Hello everyone!
Please excuse me for using english since i do not speak dutch. I am following this forum for quite a while now (with autotranslate), since its the most resourceful one concerning the minigrow box.
Recently i purchased this grow cabinet and i am very pleased with it so far. I felt the urge to grow again after a long time and this box ticked all my desires and i am confident that i can meet my needs with this one (50-70g/year). I only wished for it to be a little more silent. At 35% fanspeed it is acceptable (still audible) but my humidity shoots >65%. With 50% fanspeed the humidityrange is okay, but its nowhere near stealth in terms of noise. Its just a minor flaw as i am very sensible to noise.. but my living conditions make up for this as the cabinet stands in the attic now. Elsewise its really a perfect box.
I have done several grows before under hps lights, but that was >10y ago... so i consider myself a informed beginner.
I unfortunately cannot legally obtain seeds in my country (yet) so i popped a bagseed i found and kept for a year or so. I have no clue what kind of strain it is (and wether i even liked it or not...i hope i did).
For now as a first grow just wanted to get to know the cabinet, so i tried to keep things simple. Grow on soil with (initially reduced) nutrient scheme from biobizz, i dont measure pH or EC. I vegged for totally 21 days, topped once (after a useless fim) and did some lst now during flowering cycle to get all the bigger branches to the same height. In totally i repottet twice and will finish in an 5l pot with allmix.
d2 18/6
IMG_9148.jpg
I repotted an fimmed on day 10. but after the fimming it just grew normaly (just with mutilated leafs) so on day 16 i repotted into the final 5l pot and topped again
IMG_9234.jpg IMG_9299.jpg IMG_9318.jpg
after 5 more days i switched the light cycle to 12/12
IMG_9346.jpg
d6 of flowering
IMG_9393.jpg
d9 i took off some big leaves below the canopy and applied some lst
IMG_9419.jpg IMG_9456.jpg
today is d26 after i flipped to 12/12. the outer branches are all at the same height and slowly begin to build up trichomes. some leafs show signs of deficiancy (or is it fade already?) but overall it looks healthy to me.
I expected a lot more stretch, but the plant kept relatively small, so i popped it up on a box again to bring her near the led light. It is still growing (sloowly) but there is still plenty of space in the box (vertically).
i also think the 5l pot kept it from growing out to much.
IMG_9653.jpg IMG_9675.jpg IMG_9676.jpg
the last picture is an overview over my temperature and humidity range.
today i tried out the 35% fanspeed again, with the humidity rising as mentioned before. With 50% its fine.
Unbenannt.jpg
Will it help to set the lights in flowering phase to "red only" to force the bud growth or is it better to leave it at "full spectrum" like the manual says?
Opening the box, it switches automatically to this greenish light. This is a nice feature as it does not spoil the very suspicious purple light for every neighbor to see (esp at night). But will this stress the plant in its flowering cycle, if it switches the light spectrum (sometimes several times a day)? Any experience?
I started this thread because want to share the progress so far and i will try to do a weekly update on the plant. Also i wanted to exchange experience and information of this box.
If you have any advice to share, i am looking forward to it!
(hopefully you do not mind me using english (i hope i do not break any forum rules).)
Good evening!
Please excuse me for using english since i do not speak dutch. I am following this forum for quite a while now (with autotranslate), since its the most resourceful one concerning the minigrow box.
Recently i purchased this grow cabinet and i am very pleased with it so far. I felt the urge to grow again after a long time and this box ticked all my desires and i am confident that i can meet my needs with this one (50-70g/year). I only wished for it to be a little more silent. At 35% fanspeed it is acceptable (still audible) but my humidity shoots >65%. With 50% fanspeed the humidityrange is okay, but its nowhere near stealth in terms of noise. Its just a minor flaw as i am very sensible to noise.. but my living conditions make up for this as the cabinet stands in the attic now. Elsewise its really a perfect box.
I have done several grows before under hps lights, but that was >10y ago... so i consider myself a informed beginner.
I unfortunately cannot legally obtain seeds in my country (yet) so i popped a bagseed i found and kept for a year or so. I have no clue what kind of strain it is (and wether i even liked it or not...i hope i did).
For now as a first grow just wanted to get to know the cabinet, so i tried to keep things simple. Grow on soil with (initially reduced) nutrient scheme from biobizz, i dont measure pH or EC. I vegged for totally 21 days, topped once (after a useless fim) and did some lst now during flowering cycle to get all the bigger branches to the same height. In totally i repottet twice and will finish in an 5l pot with allmix.
d2 18/6
IMG_9148.jpg
I repotted an fimmed on day 10. but after the fimming it just grew normaly (just with mutilated leafs) so on day 16 i repotted into the final 5l pot and topped again
IMG_9234.jpg IMG_9299.jpg IMG_9318.jpg
after 5 more days i switched the light cycle to 12/12
IMG_9346.jpg
d6 of flowering
IMG_9393.jpg
d9 i took off some big leaves below the canopy and applied some lst
IMG_9419.jpg IMG_9456.jpg
today is d26 after i flipped to 12/12. the outer branches are all at the same height and slowly begin to build up trichomes. some leafs show signs of deficiancy (or is it fade already?) but overall it looks healthy to me.
I expected a lot more stretch, but the plant kept relatively small, so i popped it up on a box again to bring her near the led light. It is still growing (sloowly) but there is still plenty of space in the box (vertically).
i also think the 5l pot kept it from growing out to much.
IMG_9653.jpg IMG_9675.jpg IMG_9676.jpg
the last picture is an overview over my temperature and humidity range.
today i tried out the 35% fanspeed again, with the humidity rising as mentioned before. With 50% its fine.
Unbenannt.jpg
Will it help to set the lights in flowering phase to "red only" to force the bud growth or is it better to leave it at "full spectrum" like the manual says?
Opening the box, it switches automatically to this greenish light. This is a nice feature as it does not spoil the very suspicious purple light for every neighbor to see (esp at night). But will this stress the plant in its flowering cycle, if it switches the light spectrum (sometimes several times a day)? Any experience?
I started this thread because want to share the progress so far and i will try to do a weekly update on the plant. Also i wanted to exchange experience and information of this box.
If you have any advice to share, i am looking forward to it!
(hopefully you do not mind me using english (i hope i do not break any forum rules).)
Good evening!
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