Quote Originally Posted by low_rdr
I got the cabinet for $79 at home depot. Do yourself a favor and get a wooden one about the same size, I was going to but figured this one would work, and it will, but it has light leak issues as well as being plastic doesn't really help with silencing fans - So if you try to put a proper exaust system on it, the entire thing will hum - Stick with a wooden cabinet, this is good for veg, but like I said, light leak issues for flowering

I picked my strains based on effect and flowering times. Most of my strains are seed to harvest in 60 days.

As far as electricity, if you want to do something like this, I can actually give you step by step pics as I'm about to repeat the process with a wooden box. If you want me to do a DIY wooden cabinet log, with complete setup and a seed to harvest log following that cabinet so we can see the end result, I'll gladly do it. Just say the word

Thanks for the compliments, means a lot as this is my first box!



Yea I am debating on getting a box like yours, but Im wondering if it will be enough room for the present plants i have growing they are already in 5 gallon pots, and there is six of them. I know it would not fit, I see you have 6 smaller ones. Im very interested to see how your plants end up i will be watching from start to finish I have always been interested in the seed to harvest 60 days. I just worry about yield when I think harvest in 60 days it just doesn't seem to be enough time to me, this is my first grow well second actually, but this is my first official grow investing money into it. My problem is one of my plants is already extremely wide,about 6 inches each side of the stem, and every alternating node is proving to grow the same,idk why its growing so wide I can tell it's going to be a long lanky plant the rest are short and bushy,but still in the 5 gallon pots space is an issue,im going to keep my eyes open for a cabinet like yours. My girlfriend is bitching about having to share a closet now, but I am def interested in running electricity like you have, I presently have a max lume 200 watt cfl putting out just about 18000 lumens so I would only need lights and wiring for the flowering box. How much money for all the materials excluding the cabinet. As far as the diagram goes I would very much appreciate that, Im not ready to do it now, but very soon so it's up to you if you wanna make a diagram now or later, just keep me posted. Thank you
billydakid6812 Reviewed by billydakid6812 on . First Grow - 2600 + watt CFL!!!! Greetings Everyone, and especially myself. I'm using this as a true grow log, a step by step to my successes and failures using a CFL Cabinet. Before I get too in depth, I'd like to point out that the main reason I decided to use CFL's was heat - It was not cost. Originally I thought CFL's would be 30-40 degrees cooler in a cabinet, and my heat issues would be null and void. Where I'm growing, I have no need for carbon filters, no matter how bad the stink is, I'm covered. That being said, Rating: 5