[jumpman23]

Hello , this is my first proper post on this superb web site and i hope to get as much info i can from this post

Ok , After looking all over this web site i stumbled upon the micro grow section ,and after looking through the numerous posts in there i came across this post made by MR-MICRO

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.p...7&page=1&pp=15

When i saw this i was very very impressed! even amazed by the compact, stealthy little pc cab . So i did more digging in that thread and lots of others by MR-MICRO and i came across this web site that he mentioned in one of his posts

https://www.sunlightsheds.com/pc_planter.htm

After going there i noticed that both his and sunlight sheds pc cab looked exactly the same apart from some mods which MR-MICRO had made , for people in the know is this the exact same cab he has ,obviously without the mods???

I noticed the lights in MR-MICROs are a lot brighter /higher watt ,if i was to get this pc planter could i just swap the bulb which comes with it for a much brighter higher watt light of my own? without any mods done to the electrics

Also i noticed he has changed all the fans and added extra pipping to the rear of the system , how hard would this be to do for a total noob with no idea about wiring and the like ??

End of the day i am really considering buying this and i suppose it hinges on what you guys have to say , wether or not i go ahead and buy it

I know its expensive but i am willing to pay that for something which is completely setup and 95% ready to go , I know i should really be asking MR-MICRO directly about this (which i have) but i also felt it would make a good forum thread hence this post

One final question lol , I noticed that the sunlight sheds shop is located in America and i was curious to know how safe it would be to order this product to the UK?? customs ,police, ect ect
Has anyone else in the UK ordered one of these from this site ?

ok thanks for your patience and time everyone and i look forward to reading your replies with interest

thanks again

You can build your own PC Planter for TONS cheaper, and have a better design in the end if you do a little research.

I have a PC Tower converted into a grow case.

Here's the main components.
1 PC Case (ebay ~$50)
1 70w HPS Light (e-conolight.com ~$35)
3 55cfm 15db pc fans (~$25 froogle search)

The light is mounted inside of a coleman lantern replacement globe. There is a dryer hose connected to the back of the lantern sucking the air out over the light.

The #1 issue with a pc case grow is heat. I pulled off a successful grow during the summer by barely keeping the temps in the grow area below 100 F.

The #2 issue is space. You're going to get a little bit of bud from your grow, but it won't be anything great, just some minor personal smoke.



GOOD LUCK

PS: with the PC Planter you cannot switch the bulbs with a higher wattage, you will need to switch the ballast also. Also, I've heard people review the PC Planters and they complain of heat issues.

[jumpman23]

Thank for your fast , informative reply matey , I understand what you are saying about the cost and the such but MR-MICROs setup , plant pics and end product of buds drying look awesome !! :-) , i am not realy bothered about the fact that pc growing does not produce loads and loads of buds as i do not smoke much anymore , and i would just have the odd 2 or 3 smokes here and there that is produced from growing 2 plants
Its the idea of growing your own from start to finish that grabs me (the challange) no need for a middle man dealer with shit green

i like the fact that that grower comes with EVERYTHING YOU NEED , thermonitors ,fertilizer meters ,ph testers and adjusters ect ect

lets presume i did buy that grower , how hard would it be for someone with no electrical experience what so ever to switch the ballast to take a better bulb ? and encorporate it back in to the case

with the mods made like bigger fans better tubing like MR-MICRO did , it must of kept the temps at the right levels to produce top quality looking green like he has

thanks again LIFT mate

[waydee]

$600! it seems very overpriced for what it is, theres not more than $200 of materials there.

[troublet181]

please let me know how you get on with this as i am also interested in this sort of thing and also from the same neck of the woods if you know what i mean

[jumpman23]

;-) , although i love the idea of having something already to just start with , and all of the thermonitors ect in the box , i am thinking more and more about the idea of just trying to build my own and grow in soil as LIFT has done
The only thing that puts me off though is the fact that wiring and electrics is involved!! i would fry myself!! lol

If i did do my own pc build i would need more help making it than any of you would belive haha ,thats the only thing that puts me of making my own

chears

[Jesusbuiltmygro]

Man, I so wouldn't buy that overpriced contraption. The only nice thing about it is that the guy bundled it all together for you and throws in a thermal overload gadget.

