My First Grow - Equipment Gathering to Bud

This project pretty much got put on hold because I decided to turn a 3 x 4 x 8 foot closet into a grow room instead. It now has a 400 watt mh light with a sunmaster "all around" bulb.

Stay tuned in the next few days for the start of my grow!!!

Originally Posted by nedyah

In the last eight days I have completed a lot. I put a floor in the base, a way to stop it from tipping over, I did up the intake venting successfully and for free and started working on a light fixture too. Today I was home depot and have located everything I need for a simple ventilation setup.

Have any of you guys heard of these dryer rechargeable carbon filter things? The guy at my local shop says they are good for 1.5 years and need to be recharged every 2 months. Seems highly

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Originally Posted by sicks stuff

IMHO ventilation is the key when designing a micro grow.
figure your cabinet foot print, figure out your optimized plant count, by using that you can determine what wattage you will need.
then from that there are formulas for determining the amount of CFM you will need to cool down the box from what you determine to be an acceptable temp variation above ambient.
then place your exhaust vents and fans (on paper), this placement will let you design the inlets, inlet sizing, and

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Originally Posted by nedyah

Today I spent a few hours building my first simple grow box. I will be converting the drawers to open all at once, somewhat like a cabinet door.

I first started designing a rectangular "door" piece to hold all of the drawer-fronts. All of my drawers fit so I started attaching the drawers to the door piece.

I still need to add a floor, a hinge, a lock, proper lighting and intake/out take not to mention getting the proper temperatures in a basement. I definitely

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