PC Case grow - Stealth + Perpetual + LST

I use a poly sheet/ glass when I am starting a new grow and the lights are down close to the plants. I want to use the light in a more open area, I just feel like a small wooden box and that much heat could be an issue. I am going to go and trash pick a PC box sometime soon and try it in there.

Good point. Not something that had ever really occurred to me before.
I just searched on ignition temperature of wood and this was the first hit on altavista:
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplr/fplr1464.pdf
It doesn't look like too much of a risk after reading that, but I assume you are using are reflector or something that would provide a barrier anyway. If it's just paint then maybe use the stuff for radiators or engine/brake calipers. I've used hammerite radiator paint for the inside of the new case, but that was mostly because I didn't want it to go yellow over time due to heat.

v12xjs said:

Good point. Not something that had ever really occurred to me before.
I just searched on ignition temperature of wood and this was the first hit on altavista:
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplr/fplr1464.pdf

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That was some interesting reading in that report. makes you think just how fast some things can go wrong. What I was thinking about was a can of some sort. Just not sure which way would be best to cut it to fit.

A can sounds like a good idea. I'd prolly just chop 1 in half from the top down.
Road signs here have a tube that shines light onto the sign, it's called trough lighting. You might get some better ideas by scanning the online suppliers.


Just checked on the girls and popped a germed seed in there so I'm back to 4 plants. Dusty has started with the amber trichs so not long for her now. I've upped her food slowly but it's at pretty high levels now, around 1000ppm without any deficiencies or stress, so it looks like I can push the rest of them a bit harder early on. Hopefully Trinity will outdo her sister

always looking good!

v12xjs said:

Greets tags
Easiest to grow have been this Violator Kush and Ice Cream. Blueberry would also be well suited, but pending a smoke test I'd plump for the kush out of the 3 as it doesn't really smell while growing.
I use a prepay card with no ID check. o2 do a good deal or search on prepay gift cards.
FWIW about 10 miles out of Manchester on the East Lancs road there's a town called Leigh with a head shop that sells seeds over the counter, it's on Bradshawgate. I don't know what seedbanks are represented but cash sales leave no trails.

Grats on the new light jjmd.
I did say it was hot. The info with mine says it's fine in an enclosed fitting if that helps. The polycarb sheet I use keeps most of it at bay TBH.
I sure hope you can find a use for it.

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Hey v12, not been on in a fewdays. Cheers for the mention of the shop, i'm north of the border so its a bit far for me i'd say. I'll look into the prepay cards from O2.

Cheers
Tags

Thanks Phase. Your case will look like that soon.

Sorry tags, my bad.

Greets & thanks skunkybud.

I'm a bit drunk but I haven't seen the girls for 3 days so I had to look in on them when the light went on just now. Think I killed the new seedling, those humidity domes need lifting & cleaning each day but I thought she'd be ok. Maybe not.
Trinity is showing some slight nute burn on the main cola. I'm trying out new nutes and don't have them down yet
Forgot to switch the white balance back on the cam again but here's some pics of where I'm at. I wish you could see the the full pic of that cola, never mind smelling it
I clicked a button by accident and Photobucket says those last pics were downoaded 614 times on Mar 29th alone and 3,600 times overall in March. Yowser!
Please just remember they are my images.
Hope you like the last pic, it made me snot on my shirt. It's Homer Simpson

lookin good v. and for the homer pic.... sick lol but very funny

peace

hey v12 and everyone else. I really like your grow, 2 thumbs up!I have been reading through here about your cmh, and started looking into them myself. I wanted to pass along the info I found in case it helps you or someone else that follows your thread. www.lighting.philips.com/us_en/browseliterature/download/p-5432.pdf check out that link. the ED-17P have a FadeBlock tech which filters UV light. The regular ED-17 bulbs do not filter UV. they range from 50-150 watt. i priced them at $75 USD from various sites online. hope this helps everyone, keep that PC humming!!

forgot to add that they are about $75 for bulb and ballast together, but the ballast has to be put together and put in a case. that is doable for me, for others maybe not.

Thanks crazytrain. Hope you're getting closer to putting another grow on. I'm getting withdrawl symptoms.

Hey Gumball, appreciate the double thumbs. That's a great link, hope you get the +rep you deserve for finding and posting it.

