Stinkin Bishop - Tropical Winter

Stinking Bishop is picking up her growth rate. Perhaps it is because of Mycorrhiza. Or may be it’s just her time to grow. By the end of week 4, she is 15 cm tall. And I transplanted her to 7-liters pot. Root developed really well with Mycorrhiza net all over. Next transplant, I’ll take picture of the root (if I remember). Stininkin Bishop sprouted a good number of side branches on her own. I am leaving her as she is and won’t train her. On my home made grow case: I bought an obsolete computer server from where I worked. The meanies in accounting charged me for 16 USD for it. I then gutted it. Salvaged the wire, fans, and power chord. The rest are electronic trash. They are certain places that these should be thrown away. Otherwise, electronic components release nasties to the environment. This was a large case designed for high power continuous running computer. There are compartments inside separated by steel panels. These panels were held together by rivets. I took me more than two hours just to drill out steel rivets and clean up my mess. I then glue hooks and hanging stuff to the ceiling with epoxy. Light: I used 36 W ceiling LED. This is 6500 K color. It is attached by magnets. Accessories Fan – I recycled the computer fan. And I salvage a telephone charging wire to rig the fan. The fan ran on 12 V. However, the power from USB outlet was 5.5. Fan still runs at slow speed. For seedling, this is enough. And it is very quiet. Stealth grow case. Pump – bought automatic timer small pump from the internet. Power by 5.5 V USB. Reservoir – stole a container from my wife’s pantry. She still couldn’t find it until this day. And drill a hole in the lid to accommodate the pump set up. POWER and accessories. Bought an extension cord with USB power outlets. These outlet power fan and pump. Bought two wall timers. These powered LED lights. I found this case to be useful during cloning. Continuous light keeps cutting from making flowers before they make root. On the other hand, it does limit the size of cutting that I can clone. For seedling, it has less risk than starting from out side.