[ProGroWannabe]

Yo Farmers!!! How are ya?

This grow log is titled Insane in the Membrane because I probably am a bit off my rocker here. I am going to attempt something that I, myself, have not seen done in a grow log. I'm gonna run two almost pure sativas in a cabinet under fluoro's!!hehe

Now, I totally understand the difficulty here in finishing them properly. But "this ain't my first rodeo", as they say. But probably will be my most difficult one yet.

The setup:
Cab...2ft x 4ft x 6ft tall
Light...8-bulb T5 Sunleaves unit
Ventilation...open door w/ AC blowing by the open door, plus circulating fans inside cab
Grow Style...pure redneck madness
Lighting Schedule...12/12 from seed
Grow Medium...Botanicare Ready-Gro Coco--Moisture Formula

Strains:
Phnom Phen from Reeferman (5)...Thai x Haze x Cambodian
Original Haze x Skunk #1 from Sam the Skunkman (5)

For any that wanna say "no way in hell your gonna finish those under fluoros", I say just hide and watch! Once the plants reach the height of approx. 1ft, they will be bent over horizontally and kept that way throughout. This way, the forming buds will be right under the lights for their entire length. The setup that I'm using in the cab allows me to move the tub that the plants are in, instead of moving the light. I had to do it this way since the big-ass light won't fit in the cab. So the light HAS to stay on the top while the plants are what gets raised or lowered to adjust light intensity.

Now for a few pics to get this thing off the ground:



Well I tried to remove the pics after I realized they were in .bmp format instead of JPEG, but the system won't let me, so let's just try this again:

BTW...these are the Phnom Phens. The O.Haze x Sk1's aren't out of the Rapid Rooters yet.

[Devilsharvest]

well done man I'll be watching this one ...its nice to see you start from seed

[ProGroWannabe]

Thanks for stoppin in DH. Nice to have ya. Yeah I;m gonna have to run from seed almost exclusively. I just don't have the room for moms and clones. I hope to have a new cabinet set-up done before these are completely finished. Maybe then I can keep a mom or two, but not right now.

[ConceptOfSleep]

Ill definitely be watching this one ProGro!

Ive got a bunch of the O*Haze x Skunk1 from Sam as well, so Im definitely interested to see how they do for ya!!

Looking great so far!
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[logic]

Thai x Haze x Cambodian hmm sounds tasty ill be watching this

[FastForward]

Nice one PGW - I spent hours last night agonising over how to get more light space for some experiments and 200W CFLs seem the way forward. I desperately want to get a low watt MH for seedlings and veg but I was told that fluoros will do the job fine (and with reduced yield for flowering). Good luck mate...I hope it turns out good....between CFLs and LEDs it feels like we're getting closer to being able to run more lights without the associated electricity aggro....

Did you pre-soak and germ the seeds, or just plant them straight into the cubes?

[ProGroWannabe]

Concept...I'm gonna do my best to do the genetics justice. I think it'll work out fine. We'll see.

Hey Logic...nice to see ya in my lil ole thread..lol.

FF...I agree that there is definitely a movement toward more energy conservation with our lighting sources. I believe the key will be learning how to grow with these other lights as opposed to hammering our plants with HID. Don't get me wrong, HID yields better than anything else out there, for sure. But we ARE seeing results with other sources as well, so time will tell.

As for the germ method...I just carefully applied the paper towel method watching temps so that they were just slightly above ambient, and ensuring the paper towels were always moist without being wet. Every time I check them, I roll the seeds around to ensure the entire shell is adequately moist as opposed to most of the moisture being within one half of the shell. I dunno if it helps much, but I do it anyway.

I'll get more pics up once they start to do something worth taking a pic of...lol.

[Zoolander]

The PP is nice and strong with a killer pepper taste, Good stuff PGW

[ProGroWannabe]

Zoooooooo what up my brotha!! Glad to see ya stopped in.

Yeah Zoo, I got these PP's from a friend, you may know him.

[British_Hempire]

Looking forward to wathing this one, sats are possible under fluoros, I remember an amazing grow back on OG where a guy used a couple of 6foot shoplights in a little cupboard to grow a monster sativa, he just stood the shoplights vertically/