stealthed-up
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Whatsup dawgs, as you people see im doing this pretty stealthy, my first grow so any help would be appreciated. Cuboard, closet same thing? lol =)
My box is 96 cm/38" H X 98cm/39" W X 36cm/14" B as in the width from the side lol. I open it using the left panel and just taking it out, How can i make this more light proof ? there's a flag on top of the box with pillows all round so i doubt much light will get through ?
Im planning on growing 4 plants , 2 mango and 2 (red devil i think it is?) on a 18/6 veg (mh tubular) and then a 12/12 flowering with a (hps tubular)
I have a 250 watt mh/hps ballast switchable 2in1, im thinking of putting the ballast on my top shelf in the main white cuboard with a cable going down into my gro box into the light socket, will the length of the cable make any difference?
Im currently going to use a aluminum reflector plate as seen in the first picture on the top shelf, If i drill this reflector to the roof of the grow box with
2 screws will this obscure lighting or burn the top of my chipboard grow box? I also dont know the the best way to mount my light socket into the middle of the grobox, with the reflector on top. Dont want a risk for any fires to happen..
For ventilation im looking at two 12cm computer fans extracting air from the light with air ducts & blowing the air out into my bathroom which will need about 3.5 metres/137" of air duct, i rate those 12cm pc fans will struggle to suck from such a long air duct right ? if this isnt enough for a 250watt mh/hps i can hookup equipment from a hydro store but what speed shud i get for my inline extractor fan?, trying to keep a low budget but if anything wont work well, please be free to tell me. To blow air onto my plants, i was thinking of another two 12cm computer fans, so the 2 fans blowing inside my grobox & the other 2 or 1 inline extractor fan extracting air out into my bathroom. AIR cud blow out into my MAIN cuboard then i cud leave the MAIN cuboard door a little open for more ventilation?
For reflection around my grobox im going to use mylar or white plastic, once i get this all up and running a good soil mixture will b nice
For odours what would be the best solution for this size of grow? i was thinking of a homemade carbon filter, maybe bigger than the normal size micro
growers make it?
If there are any other things i need to know about my grow please tell me, as i said need to keep the risk of a fire at a minimal too. Any help asap would be much appreciated. thanx and happy smokin ;D