Is this a decent grow box?

Just made it. I'm germinating and going to grow soon.

I have foil on all the walls but one where I have a white panel, and two 100 watt daylight bulbs that put out 1270 lumens and am going to be using miracle grow seed starting. I don't have a ph kit yet or fan or nutrients, but I will be buying it all soon. If there's anything I can correct thus far or should have in mind for the future ( especially lighting wise ) please let me know. I heard someone say "100 watts per plant so that's what I've got. When they're sprouting should I turn both bulbs on or just one?

Here's the picture of my grow box:
 

Nusky

New Member
are you using tin foil? Its too crumpled up its going to make hot spots and burn your plants. The box can catch on fire. You're better off buying some plywood and building a box that way. You also might want to hook up a PC fan for exhaust as the heat in there will get bad even though its CFLs. Use both bulbs, you don't want the tips to light up the plant like you have in the picture, you want the sides of the bulb too. More light will reach the plant that way. You can buy Y adapters at hardware stores, that'll solve the 2 bulb problem and the orientation of the bulb
 

Kalebaiden

Well-Known Member
I see that as a bad box that is an extreme fire hazard!

With some potential to be a cloning box with a little work. So here's a partial list of things to improve;

-Lose the foil, lose the incandescent lights.

-Spray the entire inside with white spray paint ant let it dry.

-Put in a couple low watt 6500k cfl's

-add a comp fan for exhaust and you have a good clone box for 3inch clones.

~~******Educational Information*******~~~

When you hear about the 100w per plant, that would probably best describe the actual wattage of the CFLs used. That is the actual usage of CFLs, not what their equivalent too.

Generally four 23-27 watt CFLs that are in the 6500k colour range. but that's just for starting immature vegetative plants. I use two low watt CFLs for seedlings, four for immature vegetative plants and 6 or more for mature vegetative plants.

This is just my thoughts, let me know how things work out.
 

MrSlick

Member
I agree on that box being a fire hazard. Hot incandescent bulbs and cardboard are a bad combo. Plus incandescent lamps produce more heat than light. What you want too look for is good LUMEN output and KELVIN temperature of 6500 to start. If you cant find a kelvin rating, look for the word DAYLIGHT on the fluorescent tube.
 

Xcon

Active Member
nobody jumps on the fire hazzard wagon when it's a HPS
when will the incandescent growers be accepted as equals around here? :(
 

MrSlick

Member
Incandescent is flat out a waste of energy. I recommended fluorescent because they run cool, use less energy and produce more useable light, I would never recommend incandescent HPS, or any other HID style lamp when growing inside a cardboard box just due to the heat factor. Common sense is a good thing when growing.
 

azryda420

Active Member
That box is not worth losing all of your belongings and house.

Find a new creative way to satisfy your hunger to grow.

Whether a guerilla grow when the season is right. or just somewhere else. lol
 
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