How To - Rubbermaid Tub Growbox

[NailgunGirlie]

I love DIY projects. Thanks so much for sharing your project...it's great. Now what does the final product look, taste, and smell like?

Thanks again

[NailgunGirlie]

I should have said how much was your yield not what does it look like...Sorry.

[mgjscdhl]

I'm more or less modeling my own growbox on this one. It'll be my first, but there seems to be alot of information here to give it a go. I have a couple of questions;

first would I need to do lst (low stress training) of my plants because of that size growbox?

I've heard two things about exaust/intake. OP says one size, and someone said another. Does size matter as long as presure is maintained?

Are the lumens or amount of cfl dependant on how many plants? I would only grow 3-4 plants while OP seems to have half dozen or more. I happen to have 4x cflu lightbulbs (13w, 800 limens, 10,000 hr life).. Is that enough for that size grow?



I posted a thread in this forum and I hope to get something started soon and not rely on anybody else for my pot.

[blowin]

will that same method thos CFLs work for a open room job?

[jebus2029]

I just grew a single plant in my box, not multiple. I also lsted the hell out of it. When I chopped it it was like a banzai tree. The canopy took up the entire space. It was vegging for a very long time though. Multiple plants would cut down on the veg time. I also used 6 cfl's that were 26w each(equal to 100w). Really have to watch the heat with that many though. I was up close to 90 once the summer came around. Might be why it was so stunted now that I think about it. I also had 2 small fans inside, one was a little metal desk fan I kept under the plant. The other was a computer fan I kept up high on the roof of the canopy. Halfway through flowering I added another light underneath the plant to get light to the lower parts, but I think I ended up taking it back out due to temps. Not really sure if this helped or hurt though. Buds were light and fluffy but still a decent yield. 2.5-3oz.

[Hall420]

Quick question. When you switched to flowering did you change your cfl's to 2700k or did you continue to use the same 6500k lights?

[jebus2029]

When I did my first grow I used 2700K lights the entire time and it came out fine. This time I'm starting with 6500k and will switch to 2700k for flowering. I may keep 1 or 2 lights as 6500k. I hear having a little of the light at the blue spectrum helps.

[Ricshire7]

what exactly did you line the inside of the rubbermaid tubes with? is it mylar? but Great work man, im seriously considering trying a set up like this now!!

[Ricshire7]

nevermind, i saw that you used foil tape..

[gtoman210]

Hey guys I had a few questions can this box be used from seedling to harvest without adjusting the light height.