CFL Homemade Closet Grow

I've had seeds that took almost 30 days to germinate so you could have some that take longer.

ok, so i just got some new lights. they are, 100W Replacement, uses only 26W, 1600 lumens, 6500k cool color tone. it says they are daylight cool color tone. there the 3 pk i was talking about. pics of hows its gonna look shortly.

also ill put up a vid of how i wanna do the ventilation...bare with me on the vid, will make it as clear as possible.

Would be alright with 2 fans and some ducting. Just try and keep it as short as you can. Might not be the best idea to vent right outside if you aren't legal though. And the filter is one of those under the sink ones. I've got a RO filter for the faucet too but haven't gotten around to getting it set up

ok so these are the lights i got.


this is the setup ill have. the top sock will be plugged into a lamp kit. (an empty light socket w/ cord) this will be hanging from that, and ill tie a string or something at the connection of the bottom 2 way socket and the middle socket. so the light will be spread more.


these two pics are of the 400W MH i bought online. when i got it, i opened the box, and looked at the light. when i moved it, it made that broken light sound w/o the glass broken. you can see the depree or w/e that is in the middle of the light in 1st pic. i already talked to them about returning. they told me, it wouldnt be cost effective to return the item, so they said i could keep it. Reason being, the buyer has to pay return shipping, and 15% restocking fee. so, i would basically have to send the light back, and let them keep the money as well. The guy who talked to may said the cost effect stuff, they'll credit the money back, so hope i have that by monday. idk if its acutally broken as i dont have a socket big enough to test it, but i assume by the depree and sound it makes when moved, that it is. an opinions on that?


well i cant upload the vid cause i dont wanna put that kinda stuff on facebook/youtube/google, ect...you can see where im going with that.

so, the only thing i can think of is take single shots of everything i talked about, and post them, ugh suck a drag if i have to do that, any suggestions on alternatives so i can get the vids up on here without any other site?

If it sounds like its broken inside then it is because both my MH and HPS don't sound like that.

ok so ill have a hole cut in this piece here for the ducting to come through.


This is whats behind that square in previous pic. The ducting will then go between the silver house venting on right, and the wood on left. Its around a 2 inch wide gap, wall to vent, so ill have to pinch the ducting a bit to get it between there. This is to be as stealthy as possible.


itll go all the way down till that little silver piece on the right. Thats a piece of ducting to mark the turn ill make.


This is just a bottom view of where itll turn, its gonna go over the houses vent.


itll come over the top like that piece is there.


Itll run down the left wall, going towards my bathroom. basically where that pipe on left is going, the ducting will follow.


this is a pic from inside my bathroom, looking towards where the ducting will be coming from. you can see the piece thats on top of the house vent.


so itll enter the bathroom at the top left of this pic, and curve left, towards that window on the rite of pic.


itll go to this hole in the window. its not that big i know.


This is a pic of some seeds germing. they been there since last wed, so 5 days. i took these pics yesterday.


This is the fan ive been thinking about getting for the ducting. i was going to get maybe 2 of them. one and the inside of the room, somewhere around the duct hole thatll be in first pic. and another somewhere in the middle so the air actually gets outside. Its about 12 feet from the hole to window, the way i went. Would i need to have 2 to get the air to the window, or would just one do the trick for 12 ft?

Attwood Turbo 3000 In-Line Blower, Water-Resistant, 12 Volt


Also ill need a fan to bring fresh air in. i dont have a pic of my available intake space. its about 3 1/2 inches tall, and maybe 3-4 inches wide. so small space. i've seen a lot of people with computer fans floating around their grow for circulation. What do you all recommend i should do for the intake fan? And does anyone have a review on the ONA Block odor neutralizers?

1 - Never vent directly out side. If you do your pretty much waving a red flg.
2 - Never use that kind of fan. I would use a fan that uses the power cable that a desktop's power supply unit uses because they are easy to find and to replace. Also some people just give them away because they have to many of them.

ok but if i use an old desktop computer fan, will that be able to get the air thru 12 ft?

i dont have anywhere else to go with it, suggestions?

