Small LED Grow Box - Autoflowers.

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BlazedBadger

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Hi guys, how's it going?
Happy 420!

I am in the process of turning a chest of drawers into a small grow box as I no longer have the space for a larger grow tent. The internal diameters are: Width 25", Depth 12", Height 28".

I plan to grow 2/4 autoflowers in (probably fastbuds genetics) 5/10l pots using biobizz lightmix and nutrients. I will be topping and mainlining from the third node to keep them small and maximise top sites in such a small grow area.

Ventilation will be a 6" extraction fan connected to a varispeed controller as the oversized fan slowed down will be much quieter than a smaller fan on full power.

The problem I'm having is finding a suitable light for such a short grow box. I would like to go with LED's but of course they have to be a good distance from the canopy to avoid burning. I could dim the LED to counteract this problem but that will minimise the spread from the light so in order to counteract this second problem I would have to have either one big light or multiple smaller ones to fill the entire top of the grow box...

I have came up with two options for this, either: 2x Viparspectra P600's or 1 Viparspectra P2000.

I am trying to keep costs down and would appreciate any advice you guys may have on cheaper/better value offers.

I will continue to document the process of the grow in this thread.

Thanks in advance guys.
All the best and happy growing!
 
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BlazedBadger

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Thanks for your reply! Sorry if this isn't the right section, I'm kinda new. Do I just copy this post into the other sections or is having the same post in two different sections agains the rules?
 
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bk78

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BlazedBadger said:
Thanks for your reply! Sorry if this isn't the right section, I'm kinda new. Do I just copy this post into the other sections or is having the same post in two different sections agains the rules?
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No problem. I was just saying you may find the LED that suits you in the micro section better?
 
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rightsideup

Member
How do you feel about wiring your own?

Sheet of aluminum, some strip lights and a meanwell driver.
Light off only 1/2" thick, and you can place the driver wherever you want.

Or a quantum board, place the driver outside the box.

Not sure if this is allowed, but
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Original StinkyG

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Led would be fine, depending on the wattage really ! If not high output fluorescents like t5 or pll's or just cfl's ! I would go led but it's horses for courses !
 
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Original StinkyG

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Go with 2 plants, train them early, keep them short and any advised light(s) will work nice. Have you access to lights or cash available ? If so the choices are massive ! Could use hps just small hps , could run 150w x2 with all that extraction it's easy, I have run 250w mh / hps in set of drawers like yours ! As well as mercury vapour back in the day ! I've used pll's too ! 250w hps in a cooltube works wonders ! Just giving ideas ! Run filter outside of drawers if needed ! My chest of drawers still looked like drawers ! Kept the drawers faces and put them on thin board and I used Velcro to keep front on but can use hinges !
 
BudmanBreezy

BudmanBreezy

Member
Wazzzupp yo! If you look at the box for the light you want to get, you will see a chart. A lot of LED's only advice 4 - 6 Inches away from the plant which is a massive difference compared to MH or HPS
 
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