Stealth Rubbermaid Growbox

[gotkush?]

Hey thanks for having the patience to answer my dumb ass questions, but at least i dident ask "how does it work if the lights are so far away?" again.
I'm still in the process of setting up, going really slow because i have to be ninja-like stealth. but, i think i finally have everything i need, now i just have to put it all together. I would love to post my grow step by step, but like i said, i gotta keep it really quiet. so once i get it set up i'll try to get some pics.
i was thinking because of the space issue with my one 45 gal tote, i would just grow 12/12 from bag seed. but after doing some reading on that, i decided to make more room. so i i'm putting a 30 gallon tote with a adjustable light reflector on top of the 45 tote to allow space for veg time. i'm gonna hope and pray that my passive intake and this old air purifier that i found in the basement works for a good stealthy exhaust. what do you think?

 

[Stelthgrower44]

Hey thanks for having the patience to answer my dumb ass questions, but at least i dident ask "how does it work if the lights are so far away?" again.
I'm still in the process of setting up, going really slow because i have to be ninja-like stealth. but, i think i finally have everything i need, now i just have to put it all together. I would love to post my grow step by step, but like i said, i gotta keep it really quiet. so once i get it set up i'll try to get some pics.
i was thinking because of the space issue with my one 45 gal tote, i would just grow 12/12 from bag seed. but after doing some reading on that, i decided to make more room. so i i'm putting a 30 gallon tote with a adjustable light reflector on top of the 45 tote to allow space for veg time. i'm gonna hope and pray that my passive intake and this old air purifier that i found in the basement works for a good stealthy exhaust. what do you think?

My entire intake for my grow room is passive. I was thinking of putting some fans down there but it ends up I didn't need it (checked it with a lighter to make sure the flame was bent toward the hole). Anyway for my exhaust I have some activated carbon that i got from a pet store and a fan pulling the air through it. I will prob have to add a little more carbon to full proof it later on when I flower but I will cross that bridge when I come to it lol I was in your same situation where I had to be super stealth when setting it up (almost got caught before I started lol) but now that it is, taking pictures and watering is pretty easy.

O and since your having the light exposed in your grow area you will most likely run into heat issues, mainly because you are using passive intakes. I am assuming the same for exhaust, or did you hook up a fan? hope this helps

~stealth

 

[Stelthgrower44]

O and gotkush your questions arn't dunb...we're all learning here...all the time...so your questions are ok and I like answering them if I know the answers lol.

 

[Stelthgrower44]

Some new pics of the girls....look at all the new growth in just two days!!! and thats with no nutes or anything just H2O and lots of lovin.

So tonight before coming to write this I checked on the girls and found a BUG!! no idea what kind or anything just that it was there and it prob shouldn't. so i killed it and everything returned to normal. I decided to put some screen over the passive intakes for the grow room to keep the pests out. this is where i believe the bugs got in. ok so picture time...


Pictures are in order as follows...the experiment,first three pics, (going outside soon and transplanting into larger pot this weekend). Mary, the largest of the girls and looking good. Jane is the smallest but is bushy and I think she'll make up for her small statue later. Victoria is still doing amazing and is my fav but is def in need of a transplant because her roots ar showing through the drain holes.

well that's it for now. another update after transplant...unless i get crazy with the cam again. What's everything thinking??? Until next time

~stealth

 

[gotkush?]

girls are lookin good, see how the bigger pots encourage growth?

my exhaust will not be passive, i'm gonna try this air purifier i got. it's kinda bulky, block shape. it sucks air from the front, filters then exhausts out the top rear. so i'm hoping it will work when i cut a square big enough to fit it into so that the exhaust part is sitting outside the box with the front half inside. i dont know how well these air purifiers work for eliminating odors. but if it dont work, i'll try making my own ozone generator.
i saw some posts of this guy's (natmoon) set up, he grows with soil, but uses an air pump with the line inside of a sponge at the bottom of a net basket two inches below the plant, calls it air basket, supposedly force feeds oxygen to the roots, should see the size of the bud outta those baskets. so i'm gonna incorporate that into my grow. check in with you later, gotta go smoke

 

[VaporBros]

blue_adepts a nice guy and his rubbermaid cab is the shit. You replicated it very well man. Goodjob!

