Winter Growbox

[Sudsnbuds]

I added this led light, it isn’t high output or anything, but I just need more heat plus more light won’t hurt. A few days in Dec the hi temp in the box was 67. These were pretty cold days, and there are more of those coming in The next few weeks. I’m interested to see what another light in there will do to the temps. If it gets too cold I will have to pull out the HPS. Everything looks good with the plants at the 14 day flowering mark.

[SoOrbudgal]

Raining hard and steady here river out back is over it's banks and rising. Thank goodness them cold 20s are gone that's what we had last month. Hang in there, hope ya don't need that HPS.

[MeEasy]

One of my friends grows in his garage he told me the key to keeping them warm is to get them off the cold concrete floor. His whole tent is up on cinder blocks with a wooden frame

[SoOrbudgal]

Yep pallets would be great.

[MeEasy]

Yep pallets would be what I would use.... but this snooty is a general contractor with a 5 car garage 2 Harleys and a Titan motorcycle which is why I was there working on the Titan. Anyways he probably had his pro framers come in and build it with steps going in, and insulation, and now is taking credit for it. Nah he's good guy just one of them $$ guys that asks you to work on his bikes and spend more time showing me all his stuff, pays me good though 😉

[Sudsnbuds]

All of my plants are in 5 gallon fabric pots, that sit inside of milk crate style plastic containers. This allows me anchoring points for LST, and keeps the pots off the ground. In my experience you don’t need to spend more money on a setup to get better results.

[Sudsnbuds]

Just hit week 3 of flower. Everything looks good, the first pic is the phantom domina cookies. It was growing too tall so I kept pulling it back and spilt it, that was a week ago and it seems to have recovered just fine. The addition of a light has increased the average temps by about 3 degrees, that helps especially during the coldest part of the year( average hi is about 76 in the box). I took these pics with a new tablet, I like the cam quality, from here on out I will start getting some good close ups when I take them out of the box.

[SoOrbudgal]

Oh man that split should heal just fine tape it up. I like it at about 78-82f inside tent lower seems better for them. The grow looks real good an the milk crates use is funny cause my hubby use to work in grocery retail deli for big name store. He'd bring home these milk crates for his storage boxes but said don't let anyone know....

[Sudsnbuds]

I snapped some pics right before lights out. Temps have been doing well 70's at the top of canopy every day even with some cold nights. Humidity has been staying in the 50-55% range. Dehumidifier is working, its obviously best to water 1 plant at a time, keeps humidity spikes down. All 3 plants are labeled on individual pics. Blue Venom is the oldest plant and the smallest. Phantom Domina Cookies is the biggest but it is stretched much like cookies varieties do. The Dieselicious is going to be the biggest producer for sure. Currently 4.5 weeks into flower, Blue Venom is going to finish first, it should be done in 3.5 weeks, and the rest will finish up about a week later. I am looking at seeds currently and trying to plan out my next grow, as some of the plants will be moved outside for the season and some will flower inside the box finishing in early summer.

[SoOrbudgal]

Good looking plants and training Sudsnbuds real nice an green

[RagWeedDWC]

Nice job, and looking very healthy

[Sudsnbuds]

All pics are labeled with the strains. The phantom has been thinned out since this pic to allow more light penetration to the lower areas. All the buds are shaping up nicely. The close up of the phantom you can actually see the first brown hairs at the top of the bud. The pics are taken in 38-40 days of 12/12. Breeders flowering times, Blue Venom 50-55 days. Phantom Domina Cookies 56-63 days, and Dieselicious 63-81 days. Temps's have been low here 26-40F, though it is a much more moderate forecast 40-55F for the next 10 days. For about 2 weeks, inside the box the temps have been lower 57-66F. I have yet to see any adverse affect from being outside of what I would call the standard rule of thumb range 65-80F. If anything it is making my life easier because I don't have to water as much.

[Sudsnbuds]

54 days in flower, and the growbox is getting the temp test. It started snowing yesterday afternoon, and the hi temp today is going to be 27. In the box (temp outside all night was 25) box maintained a 63 temp. 12/12 cycle 945p-945a lights on all night and turns off at 945a. Lights just shut off about an hour ago and holding at 54 degree temp, I dont see any issues from these lower temps. I have been really careful with water though, normally at this stage of flowering indoors I would water more, but I am really letting the soil dry out before watering again. The Blue Venom is supposed to be a 50-55 day window, I am going to let it go a few more days, on the visual test I think it has more to grow. The Dieselicious on the flipside should finish at the beginning of its window which is 63-81 days.

[Sudsnbuds]

Day 60 of Flower, I am letting the Blue Venom roll and I made the right decision. The plant is still not finished, I am thinking 2 more days at this point. Gave it half a watering yesterday and that will finish this plant out, you can see the blue coming out if you look close at the leaf buds. I am happy because I picked this strain as I wanted to see some actual blue color. The phantom cookies domina will probably go past the 63 day mark, but it looks fantastic, buds are looking heavy. Dieselicious has not even entered its flowering window, starting to show its purple lineage. The only issue is, two days ago I found a hermie stem on the dieselicious. It was on a smaller bud and I cut the branch off. Might have been stress from the low temps, I am sure there are a few more and I will find a seed or two. I dont care, its not the first time its happened from a feminized seed and for me has usually occurred in purple strains.

[MrPNW]

A radiator with controller might be helpful in your next grow.

https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/491425-equipment-to-maintain-tent-temperatures-in-cold-conditions

[Sudsnbuds]

We had a once a half century ice storm, yeah it sucks, but if all I get was 2 seeds I don’t care. Your tutorial is very thorough. My goal is not yield, I’m just trying to grow really good organic smoke.

[Sudsnbuds]

I cut everything down at 63 days of flower. The dieselicious could have gone longer, but I just cut it all down and will take what I got. The sativa strains (dieselicious) arent built for colder temps. No issues whatsoever with indica dominant strains. The dieselicious is a beautiful plant and I would definitely recommend it, if you can grow it in a higher temp range. I am really pleased with the final results of this grow, cant wait to test the final product. Already started the next grow and will be moving the plants into this box in a week or two. I sprouted 2 feminized seeds and 8 regular seeds. I really prefer regular seeds for the genetic integrity, just a pain to deal with males, I think I have a good plan and will roll with a new approach. Will start a new thread to show that grow.

[SoOrbudgal]

I think they look fine an the drying/curing could help with the effects it has on you. I dig # 3-4 love the cool color suger leaf. Yep i gonna run some reg. old seeds this spring in outdoor tent, some are just old hopefully they germinate. I am always happy when i harvest. I think all your plants look great.

[Sudsnbuds]

Thank you. I love the colors in these plants, it’s been fun to watch.