Veg Cab Project. Work in progress.

[Tym]

I've got this sweet cabinet, a buddy of mine got it from his work, they were going to throw it out..

So far I've mylared the walls and inner door, installed an exhaust fan, made a reflector, installed 4 x 23w 6500k CFL's, I've wired in a power converter, and tomorow I'm going to install the intake fans, an air pump for the mama and I'm going to clone my nuken before I flip it over to flower..



Still got some work to do. Gotta do some light tightening, light traps etc.. Install a couple intake fans (computer fans) The electrical box you see is a power converter, It gives me 12v @ 2A and 5v @ 15A. Perfect for running computer fans etc..

 

[Ponicengineer]

Pretty slick man. I've always been told to balance CFL light with a few 27k lights as well. Nice clean box.

 

[Tym]

Pretty slick man. I've always been told to balance CFL light with a few 27k lights as well. Nice clean box.

I think that's only if you're vegging and flowering under the same lights..
With veg, all you need is 6500k's.. Posting update soon.. Taking pics right now.

 

[bestbuds09]

ahhhhh you can tell the growers apart from the smokers real easy........lol. a reagular person would just see that and only look at trash, but a grower looks at that and sees all the possiblities to convert it into a stealth grow box......... lol i like it man..........

 

[Tym]

Update, Cabinet is done and running.. made some clones today, that's why they are still droopy



The small tub on the left with 2 netpots, one is for the mama plant (the best of the clones will be the mama) and the other is for a clone that is about to go in to flower. The mama will have one quarter or half nutes to keep her from out growing the box, so it will be perfect for putting a clone in for a week before sending her to the flower closet.. I am thinking about a preflower box, to sort of transition for 2 weeks before actual flowering, to reduce the possibility of full nutes shock.. Depends on the strain, if it needs it, it is a possibility.

The bigger tub on the right is for clones. I'll keep it stocked, and I hope I'll be able to get 1 clone every week off the mom, it stays in clone tub till it gets decent roots. if it doesn't it gets tossed.. Each week, the best clone goes to the mom tub to get 1/4 or 1/2 nutes for a week.. Then it goes to the flowering closet.

The Black tub on the bottom left is just fresh water ready to top the buckets up if needed. It may also be changed into a home for mom, so I can have 2 spots for 1/4 or 1/2 nutes clones so they can stay there for 2 weeks before going to flower..

The blue air line will be taped over with aluminum tape. There is an air line splitter/control box behind the tub on the right. There is a book under the tub on the left, After the mom gets bigger, The book will come out from under the tub on the left and go under the tub on the right.

The bottom left corner of the pic, you can see 2 12v computer fans for intake if it becomes necessary. They are on a switch and are currently off. As seen in the other pictures I posted previously you can see the big 120v exhaust fan, it is running 24/7, as are the lights. The Air pump (Tetra 100) is above the lights, the power box as seen in the other pics is also above the lights. One power cord comes in to the box, connects to the power converter, all other power is taken from the power converter.

I'm thinking this setup will work nicely..

 

[Tym]

Veg cabinet is doing great. Lost a couple clones so far. They were small cuttings though. I'm not happy with this new cloning gel. Oh well. I'll take a few more clones. But I'm going to use the bubble cloned method this time. Chunks of foam to hold them in.

Just wondering how to plant them after they've rooted? I was thinking of letting them root quite a bit, then cutting a hole in the bottom of the netpots and let the roots hang out then fill them hydrotion.

Any ideas?