 

[Stelthgrower44]

girls are lookin good, see how the bigger pots encourage growth?

my exhaust will not be passive, i'm gonna try this air purifier i got. it's kinda bulky, block shape. it sucks air from the front, filters then exhausts out the top rear. so i'm hoping it will work when i cut a square big enough to fit it into so that the exhaust part is sitting outside the box with the front half inside. i dont know how well these air purifiers work for eliminating odors. but if it dont work, i'll try making my own ozone generator.
i saw some posts of this guy's (natmoon) set up, he grows with soil, but uses an air pump with the line inside of a sponge at the bottom of a net basket two inches below the plant, calls it air basket, supposedly force feeds oxygen to the roots, should see the size of the bud outta those baskets. so i'm gonna incorporate that into my grow. check in with you later, gotta go smoke

blue_adepts a nice guy and his rubbermaid cab is the shit. You replicated it very well man. Goodjob!

Vaporbros: yes his design is kick ass and I have found very little problems with it. Since the lights stay in one place moving the plants around is a little harder but nothing to cray. Thanks for the encouragement.

Gotkust: yes I believe the girl wil love the bigger pots. The experiment will be going into her final pot and is going to be stuck outside once shes transplanted. I was thinking of using either 3 or 4 gallon buckets (if I can find them) for this grow. But if I do that I will only allow the 3 main girls (mary jane and victoria.

FOr the air filter you could prob just make your own super easy and used that fan from the one that you got. IDK just a thought. YOu cna prob go to HD and get an activated carbon sheet for a honeywell air filter thing for not to much money and then make your own. It'll prob work better too.
the forced air seems like a good idea but a little too much work for my first time....kinda anyway lol. let me know how it works for u I'll prob make one fore next time if it works good. The idea behind it is good because the marijuana plant grows very well when given oxygen to the roots. It also needs oxygen to the roots to survive. ok until my next update....i am going to hold off until the weekend (sat or sun at the latest) for the next update but I will transplant then too so the pics will be different this time. ok peace for now

~stealth

 

[gotkush?]

alright, i finally got set up, for the most part, and was able to snap a few pics in the process. so i'm gonna try to put pics on here, my first time doing this, hope it works

 

[gotkush?]

sorry about posting all those pics in your thread man, i decided to post my grow in the newbie forum, check it out sometime, if not i'll be back here anyway

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/159047-ninja-like-stealth-my-first.html

 

[Stelthgrower44]

alright, i finally got set up, for the most part, and was able to snap a few pics in the process. so i'm gonna try to put pics on here, my first time doing this, hope it works

Hey it looks good. What are those box like contraptions you got there?? lol sorry a lil stony at the moment. I like the are you picked...as long as no one checks out the hanging clothing I think you'll be good. I like the makeshift reflector....very original and a good way of showing that you can use anything lahying around.

O and don't worry about posting your pics on this thread its not like I own it lol. Plus I like to see what u got going and compair it to mine. lol

So I checked on the girls tonight (just a quick peek lol) and I couldn't believe the growth already. I used my nutes for the first time in my feeding yesterday and it is def showing. Mary is doing AMAZING. SO BIG. I will be transplanting tomorrow and feeding again but with some transplant addative this time. I got that and some rooting hormone and some superthrive. I am not sure when I should use the superthrive so I will prob experiment with a drop in a feeding or two, but def after transplanting and a waiting time fore the plants to recover from the shock.

Well until the next update/....peace

~stealth

 

[RHINO1993]

heres a few pic s of my girl she's looking gud jus trimmed her down and put lights on 12/12

 

[gotkush?]

Hey it looks good. What are those box like contraptions you got there?? lol sorry a lil stony at the moment. I like the are you picked...as long as no one checks out the hanging clothing I think you'll be good. I like the makeshift reflector....very original and a good way of showing that you can use anything lahying around.

O and don't worry about posting your pics on this thread its not like I own it lol. Plus I like to see what u got going and compair it to mine. lol

So I checked on the girls tonight (just a quick peek lol) and I couldn't believe the growth already. I used my nutes for the first time in my feeding yesterday and it is def showing. Mary is doing AMAZING. SO BIG. I will be transplanting tomorrow and feeding again but with some transplant addative this time. I got that and some rooting hormone and some superthrive. I am not sure when I should use the superthrive so I will prob experiment with a drop in a feeding or two, but def after transplanting and a waiting time fore the plants to recover from the shock.

Well until the next update/....peace

~stealth

cant wait to see the girls. whats that transplant additive your talkin about? do you think i need something like that for when i transplant?

 

[Stelthgrower44]

cant wait to see the girls. whats that transplant additive your talkin about? do you think i need something like that for when i transplant?

