bluntokian
Well-Known Member
Playing around with a trash can grow idea. Seeing as I use trash cans for reverse osmosis water storage itll blend in fine assuming I can prevent the typical suspects.General idea at this point is CFL's can be mounted/hung from the lid of the trash can and eventually set flush into it when the plant(s) are large enough. Got a few model pics of the basic model. Not going to start adding in ventilation ideas iv had etc until the first issue is settled, But we'll get to that in a minute.
First lets get to some specs/dimensions on the trash can itself and see where I ramble onto from there. The actual trash can is 1' 4" wide at the base (ID) and 1' 8" at the top (ID) The lid's concave goes from 2 ½" to 4 ½" at the apex. From bottom to rim it is 2' 3" (½?) so not a lot of height. Obviously ive already picked through a few strains and thought about how I plan on growing the plant to fit.
Now lets move onto soil, I dont see the point in growing in a trash can and sticking a pot in it.That said, Im debating between soil depths and I went ahead and used some tools for calculating tank volume to get some numbers to discuss. 4" Volume is 3.48 Gallons, 5" Volume is 4.35 Gallons, 6" Volume is 5.22 Gallons. Keep in mind these are approximate numbers because obviously the trash can just cant be perfectly cylindrical for ease. The actual volume I would estimate to be 6-8% more than those numbers.
Next issue is ventilation, Im planning on going the simple route at the moment and cutting 3 sides of a square out for a PC fan and using the 4th side as a axis for a flap to act as a light shade. I am worried about sound as well as the ability to attach some kind of carbon filter later. Dosent need to filter out all smell just the majority and the rest will be covered by various other plants etc. Also worried about sound because It will be going into a closet that sounds like your in a speaker basin when your inside it, So, That obviously has me concerned about how it sounds outside of it. Not many people come in my room and I rarely have guests to begin with however I already have a frag tank (Noisy details) with a skimmer and overflow in my room and it gets on my nerves since I love silence.
Thats about all I really want to get figured out right now. Planning on updating the 3d model and supplying up to date pics as I go. I want to get it completely planned out and modeled before I start because that will give me time to get all the little toys I want to play with and will help me avoid any unexpected surprises. (For the first time in my life
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On to the pictures. Pretty self explanatory, Lid line models got a side cut open and the various soil depths for a visual reference on how much room I would have left.
First lets get to some specs/dimensions on the trash can itself and see where I ramble onto from there. The actual trash can is 1' 4" wide at the base (ID) and 1' 8" at the top (ID) The lid's concave goes from 2 ½" to 4 ½" at the apex. From bottom to rim it is 2' 3" (½?) so not a lot of height. Obviously ive already picked through a few strains and thought about how I plan on growing the plant to fit.
Now lets move onto soil, I dont see the point in growing in a trash can and sticking a pot in it.That said, Im debating between soil depths and I went ahead and used some tools for calculating tank volume to get some numbers to discuss. 4" Volume is 3.48 Gallons, 5" Volume is 4.35 Gallons, 6" Volume is 5.22 Gallons. Keep in mind these are approximate numbers because obviously the trash can just cant be perfectly cylindrical for ease. The actual volume I would estimate to be 6-8% more than those numbers.
Next issue is ventilation, Im planning on going the simple route at the moment and cutting 3 sides of a square out for a PC fan and using the 4th side as a axis for a flap to act as a light shade. I am worried about sound as well as the ability to attach some kind of carbon filter later. Dosent need to filter out all smell just the majority and the rest will be covered by various other plants etc. Also worried about sound because It will be going into a closet that sounds like your in a speaker basin when your inside it, So, That obviously has me concerned about how it sounds outside of it. Not many people come in my room and I rarely have guests to begin with however I already have a frag tank (Noisy details) with a skimmer and overflow in my room and it gets on my nerves since I love silence.
Thats about all I really want to get figured out right now. Planning on updating the 3d model and supplying up to date pics as I go. I want to get it completely planned out and modeled before I start because that will give me time to get all the little toys I want to play with and will help me avoid any unexpected surprises. (For the first time in my life
)On to the pictures. Pretty self explanatory, Lid line models got a side cut open and the various soil depths for a visual reference on how much room I would have left.
