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My Stealth Computer Desk Grow (HPS/CFL)

mg00c

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Got a little stealth grow goin on right now. It's in computer desk from office depot. I think this is the model I attached the two drawers on the right side and used internal hinges to make a door. I installed locks on both sides for security and to prevent any nosey friends from opening it up.

One side is used as a veg chamber and utility room. The total dimensions of veg space is 19"x11"x18" (Depth x Width x Height). I run 1 - 2 CFL's in the veg space, depending on how many plants there are in there, and I vent and circulate air using 80mm PC fans connected to my fan controller in the utility room. The fan controller is powered by a 4.5 amp laptop charger I spliced. I run the lights in veg for 24 hours because I don't have 2 timers.


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The other side is used as the flowering room. Total dimensions are 19"x14.5"x23" (Depth x Width x Height.) Im running a 150 watt HPS in a cool-tube and currently venting using 3 80 mm PC fans, plus a PC fan on the cool-tube. I use two 4 inch darkroom louvers plus an 80 mm PC fan for intake. All the fans are hooked up to the fan controller so I can adjust them as needed, but even with all these fans, temps are still too high (and this is without the carbon scrubber attached!), so I went ahead and ordered an inline fan to hook up to the cool-tube.

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Plants were grown for about 3 weeks from seed in 16 oz cups before they were moved over to the flowering chamber. I took clones off of the two healthier plants and one of the clones has visible roots and is producing new growth! The largest of the 3 plants showed it sex today and turned out to be a female :jump:. I plan on making mothers out of the clones in the veg chamber right now and run 2 clones every month in the 6 inch pots I have. I may even try and fit another two clones in one liter bottles if I can because 4 pots doesn't quite fill up all the floor space in the flower cab.

female preflowers:
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Nice job mg! Can you show us a pic from the outside? I'd love to see how stealth a computer desk can be. Looking for ideas on my next stealth chamber. Thanks and GL on your grow.
 

mg00c

Member
Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated this in so long. I've been really busy with work lately. I took pictures of everything about a week ago, so these pictures a little old. I'll try and take a few pictures tonight when the lights turn on. Bud growth and trichome production is really starting to take off. :dance013:
Last night I replaced the PC fans in the flowering chamber with an S&P 100 inline fan. I also made a little carbon scrubber attachment for the S&P which seems to be working pretty well. Both the fan and carbon scrubber are mounted to the back of the computer desk. I was surprised how much pull this fan has even with the carbon scrubber and about a foot and a half of ducting attached. It is a little louder than I would prefer, so I'm thinking about picking up a light dimmer so I can slow it down a little when the lights are off.

Enough with my rambling, here are some pics!

Outside of the desk:
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First lady to show sex:
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The other two ladies:
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Oh yeah, if I didn't mention it before, these were all put into flowering October 13th. These pictures were taken on the 1st, so that puts them at 19 days of flowering I believe. I've been having to tie them down a ridiculous amount, but I believe the worst of their stretch is over. The tops of the plants are currently sitting about 5 - 6 inches away from the cooltube so I'm hoping that they don't run out of room by the end of flower, what do you guys think?
 

mg00c

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Here's some pictures from the veg chamber too. I've got a couple of mothers growing out in beer cups right now. They are clones from the two bigger plants I have in flowering (which are from bagseed, supposedly sensi star). The two plants are definitely different phenotypes though because one plant is much more mature than the other two plants and showed it sex a full week before the others.

The better looking is of the early flowering pheno:
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The sicker looking clone (I think I burned it from leaving it too close to the CFL without the fan on??) is of the other large plant you see in flowering:

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Top view, plenty of clone spots :)

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I've taken a clone off each plant, I think I may take two clones from each tonight to try and make these plants bonsai even more.

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