BIG trash can BIG light!?!

[Tendril.traY]

Good night, Good morning yall

well i jus picked up either a 50 gal or 60 gal trash can, not sure dosnt say, didnt look (baked:jointsmile: )lol anyways and a 100w cfl flore-x (lights of america) puts out 1000w of light about 11-12,000 lumens. 65 bucks for the light setup complete. 13 give or take for the can Home DePOT.turned can upside dwn so i cut a rectanglar slot big enough for the light to rest on top well the botom of can, fastend dwn, sealed. two 4in holes, one twards the botom one twards the top (intake,exsaust) havent found fans yet but workin onit. flat white paint the whole inside. Now,im gunna use soil,mulch,dry ferts mixed all up for my medium. what i wanna knw is how big of a container should i use for 1 plant that i crossed between two bag seed completely diff strains 1 straight cronic the other fat purps, ive started 6 of the offspring and so far 1 month in, and three nodes later all is well for the 6 seedlings under 6-8 hours a day of sunlight thats what i get through my window and at night under 2 cfl 27w till about 1:00am my bed time almost every day. thick stems frm sprout fat really fat leaves all tight nodes. WOW that went of subject lmfao:stoned: again.so anyways is a ten gal container sutable? all you do is lift the can carefully to get to the plant. so i guess all im askin is will i be able to grw 1 big assss plant in that set up or should i go back to the drawing board?????thanks for ur time. good morning im passin out hope to hear input> 1:15am lol

[FreeVenice]

Just buy a cab. sorry that you bought the can, but if you want to use it you could try. are you going to keep it in your basement or garage. its going to need alot of ventalation. If your only using flos though you might not have to worry about heat, but you still need a air flow. . .

[BlazeIdo]

Your 100 watt puts out 100 watts. What it says on the box is problably compared to incadescents, and plants could care less. A genuine 1000 watt hps puts outs 140,000 lumens.

[Collie&Wine]

Do you know how tall and wide the can is? Cause available height and width il be taken into consideration when picking a container. 10 gallons seems a little big. But if the trash can is tall as shit thenten gallons migth due the trick. Im using a 3 gallon mop bucket from walmart and shes approaching 2.5 ft. no sign of stopping in sight.

Are you planning on LSTing or FIMming her?

[teknopow]

Hi there,

I am growing a plant in a trash can aswel (haha sounds ugly doesnt it). Check it out you might get some ideas from it. I am using 2 125 w envirolites one cold and one warm. Two PC fan for venting. So far i think its going well as this is my first grow.
Hope it helps good luck ...

[lmdesade]

Hi there,

I am growing a plant in a trash can aswel (haha sounds ugly doesnt it). Check it out you might get some ideas from it. I am using 2 125 w envirolites one cold and one warm. Two PC fan for venting. So far i think its going well as this is my first grow.
Hope it helps good luck ...
Not Bad... I like it..
AS for the question, he's got your answer ventilation will be the key...

[sharer6969]

This trash bin cab looks a lot like the rubber-maid hamper cabs we've seen on this forum; similar basic principles. That being the case, I don't see why the venting couldn't be similar - some passive intake holes near the bottom, and a decent sized exit vent in the top, with a reasonable sized out-blowing fan installed. The obviously rising on it's own anyway - that by itself would cause such holes to passively move fresh air through the cab - the fan much more so.

So while heat is definately a concern, I don't see how it's an insurmountable one, since the twin rubber-maid hamper cabs seem to have given some worthwhile results. Actually, I can see this idea (using an overturned plastic trash bin) as having some special merit if you're planning to use a small HID light - the little bit of extra overhead will help a bit with the more serious heat issues (and in that case, a better fan will be in order.)

[Dr.Hashman]

My 2 cents:

When you do add fans, put the intake on the bottom and the exhaust on the top so cool air comes in and hot air goes out. I picked up 2 12v, 120mm fans @ circuit city and they work great for a rubbermaid box I made with old bins for fun (parents got too curious so I trashed it). The fans are $10 each and the 12v chargers are like $12 each off of ebay if you don't have any lying around your house.

[MULLETMAN]

Holy shit, this guys for real big ass lights and a bigass trashcan equaly one big ass plant. Inspiring for us all, hell yaeh man. Wow. Wow. Woe. WTF?