Hi All, This is going to be my first solo grow. I have grown a few times with buddies, but this is the first time the grow setup is at my place. I have always roomed with friends, but I have a random roommate now, and I feel safer if he doesn't know I'm growing. So when I started drawing up ideas, the key issues were keeping the light in and noise from fans and light. The grow box I drew up on CAD I think will do the job. Take a look at the pictures. I am starting out with bag seed and my second grow I'm looking to buy some seeds. I have a ... 250 W MH light 250 W HPS Light 4" Vortex Fan 6"x10" Carbon Filter I will be growing from soil, since the last time we tried hydro it looked awesome til 4 weeks into flowering and died in less than 3 days. I think it was ph issues. To play it safe I will use dirt, since I know it is a little more forgiving. These first pictures are of the box, and I just planted seeds into solo cups. CHECK BACK SOON...I'll try to post every other day if I'm not too busy with school.
Looks good man! ..what are the dimensions of the box? Also, how are you providing ventilation without letting light escape from the box? Have you thought about growing scrog? ..I'd throughly recommend it when you're at the stage of taking cuttings off a mother plant (of course you can't do it from seed). Since you have to keep it secret from your roommate I'd suggest you get a (legal) houseplant for your room, that way you'll have a reason for carrying water into your room. GL man!!
the dimensions are 5' tall x 4' wide x 2' deep i have ventilation tubing going from the carbon filter(red cylinder in pic), to vortex fan(weird shaped red peice), then leading to air outake. i will finish the box tomorrow so you can see exactly how. yea i was planning on growing ScrOG i just forgot to add that. KEEP CHECKING IN, AND KEEP THE SUGGESTIONS COMING!!!! oh yea p.s. I have different class schedule than my roommate so I get done with classes right as he is going to class, so I usually have a good 4 hours a day alone, so stealth from him shouldn't be too hard.
Great, I'd like to see it when it's done. By "ventilation" I was actually meaning air intake, I was just wondering how you were going to allow air to enter the box without light escaping. The only problem with scrog when you're using seeds is it's very hard to identify and remove the males, as the plants all get intertwined. Since you and your roommate are on different schedules it'll be important for you to have a lock on your door. People get curious...