StUpId HiGh PaNdA said:

ok but if i use an old desktop computer fan, will that be able to get the air thru 12 ft?

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No your not able to use a desktop fan. Find a fan that uses a desktop power cord. Desktop power cords are AC. When the ac power goes into the computer's power supply the output is DC power resulting in 1v 5v and such and not the 110v or 220v that we get in the house.

StUpId HiGh PaNdA said:

I don't have anywhere else to go with it, suggestions?

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You need to take your grow room air get it scrubbed of the smell and cool it down before venting it into the house or out side.

30 days?!?!?! What?!?!?!

yea i said the same thing. hope they dont take that long. am about to look at them now. i started germing another batch to c which ones are done first. the 1st batch are both in cups with filtered fridge water. the 2nd batch, i have 4 in a paper towl method, and the other few in a glass with foil on top, but these have GV Purified DRinking Water on them, so hope theres a difference when i look at em in about an hour or so.

i usually get my seeds to crack within a day. but if there old they can take foreeever to sprout, never had a 30 day though. i have a og kush that ive been waiting on for like 3 or 4 days now. patience is the key.

I've had a seed crack and a sprout in 2 to 3 days at the fastest.

I used the tap water in a shot glass method. The water here comes out of the tap at around 7.0 PH year round and I don't let it sit. Just put water into the shot glass and put the seeds in there. I had the shot glass in the grow area where they were gonna get light from CFLs none of that darkness stuff for them.

Toolage 87 said:

I've had a seed crack and a sprout in 2 to 3 days at the fastest.

I used the tap water in a shot glass method. The water here comes out of the tap at around 7.0 PH year round and I don't let it sit. Just put water into the shot glass and put the seeds in there. I had the shot glass in the grow area where they were gonna get light from CFLs none of that darkness stuff for them.

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i use a similar method except i use RO water. and then put them in a moist paper towel until they crack. then plant them to sprout. takes about 2-3 days like your saying.

The other trick is that most people give their plants just plain water till they are about 2 to 3 weeks old but I was giving them nutes from the day I put them into the ground after 24 hours of the seed going into water to it cracking and having a tap root.1 to 2 days it took some of my plants to go from in the ground to showing its starter leafs. 4 to 5 days you should see the start of the very first set of true leafs. By the end of week 1 you should have a set already and 1 or 2 more sets of leafs by then.

yeah usually soil comes with nutes in it for the first few weeks of life.

starter leaves = Cotyledon

DoomBrew420 said:

yeah usually soil comes with nutes in it for the first few weeks of life.

starter leaves = Cotyledon

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The soil I used was Miracle Grow potting soil. I did 1 to 3 drops of B-1 Thrive in 500ml to 1L of water.

Toolage 87 said:

The soil I used was Miracle Grow potting soil. I did 1 to 3 drops of B-1 Thrive in 500ml to 1L of water.

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yeah MG comes with nutes already. .... wait sooo let me get this right. you mixed 1-3 drops or approximately .25 ml per half liter. then you mixed it with the liter?

why not just apply 1 drop in the liter? The B1-Thrive label says to use 1-2 tbls per gallon, thats about 15ml. A gallon has about 4 liters. 15/4= 3.75. soo , i would apply about 3-4 ml per liter.

green label B1 thrive btw.

DoomBrew420 said:

yeah MG comes with nutes already. .... wait sooo let me get this right. you mixed 1-3 drops or approximately .25 ml per half liter. then you mixed it with the liter?

why not just apply 1 drop in the liter? The B1-Thrive label says to use 1-2 tbls per gallon, thats about 15ml. A gallon has about 4 liters. 15/4= 3.75. soo , i would apply about 3-4 ml per liter.

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No. Some times I do 1 to 3 drops in 1l of water then I up it to 1 to 3 drops for every 1/2L. Also using what they say on a seed that got put into seedling soil isn't smart.

You have to remember I am talking about feeding it from day 1 it gets put into seedling soil.