$20 Dollar Grow Room (Design on a dime)

SwiftGrow said:

They cheapest thing ive seen is 10$ shop lights a home depot with a 2700k and a 6500 k bulb and a home made bubbleponics system made from pvc, hose, rubbermaid container, hosing, sprayer heads, etc. Even that system was nice and cheap to build but still prolly cost like 200$ once you include mylar or panda film, timers, fans, pumps etc.

Theres is a DWC systems using a cheap black 5gal bucket and 6 cheap cup thing with 1 air pump 1 airstone and some water and a small thing of superthrive i bet you could make a 6 plant dwc system for 20$ and then just put it outside where light is FREE !

Walmart and the dollar store make most items around a dollar or less only the 5 gal bucket and the air pump are over a dollar really.

do i win ?
lol

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I'm not sure if you looked at what I put together so far, but I'm pretty sure I'm fine, man. Go ahead and put yours together, and we can compare. I think your DWC system sounds great, and I'd like to see it put together, but I've already got mine started, and I'm staying on budget thus far. The odor control is where I need help at this point. I assure you that it's not going to cost me 200 bucks, but then again- I'm not building a bubbleponics system.

mcpurple said:

man this thread is full of haters and for no reason. hope the plant turns out decent man.

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I'll be fine. I've had my dealings with trolls. So far, I haven't really had any pop in on this thread yet.

It's all good, man. But I appreciate the sentiment, because lord knows that as soon as I post this, I'm going to get trolled. lol

spliffbazz said:

have you made a decision on soil or hydro yet greennerd ? i was looking at hempy buckets i think you should use 1 of them...

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I'm going to stick to soil for now. It will be far more affordable, plus I have no hydro experience. I am a soil grower for now, so me setting up a hydro system would kinda be a bad idea right now. I'll def. consider it once I do more research on hydro.

What's a hempy bucket?

look at this thread..https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/13477-hempy-buckets.html

To make a hempy bucket is simple all you need to do is this

Get your self a bucket any color but clear as you will end up with algae forming as the nutes react to the light .

The size of the bucket can vary from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly I personally like using a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 14 oz yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given phino .

Once you have your bucket then get a drill and drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inch from the bottom , The drain hole can be around 7/16.

And the medium i use is perlite/vermiculite at around 3 to 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.You can use volcanic rocks but personaly i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in many ways.

All you need to do now is basically add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes and thats it,I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a desent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.

The only thing rong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole thats it and as far as checking your PH well the only time you need to do that is when you mix your nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2 PH

GreenNerd420 said:

Yea, it's awesome building my own personal cum dumpster.

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a smart man rents a cum dumster and then washes with hot soap and water. He sure as hell doesn't lust to own one and then keep it his house and show it off.

. Cool or uncool, sometimes it's fun to hate, even if this is the equivelant of poking a retarded kid in the eye.

I'm doing the same thing in a 50 gal trash can that I found and sanatized!! it's in my bath tub haha. I've got 2 in there but just lined it with foil and white paint, cut 2 holes for vents any my little $2 clip on fans. Genus dude!!

If I can throw some ideas out there, I built this by just lining a piece of aluminum with mylar then hung a computer fan in it. The lights being hung by an adjustable coat rack which allows me to adjust the light. Because it's round the fan creates a vortex keeping it nice and cool. The light is a 42w actual(200w eq.) CFL and is more than enough to flower a single small plant.

and what's with all the grow nazis around here? I've grown the best shit I've ever had in a friggin bath tub, with used pots from a nursery, a ph meter. You don't have to spend a zillion dollhairs on a grow unless your in it for money and status. Dudes are acting like it's a pissing match haha. Just because they don't have the creative juices to think outside what they've been told, seen, or done in the past; doesn't mean anything. Seems they want you to fail so they can justify their 5 thousand dollar grow room with industrial sent removers and $600 light bulbs that you can see from the moon. different strokes for different folks. I for one love finding new, different, and uique ways to grow. But these things do stink huh? lol

hempys are cheap easy and even produce..

legallyflying said:

a smart man rents a cum dumster and then washes with hot soap and water. He sure as hell doesn't lust to own one and then keep it his house and show it off.

. Cool or uncool, sometimes it's fun to hate, even if this is the equivelant of poking a retarded kid in the eye.

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I'm not parading this grow, FYI. It was taken simply as a challenge in the Live Chat. Yea, it is fun to hate.

i think insence will work for you only one plant should mask the smell to the untrained nose ) you can also put on your stove cinamin and vanilla extract and boil it friends did it when they trimmed 200 pounds of bud and that masked the smell real good

GreenNerd420 said:

I'm not parading this grow, FYI. It was taken simply as a challenge in the Live Chat. Yea, it is fun to hate.

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fair enough. Thanks for taking the hate in stride. Its a good measure of a man in my opinion. But anyways, bucket, case fan and a battery... should be under $20.

I am bumping this thread, because I want people to like me.

I was wonderin how much did it cost you exactly and what supplies did you need and buy? I need a cheap fast and easy way to grow. And also is that ok to flower with that setup or are you gonna need a different light for that

shaggy42 said:

I was wonderin how much did it cost you exactly and what supplies did you need and buy? I need a cheap fast and easy way to grow. And also is that ok to flower with that setup or are you gonna need a different light for that

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I plan on flowering with this setup just for testing purposes. I am trying to stay away from using CFLs for flowering as they do not produce high yields. But, to answer your question- Yes, you can flower with this setup, you will just need to change the light bulbs to the 2700k spectrum, and use 5700k for vegging. The entire cost will vary for everyone being I used a few spare parts around the house. Ultimately, it cost less than 20 bucks for the parts. Just go to Lowes. You can get a mylar sheet at Walmart in the camping supply section (get an emergency blanket). I do not prefer using foil, as it conducts electricity. Mylar does not.

Mylar Blanket - $1.00
Light Socket for top center - $2.50
Light Splitter - $1.00
CFL Bulbs x 2 - $5 total
Computer Fan - Free (or $2.50)
Dirt - Free
Power Cords - Free (cut them off an old lamp or something)

So, I have a grand total thus far of - $9.50

Now, I have a lot of free shit. If you want to add in the cost of power cords, and the tedious bullshit, I could break that down, but honestly- You should have those things.

Anyone else got ideas? Kinda lame on the activity-O-meter.

you need a temp and hygrometer that is readable from the outside of the container

acexxacer said:

you need a temp and hygrometer that is readable from the outside of the container

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Good call.

Just started germinating a bag seed.