vote headshake king of cardboard!

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Shit look at all the Cardboard lovers coming out of them bushes. Yo head straight up you are a fucking genius when it comes to the box (lol). But the way im with FLUID these cardboard boxes you completely dominated. After my Aurora Indica i think im going to make a bigger box for flowering. Also if you dont mind me asking were did you get the 2x4 Vanity Light Bars and how much did they run about? thanks YOU THE MAN!

thanks camo! i knew there had to be some around here somewhere. lol.

as far as the light bars, i got them at home depot for $8 a piece.

Cardboard is widely used to mock up structural designs or to make templates of other materials that are either too expensive or difficult to work with. Great stuff!
I have a brother who watches my grow and decided to do it himself. I use 2' x 4' pieces af cardboard with mylar glued to them used as reflectors. I hang them or just prop them around the plants. My bro decided to build a wooden veg box and glued his mylar in it. Well, it looked really nice and it worked, but when he decided to make changes to his design the wooden box and glued mylar were worthless to him now. "I should have used cardboard." I can start a grow in a smaller area using these reflectors and expand the area in a minute. It also alows me better access to the plants. Bro now has an area in a room with an 8' x 6' area 'tented' with panda film. He now uses mylar on cardboard to reflect light close to the plants. Instead of stray light traveling from lamp > panda > plant (6'+ total distance) it travels a total of 2' -3'. At least four times the amount of light hitting the plant.

And for a total enclosure, as you've built, cardboard works wonderfully. I also think that in the event of the unthinkable, my grow (of 6-10 seedlings/plants) is discovered by authorities, it doesn't look very 'commercial'. Definetly looks ghetto and it can be taked down and put away in short order. I have yeilded up to one pound of dry bud from a one square meter area (aprox. 4' x 3').

Endless other possibilities using CB for inside growing.

that's true shove! i never thought about the mock up and design stuff. makes perfect sense though.

and i totally agree with you about the non-commercial look. and the ease to break it down/get rid of it. always a plus!

That is the Cadillac of cardboard grow boxes :jointsmile:

thanks finn! i don't normally take compliments that well, but i really like getting them from you experienced growers. that goes for everyone of you!

I know you don't need anymore slaps on the back, shake, as your back must be hurting already, but that's a dang fine contraption you got there. I concur with all previous statements that the inside rivals those dang $1500 commercial boxes. I know you'll figure out the light leak issue, as the light traps discussed above sound perfect.

Most of all, your fine green lady friends look amazing, and that's what it's all about. Good growing, my friend!

thanks jake! i appreciate the kind words. i really do. i've come a long way in a short time.....and managed to drive my wife crazy in the process!

the ladies just won't stop growing. it seems like every morning they are in the lights! good but bad. i don't have a whole lot of room in there.


thanks again everyone! you guys make it fun to share. not to mention i learn something from all of you. you guys rock!



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headshake Reviewed by headshake on 05-22-2009. vote headshake king of cardboard! what's good everyone? i've been slacking in my duties of keeping my grow logs going. as some of you know, i have constructed a new "frank", although that's not the new ones name. a name actually hasn't been given yet. anyhow, here is what's going down at the moment. there are six various dank seeds that have taken up residence in the new box. they are all ~21 (give or take, not including the pot). the reside in 3 gallon pots. they stretched for some reason during veg. i guess i Rating: 5