I have been wanting to post on here but haven't got around to it. I tried just a little while ago and I think i got an error or something, anyways.. lets try again. I am working with 3 Sq. Ft. of space in a dresser I decided to convert into a Stealth grow cab. Its dimensions are about 15" deep x 32" wide x 27" of usable grow space. I germ'd about 10 seeds collected over time from good bag weed. I only had room for 4 plants in my system so thats how many I am left with today. Had to let the other ones go. I am currently on Day 10 of Veg. I decided to go hydro a little bit into it so I had to transplant from soil to Hydro which shocked my plants by I THINK atleast 2-3 days. I will post pictures of setup and grow.

Alright, let me just get this out of the way. I know aluminum foil sucks and I will be getting Mylar within the next week. Foil was just temp. My setup goes like this,

• 2, 70 watt HPS lights (6000 Lumens Each)
• 2 42 watt CFL's (200w Equiv.) (2700 Lumens Each)
• 1 50 CFM Bathroom exhaust Fan
• 1 Small Wal-Mart fan inside

I tried to install everything as clean as I could with the space given. This is my first real grow. I say real grow because I never got much worth mentioning in my previous grows. I have NEVER done hydro before and actually decided to give it a shot after reading forever on these forums. If you have any comments or suggestions- please let me know. I want to see what people think of this setup... let me know if you think it will work decent.. really only looking to get 1 ounce but anything more is welcome

Here is a picture of the dresser with her powered up and running. There is a little light that escapes from where the drawer sides where but I'm not worried. I can fix that later when its more crucial. Everything else is completely sealed. The bottom 3 drawer fronts attach with drawer catches and the top drawer slides to give me access to my electrical.


Here I have her completely opened up. The middle rails that separate the drawers pull right out from the staple holes they were attached with. You can see the drawers in the corner and the catches on the side. The edges are lined with Vacuum tape (same as weather stripping).

This is the upper electrical drawer. The two lights you see up here are the HPS. It keeps the heat being constantly exhausted without ever getting to my growing area. In the middle is the 50 CFM Bathroom Exhaust fan.

And the bottom 3 drawers. This is the grow chamber as you can see.... THE ALUMINUM FOIL IS TEMP. Will be putting Mylar up later this week sometime. Humidifier down bottom in between paint cans keeps humidity around 65%. You can see the bulb arrangement also.

A close up of the inside. This one you can see the bulbs better. on the outside up top you see the HPS on each side. In the middle are the CFL's both at 2700k temp. I am going to make another Veg box and that is why these are not a more blue spectrum.


Its too bright for me too look at for very long. Really limits my time with the kids...


And to finish this post up... a few of my supplies. Def.not all of them but a few.

Alright- I am currently on Day 10 of Veg. I began with about 10 seeds collected from good bag weed over time. I got I think about 7 to germ, 2 were still borns when my temp dropped, and 1 I had to kill off because I only planned to have room for 4. Of these 4 now who knows how many will be Males/Females. 2 Females and I would be extremely happy. Originally I planned to use soil BUT after reading countless success stories with Hydro and the shortened grow time, I decided I would switch to Hydro. Doing this I think I stunted growth about 2-3 days.
An important note, I am testing a Medium called ZeoPro. It was designed by Nasa and I cannot find ANY forum posts ANYWHERE documenting the use of this on marijuana. It is fucking nuts in my opinion. I pre-soaked all of my Hydroton and ZeoPro over night in the Nutrient solution and when I poured the Nut solution over the ZeoPro... it like had a reaction and started misting and bubbling. Then the ENTIRE night while it was submerged in water there was tiny bubbles coming up. Read up about this stuff, it seems pretty crazy and I am giving it a shot... Day 10 of Veg and they seem to really like the stuff.
Let me start posting some pictures of my babies.

Here are the 5 that sprouted, the smallest one was the 5th that I had to get rid of.

Here is a pic of all 4 on day 10 of Veg. I transplanted from those soil pods to Hydro and in the process I tore a few small parts of the Roots. Plants were def. stunted a few days but seem to be doing good. The pots are 5 3/4" Dia. and the roots are coming out the bottom and hitting the Nutrient Solution. I hope for Faster growth now but I don't know, Never grown Hydro before.



Here are a couple more pics of the little girls (hopefully). I know the pics suck but its on my phone. I will be sure to get some better ones soon. I just went tonight (at like 1 am) to Wally world to buy a damn magnifying glass cause I heard you can take better closeups like that. heh- I`ll try it out.

awesome bro. I'll be watching and hoping for your girls as I just started my grow too.

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looks good, i really think you coulda put a bigger mh/hps in there with bigger ventilation system.

i have a little bit bigger closet/drawer than you, running 600

Titleistbudz - Thanks, sounds like your going to have a pretty nice setup. I`ll be watching.

LoudBlunts - I know. After reading all the forums of how much heat HPS lights put out I was a little worried and went with the smaller ones. I got them installed and had absolutely no problems with temp so I added two of the highest CFL's i could find and still no problems with Temp. Thats only with my ventilation I have now (which IMO is not that great, but quiet!). I will probably end up building a new cab (ground up) after a couple grows in this one and I will probably invest in a 400watter. I figured (sort of hoped) this should be sufficient to support my habit... or at least until I want more


Here are a few more pics, I used a magnifying glass to make the picture A LOT more clear. I was actually surprised that worked for some reason.

Are those tubes pumping in CO2 or oxygen? Sorry if you already stated it!

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Titleistbudz - I forgot to mention that. It is "pumping" in CO2. Pumping in quotes cause its a DIY method with Yeast and Sugar. I ran a Air tube around to each one of the plants and put a T connector to aim it at the plants. I know it probably doesn't put off that much CO2 which is why I placed the OUTLETS directly under the plant. Even if its a little CO2 (which I can see it Bubble so there is some!) at the base of the plants, they should be able to use some of it. I put it in the other day and it seems like my plants have grown some over night.. more than previous nights. I mixed 2 Cups suger with 2 Tbspns of Yeast. Wonder if its the CO2 thats helping, heh- cant hurt.

Below is an article explaining this CHEAP CO2 reaction fairly well, in detail.
DIY CO2 -- yeast