need help w/ home made grow room

rilo said:

What up folks,

I am slowly purchasing different items in order to build my first grow room.

On my first grow i plan on using 2 water farm bucket systems for 2 plants. I am building a grow bow that is 4'w x 2'd 6'h, The reason i want to build a grow box is because i am usinng a 6'x 8'utility closet that has no outside ventilation to store it inand also sothe younger members of my family wont see a plant in their hiding place. . i want to include space for lights, venting. etc. in the de sign for the grow box.
There is also a hot water heater and central air unit in the closet i thought might affect the plant if the water farm was not inclosed.

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The hot water heater and central air should have mimimal effects or your house would have burnt down.

in looking for less expensive parts for my grow box i have found a bathroom ventilayion fan that i would install in the grow box . Is it to big for this smaller space ?

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Fans says 50cfm, grow box is 48cf sounds about right.

I am also running a 3" flex duct directly from my central air duct system in my home directly into the grow box. Isw this to much air for this space?/QUOTE]
No.

I found this canp light in my garage and was wondering if it will be suficient to start two small plants for my waterfarm hydro. system?

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Start them, yes. All the way thru vegging, probably not. You will have about 4' of usable plant height after deducting for the light and the pot (no pun intended). You will probably want to introduce the hps before you finsh vegging.

I plan on nrunning a 400w HPS for flowering stage.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. i have pics of items in question

TIA

I am going to buid a grow box 4l x 3w x 4h if you agree.

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No, I don't agree. 4' of height won't give you enough height. VV

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VictorVIcious said:

rilo said:

What up folks,


The hot water heater and central air should have mimimal effects or your house would have burnt down.

Fans says 50cfm, grow box is 48cf sounds about right.

No, I don't agree. 4' of height won't give you enough height. VV

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Ditto to virtually everything Victor said. However, that last part depends on whether you start from seed or from clone. You can keep a plant under even 24" during full flowering if you start with a clone and a little TLC. If you start with a seed, there will be inevitable stretching (since the plant "instinctually" thinks it should have a long, wide 'trunk'). The main stem and the initial branches would stretch entirely too much. When trying for the end result, once you had differentiated branching (the time you could safely flower with a good yield), the plant would flower to a height so tall it would be too much for your stealth box.

I'm guessing you're starting from seed, so if that is the case, I would recommend you bring a few plants far enough along to see if they're female and could be a suitable mother. If so, only pull clones from this plant to the late flowering stage. You'll have a height that you can be more than happy with, prolific branching, and a good main cola.

And just so you know... All of this isn't necessary if unless you're taking a plant to late flowering. I say this because if you want to produce a mother first, you don't need all of that ventilation or stealth. The plant won't start really smelling until well into the flowering stage (i.e., after you're able to definitively determine the sex of the plant). So.. you could theoretically find a mother first, without too much hassle or stealth, and then take the clones you want and root them into stealth mode.

It's a much longer process, and requires more patience, but if you want to keep it under 4' when using a soil medium, then you almost must clone. This is all assuming you didn't buy a commercial strain that stays famously low. Then again, I've grown Top44 and it grew to almost 5 feet tall, even with extensive pruning. So, if you don't have the time to invest in all of this (growing a mother, quick-flowering to sex it, taking clones [within two weeks], rooting them, them letting them grow and flower), then do what VictorVicious says, because he's absolutely right. Go taller.

~Ethno

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rilo said:

What up folks,

I am slowly purchasing different items in order to build my first grow room.

On my first grow i plan on using 2 water farm bucket systems for 2 plants. I am building a grow bow that is 4'w x 2'd 6'h, The reason i want to build a grow box is because i am usinng a 6'x 8'utility closet that has no outside ventilation to store it inand also sothe younger members of my family wont see a plant in their hiding place. . i want to include space for lights, venting. etc. in the de sign for the grow box.
There is also a hot water heater and central air unit in the closet i thought might affect the plant if the water farm was not inclosed.

in looking for less expensive parts for my grow box i have found a bathroom ventilayion fan that i would install in the grow box . Is it to big for this smaller space ?

I am also running a 3" flex duct directly from my central air duct system in my home directly into the grow box. Isw this to much air for this space?

I found this canp light in my garage and was wondering if it will be suficient to start two small plants for my waterfarm hydro. system?

I plan on nrunning a 400w HPS for flowering stage.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. i have pics of items in question

TIA

I am going to buid a grow box 4l x 3w x 4h if you agree.

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MRMEATY2008 said:

I too am starting a crop its my first time, I am starting with the 400 hps light. but I have a closet it is a walk-in its about 3ft 9in by 6ft is the light I'm using going to be enough?

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