Small Grow Box Question

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IpFreely

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sooo im a first timer....
and ive decided to grow on my own rather than spend all my bill/survival money on my habbit.

i already started a plant a week ago...but didnt have a real "ROOM" to put it in. ive been growing it in a closet under two floresent lights.

a friend decided to give me a 3fthigh, 1ftdeep, 1ftwide....box? it looks more like a midget outhouse if you ask me. but he made it for me to put the plant in. my question is....

can i even grow here? i want to keep this small, by either tying back the branches or trimming the plant as it grows, im only growing one plant so i was wondering if this was enough space for one plant, 2 24in floresent lights, and a 8in fan.


please help. any and all feedback is appreciated. or any other ideas to design a single plant grow room would be helpful.

thanks in advance.
 
newb19547

newb19547

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IpFreely said:
sooo im a first timer....
and ive decided to grow on my own rather than spend all my bill/survival money on my habbit.

i already started a plant a week ago...but didnt have a real "ROOM" to put it in. ive been growing it in a closet under two floresent lights.

a friend decided to give me a 3fthigh, 1ftdeep, 1ftwide....box? it looks more like a midget outhouse if you ask me. but he made it for me to put the plant in. my question is....

can i even grow here? i want to keep this small, by either tying back the branches or trimming the plant as it grows, im only growing one plant so i was wondering if this was enough space for one plant, 2 24in floresent lights, and a 8in fan.


please help. any and all feedback is appreciated. or any other ideas to design a single plant grow room would be helpful.

thanks in advance.
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I guess that depends. Are your lights more than 1ft wide? If not, than you should have just enough space to cram everything in there. With the plants being like 2ft-2.5ft tall overall (if you even wanted to go that high) and the florescent lights don't get too hot, then just shove the fan in somewhere.
 
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haynel13

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newb19547 said:
I guess that depends. Are your lights more than 1ft wide? If not, than you should have just enough space to cram everything in there. With the plants being like 2ft-2.5ft tall overall (if you even wanted to go that high) and the florescent lights don't get too hot, then just shove the fan in somewhere.
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Im new also but im growing four plants in a small space also. I pretty sure that the space isnt as much a factor as the conditions. Good soil with good nitro content, lights that contain alot of blue such as a daylight bulb or cool white which usually are between 5000-6500K.Also you want the right amount of lumen. Good nutes after 2weeks. also for 1 plant that fan might be to strong. i use a 4" fan and it provides plentyof air.
 
Fuzzotany

Fuzzotany

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You can either SCROG 1 plant or SOG 4. Me, I'd start 4 plants then grow them a til they're about 6in high, toss them into 12/12, then ID a female and fix a SCROG trellis inside to get all the bud sites at an even height. You'll have to grow short with a box like that, I know cause I got one the same size I use for a cloning station, but have also grown a full plant in it using an 8.5x8.5in pot.
 
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Fuzzotany

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Well hello Mr. Fire Hazard
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And you should have some reflective material in there on the walls.
 
FireSmurf

FireSmurf

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Fuzzotany said:
Well hello Mr. Fire Hazard
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And you should have some reflective material in there on the walls.
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Lolz m8, nice name u gave me there, hehe. theres plenty of air and space for the lights and they do not genertae enought heat to light a match, or even burn paper. The actual tin reflectors get slightly warm, i can place my hand on it forever and it wont burn, thats it, card is cold. If u check out my story in previous post i made, u'll see i brightened up the box with reflective mylar.

I constanltly monitor the box, thanks for the concern.
 
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IpFreely

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heres what i did with the box. just need a better vent system, i left the door close for 4hours and the temp was almost 90 in there...ill have to buy a fan tomorrow to filter out more air.

Fuzzotany - thats awesome. how much do you normally yeild out of that thing? its almost like we have the same box, yours just looks more thought out.

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Fuzzotany

Fuzzotany

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Fuzzotany - thats awesome. how much do you normally yeild out of that thing? its almost like we have the same box, yours just looks more thought out.
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I've honestly never weighed my weed, don't even have a scale.
 
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IpFreely

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how many plants can you fit in there? what are you using for the smell? and how are you venting in that box?
just curious
 
Fuzzotany

Fuzzotany

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I use 5.5in pots so I can start off with 4 small plants in there cause they'll take up 11x11". Let em veg til they fill out the box (couple weeks) then swap into flower, pick the strongest female and just grow her.

See on the side of the box there's a CPU fan? There's one on the other end too, one intake, one exhaust - powered by a CB radio power supply hooked up to a timer for 15mins on, 15off. There's DIY carbon filters in the DIY section, I personally like the smell of my gals and see no need to eliminate it as it's not any risk to me.

These are 5.5in potted plants that have been topped and LST'd. Yours will have to be a little shorter but you'll want in the end an even canopy to get big top colas.



 
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Fuzzotany

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They don't all fit in there now, they were just started in there. Have done a full grow in there but it was LST'd on a 8.5in pot and only vegged for a couple weeks.
 
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worldtravler

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i am planing a scrog my mini cab is 24 inch in height.Plan to scrog 1 plant in a 1.78 sqf area with 40x5 watt cfls=.200 watts veg 200 watt flower is this enough. Is this enough height for a scrog from a short indica strain.
 
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