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Growingforpeace

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I want to run a small grow in a area under my bed. It measures 2' wide around 3.5' deep, but only 1' high. This is where i am having difficulties in getting started. I am not a noob or anything i have been reading and researching for quite a while and have grown a lot of other stuff. I just wanted to know if with either lsting or topping or some combination of the two i could utilize the space. It would be my first time growing cannabis which is why I am unsure. Thanks a lot guys and girls!
 

Amerikaner

New Member
It could be done ... Lst the shit out it imediately i seen an afghani in a one gallon icecream bucket that veged for two months about 6 inches tall becaus of the lst. Or think about planting your sprout in a small hole in the side of the bucket letting it grow from the side of your container rather than the top . You will have more trouble containing the bright ass light and smell . Flat 14 inch tube flourecents will only take about an inch off your twelve inch space... I think growing side ways out of a gallon container is your best try.
 

Growingforpeace

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Hey thanks a lot for your suggestions. I think im going to grow an autoflowering strain since it will be compact. I currently have a 2ft ho t5 light and i plan to get another. This will be 4k lumens and i will supplement with cfls to get a good amount of light with not so much heat. I feel more confident if I lst and tie down efficiently it should work. Just might not look so pretty. But thanks +rep!
 

TheDude0007

Active Member
I think your space is too low. You still need to get lights in there. Why not use a cupboard or taller speaker box if you are after stealth.
 

mrCRC420

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I'll be honest, because I like +rep - 1 foot in height is TOO short for a first-time grower. I'm Almost an expert and what you're proposing would be very very tricky for me; and I LST quite well. You're going to WANT at least 5 feet of height if you want GOOD buds; you're going to NEED at least 2.5 feet in height if you just want buds. Find a different place to grow and we'll be talking REALITY BURGERS.
 

smoke and coke

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you could gain about 6 inches if you cut holes in your floor and recess the containers.

you can get even more space if you cut holes in the ceiling below your room and have the container hanging down in the room below.


put your bed on cinder blocks to raise it up some more.


don't forget the fireproof underwear if your going to sleep there.
 

qwizoking

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I don't think its possible. Even you lst or whatever so the plants are growing right on the ground you still need at least 3in for dirt and another 3 for lights. 6 inches worth of space for buds to develop? Idont know man. My buds would never make it in there. Even on a 12/12 from seed.. do a different stealth like in a Rubbermaid or whatever you can come up with
 

TheDude0007

Active Member
I'll be honest, because I like +rep - 1 foot in height is TOO short for a first-time grower. I'm Almost an expert and what you're proposing would be very very tricky for me; and I LST quite well. You're going to WANT at least 5 feet of height if you want GOOD buds; you're going to NEED at least 2.5 feet in height if you just want buds. Find a different place to grow and we'll be talking REALITY BURGERS.
hahah did you get any rep? it must only be given if he likes your comment. lol
 

TheDude0007

Active Member
you could gain about 6 inches if you cut holes in your floor and recess the containers.

you can get even more space if you cut holes in the ceiling below your room and have the container hanging down in the room below.


put your bed on cinder blocks to raise it up some more.


don't forget the fireproof underwear if your going to sleep there.
lmfao your post cracked me dude... heck you deserve + rep. but let me guess nada. lol I think this dude should consider the options you mentioned. lol anything to make a one inch growspace work.:peace:
 
Yeah. Sounds tricky. Even with scrog. Tricky. I agree I could be done though. Whatever you do, keep us posted. If you could make it work, I'm sure plenty of people would enjoy watching the progress. I think T5 fluorescents would be the way to go due to their small size and the fact that they stay cool and won't e as likey to light your bed on fire. If you ate doing this in an attempt to hide a grow from your parents, I would advise against due to the smell, unless you smoke cigs in your room, and it would still take quite a few Marlboros to cover up the smell of most grows with out ventilation out of the house. Speaking of ventilation: that could be doable if your room is adjacent to a bathroom with a vent fan. Stick your bed on the wall common with the bathroom and make a 4" hole in the wall. Make sure you are not going to be doing it in an area where there are raceways for wires or anything else. Have some 4" ducting go up to where the bathroom vent fan goes out of the house and voila. You now have ventilation and mom and dad won't know because there isn't suddenly a new hole in the side of the house. I must say, I wouldn't recommend growing somewhere where you don't have permission, though. Could be recipe for trouble. Maybe you should just keep buying off your neighborhood skunk dealer until next summer when you can do a low-key out door grow.
 
Also, turn on the bathroom fan whenever you are running your vent, as to prevent stinky air falling back into the bathroom. (if u try my idea of venting through an already available bathroom fan duct exit)
 

direwolf71

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You should really consider another option, not only is this going to be extremely difficult, if not impossible, but is also dangerous (fire hazard). Don't waste anymore time thinking about this, move on to plan B. It's just a bad idea, IMO.
 

TheDude0007

Active Member
I think he should go for the sideways grow option. Maybe mix some iron filings in with the soil and use magnets to hold it all together. It could be epic.:-)
 

pyrosfire

Active Member
could be done in got a mate that pegs his out door plants down along ground so they blend into his garden... think side lighting would be the way to go 2foot of flouro each side of the plant and just keep tieing it down to the ground
 

reku

Active Member
waste of time period, yes it could be done but why would you when there are much better options hell theres even a guy growing in a old CRT monitor.
 

HeadieNugz

Active Member
I would use it for a starting area, a propagation chamber for you seedlings and cuttings.
You need to either obtain or custom fab *I would go with the latter, PVC and some Poster Board can make you a 45$ 5x5x5* grow box.
HomeDepot man, your best friend. You can even pickup the Mylar to line the bitty with.
 
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