GoPostalMan
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone, i'm brand new to the forums here, however i've been reading rollitup.org for quite a while to understand what i need to do to grow a personal stash as a newbie.
I wanted to post my set up i just built for my sprouts sorry if this isn't the right place to post, but i wasn't sure which area was good for this.
Anyway, so this all started when my friend said "lets see what grows in this coke can"
We took a can, cut it in half, packed it with dirt from the front of my house (no worries, good clean dirt, packed with worms and leaf compost, i think someone used to plant things there)
Doing that, in less than a week we had 4 sprouts in one can, and 2 in another about 2 inches high. The one smaller can, with less soil seemed to grow thicker more firm stems, not sure why. Anyway, This was awesome, so this week, i said "gotta transplant this badboys" and bought some things from walmart to get it done. 3 hours later, built from an old computer desk i bought (from walmart heh) i now have a well lighted and ventillated grow box.
What i used:
-4" high, 4 sqft computer desk
-2 27w = 100w flourescent lightbulbs
-carboard to make a light box, lined with tin foil and alluminum tape.
-two Massey adjustible fans (took the rods off)
Sorry for the bad quality, my camera broke and i was forced to take them with my phone.
So i cut holes in the side and the top-back for the fans, back being exhaust, side being intake. Fit them in, secured with screws.
Made the light box, which in one of the pictures, you can see the inside of the light box where i have the exhaust fan point out. I moved the keyboard drawer to the very bottom of the computer case so i could pull the plants out and not fuck anything up inside.
I still used dirt from my yard to grow them, however i mixed the dirt, 1 part dirt, 1 part Expert Perfect Mix Potting soil
They are nice and green, look healthy, been transplanted from cans to the pots for 8 hours and good response, low droopage.
oh and the door is a big piece of cardboard lined with foil and alum tape, i know it's half assed, but it's tight seal and easier then putting a big door on it.
Let me know what you guys think, or if i could do anything to improve this. I do intend to add the DIY carbon filter from this site on the back when they get bigger.
Thanks for all your information here!
I wanted to post my set up i just built for my sprouts sorry if this isn't the right place to post, but i wasn't sure which area was good for this.
Anyway, so this all started when my friend said "lets see what grows in this coke can"
We took a can, cut it in half, packed it with dirt from the front of my house (no worries, good clean dirt, packed with worms and leaf compost, i think someone used to plant things there)
Doing that, in less than a week we had 4 sprouts in one can, and 2 in another about 2 inches high. The one smaller can, with less soil seemed to grow thicker more firm stems, not sure why. Anyway, This was awesome, so this week, i said "gotta transplant this badboys" and bought some things from walmart to get it done. 3 hours later, built from an old computer desk i bought (from walmart heh) i now have a well lighted and ventillated grow box.
What i used:
-4" high, 4 sqft computer desk
-2 27w = 100w flourescent lightbulbs
-carboard to make a light box, lined with tin foil and alluminum tape.
-two Massey adjustible fans (took the rods off)
Sorry for the bad quality, my camera broke and i was forced to take them with my phone.
So i cut holes in the side and the top-back for the fans, back being exhaust, side being intake. Fit them in, secured with screws.
Made the light box, which in one of the pictures, you can see the inside of the light box where i have the exhaust fan point out. I moved the keyboard drawer to the very bottom of the computer case so i could pull the plants out and not fuck anything up inside.
I still used dirt from my yard to grow them, however i mixed the dirt, 1 part dirt, 1 part Expert Perfect Mix Potting soil
They are nice and green, look healthy, been transplanted from cans to the pots for 8 hours and good response, low droopage.
oh and the door is a big piece of cardboard lined with foil and alum tape, i know it's half assed, but it's tight seal and easier then putting a big door on it.
Let me know what you guys think, or if i could do anything to improve this. I do intend to add the DIY carbon filter from this site on the back when they get bigger.
Thanks for all your information here!
