PC Case stealth growing (NEED ADVICE)

I'm going to grow 1 or 2 plant in a mid or full tower casing, whichever is better.
I'll be using a single 150W CFL or 2x 75w CFL, or do I need more?
As for the intake and exhaust, I'll use 2 pc fans on the top for exhaust and 2 on the front for intake.
I'm growing it in a pc case because it is less suspicious and easier to DIY a carbon filter in it.

I need some advice/recommendation from you guys if the space in a mid or full tower casing will be sufficient for 1-2plant and is the CFL light is sufficient for veg and flowering.If you guys are growing in a pc case, please do share your photos especially the carbon filter part, It'll be a huge help! I've seen a lot of the PC case growers in the forum and it's really nice, can't wait to start my own project.

EDIT: I know that most of you uses 6500k for vegging and 2700k for flowering, but is it possible to just use either 6500k or 2700k for vegging and flowering? Also is it okay if it is 6700k not 6500k?

I'll be growing sweet skunk.

If you can have a full tower, this will give you more space, especially if you plan on using CFLs. One 150w will be great. Maybe too much, but it depends on your pc's space.

If you consider growing in a pc just because you need to have carbon filters, don't do it. I haven't come across anyone that has mounted a carbon filter on a pc fan, just because its airflow isn't strong enough to support it.
You'll eventually have to go with something like an Ona gel, or sthn similar, which, works.

Your pot must cover the whole bottom of your pc, so you'll have as much soil as you can. Also, you may want to transplant near the one side of the pot and slowly lst towards the other.

If your lady is an autoflower, both 2700K and 6000K will do for veg and for flowering. You can also mix them up.

You can check my gurrent grow, or mewk's 2 grows. You'll find them inStealth / Micro / Cab Growing

Cheers!!

CoolDudeStuff said:

If you can have a full tower, this will give you more space, especially if you plan on using CFLs. One 150w will be great. Maybe too much, but it depends on your pc's space.

If you consider growing in a pc just because you need to have carbon filters, don't do it. I haven't come across anyone that has mounted a carbon filter on a pc fan, just because its airflow isn't strong enough to support it.
You'll eventually have to go with something like an Ona gel, or sthn similar, which, works.

Your pot must cover the whole bottom of your pc, so you'll have as much soil as you can. Also, you may want to transplant near the one side of the pot and slowly lst towards the other.

If your lady is an autoflower, both 2700K and 6000K will do for veg and for flowering. You can also mix them up.

You can check my gurrent grow, or mewk's 2 grows. You'll find them inStealth / Micro / Cab Growing

Cheers!!

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He is pretty much spot on. HOWEVER, there are PLENTY of people running carbon filters in their PC grows, search for PC fan carbon scrubber or DIY micro scrubber and you will find plenty.

Good luck.

CoolDudeStuff said:

If you can have a full tower, this will give you more space, especially if you plan on using CFLs. One 150w will be great. Maybe too much, but it depends on your pc's space.

If you consider growing in a pc just because you need to have carbon filters, don't do it. I haven't come across anyone that has mounted a carbon filter on a pc fan, just because its airflow isn't strong enough to support it.
You'll eventually have to go with something like an Ona gel, or sthn similar, which, works.

Your pot must cover the whole bottom of your pc, so you'll have as much soil as you can. Also, you may want to transplant near the one side of the pot and slowly lst towards the other.

If your lady is an autoflower, both 2700K and 6000K will do for veg and for flowering. You can also mix them up.

You can check my gurrent grow, or mewk's 2 grows. You'll find them inStealth / Micro / Cab Growing

Cheers!!

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I think I'll go for 2x 75watt or something with less watt but will get 3-4 of them depending on the space, so that I can get better surface area of light instead of just using one.I'll also cover the wall of the case with autoshades/sunshades to reflect the lights.

As for the carbon filter, I'll try to get it to work as hard as I can because smell is really a concern, but if it doesn't work I'll get some odor control gel, what do you recommend other than ona gel? I'm growing it in a full tower because it is the only thing that I could grow in.

Talking bout LST, it seems hard to LST a plant, especially in a pc case. Maybe I'll go with ScrOG, I might just end up killing my plant if I go for LST cause I'm a bit clumsy and might end up breaking them instead of bending them.

Thanks for the reply buddy

Keif. said:

He is pretty much spot on. HOWEVER, there are PLENTY of people running carbon filters in their PC grows, search for PC fan carbon scrubber or DIY micro scrubber and you will find plenty.

