HOLY GRAIL KUSH -------- D.I.Y. NINJA STEALTH GARDEN ------- ROOM SET-UP & GROW LOG

[Bobdylan420]

Objective: To grow 6 top of the line plants and harvest them for personal use in a manner that will be undetectable. Ninja Stealth Style! :greenthumb:

Room: 6' x 4' x 9' Emergency survival blankets stapled to walls and sealed with aluminum tape. Military tarp with tarp zipper installed over doorway (Green on one side and reflective on other). Music studio sound deadening foam installed on inside of door to quiet circulation fan noise. Digital locking door. Door has rubber gaskets to seal it when shut.

Circulation: Two Wal-Mart special $16 oscillating fans. These were surprisingly the quietest of all the fans I looked at from many stores.

Ventilation: Ninja Stealth Ventilation system. In detail in following posts.

Lights: Home-made T5 HO Set-Up. Green light above grow lights for "dark-period" visits. In detail in following posts.

Grow Medium: Home-made soil mix in 5 gallon buckets. Many holes in bottom of buckets and the buckets have 2" of river-rock below the soil mix.

Strain: Holy Grail Kush from DNA Genetics

Hydration: Regular old tap water pH adjusted to around 6.5

Grow Assistance: Gnome named "Gus".

[Bobdylan420]

FLIR and Odor Proof Ventilation System
Any questions just ask. This post is a review of the ventilation set-up including diagram and photos. Maybe this can help others with their set-up. T5 lights don't put out much heat as it is, but this should also work well with HPS or other "hot" bulbs. DO NOT VENT OUTSIDE! Stay hidden from FLIR optics by dispersing the heat throughout your home where it can be removed by the central AC system of the home. This setup is also a good system to keep the grow room clean and sanitary by only having filtered air coming into the grow area.

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[Bobdylan420]

ULTIMATE ODOR FILTRATION .... THE "NINJA BOX"

I wont lie to you, this filter wasn't cheap to build and took a week. I spent around $200 in activated carbon alone! Buying in bulk! This thing has 45lbs of activated charcoal. It is basically a four stage system. The first filter is a regular allergen air filter. It is there to stop debris from clogging up the carbon media. The next filter is the activated carbon. It is a 12" thick zone of acid washed granular activated charcoal made from coconut husks. You HAVE to rinse this stuff out before putting it in to get rid of the bulk of the dust. After the carbon there is one more regular allergen air filter. It's purpose is to prevent the HEPA filter from getting clogged by carbon dust. The final filter is a HEPA type filter. The air has no problem percolating through the medium, because of the increase in cross-sectional area from a 4" circle to a 14"x14" square. I am confident that even the smelliest strain couldn't beat this thing! NINJA to the MAX!!! Give a round of applause to the NINJA BOX ;) with FREE blueprint diagram for sharing and use! You can also upsize this box for bigger fans or modify the carbon chamber space to your desired volume for scrubbing.

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Sorry I don't have any pictures of the box when I was building it. I'm kicking myself for that now.... The interior was jawdroppingly good.
DO NOT use polyurethane on the box with the access panels attached. You have to polyurethane the box with them off and polyurethane the panels separately or you will never get them apart down the line. Once they are fully cured you can use Mastic AKA Duct Sealer to seal them on. This seal can easily be broken a year or two down the line for filter and/or media replacement, then resealed with more Mastic.

You MUST polyurethane the MDF or air will blow through the wood itself. The box needs to be air-tight. I used screws and wood glue for assembly of the wood panels. This box is awesome when finished and the filters slide right into place.

[Bobdylan420]

LIGHT SET-UP
I didn't want to pay for a grow fixture, so I made one. Lowe's and Home Depot have everything you require (except for the proper bulbs).
This is constructed from corrugated steel, steel beams, 5 double T5 fixtures 4' long and High Output 54W bulb ballasts. It is held together with nuts/bolts/washers/lock washers. It's not too heavy, because the corrugated steel is thin, but it does have a little bit of heft. Sorry I don't have a blueprint for this one. I made it on the fly and on the spot. It will hold 10 T5 bulbs. When loaded with 10 T5 54Watt 6500k bulbs this thing is blindingly bright! :cool:

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[Bobdylan420]

GROW MEDIUM - SOIL

5 gallon buckets with many holes drilled in bottom. 2" of river rock line the bottom of the buckets. On top of the river rock there is a home-made mix of soil. This is what the soil is:

60% Happy Frog Organic Potting Mix
15% Perlite
10% Building Sand
10% Worm Castings
5% Happy Frog All-Purpose 5-5-5 Pre-Mix Organic Fertilizer
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[Bobdylan420]

I've got a Holy Grail Kush seedling going, but it is having issues so I won't post it on this grow blog. You can see it in the "plant problems" section of the forum. I plan to grow it into a mother plant and then take a bunch of clones. I will then select the 6 strongest and healthiest clones and grow them to maturity and harvest. This is my final post on this blog for now. The next post will be when I have 6 clones in 5 gallon buckets likely a month or more from now, but feel free to ask questions about my setup if you have any. :greenthumb:

[Mal420xl]

damn nice, if nothing esle the technical detail is impressive. nice job man. whats your power usage look like?