1st ScrOG plans, feedback appreciated

[MegaOctane12]

Funny, I checked that site and couldn't find those, thanks alot for pointing that out. Out of curiosity have you considered using a tent instead of a custom built closet ? Basically its a frame you can cut to shape, made from PVC, the smallest they do is 1m wide x 1m long x 2m tall, but you can easily measure the exact dimensions and using a hacksaw, cut it accordingly. The pieces fit together to make a pretty sturdy frame, and Total Black Out material used to make the room. Its about 94% reflective, not as good as mylar, but you could add whatever you wanted to over the top if need be. I've found its alot easier than buying and cutting wood, but suppose its different for everyone. I highly recommend these tents. http://www.growell.co.uk/p/1433/The_...GroW_Tent.html , just a thought.

[pinkchick]

I thought the growboxes were really handy, just not very stealth - and since people do very occasionally may enter my bedroom, someting that looks like a pretty - although weirdly dimensioned - cupboard seemed better. I got the wood cut for me, the construction will be "fun" though... Little girl, big closet - oh well. I am on vacation next week, so time oin my hands... and yes, I will definitely use my digicam for documentation!

[jamstigator]

Heh, that's why I went with a wood cabinet instead of a grow tent too. You're smart to put casters on your cabinet, btw. I wanted to do that, still have a pile of casters I bought, but the ceiling of my room slopes, and adding the caster would have meant moving the box forward several inches, which would have put it in the path of a door, blocking the door, so I couldn't.

Then we had a massive power outage, lost power for 3 days, and I wanted to move the cabinet nearer window lighting, but when I went to move it, it was impossible. Hell, the cabinet alone weighs almost 300 pounds, plus the stuff inside it, and I'm not exactly a huge guy. Lacking casters, I had to resort to Plan B to provide light for those three days: batteries and flashlights!

[rabbitslayer]

Just wanted to say good luck with your construction, and are you going to put a lock on the door?

[pinkchick]

Okay, back online.... and my cab is almost done, pictures will follow tomorrow... As always, I ran into shitloads of difficulties, the most acute being the fact that I am still missing equipment - filter and lights have not arrived. Plus, I cannot get the fan to work - will try again tonight and otherwise call in an electrician... for my photography dark room, of course.

As for the cabinet, it looks real good - although the casters/ wheels were too small for the weight and one broke of immediately. After the first batch, I'll try and mount it on bigger wheels, but can't be bothered right now - it's standing in the right corner and just won't be moved too much. And don't get me started on the sheer exhaustion after finally having built the cupboard and having to get it up - I am one small female, and that is one big m*f* cupboard...

The best news - three of my four ladies are already 3cm high! I put them in Jiffies last week Tuesday, on the window sill... and they are so pretty! Which means I really need to get the lights today or tomorrow. The fourth doesn't seem to come up, I'll check again tonight and see if I can help it along, otherwise I might just add another seed. All seeds are from Female Seeds, so they should be female - otherwise I will not be a happy camper...

So, target for this week - hope that all the equipment arrives, that I can get the fan to work and finish up the cupboard so my ladies will have it nice and warm. Their names are Ally, Amantes and Anna (after Anna Madrigal, Tales of the city) - Agatha is the one that hasn't shown up yet. Maybe it's the name? Hmmmm.... Food for thought....

[jamstigator]

Either you're stronger than you think, or your cabinet is smaller than mine, because when I built mine, I physically could not stand it upright myself, had to get a contractor guy working on the house to help me upright it. I think mine weighed 230 pounds. Hell, I had to pay the contractor guys to get it to the house and up the stairs too, just too freakin' heavy!

If you're going to ScroG, and are patient in veg, you probably don't even need four plants; one or two could be enough. Three was too many for me when I let them veg too long. I'm gonna try two plants, maybe even just one, next time.

Sorry about your fan! What brand/size? But three feminized plants all sprouted up, that's good news! Hope they all do turn out to be females for you!

[Its a Plant]

If you could throw some pics of your newly constructed cabinet on here, that would be great! I'm dying to see how it turned out! Good luck with your current problems and all the best. :thumbsup: ~

[MegaOctane12]

This is gonna be the setup:

Didn't know this thread is still going. I just thought I'd point out that your diagram here is pretty spot on except, from personal experience, I would install a Aircooled reflector AKA a jetstream, where the air is taken through the hood, you'll find, without a dobut, regardless of the fact you have the 410m3/hour fan working away there, the heat directly under the bulb is subject to the occilating fan only, the heat is pretty relentless on these thing's, so if I was you, I would do this, get a refund on that light, and pay extra for an aircooled one, check the picture. Its also important to note, that unless a muffler AKA silencer is directly attached to the exhaust of the fan, your not making proper use of it. So like in the diagram for example, you could have the fan on top of the closet, horizontally, connected directly to a muffler, the heat will be taken care of and with a fan like that you could probaly get a 600w fuck, maybe even a 1000watter. Don't know if you still view these boards, but here's my input nonetheless.

[MegaOctane12]

Sorry that's wrong, putting the fan onto the filter and blowing air through the hood would work best.