first tip for you is to wear some gloves while you gut that thing. I lost about 2 pints of blood when I did mine!

hey im a newbe and was woundering do you trim the first few big leaves off after branches have come out and leaves are on them a coulpe of sets?.im 1 mounth in to my first indoor grow.useing organic soil and nut.just got my seeds in today germ... 3 blue berry 2 white snow and 1 crystal for starters.the other growiing now is just bs stuff.a learning proses.so if i mess up its ok just dont want to mess up with the good stuff.my grow room has a veg area grow area and a flower area.cant wait to start cloneing and get it set up on a cycle.my bottom branches are about 4.5 to 5 in long .how long do they need to be for cloneing? cant wait for some sweet stuff.

v12xjs said:

Welcome aboard McD!
Not sure if there's any t-shirts left
My first tip for you is to wear some gloves while you gut that thing. I lost about 2 pints of blood when I did mine!

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haha....i thought i was the only one that had problems gutting a case... ha...

Welcome cutman.
Sounds like you have a very nice grow area there.
I don't cut anything off. I figure if it's green then the plant is using it. I just bend or tie them out of the way. When the plant is done with the leaf it will turn yellow and drop off on it's own.
I think cloning is an art form and it isn't something I mastered. It sounds like the sidebranches are about the right size but if you followed my guidance from here you'd end up with some dead sidebranches
Post a question in the general growing forum and you'll get the answers you need.
Good luck with it.

needhelp said:

haha....i thought i was the only one that had problems gutting a case... ha...

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I reckon gutting a pc case is one of the top 10 most dangerous sports!
Hope those wounds have healed up needhelp

v12xjs said:

I reckon gutting a pc case is one of the top 10 most dangerous sports!
Hope those wounds have healed up needhelp

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haha ive almost taken a finger off just trying to remove the front cover from my case...

I know they say cannabis never killed anybody, but it's come pretty close to a few of by the sounds of it

v12xjs said:

I reckon gutting a pc case is one of the top 10 most dangerous sports!
Hope those wounds have healed up needhelp

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ha... yeah... i'm ok now... thanx for asking... how about you...

they definately made them in a way that the average joe isn't suppose to be taking it apart in the first place... first time i looked at it, i was like "this is going to be sooo easy".. then i saw the bolts or whatever they are, holding it together.. i was like "oh sh--", ha... almost killed myself trying to take that thing apart..ha... once i realized what was a faster way.. i felt dumb.. but thats how you learn

The doctor says I'll walk again someday but the fingers are gone for good

You raise a great point there you know. If we are ever to put pc cases on the growers map then a good guide on gutting cases would be the very first thing to cover off.
I was bleeding too heavily to take pics

Making and gutting machines is my livelihood, so I have some decent ideas. I got out of building my cases with only a nick or two.

1. Phillip's Head Screwdriver - take it all apart that you can. Personally, I liked the motherboard sheet to remain so I can use it, if needed, to attach SCROG stuff or for LST help. It also helps the case to not be flimsy, although, you do lose about a half inch for depth if you keep it.

2. DECENT Drill w/ Metal Bit - Drill the rivets you know you don't need out slowly, but firmly, with a metal-ready bit. I found that I was able to cleanly remove all kinds of awful parts without cutting in minutes. Do not rush this, though, or you can snap bits / stab your hand.

3. NICE tin snips / thin aluminum sheet - This is the part that is sharp as hell. Use gloves, if needed, or sub the aluminum w/ cardboard. This is what I used for covering my holes, since I had used cases.

4. My KEY ingredient for the case: Aluminum Duct Tape. This stuff is strong, stiff and reflective (potential hot spots, though, if not CFL) and can hold all of your covering materials / wires. I painted right over this stuff, too, which is why my cases have a uniform appearance.

Check my grow if you want to see the cases I put together. They are very functional, manage heat nicely and look very clean. I had the cases and spent maybe $80 to build both in materials.

Great stuff ER.
I think that will be copied and pasted in due course.
Don't suppose you know someone who designs crime fighting t-shirts do you?

http://www.cafepress.com

You and Uber are pretty serious about this crime fighting thing, eh? hehe

Doubt there's many serious crime fighters on this forum

It's been a couple of days so just to keep you guys in the loop here's a couple of pics. First one is just to show that Pandora finally toed the line and looks nice and snug around the pot. Not sure if you can see but there's plenty of flower growth since that first bud 10 days ago. She will be ready for harvest in 39 days if I can ever move that fat bitch Granita out of there!
Speaking of Granita there's another of that chubby little main cola. Sorry I keep showing that one but it is a bit fruity. There's still plenty of white pistils popping up so I think she knows I'm a mad axeman now and she's just playing for time
Had a chance to take them in the shower at lights on tonight. I've been spraying the place with all sorts to shift the smell since then. They all loved it. Before anyone asks by the way, I've no idea if it's beneficial or not but it gives me a chance to flush them all in case of any salt or nute build up and they don't seem to complain.
Enough rambling. Here's the pics.