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Hello fellow horticulturists. Here are the plans for the cab I plan on building (once I find a stupid job, and pass their stupid drug test, and move into a stupid apartment). This will be my third cab design, and I would like to think that I picked up a few tricks along the way.
This is going to be a gutted armoire with 350W of fluorescent lighting, 220W of PL-L (55x4) and 130W of CFL (25x5), with a SCROG and a drip Coco Coir system.
The unique feature of this cab is that I am going to have 2 of the PL-L’s integrated into the SCROG so that the canopy grows around them and utilizes all the light coming out of the bulb while eliminating the need for a reflector and giving some of the undergrowth some penetrating light. The lights in the canopy will be housed in fluorescent protector tubes to keep them cool, much like in the high-pod ( http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=92259 ). The tubes will be connected to the exhaust fan (probably a 218CFM S&P TD-150) via flexible tubing. The intake end will draw from the cab, the ends will be open and extend past the end of the bulb, and the extended portion will be perforated like a machine gun barrel to increase airflow while deterring the leaves from being vacuumed in.
There will by a large passive DIY light trap ( http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=135524 ) intake at the grow floor level on the back of the cab. There will be a small oscillating fan blowing down at an angle on the lights and canopy to cool the lights and strengthen the stems. There will be parabolic reflectors on the above canopy CFL’s and some kind of reflector on the above canopy PL-L’s.
The SCROG screen itself will not be permanently affixed to the cab to allow it to be easily inserted in the middle of the grow and allow the lights to be lowered during the seedling and toddler stages. To do this I will make a wood frame with a string screen and have it slide in between supporting wood blocks at the proper time.
Up until yesterday I was planning on doing 5 individual bubble buckets (all I know) hooked up to the same 5gal rez. But now I am leaning towards 5 Coco buckets hooked up to a recirculation drip system and 3gal rez. I am leaning towards coco because it will require a much smaller water pump and will eliminate the need for an air pump (should I still have on in the rez?), and people seem to love it… can anyone suggest a watering schedule for the coco, I have poked around in the coco room and haven’t found much consensus, I’m thinking like a small fountain pump _______GPH on for _____ min every _______hours??? (I am planning on 5x 2Liter containers of coco)
The reason I need separate buckets is because I will be running 5 strains (Green House Seeds mixed packs), and may towards the end need to flush/harvest at different times. This setup will give me the convenience of one shared rez for the majority of the grow, and the flexibility to isolate plants (remove drip and hand water) at the end. Also 5 plants is the theme because it is the maximum number of plants you can grow under a misdemeanor charge in my state.
The bottom portion of the cab will house the rez bucket and have a divider with a small area available for vegging, cloning, drying, storage, or whatever I need it for. This area will be totally sealed from the cab and will have its own PC fan ventilation and 1-2 CFL’s if necessary.
Thanks for reading, let me know any answers (about the coco), questions, suggestions or comments you have.
Hello fellow horticulturists. Here are the plans for the cab I plan on building (once I find a stupid job, and pass their stupid drug test, and move into a stupid apartment). This will be my third cab design, and I would like to think that I picked up a few tricks along the way.
This is going to be a gutted armoire with 350W of fluorescent lighting, 220W of PL-L (55x4) and 130W of CFL (25x5), with a SCROG and a drip Coco Coir system.
The unique feature of this cab is that I am going to have 2 of the PL-L’s integrated into the SCROG so that the canopy grows around them and utilizes all the light coming out of the bulb while eliminating the need for a reflector and giving some of the undergrowth some penetrating light. The lights in the canopy will be housed in fluorescent protector tubes to keep them cool, much like in the high-pod ( http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=92259 ). The tubes will be connected to the exhaust fan (probably a 218CFM S&P TD-150) via flexible tubing. The intake end will draw from the cab, the ends will be open and extend past the end of the bulb, and the extended portion will be perforated like a machine gun barrel to increase airflow while deterring the leaves from being vacuumed in.
There will by a large passive DIY light trap ( http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=135524 ) intake at the grow floor level on the back of the cab. There will be a small oscillating fan blowing down at an angle on the lights and canopy to cool the lights and strengthen the stems. There will be parabolic reflectors on the above canopy CFL’s and some kind of reflector on the above canopy PL-L’s.
The SCROG screen itself will not be permanently affixed to the cab to allow it to be easily inserted in the middle of the grow and allow the lights to be lowered during the seedling and toddler stages. To do this I will make a wood frame with a string screen and have it slide in between supporting wood blocks at the proper time.
Up until yesterday I was planning on doing 5 individual bubble buckets (all I know) hooked up to the same 5gal rez. But now I am leaning towards 5 Coco buckets hooked up to a recirculation drip system and 3gal rez. I am leaning towards coco because it will require a much smaller water pump and will eliminate the need for an air pump (should I still have on in the rez?), and people seem to love it… can anyone suggest a watering schedule for the coco, I have poked around in the coco room and haven’t found much consensus, I’m thinking like a small fountain pump _______GPH on for _____ min every _______hours??? (I am planning on 5x 2Liter containers of coco)
The reason I need separate buckets is because I will be running 5 strains (Green House Seeds mixed packs), and may towards the end need to flush/harvest at different times. This setup will give me the convenience of one shared rez for the majority of the grow, and the flexibility to isolate plants (remove drip and hand water) at the end. Also 5 plants is the theme because it is the maximum number of plants you can grow under a misdemeanor charge in my state.
The bottom portion of the cab will house the rez bucket and have a divider with a small area available for vegging, cloning, drying, storage, or whatever I need it for. This area will be totally sealed from the cab and will have its own PC fan ventilation and 1-2 CFL’s if necessary.
Thanks for reading, let me know any answers (about the coco), questions, suggestions or comments you have.