I got the the Miracle-Grow Quick Start...Planting and transplant starting solution. The mixture is 4-12-4. I talked to both my boss (who used to grow his own smoke way back when) and the local garden people and both were saying that this is perfect for transplanting your indoor house plants and they haven't run into any problems with them. I just transplanted about hours ago so I am hopping this stuff really works to keep the girls out of shock. Update soon. Peace

~stealth

 

[Stelthgrower44]

heres a few pic s of my girl she's looking gud jus trimmed her down and put lights on 12/12

Donde pictures (nice spanglish lol)??

 

[Stelthgrower44]

Transplanted all the girls today and got rid of the smallest baby (not enough room to keep her). Here are some pics of the girls. Transplanting was a little hectic but nothing too crazy. The set up now is very full with three 3 gallon pots of Mary Jane and Victoria and two smaller pots with the babies in them. The Experiment was transplanted into her final pot and placed outside. Anyway here's the pics.

Let me know what you think...

~stealth

These are of Mary, Jane And Victoria (in that order from left to right)

 

[Stelthgrower44]

These pictures are of the two babies and also of the Experiment. Their names are Baby Girl (first three pics), Youngin (second set of three pics) and the Experiment (last set of three pics) Everyone's looks good. Jane have a small spot of yellow on the tip of one of here leaves but nothing too bad. I think I'll hold off on update for an extra few days. Busy week coming up lol. Peace for now

~stealth

 

[gotkush?]

nice. theyre gonna love all that extra room. i'll have to pick up some of that miracle grow. check my thred for updates on the new exhaust soon

 

[Stelthgrower44]

nice. theyre gonna love all that extra room. i'll have to pick up some of that miracle grow. check my thred for updates on the new exhaust soon

A note on that...only use a very minor amount or not at all if you transplant early on like I did. I ended doing a very small amount of nute burn to Victoria. That's as of this morning and I transplanted yesterday. Luckily its not to bad and only to the first set of leaves so I'll just cut those off later once more growth takes over.

So basically don't overdo it on the nutes lol but I think you'll be fine. Ok I'll do an update in a few days...busy week starting tomorrow. Peace

~stealth

 

[gotkush?]

some how i lost subscription on your grow, probly cause i havent posted in a while. any how, just learned how to +rep, so i'm just going around to all the cool ass people on here that has helped or inspired me in some way. so +rep to ya.
keep it stealth

 

[Syriuslydelyrius]

Howdy

Looking cool and cant wait to see how much time/yield these types of small stealthy systems provide. I would expect this current set up to take longer to veg and flower and the yeld would be small amount of personal smoke. What I love is the ingenuity involved. Here is my take on some possible future improvements.

Firstly this small system set up for hydroponics is going to give you more weed faster. A hydro system set up in this 3 plastic tote configuration with the bottom being your tank for a drip system.

The bottom tote is the watter tank it will need to be be fitted with a submerged watter pump, feed lines, air stone and airlines leading to a big fishtank airpump. Cut 6 holes in the lid of the bottom tote this will hold your net cups and grow medium. (6 plants may be pushing it for such small spot)

The middle tote is the foliage area. Cut matching holes for each plant in the bottom of the middle tote. Then line up and attach the bottom totes lid to the bottom of the middle tote with some holes, nuts, bolts, and washers. Keeping in mind that your going to be bolting the lid of this tote to the bottom of the top tote cut a large square out of it.

Your top tote should be the same size as the others as its going to be housing a lot. (lights, fans, timers, airpump, etc) Cut a hole in the bottom of this tote to match the hole in the lid of the middle tote. Again line them up and drill and bolt together.

Now lets talk lights..
In this configuration HPS isnt going to work way to much heat and not nearly enough ventilation. So yeah your stuck with compact fluorescent, t5's, or LEDs. Your light setup will need to be able to be raised and lowered. It takes 10.5 of those 115w compact fluorescent bulbs to equal the output of a 400w HPS even a worse ratio for the t5's. So those compact fluorescent are the way to go here.

As for the rest of the build I would use your head and think things through, common sense and some research on hydroponics. You will need to be thinking about proper ventilation, the configuration of your air lines and pump, the water lines/feeding system and in a way that it all fits the enclosed containers yet is easy to dissemble way so that you can take apart to tend the crop. I have my version of this pictured perfectly in my mind and am positive its doable.


Well like I said its just my take on the design and improvements. What ya have is a start and I can not wait to see those babys grow. Looking foward to more pictures and your thoughts on hydro. Peace out and happy smoken!

Good Luck!!
Syriuslydelyrius