JackStafford
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This is my attempt at a DIY bonsai mother/clone cupboard and veg cabinet.
A bit of background. I have been growing in a 80x80x40cm (HxWxD) tent. You can check out my easy ryder grow journal for the setup. Things can get a little cramped in there and having only one grow space is really limiting my options, so I wanted to have two grow spaces - one for clones and mothers and one for the big girls. Trouble is I live in a rental, so things need to be kept super stealthy. At the moment, the tent is in a lockable storage cupboard in the garage. The useable space inside is 165x80x40cm. The clone/mother cupboard will take up 60x80x40cm-(HxWxD) with the rest of the space for a flowering cabinet I plan to build in a few weeks.
I used some pine timber I had lying around for the frame and 12mm mdf for the walls and door. The mdf should also help to muffle the sound of the fans more than the tent does. I painted everything with two coats of a bathroom/kitchen primer which is supposed to resist mold. Then I spray painted the inside with a super glossy white and the outside with a flat black. I lined the bottom, back wall and door with panda film for extra moisture protection. Then i sealed all the edges with bathroom silicone. The door will be hinged at the top and I'll run a bead of silicone or something else around the frame to help seal the door from light and odor.
Lighting will come from a 4x 24w 2ft fluorescent fixture. Air circulation will be from a 10cm fan which will run while the lights are on and I'll have 3x 40mm pc fans for intake and 2x 80mm pc fan for exhaust. Dust filters on the intakes, diy super basic carbon filters on the exhaust.
Initially I will clone in a propagation house but I'll likely build a diy aero cloner later down the track since i predominantly grow using DWC.
This will have the cupboard using 120w max during lights on and only a couple watts when off.
I plan to keep a white widow, skunk #1, super lemon haze and pennywise bonsai mothers and a pennywise father for breeding. I want to breed these strains in the hope of increasing the cbd content and to keep the plants small and easily manageable.-
The veg cabinet will be 105x70x40cm (less wide to leave space to store nutes). It will be constructed in the same way as the clone cupboard except with barn doors.
Lighting will come from 1x 130w cfl and 2x 24w cfl. Air circulation will be from 2x 10cm fan which will run 24/7 and I'll have 3x 80mm pc fans for intake and 1x 100mm inline fan with proper carbon filter for exhaust. Dust filters on the intakes. I'll have air pump running 24/7 for the dwc and a tiny water pump running intermittently to circulate nute water.
I'll keep posting pics as I go.
Comments, questions, feedback are all welcome.
A bit of background. I have been growing in a 80x80x40cm (HxWxD) tent. You can check out my easy ryder grow journal for the setup. Things can get a little cramped in there and having only one grow space is really limiting my options, so I wanted to have two grow spaces - one for clones and mothers and one for the big girls. Trouble is I live in a rental, so things need to be kept super stealthy. At the moment, the tent is in a lockable storage cupboard in the garage. The useable space inside is 165x80x40cm. The clone/mother cupboard will take up 60x80x40cm-(HxWxD) with the rest of the space for a flowering cabinet I plan to build in a few weeks.
I used some pine timber I had lying around for the frame and 12mm mdf for the walls and door. The mdf should also help to muffle the sound of the fans more than the tent does. I painted everything with two coats of a bathroom/kitchen primer which is supposed to resist mold. Then I spray painted the inside with a super glossy white and the outside with a flat black. I lined the bottom, back wall and door with panda film for extra moisture protection. Then i sealed all the edges with bathroom silicone. The door will be hinged at the top and I'll run a bead of silicone or something else around the frame to help seal the door from light and odor.
Lighting will come from a 4x 24w 2ft fluorescent fixture. Air circulation will be from a 10cm fan which will run while the lights are on and I'll have 3x 40mm pc fans for intake and 2x 80mm pc fan for exhaust. Dust filters on the intakes, diy super basic carbon filters on the exhaust.
Initially I will clone in a propagation house but I'll likely build a diy aero cloner later down the track since i predominantly grow using DWC.
This will have the cupboard using 120w max during lights on and only a couple watts when off.
I plan to keep a white widow, skunk #1, super lemon haze and pennywise bonsai mothers and a pennywise father for breeding. I want to breed these strains in the hope of increasing the cbd content and to keep the plants small and easily manageable.-
The veg cabinet will be 105x70x40cm (less wide to leave space to store nutes). It will be constructed in the same way as the clone cupboard except with barn doors.
Lighting will come from 1x 130w cfl and 2x 24w cfl. Air circulation will be from 2x 10cm fan which will run 24/7 and I'll have 3x 80mm pc fans for intake and 1x 100mm inline fan with proper carbon filter for exhaust. Dust filters on the intakes. I'll have air pump running 24/7 for the dwc and a tiny water pump running intermittently to circulate nute water.
I'll keep posting pics as I go.
Comments, questions, feedback are all welcome.