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Capt. Stikyfingers
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Registered: 10/06/11
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*DIY 250w HPS indoor closet grow, HiNdU KuSH*

#590911 - 10/06/11 10:14 PM (13 years, 2 months ago)

Hi everyone. This is my first post on my new account. I've had another active account in the past, and after browsing through these forums for years, I've decided to post my own first grow on a new account! Suggestions are always greatly appreciated,if you see a mistake on my part don't hesitate to tell me. I really like rigging my own stuff up as much as possible. I'm in college, so saving money is sort of a priority. And most importantly it provides me with a whole lot of entertainment. This stuff is addicting. Hopefully these Hindu Kush plants turn out well!

:awedance:

Basic Setup and Eqiupment
* 10 Hindu Kush seeds from another grower's previous grow
* 32 Gallon rubbermaid tub and closet racks. Another tub possibly if smell needs to be contained and filtered. 10$
* 4 26w 6500k CFL's 20$
* 250w HPS and reflector 55$ (see below)
* Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil in 1 gallon pots. Transplanting to either 2 or 2.5 gallon pots (due to size restraints) before flower. For soil and pots 28$
* Fox Farm Tiger Bloom 20$
* 250w HPS ballast kit 35$, Mogul lamp base 6$, hps lamp 10$, total= 50$ :awesomenod:

* Aluminum duct piece, nuts and bolts 6$
* Light splitters/adapters/wires/misc. 15$
* 2 120mm computer fans, 4" metal fan, 7" green fan, total 12$
* Inline fan and homemade scrubber TBA! I may or may not get one depending on how much these plants smell. If so add (60-70$)

TOTAL = 215$ which is wayyy more than I realized until now ha

Basic Strategy
- Due to time restraints, I am vegging for 1 month than leaving about 2.5 months for flowering. I need to harvest them by Christmas break ~13 of December.
- I hope to be able to flower at least 2 plants, hopefully 3 maybe even four. I'll be using Tiger bloom as its primary nutrients.
- My journal starts as day 1 when the seedlings first popped up to about an inch.
- I'll be using homemade carbon filters over 120mm 40cfm computer fans, along with a lot of ona and closet ionizers. Nobody should be in my room that matters, and my neighbors are all a bunch of potheads anyways haha. If smell gets outta control I'll get an inline fan and throw on a carbon filter.
- Temps stay at around 80-85 now with the HPS in open closet space
- If smell needs to be detained and cleaned I'll throw on another tub or tent around the plants. If I go this way, I'll be putting a glass casing with an exhaust van around the light. And obviously a carbon scrubber going out.
- Plants were for there first two weeks grown with 4 23w 5000k cfl's, 4 23w 6500k cfl's, and were placed under a t8 80w flouro tube (2 lights 40w each).
- Plants are now under 4 6500k cfl's and the 250w hps, which is about 9 inches above the tops. Plants have been on 24/0 light since popping up and things will go this way for a couple of weeks until a flip to 12/12 for flowering.

Day 10

Only Picture I have at the time. This is the plants 10th day of growing (starting at about an inch). This plant shows what I thought was nutrient burn from the FF, I found out it was just overwatering

Day 18

I FIM'ed all of my plants! Hopefully this works out

These plants are very bushy and short. I like the way it's going! Here's the picture of the ballast kit I wired and the reflector I made. This rig cost 50$. I payed the cost of wiring something myself though. After the ballast was running and wired up, I put it on top of a aluminum sheet to avoid burning anything underneath. As I was moving it, I heard a thud, then a blunt pain in my finger, followed by what felt like a slight shove in my chest. Then all of the lights shut off. Everything happened so fast in a split second. I had gotten shocked and blown the fuse. I was terrified and didnt know what to do, I sat there a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what happened. I was shaking my finger when I realized it was wet. When I went downstairs I found blood all over my finger and shirt. But hey that what makes it exciting right? :crazy2:

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