PC-case stealth microgrow experiment with lowrider

[JohnnyRico]

Hello everyone!

Basically this experiment began with a debate with my friend about possibilities of pc-case stealth grow. My friend said it's a waste of time, I disagreed. So now I kind of have to show him otherwise.

Aim is to grow 1 lowrider and yield at least 20g. Dont know if thats possible, but we'll see. I'm going to build a bubbler into 5l container and use 4-5 20W cfl's at 2700K for lighting. Lowriders take about 8-9 weeks from seed to harvest, so if this works I can basically cover my ~10g/month smoking habit.

Today I went to buy the largest second hand pc-case I could find and came up with this bad boy (picture). Dimensions: W24cm H67cm D53cm. I teared all the computer stuff out of it, and put some mylar in. Now I have a nice empty case.

A lot of stuff still to figure out, for example I have no idea at this point how I'm going to set up the ventilation. Theres going to be a lot of learning with this grow. I have no earlier experience with lowriders so it's going to be interesting.

Hope you all tune in!

JohnnyRico Reviewed by JohnnyRico on 01-14-2010. PC-case stealth microgrow experiment with lowrider Hello everyone! Basically this experiment began with a debate with my friend about possibilities of pc-case stealth grow. My friend said it's a waste of time, I disagreed. So now I kind of have to show him otherwise. Aim is to grow 1 lowrider and yield at least 20g. Dont know if thats possible, but we'll see. I'm going to build a bubbler into 5l container and use 4-5 20W cfl's at 2700K for lighting. Lowriders take about 8-9 weeks from seed to harvest, so if this works I can basically Rating: 5

[JohnnyRico]

Where I can find this kind of lampholders/sockets???

[JohnnyRico]

Oh, and it would be great if theres someone who could recommendate which strain I should go for.

[smello]

Where I can find this kind of lampholders/sockets???

home depot.loews or wally world.

[bigtopsfinn]

If you're in the US, then check Home Depot or Lowe's :thumbsup:

Ah, beat me to it... forgot about Wally World :jointsmile:

[JohnnyRico]

bigtopsfinn I'm from the same area as you so any suggestions?

[bigtopsfinn]

bigtopsfinn I'm from the same area as you so any suggestions?

If you're in Finland, then no luck I'm afraid. I asked a guy at the hardware store for Y socket splitters and he said he's never seen them. Said it's probably because of the strict laws/regulations here. I don't know about the other Scandinavian countries though.

What I do is check around second-hand shops for light fixtures, sometimes you can find the kinds with 3 sockets for cheap. I've done plenty of research and browsing, and found that it's cheaper and more efficient to get an HPS system from Germany rather than messing around with CFL's, which are much more expensive here compared to the US and Canada. But if you want to stick with this project, check around some German or Dutch sites like this one: udopea, you can get 125w-200w CFL's for much cheaper than buying many smaller ones. Only problem then becomes the penetration, so maybe get a couple of those?

Hope this helps. Where are you from?

[JohnnyRico]

If you're in Finland, then no luck I'm afraid. I asked a guy at the hardware store for Y socket splitters and he said he's never seen them. Said it's probably because of the strict laws/regulations here. I don't know about the other Scandinavian countries though.

What I do is check around second-hand shops for light fixtures, sometimes you can find the kinds with 3 sockets for cheap. I've done plenty of research and browsing, and found that it's cheaper and more efficient to get an HPS system from Germany rather than messing around with CFL's, which are much more expensive here compared to the US and Canada. But if you want to stick with this project, check around some German or Dutch sites like this one: udopea, you can get 125w-200w CFL's for much cheaper than buying many smaller ones. Only problem then becomes the penetration, so maybe get a couple of those?

Hope this helps. Where are you from?

Thanks for the reply bigtops. Biltema has now these US kind of corcscrew lookin 20W CFL's that cost 2.99â?¬ each, so not gonna cost much. Im gonna hit the flee markets tomorrow for second hand light fixtures and gonna visit the local lighting/electricity hardware store if they have any solutions for this. I tried to fit my old 200W ESL in to the pc-case but it doesn't.

[bigtopsfinn]

Wow, I think the cheapest I've seen at the stores were like... 7.99 or 9.99, I might have to order some of those for myself

Just found this on ebay.co.uk... 4-in-1 1 to 4 Studio Light Lamp Socket Splitter Adapter on eBay (end time 08-Feb-10 18:35:58 GMT)

[JohnnyRico]

Wow, I think the cheapest I've seen at the stores were like... 7.99 or 9.99, I might have to order some of those for myself

Just found this on ebay.co.uk... 4-in-1 1 to 4 Studio Light Lamp Socket Splitter Adapter on eBay (end time 08-Feb-10 18:35:58 GMT)

Dude! Thanks for the eBay link, thats exactly what I need. I think I can fit 8 cfl's with two of those splitters. Yeah and the biltema has just taken those cheap bulbs in to their selection.