Plus how little weed do you smoke. You'll never even keep up with your own habit with that thing no less your friends or such.

Maybe figure out how much you smoke and then consider how small of a grow you can do to fulfill your needs otherwise you'll just be buying weed and growing weed.

Have you thought about the dresser style microgrows such as NIMBY had posted on some forums. That offers a lot more space and you could yield up to 4-5 ounces in a small nightstand style dresser. Many times you can find furniture or other resources at your local goodwill or salvation army.

What ever you do don't go spending a bunch of money like that without taking a long time to really look into all your options. Imagine all the variables and all the options and resources you have and try to use things. Did that bundle come with a PH meter ?

You know going cheap on your first grow is always a smart bet because a lot of people wind up buying the wrong stuff or just things they don't need. That's bound to happen and all, but you can minimize it by reading a lot on the forums first.

I'd recommend you do a super cheap organic soil grow. With the prefertilized soil you hardly have to do much more than water most of the time. Those cabinet grows are very popular also and are just as stealthy as a brand new computer that doesn't work

You could even do a grow in a large rubbermaid container. Just get two of them or whatever and stack them up and call it storage. People aren't usually that suspicious of whats in your room really. Have one for veg and one for bloom. It's very cheap and easy and the containers are useful for all sorts of things beside growing. Plus it would give you MUCH more space to grow and perhaps you could use tools as simple as scissors and razor knife to cut holes and such. The only trick is ensuring you safely mount the light so that it's not going to be melting the plastic, which shouldn't be too hard. Heh maybe I should make and sell these things. PC cases are just kinda small and like I said a brand new computer that runs but doesn't turn on isn't amazingly stealthy or anything so you might as well shoot for something that's more plain.



If you just don't let people in your room you could litterally convert the entire thing to a grow with some skill/help but of course I assume that's not an option.

[Lemon]

I definately dont think the price of a prebuilt case is justified either... of course, what isnt worth it to one person may be so to another. Check out what you can do for mere pocket change (and imagine what you could do if you spent just a touch more money): https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=40144

[thescissors]

PC case grows have always intrigued me just because of james bond stealth factor!! here is what i would do if i was going to do a PC grow...

put two OR THREE of these together:

https://www.servercase.com/miva/miva?...y-Level+Server

they are only $35 each, and by putting three together, (hey, you do video editing and thats all hard drives baby!!) you could even actually have a working computer in one of the cases, and then grow in the other two (+part of third... separate PC motherboard/accys with heavy plastic or some other way of isolating it. or just put a mini-pc case inside or on top or something.. lol...

but even just two of them is a 15" wide by 16" deep by 24" tall, which would be good for a decent-sized micro grow. I'd go SWC bubbler hydro, with clones rooted at about 4" and vegged to about 6-8" and flowered with however many CFLS one could fit. with external blower pulling through a cooltube you could run a 100w HPS possibly. i tend to grow hardest in wintertime for the low (free) ambients...

any thoughts? obviously there has been at least one more twin-case setups on here recently, i like this case because its so tall...

[jumpman23]

LEMON , I have been searching on here for quite a while now (obviously not hard enough) for PC case grows and never came across your brilliant post!!!! its very inspiring ,thanks for that
I am feeling rather ill at the moment but as soon as i am better i will read every page of your thread very carefully

theSCISSORS ,wow , that is exactly the sized case i had in mind !!! i think i will be getting one of them babies thanks for the link ! and the ideas

I would love to see more posts on this subject by people like theSCISSORS who have been growing for ages who have ideas as to how they would go about making a PC case if they where to make one ,and elaborate in detail exactly how to incorporate the LIGHTS ,COOLING ,HYDROPONICS (no idea about how to do that) ,ODOR CONTROL all preferably based around that case theSCISSORS has pointed out

thanks to all who have posted so far , respect to all of you guys !! keep it up

chow for now