Good luck.

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Yea, I've seen a lot of DIY's, but I'm still looking for a promising looking ones. Well, I think even if I DIY a carbon filter, I'll still get an odor control gel.
Thanks for the info man.

Hey friend, no prob! Well, scrog is more difficult than Lst, especially in a pc!! Lst'ing is easy, these ladies are so flexible!! Just don't overdo it! There are plenty of tutorials on how to LST around!!

I didn't know about DIY carbon filters, yes, you should try it!

Neutradol is another solution for an odor gel!!

Mylar or space blankets (stretched) are really nice for reflection, or even painting your pc's inside, white!!

Cheers!!

I think agree with everyone here. Loadsa good advice. Sounds like you're all set to go. Your lights sound perfect, I'm on my second grow with nowt but 3 x 23w CFLs and they've been doing a pretty good job so far. ScrOG vs LST is a tricky one to get your head around, I was the same, I was scrog all the way to begin with. But long story short, I'm doing LST, and it gets much the same results (the way I do it ) for loads less hassle.

I'm running a DIY Carbon Scrubber, it does okay, but when you're heavy into flower, there really is no mistaking that you're growing, should someone walk in the same room as the box.

I'd also second CoolDude's comment about making sure your pot covers the entire base of your pc, you want as much of the area as possible used up for your growing medium.

Oh yeah, and for lights... Well, I've been using my 3 x 23w CFLs for the entire veg and flower. Mine are 2500k, as I figured I was more concerned about getting the right light for flowering than I was for the veg period. She seems to be happy regardless, never had any probs with her in veg, she seemed to be more than happy.

mewk.

Hi mewk, I've seen your grow and it's awesome man, but I'm sure that I can't LST my plant as good as you do.

As for the carbon scrubber, do you have a picture of it? I need some example of it so that I can DIY one, maybe I'll try to throw in a carbon scrubber/carbon filter + some charcoal bamboo that absorbs odour, because I really need to make sure that the smell isn't going to be too strong.

A quick question here, are you using any nutrient for your grow?

Thanks for all the usefull information man, I really need them.
Good luck on your grow!

Man, there is no skill involved in my LST, i've just been constantly adding new wire whenever something popped it's head up a bit too high. I swear, it's a no talent, no skill way of tackling the problem.

As for the scrubber, I just made myself one of these dudes (with a few changes due to being in the UK), and have a PC fan pushing into it.
https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/101248-best-diy-ez-walmart-carbon.html

As for nutes... I've been using cheap tomatoe nutes and making sure they're massively diluted.

All the same, it still gets pretty stinky in the room if the door of the grow is off for long enough to water.

Well, I'm a bit impatient and LST might kill my plant. Being said so, I'll still do further research and video viewing on LST and also ScrOG.
I don't wanna end up killing my plant after spending money on building the grow box and buying seeds.

Will it be any difference if I use maybe 2 of those DIY Carbon scrubber?

I haven't started any detailed research on the nutes yet, I'll start soon though.

Another question here, do you think that 2 exhaust fans and 2intake fan will be sufficient?
The average temperature in country here is around 27, I'm not sure about my room though.

Btw, I'll start my grow maybe next month when I have the money and enough knowledge.

Thanks for being generous in terms of knowledge, hope that you'll get a very good harvest!

Hey, another thought-

Hempy style would be great in the PC case. I just yielded a few ounces and used just the bottom of the 2 liter bottle as my pot. You dont get root-bound with this method..

Theres a link in my sig and its a good/long read but well worth the time.

Good luck.

I know nothing bout hempy yet, I'll be reading them though, but maybe I'll stick with the plan for my first grow since I've done tonnes of research bout it.

Just curious, is it possible to plant more than one plant in a pc case if I go with the hempy style?

FYI, I might be using a full tower casing which sized around Width: 25cm, Height:60cm and Depth:57cm

Keif. said:

Hey, another thought-

Hempy style would be great in the PC case. I just yielded a few ounces and used just the bottom of the 2 liter bottle as my pot. You dont get root-bound with this method..

Theres a link in my sig and its a good/long read but well worth the time.

Good luck.

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Dude I've been looking at going Hempy for my next run, but wasn't sure how small a container I could use. Have been thinking about just waterproofing the gaps in my current pot with some hot glue, and then turning it into a Hempy pot. You reckon that's a doable size?

you can use the hempy concept with anything...hell i have a male in a mcd's styrafoam sitting in a cut off 2 liter that came about after looking at a version of a hempy grow.