Hi Folks,
I'll be using this thread to document the grows I'm doing in my wardrobe.
A little background first:
While I've been a smoker for years, it was the onset of my wife's chronic pain condition and the relief provided by weed that led me to exploring the option of growing our own rather than giving dealers a small fortune. Stealth was a defining requirement so this ruled out tents while dedicating an entire room to growing wasn't an option. A friend who has been growing photos for years gave me amazing direction and came up with the custom setup I have.
The wardrobe:
The wardrobe itself was originally divided into two sections: one with two doors and one with a single door. Because of where the vent for the room was I decided to extend the single section meaning my extraction would be straightforward. Before and after below:
The overall area is a little over .5sqm - just enough to squeeze in 4 11ltr pots.
My Sonlight electronic ballast can run at 150w, 250w or 400w. I use a 150w MH bulb until seedlings are two weeks old, switch to a 250w MH for 2/3 weeks and then onto a 250w HPS for flowering. Still working out the dynamics of this and when is best to switch to which.
The fan is a "Sound Insulated Fan Blauberg Iso-Mix 12,5 cm" which I'm finding generally runs at a low setting with zero audible sound when the door is closed. I set it up to pull air through the carbon filter which is then pushed through the cool tube housing the bulb and out through the vent. I also run an oscillating fan on low blowing hot air away from under the light.
All in all I'm really (as I approach the end of my third grow) I'm really delighted with how this has worked out. Yes, I'm still a noob and find I learn best when I've made a mistake, but at least the basic errors seem to be history!
I'll go into the mistakes I've made in the grows til now (including the outdoor grow I did last summer) in the next update.
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I'll be using this thread to document the grows I'm doing in my wardrobe.
A little background first:
While I've been a smoker for years, it was the onset of my wife's chronic pain condition and the relief provided by weed that led me to exploring the option of growing our own rather than giving dealers a small fortune. Stealth was a defining requirement so this ruled out tents while dedicating an entire room to growing wasn't an option. A friend who has been growing photos for years gave me amazing direction and came up with the custom setup I have.
The wardrobe:
The wardrobe itself was originally divided into two sections: one with two doors and one with a single door. Because of where the vent for the room was I decided to extend the single section meaning my extraction would be straightforward. Before and after below:
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The overall area is a little over .5sqm - just enough to squeeze in 4 11ltr pots.
My Sonlight electronic ballast can run at 150w, 250w or 400w. I use a 150w MH bulb until seedlings are two weeks old, switch to a 250w MH for 2/3 weeks and then onto a 250w HPS for flowering. Still working out the dynamics of this and when is best to switch to which.
The fan is a "Sound Insulated Fan Blauberg Iso-Mix 12,5 cm" which I'm finding generally runs at a low setting with zero audible sound when the door is closed. I set it up to pull air through the carbon filter which is then pushed through the cool tube housing the bulb and out through the vent. I also run an oscillating fan on low blowing hot air away from under the light.
All in all I'm really (as I approach the end of my third grow) I'm really delighted with how this has worked out. Yes, I'm still a noob and find I learn best when I've made a mistake, but at least the basic errors seem to be history!
I'll go into the mistakes I've made in the grows til now (including the outdoor grow I did last summer) in the next update.
![Arudeo :idea: :idea:](/data/assets/smilies/idea.gif)