My green thumb has been itching lately and living with my ex I cant perfect the art. So, I came across a Antec Server case on craigslist today for free, Looks brand new. And I've had a case I've been saving to make a Grow box, but it was kinda small. So Not sure if this is gonna be a journal or what not. I might be moving out of here if things get any worse and ill be moving to colorado so i wont need a pc box, Ill be doing it in an RV. But that'll be later. I don't have any questions yet as this is my 3rd grow. But its my first pc grow so there might be certain questions about that. No plans yet on the design. I have ideas but know for sure I am not doing mylar inside. I will be doing a flat bright white paint instead. Yes the mylar sheeting is what most prefer, but to me I feel plants don't feel happy. And I think white just reflects as well as anything. Also looks cleaner. For lighting, obviously for vegging ill be doing the 6400k or whatever cfls, 3 of them will be just fine and then switch them out for flowering. I have enough fans and cfls, gotta figure out the smell, but walmart has what I need. Lol. I will be using good old jiffy potting soil. after I throw it in the stove for 20 minutes, Just for the hell of it. Also I am a fan of lst, and fimming. At work this spring/summer the boss and a couple past employees would go around the yard, smoke and throw whatever seeds out. By june I found 22 plants around the yard. Fimmed everyone. Off track... So that should take care of the height issue until flowering. But With the lst, and a few fims I should have a low fat bushy plant, or two. For seeds, Ive been saving the few I find out of good bud I will post pics soon of the case and the progress through out. I am a freak when it comes to taking pics of this wonderful plant. Hopefully minnesota legalizes it this year, but I wont mind moving either. Found the pic off CL. even came with a 400w powersupply. lol
Currently doin a PC grow for stealth. Been growing for some time. Looks like that box will work for you. I bought a pre made 26" server tower thinking I would need it. I fit 2 Auto's in 1 gallon pots in there on week 3 now. Just now flowering. 4 cfl's, 1 intake fan, 2 exhaust fans and a "carbon" filter sheet attached on the outside. Temps are all under control. I have to constantly burn a candle and use stuff from Walmart to keep the smell under control. Maybe it's because I'm growing AK47? Idk, but that's my only issue. At least I'll have something to smoke that I grew. It works in a pinch. Be glad when I can use a closet again and my LED's.
Ha ha yea I know how ya feel about wanting to go back to a closet grow.. I miss mine. highlight of my night was waiting to hear the click from the timer going on then going in looking at the girls, ahhh, good times. But onto the pc grow. I got it all gutted out except for the two rails on eitherside. those will come in handy. I spent about 30 minutes drilling out the rivets that held the stuff into place. Had to do it in the kitchen so my ex wouldnt get to suspicious, but still she asked what I was doing, all i said is "MAN stuff". Probably will be taking my time on the design. not like geek out on it. But i am gonna rig up a camera inside so I can just plug it into my usb to check on them when I cant check on them, Know what i'm saying I'm not too worried about the smell, I do smoke and my ex knows i puff a lil in the apartment here and there so smell isnt really the issue. It'll be that outta sight outta mind sorta thing. And walmart used to sell these 2.50 plastic containers with gel deodorizer that would last 30 days. Those were the shit for covering up the smell.But, those bastards don't have them anymore. But Yea, I'm not sure what kind ill sprout first, Its all bag seed but I wouldn't keep seeds from stuff that I didn't like, even if it was from mids. So I might start with the older seeds, ones i called green monster even before they came out with the strain. lol. Its mainly indica so it'll lst and fim pretty good. Heres a pic or two of the progress, the middle is the junk metal i pulled out. Now to find an old power supply and chop it up to look like the actual thing from the outside, but nothing on the inside.
Cool idea for the camera. Never thought of that. My case is under a table and is a bitch to get to. But for stealth reasons it's a must. Yeah the power strip cable coming out the back is a dead giveaway! Thankfully it's against the back wall, hence a pain to access. I wish it were a true power supply. My plants freakin' stink and I'm just now showing flowers.
