Piecing my "Grow Cave" together, let me know what ya think!

ChroniCDooM

Active Member
What up RIU? It's been a while since I've been on the site, and awhile since I've been growing. I've been out of the game for a little bit but I'm back! Well kinda lol. Due to lack of funds right now I'm piecing my grow room together right now. But the cool thing is that I have a bedroom in my new house(a rental, but hope to buy in a couple years) I call the "grow cave. It's not the biggest "grow cave" (10'x9', with about 9' of ceiling space) but it's big enough to hold my Gorilla grow tent(5'x5'x7') and the original wood cabinet(3'x2'x5') that a good friend and I built a couple years ago. I have about 6 grows in the cabinet using a 270W Enhanced Spectrum Supernova LED, with great results! And yes I have documented grows here on RIU! But of course I'm not satisfied with just great results, I want Excellent results. Which is why I now have the Gorilla Grow Tent! I will now use my cabinet and the LED light for Veg, and the Gorilla tent will be for flowering. I'm still trying to decide on a 1000W or 600W for this tent. Anyone wanna throw in their 2¢ be my guest! I am leaning towards a Quantum 1000W Dimmable Electronic Ballast for$158.90 from a site I found here on RIU called PlantLightingHydroponics.com. As for the reflector I am looking to get, it's the Sunlight Magnum XXXL 6in Air Cooled Reflector for $154.90 also from the same website. I'm also looking at this reflector, Sunlight Magnum XXXL 8in Air Cooled Reflector for
$159.90. Which would you choose for this grow setup? I'm also trying to decide on a 6" or an 8" inline fan. What your opinion on that? Like I said before all my grows have been LED, so I haven't had any issues with heat at all so that's why I ask. This will be my first go with HPS! The fan and carbon filter I'm looking at are also from the same website. Phresh® Filter 6in x 16in Virgin Carbon $99.90 and Hurricane™ 6 inch Inline Fan 435 CFM
$69.99. I'm also looking to buy another atmospheric controller. I have a Green Air Products GAP (CT-DH-3P) SYNCHRONIZED COOLING atmospheric controller that I will move from the cabinet to the tent, since I already have a 20lb co2 tank with co2 monitor and regulator. I'm looking at a CAP AIR-2 Independent temperature and humidity control $104.90 to put into the veg cabinet. As for the equipment I need I think that's it. Lol it's all gonna run me about $650 from PlantLightingHydroponics.com. I've been researching and well I really like the prices on their site. If anyone can tell me a cheaper website to get these products, I'm all ears! Like I said funds are tight but hopefully I'll be up and running soon. Anyone wanna buy a ps3 lol? Happy growing and let me know what ya think! Happy Growing! Oh and as for my nutes and growing medium, I grow in Coco and use Canna nutes with Atami Bloombastic for flowering. Here are a few pics for now!
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SheepsBlood

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I think you got a nice tent and your box looks real nice. Like Destroyia said, "can you post pics of inside your cabinet"?

Also what is that pillow doing on top of the box? Is it to silence the fan? Act as a weird filter? :)

Thanks for your responses.
 

ChroniCDooM

Active Member
What up people? Well today I sent my LED light back to the manufacturer for a little maintenance. 2 of the 4 fans are slow to start up and need a little help getting going. I bought it about 3 years ago so I guess it's expected that the fans would get all dirty and may need replacing. It's all good, at least I'm not in the middle of a grow. That would suck!! Anyway I tried to take it apart and clean and maybe replace the fans myself, but quickly realized it was beyond me and I didn't want to screw my light up. So I talked to the manufacturer and explained and well they said send it in and we'll replace whatever needs replacing and clean it up. All I gotta do is pay for the parts. So I shipped it ups this afternoon and I hope to have it back in a few weeks. It's all good since I'm still not set up in my tent.

Ok so I did take a few pics of the inside of my cabinet like requested. Btw Sheeps Blood, that's not a pillow on top covering the fan lol it's actually water heater insulation to keep the fan noise down. I built the cabinet to fit inside my bedroom closet at my old house and the fan was to noisey for my wife so that's what I came up with. It helped a little bit. Thanks for stopping by and happy growing.
 
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