super stealth under bed grow! just finished! lots of pictures!

[joephysics]

this just goes to show that anyone can grow, you just gotta be clever about space.

here's my room. ive got a bed that sits about 3 feet above the floor.



below the bed are two series of shelves opposite eachother. the ones by the wall were removed, but the bedstand protects them from being opened by anyone. a dummy front was replaced.



behind the bed plywood blocks the shelves from rear access. i sawed the plywood where the first set of shelves meets the bed frame, and added a hinge so the grow could be easily accessed by sliding behind the bed and laying on the floor.



heres what it looks like inside the grow space with the shelves removed.



i hollowed out a 26 inch speaker, created a dummy front, and put a 2 inch fan from a broken ps2 on the back.



inside of dummy speaker front. it has been lined with foil and opens and closed by two hinges mounted on the sides.



inside of speaker. 3 inch tall tupperware filled with potting soil, and an adjustable 150 watt cfl above w/ reflective backing.





top view of grow space, lifting up the matress and support.



i hope this motivates anyone who wants to grow to do so.

and yes, i realize this doesnt leave much more room to grow, about 18 inches, but i was planning on using the lst method. feel free to provide any advice, this is my first grow.

thanks, please let me know what yall think.

[hpi]

lmfao your growing weed under your bed and in a speaker!

Dude you are my idol, that's pretty sweet and pretty funny to look at.

Hope you get a nice plant in the end

[ShuttleX]

Should be interesting. Did you just push the cone of that woofer all the way out and then secure it into place at its max some how?

[CoreyP]

I have that EXACT same bed. Its cool cause it sits a little over 2ft off the ground. And those drawers are a seperate section that slides under the bed. They are only half as deep as the bed so you have this huge space under it. I was actually thinking of growing under mine too. I think t-5s would be peferct cause theres no heat and they are thin. If you hang any kind of light under there it will take up to much space (height wise). Im gonna watch this one for sure.

[eyec0n]

Dont grow in a clear container... paint it or tape it or something.

[AliensWorkshop]

maybe i just didnt see the pictures clearly. But the mattress isnt exposed to the grow area right? Last thing you want is to be going to sleep and your bed catches fire

[joephysics]

Originally Posted by AliensWorkshop

maybe i just didnt see the pictures clearly. But the mattress isnt exposed to the grow area right? Last thing you want is to be going to sleep and your bed catches fire

yea... i was thinkin bout that... there is a small 2 inch wooden piece thats sits between them. i think im going to put a layer of plywood on top of the shelves this weekend and fire retardant or something...

[joephysics]

Originally Posted by ShuttleX

Should be interesting. Did you just push the cone of that woofer all the way out and then secure it into place at its max some how?

i broke apart the actual speaker component and ripped the plastic cover off it. thats all your seeing, i taped it to make it stick out.

[joephysics]

the seed has sprouted and just opened the the top little leaves, (quaked ive seen it called), ill update with pictures once it has considerable growth

[joephysics]

about 5 days or so into it...

4 sprouts in completely random spots... yes i realize they're too close (ill pick the most promising one in a couple weeks)

(from the left) victoria thornberry, (middle front) rachael ray, (back front) just sprouted, not named, (far right) evan fitzgerald

[elproducto]

are you worried about the speaker box catching fire? I'm thinking about doing this but I'm worried about that. What did you line it with? Also, is the smell really potent?

[joephysics]

Originally Posted by elproducto

are you worried about the speaker box catching fire? I'm thinking about doing this but I'm worried about that. What did you line it with? Also, is the smell really potent?

its lined with aluminum foil and tape, which i hope and think would prevent a fire. maybe it sounds stupid and naive, but i think it'll be okay. and no, theres really no smell right now, but they also are nowhere near flowering. id definately recommend you get some kind of flame retardent material if your thinking about doing this though

[doindia]

your gonna wanna take that aluminum foil down, it will create hot spots. Looks cool, good luck

[amsterdamage]

amazing man, I hope you get a good harvest


What's the max height the plants can reach? ..the speaker only looks 2 feet high at most and you'd have the light in there too. Do you have enough height?
I guess you're going to train them along the soil, but even still that only looks like 6 inches or so:


What about airflow, it doesn't seem like there'd be enough fresh air in there?
..and what kind of light is that, it mustn't get very hot?


Good luck man, let us know if it works & you get a good harvest (if it does I'll want to try it too)

[joephysics]

Originally Posted by amsterdamage

amazing man, I hope you get a good harvest


What's the max height the plants can reach? ..the speaker only looks 2 feet high at most and you'd have the light in there too. Do you have enough height?
I guess you're going to train them along the soil, but even still that only looks like 6 inches or so:


What about airflow, it doesn't seem like there'd be enough fresh air in there?
..and what kind of light is that, it mustn't get very hot?


Good luck man, let us know if it works & you get a good harvest (if it does I'll want to try it too)

the box is a bit over 2ft (something like 26 inches) leaving about 18 to grow. the small computer fan regulates airflow efficiently, its not to big of a space, and the light never gets too hot. the light is a 150watt cfl i believe