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BonsaiBud · 06-17-2008, 03:19 PM

If this has been talked about, then perhaps someone could point me to a thread. I almost think this could be an entire forum. I can imagine growboxes that use natural light from a window. The trick is to never let so much as a shadow or silhouette of the plant to be visible from outside.

We could call it "energy smart grows"

Of course, if all you have is a north-facing window then you are pretty much fucked and can't join the fun.

I would like to have/find discussion of opaque films and fabrics.

One-way glass: Can it be rigged or the effect replicated to transmit more than like 10% of the light?

Heliostat mirrors would also be relevant to this topic.

06-22-2008, 09:07 PM

or just find a window no one can see

I did have a bathroom window with some cheap plastic film on it the defused the light enough to really blur your naked body, or plant. Plant got nice and bushy.

Stone · 06-23-2008, 02:20 AM

I have a friend that is utilizing this technique in a 2nd story apmnt. He's currently flowering four 2+ ft tall ladies in a south facing window.
He is using the primitive 'closet' method to induce flowering. As close to every 12hrs as he can manage in/out they go. As you probably thought, this method leaves more than a little room for error..

He just finished one about a month ago that was extremely dissapointing. Barely gave him a quarter, & it was the same bagseed strain that gave me 4 z's from 4 plants w/ an inside cfl veg & a spring flower outdoors starting Apr 15th.

I do think the idea is a good one though, especially for off season grows.
My buddies south facing window actually gets more direct light come winter.
I also think some sort of box around the window would really help growth due to reflected light .
As long as heat can be controlled I think a reflective box around a window would work very well. As for the type of glass, any normal greenhouse typw would do the job. But I'd say only if neccesary, as it will block lumens.

10-19-2008, 02:06 PM

HERE is probably the best window grow I have seen to date. It might be an interesting sub-forum.

420oclock · 03-03-2009, 06:25 PM

I read a grow once where the guy grew a plant in a big plastic barrel, situated on a deck.

03-03-2009, 10:56 PM

light tubes

microsmyname2 · 03-18-2009, 08:17 AM

this may help a lilhttps://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115390its in the micro grow section called urban windoorp.s. something was wrong with the sites text when i wrote this so if anythings weird wasnt my faultpeaceMicro.

dankitydank · 03-22-2009, 04:33 AM

https://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115390

ya definetly that thing is sick

osirica420 · 04-10-2009, 06:45 AM

I got a window grow going now.. Going great much better then i expected, the plants will end up being 3-4 feet tall when done, they just started to flower!

I get 9 hrs of direct sunlight through a HUGE window...

DiscoBiscuit · 04-10-2009, 07:12 AM

My neighbor has an addition on his house that looks like a solarium or an painter's attic. It's a single room built above the second floor and has large windows on all four walls. It would be hard to relax with a grow in there. Maybe bamboo blinds (the kind that don't really block light) or hanging beads in the windows? A nosy neighbor with a telescope could find out pretty easy. Before anybody asks, I don't have a telescope.

06-17-2008, 03:19 PM	#1
BonsaiBud plant height reducer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: secret lair Posts: 465	stealth windosill grows? If this has been talked about, then perhaps someone could point me to a thread. I almost think this could be an entire forum. I can imagine growboxes that use natural light from a window. The trick is to never let so much as a shadow or silhouette of the plant to be visible from outside. We could call it "energy smart grows" Of course, if all you have is a north-facing window then you are pretty much fucked and can't join the fun. I would like to have/find discussion of opaque films and fabrics. One-way glass: Can it be rigged or the effect replicated to transmit more than like 10% of the light? Heliostat mirrors would also be relevant to this topic. __________________ what scales up must scale down
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06-22-2008, 09:07 PM	#2
DrKong Guest Posts: n/a	or just find a window no one can see I did have a bathroom window with some cheap plastic film on it the defused the light enough to really blur your naked body, or plant. Plant got nice and bushy.
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06-23-2008, 02:20 AM	#3
Stone Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: 505 Posts: 70	I have a friend that is utilizing this technique in a 2nd story apmnt. He's currently flowering four 2+ ft tall ladies in a south facing window. He is using the primitive 'closet' method to induce flowering. As close to every 12hrs as he can manage in/out they go. As you probably thought, this method leaves more than a little room for error.. He just finished one about a month ago that was extremely dissapointing. Barely gave him a quarter, & it was the same bagseed strain that gave me 4 z's from 4 plants w/ an inside cfl veg & a spring flower outdoors starting Apr 15th. I do think the idea is a good one though, especially for off season grows. My buddies south facing window actually gets more direct light come winter. I also think some sort of box around the window would really help growth due to reflected light . As long as heat can be controlled I think a reflective box around a window would work very well. As for the type of glass, any normal greenhouse typw would do the job. But I'd say only if neccesary, as it will block lumens.
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10-19-2008, 02:06 PM	#4
JackKerouac Guest Posts: n/a	HERE is probably the best window grow I have seen to date. It might be an interesting sub-forum.
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03-03-2009, 06:25 PM	#5
420oclock Ron Jeremy's understudy Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 186	I read a grow once where the guy grew a plant in a big plastic barrel, situated on a deck.
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03-03-2009, 10:56 PM	#6
Cracky Guest Posts: n/a	light tubes
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03-18-2009, 08:17 AM	#7
microsmyname2 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Home Posts: 89	this may help a lilhttps://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115390its in the micro grow section called urban windoorp.s. something was wrong with the sites text when i wrote this so if anythings weird wasnt my faultpeaceMicro. __________________
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03-22-2009, 04:33 AM	#8
dankitydank Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 235	https://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115390 ya definetly that thing is sick
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04-10-2009, 06:45 AM	#9
osirica420 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 469	I got a window grow going now.. Going great much better then i expected, the plants will end up being 3-4 feet tall when done, they just started to flower! I get 9 hrs of direct sunlight through a HUGE window... __________________ When you follow the flock you always in up stepping in shit!
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04-10-2009, 07:12 AM	#10
DiscoBiscuit weed fiend Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Shakedown St. Posts: 14,779	My neighbor has an addition on his house that looks like a solarium or an painter's attic. It's a single room built above the second floor and has large windows on all four walls. It would be hard to relax with a grow in there. Maybe bamboo blinds (the kind that don't really block light) or hanging beads in the windows? A nosy neighbor with a telescope could find out pretty easy. Before anybody asks, I don't have a telescope. __________________
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