starke
Well-known member
I must begin by thanking member methias for the inspiration for this grow. His threads HERE and HERE are what got my mind turning (pun intended). My misses on the other hand will probably want to shoot him.
So I have this alcove that is a space filler between the rear of the garden tub and the wall in the master bath, in other words totally wasted space. It measures 49.5 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 54 inches tall (50 inches usable). The walls are painted kind of a dark tan. The base material is a thin sheet good hardboard of some kind and would not support any weight. I built a 3/4 inch plywood tray to distribute weight to the framing members along the walls. This tray increased the width to 22 inches. In the past I have used this area to veg plants under a homemade SIL fixture:
And recently I tried flowering plants under a 5000K 321 watt LED shop fixture:
I have just used the space as the mood suited me, with no real worries about the environment. The master bath has no windows and I have stapled a piece of panda film to the gap at the bottom of the entrance door. The doorway is approximately 12 feet from the alcove on the opposite side of the room. I have not experienced any light leak issues thus far. The only environmental controls are the central heat and air duct located in the bathroom ceiling and a ten inch oscillating fan to stir the air around the ladies. There will almost always be an issue of low humidity both in summer or winter, veg or flower except briefly while the shower or tub is being used. Oh well.
After reading methias' thread though, I have decided to try and up my game for this small space and turn it into a perpetual harvest flower area. So let's get started. First a little panda film to give the tan walls a little reflectivity: (Yeah I know flat white would be best but that would mean painting the entire bathroom and I hate painting more than I hate the shit brown wall color.)
Then let's add two 18 inch diameter product display turntables that I found HERE on Amazon:
methias built the turntable he utilizes and his cost for his latest variation was $57.00 or so. At $72.95 I figured the $16.00 extra cost each was worth my time and trouble building two. I imagine methias' will outlast these, however. Even though rated for 110 pounds, the very poorly written chinese translation operator pamphlet tries to give a description of duty cycle. Basically after eight hours of "strenuous labor" the unit should be allowed two hours "rest". We'll see how long they last at 12/12.
On the right turntable I've put two plants that were already being flowered in the alcove: One Hawaiian Snow and one Tripleberry #14 pheno from member browntrout's genetics. These plants finished four weeks 12/12 yesterday. They are in one gallon Hempy's with perlite and hydroton. They are badly root bound and should have been up-potted before flower. I'll be happy if they survive to harvest.
On the left turntable is a bagseed clone I have affectionately named "Bag Lady". She is a sparkler and I'm hoping to use her for some rosin extraction. I bent her tallest tops over so she would fit under the light and she began her first 12/12 cycle last night. She was transplanted from a one gallon to a three gallon Hempy yesterday. Her lowers have not been defoliated and will only be plucked for leaves blocking budsites. It sure would be nice to be able to harvest all those lower bud sites I have to defoliate in my regular flower room SCROG.
With that goal in mind, let's add another 321 watt actual draw LED shoplight at 5000K. A couple washers and a slight repurposing of the hanging hardware allowed me to hang the light vertically:
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So I have this alcove that is a space filler between the rear of the garden tub and the wall in the master bath, in other words totally wasted space. It measures 49.5 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 54 inches tall (50 inches usable). The walls are painted kind of a dark tan. The base material is a thin sheet good hardboard of some kind and would not support any weight. I built a 3/4 inch plywood tray to distribute weight to the framing members along the walls. This tray increased the width to 22 inches. In the past I have used this area to veg plants under a homemade SIL fixture:
And recently I tried flowering plants under a 5000K 321 watt LED shop fixture:
I have just used the space as the mood suited me, with no real worries about the environment. The master bath has no windows and I have stapled a piece of panda film to the gap at the bottom of the entrance door. The doorway is approximately 12 feet from the alcove on the opposite side of the room. I have not experienced any light leak issues thus far. The only environmental controls are the central heat and air duct located in the bathroom ceiling and a ten inch oscillating fan to stir the air around the ladies. There will almost always be an issue of low humidity both in summer or winter, veg or flower except briefly while the shower or tub is being used. Oh well.
After reading methias' thread though, I have decided to try and up my game for this small space and turn it into a perpetual harvest flower area. So let's get started. First a little panda film to give the tan walls a little reflectivity: (Yeah I know flat white would be best but that would mean painting the entire bathroom and I hate painting more than I hate the shit brown wall color.)
Then let's add two 18 inch diameter product display turntables that I found HERE on Amazon:
methias built the turntable he utilizes and his cost for his latest variation was $57.00 or so. At $72.95 I figured the $16.00 extra cost each was worth my time and trouble building two. I imagine methias' will outlast these, however. Even though rated for 110 pounds, the very poorly written chinese translation operator pamphlet tries to give a description of duty cycle. Basically after eight hours of "strenuous labor" the unit should be allowed two hours "rest". We'll see how long they last at 12/12.
On the right turntable I've put two plants that were already being flowered in the alcove: One Hawaiian Snow and one Tripleberry #14 pheno from member browntrout's genetics. These plants finished four weeks 12/12 yesterday. They are in one gallon Hempy's with perlite and hydroton. They are badly root bound and should have been up-potted before flower. I'll be happy if they survive to harvest.
On the left turntable is a bagseed clone I have affectionately named "Bag Lady". She is a sparkler and I'm hoping to use her for some rosin extraction. I bent her tallest tops over so she would fit under the light and she began her first 12/12 cycle last night. She was transplanted from a one gallon to a three gallon Hempy yesterday. Her lowers have not been defoliated and will only be plucked for leaves blocking budsites. It sure would be nice to be able to harvest all those lower bud sites I have to defoliate in my regular flower room SCROG.
With that goal in mind, let's add another 321 watt actual draw LED shoplight at 5000K. A couple washers and a slight repurposing of the hanging hardware allowed me to hang the light vertically:
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I’m often tempted to do a little side grow somewhere in my house muahaha. My misses be all for it though she smokes 20x the amount I do lol. 
