first grow{up coming soon}

[StonerGrower]

Awsme buds!

[nbk380]

Good job buddy. They look just like contenda'z for bud or plant of tha month, or both, to me.
you get yo...

[getsumkin]

hey fellow 420mag peps...i found this elsewhere so im share with all.....

Well, after months of deliberating how to dry stealthily, I decided to make my own version of Quickgrow's Herb Dryer, which they sell for $365!

PHASE 1 : The Plan
The drier is just a Rubbermaid with a carbon filter in it, with a fan sucking air through the filter and out of the cab. My only question was the type of fan used/CFM rating/etc. I discovered the pro-built boxes use only a cheap little muffin fan.

PHASE 2 : Gather Materials

In total this cost me about $55-60:

Rubbermaid container (about $15).
Inline fan - $22
scrubber - parts- $25,
carbon- $10
electrical cord - from a power strip (thanks, Dub.)
shelves and mounts - hardware cloth leftover from scrubber plans and screws I had laying around.

I had to decide which fan and filter to use. Well, after seeing prices on fans and filters, I was discontent. I came upon the SunScrubber, which I?m sure many of you are endearingly familiar with, and I knew it was right. Not so much because its sleek and bad as hell, but because its cheap and customizable.

While on the Home Depot trip to pick up scrubber materials, I was looking at their selection of inline fans. They had 4" - 80cfm, 6" - 250cfm, and 8" - 500cfm. I grabbed the 4" (80 cfm) because my scrubber uses a 4" opening, and because I believe 250 cfms is too much for this purpose. It cost $21.99. The 250cfm was only $24.99.

PHASE 3 : Construction
First, I constructed my scrubber. See this link for details:

DIY Pro-Style Compact Carbon Filter/Scrubber >$50 (by Sun is Shining)






I traced a circle around my inline fan to mark where it would be placed on the Rubbermaid. Using a butter knife and a lighter (the absolute worst way to do this) I cut a hole to snuggly fit my inline fan.

The fan was pushed through, with the fan blowing out of the box. The scrubber was slipped right onto the fan.

The drying racks: for this, I stuck some 3" screws through the sides to act as rails, on top of which is placed appropriately sized sheets of hardware cloth, which were left over from the scrubber. I will be utilizing 3 trays, approx. 3" apart vertically, giving me a little under 12 ft2 drying area.

I drilled a bunch of little holes in the lid for intakes. If these holes become an odor leak during the trial run, I will remedy this by purchasing a replacement odor stop furnace filter sheet, and place it over the holes, on the inner side of the lid.

How does it work?
I have run the first test with this machine and it has passed with flying colors. It dried the small white rhino buds from my 125w cfl grow in 2 days. They were crispy, but after being in the jar overnight, they have regained some pliability.

Also, no odor was detected from the drying process. The room even seemed a little fresher.

[Editor's note: it is easy and worthwhile to put the fan on a dimmer to slow down the rpm's and make drying a little slower. For best results, hook the fan up to a humidistat to dial in your relative humidty to a desired r.h.%]....

i gonna make one and post what i think..sound good to me...
well sorry no pic of the boxd ladies but heres sum of the one in the bathroom...by the way..i did water with nutes today..












and i dont know how it turn that beautiful color..none of the others r...

[Ms.Fox]

Man! Great job with fan! I'm lovin that you gave tips for someone else if they were to make it. Dimmer switches are bangin! + reps! You're plants look great! I'm not too sure bout the purple leaves. Is that cause it's cooler now? Great growing!

[Doctor Dread]

I love the herb dryer man, very creative!
Definitely an active mind at work...

Also the color of the bathroom girl is beautiful.
No matter what the cause, its still amazing to
produce that sort of vivid coloration!

Nice work man I'll catch you later

Dread

[getsumkin]

Ms.Fox and Doctor Dread....thanks im very happy about her too..Fox thanks for the rep..yea my mind is very active when i need to know sumthing...oyea Ms.Fox i do think its cuz of the temp..it gets cold in the bathroom..idk what the temp is...
oyea and the box sound like its gonna work out cuz i need to cut this short..was thinkn the 28th but now i think the 25th..that will give it tyme to dry here and then jar wen i get moved in...and the tip sharing is the least i can do ..cuz 420mag has save me tons of work and searchn the web..so wen i find a good thing u can bet im sharen with the family

[FredDaHead]

just wanted to say damn nice grow and i must say a damn good read. only took me about the past hour to catch up. nice to see such a simple grow turn out so wonderful. good luck with the next new grow

[Harry Red]

Pretty plant. Love the colors!!

Looks nugalicious.



Harry

[StonerGrower]

Ditch the clear containers.

[getsumkin]

ok well heres the bad news....i woke up taday and the hps lite was off...im like wtf..so i waitd 30min and turn back on...stayd on for 20min and went back off did one more tyme and samething happen..so till friday they get the mh lite till the new hps cum...dam i was pissd...do u think they will b alrite wit the mh for a week and then bac under the hps....ima post pic while under mh lite

[getsumkin]

heres sum random pics..the bud is thick not airy..

[Frog]

Looks Awesome Bubba, Pretty Work

[4twenty4all]

Awesome pictures! Your plants look beautiful! I think you'll be ok with switching between the mh and hps. As long as the light did not come on during the night cycle then you should be cool. You're gonna have a nice harvest!

[getsumkin]

ok well i cut the bathroom lady down today and heres sum pics....












im liken it hope u all do aswell...thanks for ur tyme and advice...i will post pic of the boxd ladies in 2 or 3 more day...wen i cut them and before i cutem
i grown for now on..i got sum pic of sum bud that i paid for ill post pic of it aswell 5bills an oz

[Stizz1e]

nice looking grow man. +reps.
wen you go to cure those dense nuggets you might want to break them up a little. Dont want any mold on those beauties.