growing in a refrigerator

nice work. I had alot of heat issues with my first grow fridge. 115 degrees during the summer sometimes. But the first one was with alot of 42 watt cfls, so im making a new one with two 2'x2' t5 fixtures, one on the top half and one on the bottom. 10,000 lumens each + Lowryder= 1 oz a week . But thats once i get some money from my actuall grow.

Originally Posted by macdadyabc

nice work. I had alot of heat issues with my first grow fridge. 115 degrees during the summer sometimes. But the first one was with alot of 42 watt cfls, so im making a new one with two 2'x2' t5 fixtures, one on the top half and one on the bottom. 10,000 lumens each + Lowryder= 1 oz a week . But thats once i get some money from my actuall grow.

Easy killer!

Originally Posted by growforfreedom1

pictures didnt come through will fix later .....first off this is my first thread excuse mistakes as i am not computer savvy. so here it is......

...looks pretty ordinary, i'll give it that but ....alakazzam and there she is folks even though this death star is not fully operational, it is still a formidable force. i have some work to do but here is the layout so far

i removed the fan from that hole in the back and cut a hole in the side (outer shell) of the fridge, freezer side on the inside i drilled some holes, fucked around, cussed at it, cut myself a few times and voila, fan.....in the side......of the damn freezer, ya dig.

..see this cabinet.....it will hide my cords, my heat exchanger..(more into that later stay tuned..) all the hoses to run a passive ventilation system as well as thru-type heat exhaustion through a cool tube.

currently i am growing seedlings with 2 26w 6500k 1600 lmnz coil cfls with 2 f15 daylight 17w 700k tubes. not much, i know this, however with the small space white interior and reflective film on the door, its fucking bright. and the plants are thriving.

i am using a tray i bought at wally world for 5 bucks painted black with rhino liner, and a styrofoam slab that came with a microwave that had 15 perfect 2" holes in it so i cut it to fit in side the tub perfectly and snuggly down to the first ridge in the tub. i run 8 liters of nutrient solution with a bubblerwith a layer of hydroton to keep the light out and control the evaporation. the styrofoam floats on the solution i have plastic spikes in the rock wool to suspend the plants and keep from falling through.

600 ppm advanced nutrients, 8 liters, 6ml micro, 4ml grow, 2ml bloom, 8ml sensizym, 1 capfull hydrogen peroxide, yes fucking peroxide.....helps oxygenate. ph every morning adjusted to 5.4-5.5 range, burns through about 4/5 of a liter in 12 hours. changing nutes every week right now for little ones.

... this is the lower cab i have removed the shelves for in the doors and lined with reflective film ... hey to all you guys using foil, STOP!!!!! that shit absorbes photons....ok....so.. ive cut a series of five holes in the outer shell of my fridge and removed the fiberglass stuffing between the inner and outer shell heres a pic of one of those holes through the 4" hole i have cut inside for the cooltube(on its way from ebay right now).
...over on the other side you will see that i have cut holes in the side of the cabinet as well as the lower and upper halves of the fridge......

keep in mind the hose routing as you see it is only to show you the locations of the holes. i will post more in the next few days please post comments with good taste.

Sweet setup! Stuff like this shows creativity. and you didn't spend 7,000 ordering it. Start a journal.

Sorry to junk up yor other thread.
But NICE WORK, ill be following you progress.
+rep

Good healthy looking plants... good idea for the fridge..
+rep..

thanx to all with the kind words and dont sweat junking up the thread i know it will happen and i am guilty of it as well, but i know that a lot of you are probably new so its expected, i am still trying to fugure out this site

yeah, fan speed controller idea. i kinda thought about this already but i am going to play it by ear on that one, see the tube is still going to be producing heat, the fan that i have in the side of the freezer is not a super high speed fan, its small and chincy so to put a controller on that little three inch fan wouldnt do much, however i do fully plan on using one on the draft inducer that i am going to use to exhaust the light. a 150cfm fan is going to pull so much air over that light so it is there that i will regulate it for temperature, the heat exchanger is not going to be a super duper radiator either, the flow is going to be slow and since i am not using a chiller i am going to pull semi-filtered water straight out of the sump pump crock in the corner to run the exchanger. it stays 1/3 full all year, its clean ground water and i dont have to pay to run that thing except for a pump. thanx for the interest if you have anymore ideas...PLEASE bring them forth, these are medical cali orange in there that i got from a single bud that i bought at a dispensary in L.A. i dont wantto fuck these up

you knnow that set up is sweet. And stealthy as hell. But what are you going to do when someone opens it looking for a soda lol