Hello boys and girls, I wanted to start a thread for the thrifty people out there without a ton of space. This cab I've built (easily, with some basic tool/woodworking knowledge) and everything in it can be had for ~$100. I would like to thank everyone on IC for all of their ideas and input, and Pontiac especially for the wonderful resource that is the DIY link-o-rama. Other thanks go out to Hoosierdaddy, Catman, Vintner and Propoline for their eye-opening vertical micro grows. A special thanks out to Pipedream for giving us the 150w club and resource guide here in IC. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of people, but thank you too. I've learned a ton lurking around all of these forums.
Well, let's get started:
For the walls ceiling and floor of this cabinet, I have used 1/2" plywood. The walls are 18 1/2"x 24" and the floor and ceiling are 18 1/2"x 18 1/2". The walls are sandwiched between the floor and ceiling as to maximize the usable vertical growing space. In the center of the ceiling I have cut a 4" hole for the cool tube and exhaust. Each wall has 2 2" holes for passive intakes and a spray painted 90 degree 1 1/4" elbow (2" O.D.) in each to limit light leakage (soon to be 2 in each).
Well, let's get started:
For the walls ceiling and floor of this cabinet, I have used 1/2" plywood. The walls are 18 1/2"x 24" and the floor and ceiling are 18 1/2"x 18 1/2". The walls are sandwiched between the floor and ceiling as to maximize the usable vertical growing space. In the center of the ceiling I have cut a 4" hole for the cool tube and exhaust. Each wall has 2 2" holes for passive intakes and a spray painted 90 degree 1 1/4" elbow (2" O.D.) in each to limit light leakage (soon to be 2 in each).
Just waiting on the last Chuck-D. In short, I have five known females, one male and one unknown. Not bad out of 7 seeds. The RH is around 60% and the temp stays around 79 degrees. It stayed around the same with the 80c.f.m. PC fan too, but without the carbon filter. If one had low odor strains or smell didn't matter, you could definitely get away with this set up using the 80 c.f.m. PC fan (providing ambient temps weren't rediculous). I would also like to point out that although this cab is small, the growing are is much larger (3x) than the standard 3 square feet of area lit by horizontally oriented 150 watt lamps. Each wall has ~18"x18" of growing area which multiplied by four gives you 9 square feet! Comprable to the area covered by a horizontally oriented 400w lamp, but needing only 150. Since the lamp is less than 9" away from the furthest point in the box, you can know it's within the optimal range for lumens and penetration. Plants can grow to and touch the cool tube with no problem. They are rotated 1/4 turn daily for even bud development. Once I pick the winner(s) from this round, they will be re-vegged and cloned so eight clones will be around the lamp. I might possibly do one a week and try going perpetual. Any tips/suggestions? Feedback and constructive criticism are essential. Thanks
