Old Zenith TV (Stealth?) Box

I found this old color TV (circa 1970?) along the road, brought it home, and gutted it. After a priming and paint (not mylar, just silver...) I installed four 20W CFL tubes. This all ran me about $100. The "screen" is a styrene light cover lightly painted. This isn't really THAT stealth when on, but I might cover it with a sheet or something...Since the whole thing is only 30" high I guess my plants are going to be pretty squat.
It's gonna be cooled with an in/out box fan, though I might just put a single 10" in the extrusion for the CRT... The whole thing is pretty well airated, there's even a grill on the bottom (perfect for drainage). I had to glue down the knobs on the front, but I could still use the switch for the fan.
Question: I'm moving a few baby outdoor plants (feminized Buddha's) into it tomorrow, should I introduce them to an 18/6 cycle gradually?
(The fifth picture is some sweet tubes from the gutted TV, tubes rock.)

Ha! I love it.

You could even put it in your living room, that's about what the picture used to look like. lol

Yea, 18/6 is good for veg. run 5000k with 25% 3000k If you are considering a finish in that thing I would think SCROG. Tie them girls down and reverse lighting to 3000k and 25% 5000k bulbs. Keep them vertical until 2 weeks into flower. Then let them grow and they will go another 8 inches or so.

You should check out my LED/400w cabinet grow. I am sure you will get some ideas.

Good luck man....... Ya know, My parents used to have one of those TV's

LOL

cruzer101 said:

Yea, 18/6 is good for veg. run 5000k with 25% 3000k If you are considering a finish in that thing I would think SCROG. Tie them girls down and reverse lighting to 3000k and 25% 5000k bulbs. Keep them vertical until 2 weeks into flower. Then let them grow and they will go another 8 inches or so.

You should check out my LED/400w cabinet grow. I am sure you will get some ideas.

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Cool, I happen to have 4x5000k in there, I'll grab a 3000K soon. SCROG sounds good although there's a chance I might be getting a bigger light for bloom time so they might have to move.
Your LED/400w cab is impressive, will SCROG work as well with soil as hydro?

Well If I had the space I suppose I would take advantage of it. Cool box though.
Yea sure, you can scrog in dirt. Whats the difference. I don't see any.

Check out my Big Screen TV set-up to get more ideas....