[jnweclipse]

*UNDERCOVER GROWER*

Operation: Stealth Grow Box
Location: My Bedroom Dresser
Reason: I have always loved toking up some dank ass green buds, I do
not have the money to spend on Cannabis, and I have always been interested in
growing my own personal stash of buds to smoke up on from time to time with out spending a single dime! Well Okay I spent like $30. Alright on we go, I needed a stealthy location to grow my crop and I couldn't afford to spend
that much money, I already had some various odds and ends laying around the tool shed. But where, where would I hide a few Cannabis plants, and actually grow
them seed to weed without anybody noticing? I had a few ideas, I have this old fridge that doesn't work that well, I have always dreamed of turning a refrigerator into a secret grow box! I just didn't have the money that I would have
needed to really make it worth my while, so I needed to think fast as I already had some small seedlings growing outside. I remember an idea that I pondered about one day, I thought about converting a dresser into a grow box by removing the
drawers, removing the front of each drawer and making a door with the fronts of each drawer so the dresser would still seem to be a normal functioning dresser, however since the drawers themselves have been removed the entire space of the dresser would be open and with a little weatherstrip and silicone could be made light and air tight, throw in a few fluorescent lights, an electrical timer, a few fans, some 4" dryer tubing, 2 (110v) receptacles, and some other odds and ends and you could have a perfect stealth grow box sitting in plain view allowing you to grow and
harvest your own buds. OK here is my version based on what I thought up in my head a few years back.

Please disregard the date on all of the following pictures, the date on
the camera was off.

Okay here we have a normal dresser, appears to be functional,
while it is functional, it is no longer functioning as a dresser.
It is actually my first undercover grow, and stealthy dresser grow box!




Here is the door that I was talking about, I basically just removed
the face of each drawer and screwed them together to make the
dresser look just as it did before, and function as a door, which is
screwed shut! I lined the edges with weatherstrip from my local
rue Value for a few bucks.




Here is a shot of the dresser with the door removed, by removing all
of the drawers my dresser is nothing more than a big wooden
box. Perfect for growing a few small plants for personal toking.



Just another shot with the door open.



Here is my control center which I have fixed to the inner
wall of the dresser grow box, the lower outlet is plugged
directly into an wall socket behind the dresser, the top
outlet is wired to the timer, and controls the lights which
are fluros by the way. Next to that I have a thermometer,
and a humidity meter to keep an eye on my environment,
and make the correct changes and adjustments if needed.



Here is another picture of the control center.



I am using 2 PC 12Vdc fans for intake and exhaust
ventilation, they are very reliable, quiet and they do
move a bit of air. I am using the one on the left for
the fresh air intake, and the one on the right that is
hooked up to the dryer hose is routed to the top of
the dresser for the exhaust, I figured that since heat
rises, the exhaust should suck its air from the top of the box.



Here we see where I have routed the 4" dryer hose
that is connected to the exhaust fan.



Here is where the intake/exhaust fans are connected to,
this cardboard box, which is divided into separate
compartments for the intake side, and exhaust side.
The exhaust side is vented through the hole on the top
of the box, and the intake is drawing its currents for
the small hole on the front of the box, that is soon to
be someway connected to the A/C vent on the floor
just about a foot away.



Here is my ballast for the two 4 foot fluros, I "extracted" it
from an brand new 4 foot fluro light fixture. I have also mounted
it to the inner wall of the dresser, I soldered and heat shrinked
my wires directly to the probes on the end of each fluorescent
bulb, it saved the space that I did not have to put the whole
light fixture in the dresser, I already had the run them at an
angle to make them fit!



Here is another shot of my thermometer and my humidity meter.





Here is a one of my seedlings, I was kinda wondering
what that mild spotting on the lower leaves would indicate,
as none of my other seedlings have this and overall they
seem very healthy!



Seedling number 2!



Number 3!



Number 4!



Number 5!



And finally number 6! Give me your feedback, I am dying to know what people think of my stealth grow box, and before you go ragging on me for what could have been done better, this is my first indoor grow, and I accomplished this for under $30 and it only took me a few days!