Hey guys, after my last outdoor crop of Frisian Dew was destroyed by the crappiest summer I've ever experienced, snails and a small mudslide. I decided to try something different this year. I want grow autoflowering strains so they finish before July, the rainiest and most snail infested month around here, and start them under artificial light so they have a headstart to the local Flora. The Star Ryders will finish indoor if possible, don't want to lay all eggs in one basket again, but I'll move them out too when things go south.
I have a small cabinet located right beneath the roof in my bedroom, already equipped with a 250HPS setup I got from a friend who can't use it anymore.
It has 90cm height below the lamp, 1m width and 60cm usable depth, fan and filter fit behind the pots. I can't take photos of it yet because I still haven't cleaned it up and installed the mylar, there is not much to see.
It was originally meant to kickstart my chili peppers, but I think it can handle weed. It's far from optimal though, I have to keep the fan at low speed to keep it silent. It is barely blowing strong enough to keep the temps below 25° most of the time and prevent diffusion of air into my room.
The biggest problem though is the vent - it's directly connected to the roof, blowing right into the rock wool. It's only a 250w HPS and it'll run during the sunlight hours only, so I don't think there is a great risk of detection - but what do you think? I could vent it into my room and simply keep the window open during the daytime, would probably work too but I fear some of the smell might escape from the cab.
I rubbed the seeds with sandpaper and put them right into the jiffies, damn simple and proven to be extremely efficient and extremely quick. Works wonders with chili peppers, and hemp seems to be no different.
Six of seven TD popped (left) and all seven SR (right)
Sadly, I lost one of the TD to stupid handling... it fell somewhere in the cracks between the floorboards. Otherwise I might would have had a 14/14 germ rate
The stuff in the middle is mint by the way =)
The outdoor location is great, it's about as stealthy as it can get but the sun is shining there from sunrise to sunset without the slightest shadow... the major drawback is that I have to hike a shitload of soil there for each season because the ground is crap. Ah yeah, and did I meantion shitty weather? I think I'm gonna sacrifice a lamb to the sun god this time.
If you have any advice or see a fundamental flaw, feel free to post... this is my first indoor grow. I'll post pictures of the setup as soon as it's done.
edit: Fixed the photo. Don't know how it got messed up like that...
Oh, it seems like I forgot to ask the question that was bugging me the whole time: Will the plants have trouble adjusting to the climate change? The cabinet is pretty warm during the day, so I guess putting them outdoors in may puts them under stress. There is no way I can condition them to the outdoors here.
I have a small cabinet located right beneath the roof in my bedroom, already equipped with a 250HPS setup I got from a friend who can't use it anymore.
It has 90cm height below the lamp, 1m width and 60cm usable depth, fan and filter fit behind the pots. I can't take photos of it yet because I still haven't cleaned it up and installed the mylar, there is not much to see.
It was originally meant to kickstart my chili peppers, but I think it can handle weed. It's far from optimal though, I have to keep the fan at low speed to keep it silent. It is barely blowing strong enough to keep the temps below 25° most of the time and prevent diffusion of air into my room.
The biggest problem though is the vent - it's directly connected to the roof, blowing right into the rock wool. It's only a 250w HPS and it'll run during the sunlight hours only, so I don't think there is a great risk of detection - but what do you think? I could vent it into my room and simply keep the window open during the daytime, would probably work too but I fear some of the smell might escape from the cab.
I rubbed the seeds with sandpaper and put them right into the jiffies, damn simple and proven to be extremely efficient and extremely quick. Works wonders with chili peppers, and hemp seems to be no different.
Six of seven TD popped (left) and all seven SR (right)
Sadly, I lost one of the TD to stupid handling... it fell somewhere in the cracks between the floorboards. Otherwise I might would have had a 14/14 germ rate
The stuff in the middle is mint by the way =)
The outdoor location is great, it's about as stealthy as it can get but the sun is shining there from sunrise to sunset without the slightest shadow... the major drawback is that I have to hike a shitload of soil there for each season because the ground is crap. Ah yeah, and did I meantion shitty weather? I think I'm gonna sacrifice a lamb to the sun god this time.
If you have any advice or see a fundamental flaw, feel free to post... this is my first indoor grow. I'll post pictures of the setup as soon as it's done.
edit: Fixed the photo. Don't know how it got messed up like that...
Oh, it seems like I forgot to ask the question that was bugging me the whole time: Will the plants have trouble adjusting to the climate change? The cabinet is pretty warm during the day, so I guess putting them outdoors in may puts them under stress. There is no way I can condition them to the outdoors here.
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