Stealth grow box design and setup questions

[gstman06]

I'm trying to start a stealth grow box for just 1 plant, something small but efficient. I'm thinking about trying in a old floor speaker. It is 35" tall 15" wide 15" long, would that be enough room for a single plant? What kind of light/fan should I use for such a small room?
I read tinfoil will cause hot spots, what to line the walls with?


thanks

[hotp]

instead of tinfoil u can use some white paper, like a normal white printer paper. if its your first time do some reasearch on lights, about their consumption/heat

[Don Piano]

Paper grows mold. Use Flat white paint (kilz has an added fungicide in some)

[gstman06]

is the box big enough for a single plant?

[Don Piano]

Keep it trained and it will work. Best to screen it. Have you thought about what type of lighting you will use?

[gstman06]

not sure, im thinking flourscent... i need something that wont put out alot of heat, also what kind of fans are really quiet? computer fans? would I need alot of them?

[Don Piano]

Well Flouro is you best bet for that, otherwise a couple of 70watt Sodiums from Homedepot would be nice in there wihtout too much heat build up. You could use a pair of 120mm fans and use an AC adapter thats 9Vdc instead of 12Vdc to keep them quieter. Look for the silent ones with lower DBA. check ebay. tons available. Search "silent 120mm fan". Use those with some passive intakes and you should be fine. Youd also want to get a couple more 120mm fans for a Scrog setup. One to circulater air under the canopy, and one for above the canopy.

[gstman06]

If I was going to get a couple 70watt sodiums, would 2 be enough? would that create a lot of heat since its 2 bulbs?

[Don Piano]

I had a buddy that actually (and i don't advise this) had two of those little 70's in a little 2ft x 2ft x 3ft space with no real ventilation and heat was not a real big problem, so with some fans it should be fine as far as heat.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100390466
If you got 2 of those, and took the ballasts out of them and contained them in another speaker with some little fans to cool them, and just used the relectors and glass plates in the grow speaker, it would really cut down on heat. Just have to do some basic rewiring (basically just extending wires with a thick extension cord.)
At the same time, get 2 of these
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100527347
one of these
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...10000003+90101
one of these
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100404072
and one of these
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...10000003+90101
to mount to the top rear of the speaker to fill out the blue spectrum.

I can picture it now.

[Live_Stoned]

Just out of curiosity, why do you want it to be so stealthy?
Just because what Im worried about for my first grow, is the smell when the start to flower...it gets pretty potent. So, if you really worried about being stealthy...

[bigred420]

That looks so awesome dude, I dream of making one of those every day.

[Don Piano]

Make your dreams a reality. It can be done. Under peoples noses, behind people's backs, and so on. Alot of people think about growing as impossible, this is because they are thinking too deeply. Most people won't notice a real stealthy grow. Speakers and fridges and boxes and cabinets, will blend in, and not noticed by the average passerby, especially in a closet that no one sees. Go for it people. I am sorry if I am rambling, but I AM Drunk right now.

[gstman06]

Don Piano none of your links seemed to work when I clicked on them. Your picture is exactly how my box is haha i have 1 vent tube on the back at the bottom...should I have more? and what does cfls mean? the little blue dots you put in the picture.

[Don Piano]

I just clicked them again and they worked. The CFLs are compact fluorescent lights.

I will put some HomeDepot pics here of the links I gave you. this is the 70watt HPS. Get 2

This is the CFLs I am talking about. get 2
You need all of these 3 for the cfls




Now the diagram probably makes more sense.