I'm adding a camera to mine too, it'll actually be an old Android phone and I'll be able to view on the local network and roaming. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Ha hell yea! I'm wanting to do something like that as well, bluetooth wifi, some sort. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
So, I got my desk arranged to where the case doesnt look suspect. Im at work now walking around the shop to see what I can use.. found some metal tape to seal all the corners. Found a fat perfect size metal grate for scrog if I go that way, and a container for the soil. Score. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Ok so just another update to the build. Went another route instead of white paint inside. I used the metal tape to tape any edges, but ran out. So I went to wally world and found Chrome ducktape , not as reflective as the mylar/ emergency blanket, but its different from the rest. Also got a 4 pack, 26w/100w equivalent cfls. 6k. 1600 lumens each. Duck tape went on good. And still allows the strip to be magnetic. Almost have it sealed up. Just got to slice the power supply up and make the back look legit, find out how to make light traps and start growing by next week. Here's a few pics sorry if not too good Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Hopefully my updates and posts aren't pissing people off.. not sure if this is now a journal or what. Anyway, taking apart the psu tonight I noticed something that could be a sign. I think so.. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Just another update. Car wouldnt start today so I called into work. But I got the false psu setup. Works with the switch on back. Thinking of using this as a deodor box. Has the exhaust fans built in the back and bottom. Just got to wrap it and figure out the fans. And the false leds. Ahh yea. Tomatoes here I come! Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Nice build man. Im making one as well, though im using leds and its not a full tower, so in the end i get the same amount of space anways, heh. If you want to make a carbon filter, you need powerfull pc fans to make it work, one from the psu wont cut it (look for highest static pressure). Im making my filter with 2x120mm fans in push/pull with 2 cm of carbon layer in between, still need to think how to make the carbon layer easily changeable (im guessing 2cm layer will not last for too long?) as I plan to silicon seal the edges in the box. P.S. Will you grow soil? Considered hempy maybe ?
Ha thanks man, yea I havent posted for awhile, got into an argument with the ex, threatening to kick me out. But, I got the box together, had everything hooked up and my high ass accidently touch 120v to my 6 12 v fans I had setup perfectly. Yea, I fried the hell out of them. Luckily I had more. Anyway, I just now got to putting two seeds in two pellets. So a few days I'll have a couple sprouts. Just normal bag seed. From obviously decent herb or else I wouldnt of saved em. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I have been growing in that exact case for over a year now! You should check out my harvests, I pulled 44 grams: http://forum.grasscity.com/micro-grows/1182818-stealthy-pc-cfl-grow-journal.html?p=18588001 45 grams: http://forum.grasscity.com/micro-grows/1182818-stealthy-pc-cfl-grow-journal.html?p=19171267 Here are some shots of the case from the outside after a few iterations: http://forum.grasscity.com/micro-grows/1182818-stealthy-pc-cfl-grow-journal.html?p=18813006 I think you'll want to have a scheme for raising the lights before flowering. I also highly recommend opening as much space as you can at the top of the case. The space 2-3" surrounding the lights can support dense buds, anything further away ends up very fluffly. The top of the case is very important to pack with flowers. I highly recommend some heavy forms of training, top, fim, lst, scrog, do all the acronyms to make a rectangular plant that fills your case in veg while leaving a good 6-8" for stretching during flowering. Then raise your lights, change them to 2700K or mixed, mixed is good because you can buy one less bulb. Good luck!
Ah thanks man, and honestly YOUR journals were hella inspiration for even attempting this. You do good work hopefully I can get even half of what youve gotten. Now, as for the progress I have one starting to say hello and the other I just put in last night. I will transplant soon and will be doing one. This way I have a 50% chance of one being female and will choose which one goes and which one stays. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Ok havent updated pics for a bit, not much to say. Doing a o k. Transfered the second seed I sprouted into the bigger container. I love the fatter blades. Put its pretty close to the soil to keep it low. And the first sprout I'm leaving in the soda stream cup, lsting it, and just seeing what it does. No nutes so far , prolly gonna start in a week or so. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
pullin up my chair thinking about posting up a thread for my current pc grow i have both micro and full scale grows going haha been testing the limits of HST and topping on one of my strains in the pc tower and decided to keep 2 of them to flower in there
Hell yea. Unfortunately I cannot do a full scale yet. Hopefully soon. As for the hst. Never tried it, but lst, and fimming is what I love.. but I might of done hst and not realize it. I forgot to mention I'm not tracking temps yet. Its still below 40s out side and id say temps inside the box is around 75 w/ 60% humidity . Lol . Yea I'll get something soon to watch it. Plus once it gets like 70 outside my ex keeps the ac at 60 constantly. Hopefully by the summer I'll be on my way to colorado. Than the fun begins. Sent from my N800 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
we all work with what we can =p i was doing micro after losing the ability to grow large scale for a year or so fimming is considered high stress training but not like super cropping i been messing with breaking my stalks on a 90 degree angle with good success so far with hash bomb