I have just recently become interested in growing my own bud. A couple weeks ago, my drunk roommate threw a bunch of mids seeds in a jar and threw some dirt on them, and some how they sprouted and we were able to transplant them into individual pots and keep them alive. I also have 2 Salmon Creek seeds (great dank out of Austin) that I really lucky to have found in my last 1/8th. Since both of us have no idea what were doing yet (Im learning pretty quick cause of this site tho) we decided to keep this crappy weed going to learn with, and save the salmon creek for when I get a good grow box set up. My goal is just to grow 1, maybe 2 plants at a time. Im not really in it to get huge quantity or anything, just to be able to smoke some nice bud that I grew myself. I have come up with some plans for a box that I think would work quite nicely for a scrog grow and would like to know what everyone thinks, and hopefully get some new ideas on how to make it even better. The box will be made of 1/2" mdf since I have some experience making sub boxes with it. It will be right around 4x2x2 with 3 compartments. The first compartment will be were the plant actually grows. There will be an intake hole, covered by some kind of light baffle, on the bottom. On the opposite side, up towards the top, a vent will lead to the second compartment with a carbon scrubber. The third compartment will house all of the electrical components. Im planning on using one of the 125W or 200W Envirolites so that I can hook everything into a power strip and plug it in to a wall socket in my room. All of the HID lights Ive looked at drew too many amps for my circuit breaker to handle like that, and I really dont want to have to do a bunch of hardwiring for this project. Finally to get to my questions, does anyone know how many amps the Envirolites use? Also, does any one have any good designs on a light baffle? Let me know what you think of my plans, Im open to any suggestions to make it work better. Thanks for any advice you can give me.
