Stealth Rubbermaid Growbox

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Stelthgrower44

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mtlseven said:
i tought the idea was amazing was tempted to try it since i only grow 3 plants at the time but here's my questions.

#1 the light is not ajustable so wont the plant grow strechy since light is gona be around 30" high?
#2 since the lights are cfl's the plant will be smaller with less buds?
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I factored the light issue into the equation and built those two plant stands to get them closer to the lights. Move the plants and not the lights.
With the CFL's I have been reading a lot on them and haven't found an issue about less buds and smaller. I can guess that it would be a little less then something like MH or HPS lights. So far I like my set up but the not having a door like other cabs. is a little tough to deal with.
 
alex2160

alex2160

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i had a very similar design al though im curious of why you have the lights stationary at the top. cfl's are typically suppose to be rather close to the plant
 
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alex2160 said:
i had a very similar design al though im curious of why you have the lights stationary at the top. cfl's are typically suppose to be rather close to the plant
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You are right that you want the CFL closer rather then farther from the plant but since you need so much, heat become a factor. Considering this building a box to house the lights and remove them from the area where the plants are seemed like a great idea. I did run into the issue of having the plants closer to the lights (I just built stands for them). Hope this answers ur question. Update coming soon

~stealth
 
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This is going to catch up the grow with some pictures. These are pictures of all the girls as of 1/31/09.

This is a side view of Victoria

Top view of Victoria (my fav girl)


This is Jane (my number two)


This is Mary (she is the smallest of the girls)

And lastly this is the experiment (will go outside when a little older) (also no name yet)

The entire set up with a few extra girls. Should be cleaned out and org in a little bit.

Ok well that's it for now. I am going to post a new update hopefully tonight with pics and all. Until then

~stealth
 
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So now it's getting a little late but here's an update at where I'm at. Everyone's lookin good (as far as I can tell....aka input lol) but wondering when is a good time to transplant these babies. OK here's the pics.

 
gotkush?

gotkush?

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you can transplant when its first true leaves grow. lookin good by the way. i havent reead the whole thread, just skimming thru lookin for ideas for my rubbermaid. i'm using the big 45 gallon, except i dont have the space to stack two of them so i like the idea of having smaller light box on top, but i got a couple questions, where did you get those light sockets, how much? why dident you use socket splitters so you would have used only half of the sockets and wiring? was it because of space?
 
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gotkush? said:
you can transplant when its first true leaves grow. lookin good by the way. i havent reead the whole thread, just skimming thru lookin for ideas for my rubbermaid. i'm using the big 45 gallon, except i dont have the space to stack two of them so i like the idea of having smaller light box on top, but i got a couple questions, where did you get those light sockets, how much? why dident you use socket splitters so you would have used only half of the sockets and wiring? was it because of space?
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I got the light fixtures (for about $1.50 USD) from Home Depot. I am not sure if it was any easier then the y sockets but I wanted a set up where I could mount the lights the way they are and have them in their own box. My idea was to remove the heat created by the lights from the grow area. This design is made to battle the heat issues found with the rubbermaid tote design but still have some kick ass results using a good amount of light. This design fit my space issues the best and fits it with the other stuff that's in the garage, so the stealth factor is in play too. Hope I was able to answer your question. Ask away if anyone gots anymore. Peace for now

~stealth

P.S. have you set up your grow yet? hows the design looking? pics?
 
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To the mod. out there....Can this thread be moved to another area. Since I am going to be posting my entire grow here I thought it should be moved over to the indoor growing section. Or even the CFL section if it would be better. Thanks

~stealth
 
closetglow

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Ive got a similar set up. Two reubermaids stacked. I dont have the small tote on the top but Im thinking that im might add it. Ill be adding a 150 w HPS as well for flowering. I germed my seeds on the 20th of jan so there about the same age. One question I have been asking my self with this setup is how will you watter the pants once they start growing and you cant with thme through the side door?
 
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closetglow said:
Ive got a similar set up. Two reubermaids stacked. I dont have the small tote on the top but Im thinking that im might add it. Ill be adding a 150 w HPS as well for flowering. I germed my seeds on the 20th of jan so there about the same age. One question I have been asking my self with this setup is how will you watter the pants once they start growing and you cant with thme through the side door?
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I thought of the same thing (after I was done building of course lol) and figured I just have to take off the small top tote that holds the utility room and also the light box. Everything come off from the top and then I can access my plants very easily from there. If I thought about the water situation before I prob would of cut a bigger peep hole so I can water from there. But that's old news and in the past. Hope this answers your question.

~stealth
 
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OK so I explained this already but here it goes again. My lights at stationary at the top of the box....so i built some stands to move the plants closer to the lights. you can see a picture of it a couple posts back.

thx everyone for checkin out the grow and for the comments. I will be updating this weekend (prob sat). Until then...

~stealth
 
[Lucas]

[Lucas]

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Don't say give credit where credit is due because whoever claims to have made prolly ripped it from somebody else.
 
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[Lucas];2035004 said:
Don't say give credit where credit is due because whoever claims to have made prolly ripped it from somebody else.
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your prob right but I got the idea from him so I thought it was respectful to give him some credit. Thanks for the input though

~stealth
 
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Tonight showed a lot of new growth...but since the camera that I was going to use has been taken for the weekend, I am going to have to wait to take some new pics. But don't worry the new ones are going to be amazing. FYI though Jane has now taken over the number one sport for strongest growth with Victoria and Mary falling second. The Experiment is doing just as well. THe three babies will need to be transplanted soon. Prob when I take the new pics....a transplant for all lol. Well UNtil next time

~stealth
 
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