Sort of like a grow log... here I am going to provide a log of my project to build a custom grow box in my bedroom. I remember my daddy telling me one day, you never know when you might want to build something, and then he taught me all about skill saws and electrical outlets and the value of a good plan. I don't think that he had any idea what I would put this knowledge to use doing... but I think he would have been proud of me.

Here is the goal... a two level, Veg/Flower grow box with separate lighting in each section. Heat and airflow should be controlled throughout and odor must be controlled.

So, here are the pictures of the project as I work on it. As of today you see the basic shell of the box, assembled and painted. Next step will be to hang the mylar and install the middle shelf and lights.

Emmie's Grow Box Album

The box is 5' x 28" and is 4' tall. It is painted flat white inside and all surfaces will also be covered in mylar.

What you see in the top view is a bathroom exhaust fan that will draw air through the unit and out to a carbon filter. Constant negative airflow will be maintained so that air can go in... but to go out, it must go through the filter.

All electrical will be as close to code as I can get, note the boxes mounted in the wall. Between those two boxes is going to be a shelf that divides the box into two sections.

The bottom section will be 30" tall with room for a T5 x 4' x 8 array mounted on the underside of the shelf, room for growth above a 3.8 sq. meter SCRog screen and below that, plenty of room for 3 wide pots to populate the screen that is sitting 10" above the dirt surface.

On the back wall there will be room to also mount horizontally my T5 x 4' x 4 array just at canopy height. This will provide a total of 60,000 lumens to the top of the grow screen.

The upper side of the shelf will allow air flow from the lower level while still blocking light from the top and will have my smaller 4" shop light with grow bulbs (1900 Lumens) in an 18" tall veg area for clones and seedlings.

The second picture shows the bottom of the box where you see a gap in the back to allow incoming airflow. There will be a similar gap in the front when the door is closed so that airflow will come from front and back, through the center shelf and out to the filter. Temperature will be maintained with a small heater piping heat in at the bottom near the center of the box and controlled by a thermostat at the canopy level.

So far it has been a lot of fun putting this together and I have dreams of it being able to produce all that I need, safely.

I will upload more pictures as I make progress on the box. I estimate that I have 3 weeks to complete this before I have to separate out one male from my closet grow and attempt to pollinate one part of one female for seeds. After the first grow is successful and I have seeds to restart from if I suffer a disaster, then I will move operations completely to the box for a production run. I anticipate a very interesting spring. :thumbsup:

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emilya Reviewed by emilya on . Emmie's Grow Box Building Project Sort of like a grow log... here I am going to provide a log of my project to build a custom grow box in my bedroom. I remember my daddy telling me one day, you never know when you might want to build something, and then he taught me all about skill saws and electrical outlets and the value of a good plan. I don't think that he had any idea what I would put this knowledge to use doing... but I think he would have been proud of me. Here is the goal... a two level, Veg/Flower grow box with Rating: 5