Got another eyeful of green last night and some good news on the little plant I thought I'd killed. The seedling has responded to some TLC and is pointing upwards once again, she's a few days behind where she should be but I can live with that.
Dusty has stopped growing upwards and is starting to get fatter now. I just did the math and she's got about 13 days left. She sprouted on Jan 17, showed her first flower on Feb 11 and I always add 14 days on for them to go from showing sex to actually flowering. Another 55 days for the flowering period takes me to April 23 for the chop, so a little over 90 days total.
Here's some pics:

looks good v12, damn good

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looks good v12, damn good

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I agree that does look good.

v12xjs said:

Thanks crazytrain. Hope you're getting closer to putting another grow on. I'm getting withdrawl symptoms.

Hey Gumball, appreciate the double thumbs. That's a great link, hope you get the +rep you deserve for finding and posting it.

Got another eyeful of green last night and some good news on the little plant I thought I'd killed. The seedling has responded to some TLC and is pointing upwards once again, she's a few days behind where she should be but I can live with that.
Dusty has stopped growing upwards and is starting to get fatter now. I just did the math and she's got about 13 days left. She sprouted on Jan 17, showed her first flower on Feb 11 and I always add 14 days on for them to go from showing sex to actually flowering. Another 55 days for the flowering period takes me to April 23 for the chop, so a little over 90 days total.
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Buds look great

And again V12 ..... they look great, I love that solid foxtailing all round the tops!

Glad you managed to resurrect the little one too.

Wow thanks you guys. I wish I could take the credit but these plants grow themselves and that little bulb should have MOFO stamped all over it in huge letters!
I really like that group pic. It shows the logic of why I do a perpetual instead of a scrog.
Dusty is taking up around half of the light and space in there but none of the other plants are missing out, so I can harvest 50% of the case every 24 days with this strain. A scrog would give me 100% of the case every 95 days with the same genetics.

Got a pic this morning of the group and Christy is there on the left:

beautiful.. what strain is Christy?

i tried to read your whole thread, but it took over a year for it to get here, so I know it would take a long time to read the WHOLE THING!!

so let me get this right. you plant a seed every 2-3 weeks. your case runs at 12/12 constantly, and all your seeds start with 12/12 light. This lets you harvest every 24 days?

WOW. if that is correct, you have figured out a system that is pretty close to perfect. i may even think about doing this myself for my cabinet grow. mines in a garage so outside temps have an effect, and I have to run lights on at night time, and lights off when the sun is up to control temps. so 12/12 all the time would work better for me.

i have about 4 sq ft, or 8 cubic feet, so I have alot of veg space, compared to your pc that is. but I would like to harvest more frequently myself. so yeah, i can grow 'em bigger, but you'll be smok'en on yours well before mine even comes out of the jars!!

Again v12, there is the rule, and then the exception to the rule. you have showed us how to be the exception.

If she gets much fatter V12 shes going to be bursting out of that case! Brilliant.

Hey fs. All the plants in there just now are Barneys Violator Kush. Not tried them yet but they are really easy to grow and don't stink the place up, so if they tick the potency box as well then I'll be getting a few more in.
Loved the pics of your last harvest, wish I was so good with a cam.

Sorry about the size of the journal gumball, I talk a lot when I'm stoned
You've got the specifics spot on. I'd just add that I use feminised seeds so I get a prize every time. Like you I also run the lights through the night to take advantage of reduced ambients.
Loving the sentiment about exceptions, not sure it's deserved though. Remember that you just ran through the whole setup in 1 sentence without even resorting to big words
I think you should hook up with maturesmoker. His new setup takes some of the ideas I use but he's upscaling it for a cab the same size as yours, here's his perpetual thread:
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/316278-mature-goes-perpetual.html

Thanks ms. She's a proper little fatty that's for sure

No pic updates today as I've been a bit busy. Managed to burn Trinity with some nutes. I didn't have any mixed up and she was bone dry so I did a quick midnight feast for her without checking ppm or ph and it didn't go well. Looks like she'll recover though. My bad.

Thanks v12. I am already subbed to ms's thread, he has had good success in his grows. I am thinking now how to do perpetual with my setup. I don't think I can do 2 boxes though. I will think of something. I want to reveg my current grow though cause she's a good producer and the other is a good smoke, so I have time to work something out.