Cardboard CFL grow box?

DLC420 said:

oh and you can get the mylar at walmart, just buy a couple of those emergency blankets, go to the outdoors section of the store and ask them for the blankets and they'll point you in the right place, they're cheap and made of 100% mylar and only cost like 3 bucks for a big ass sheet of it instead of paying like 50 bucks for a 20ft roll of it like other places have, when just one blanket is normally all you need good luck on your grow man

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Or i can go to the ghetto thrift stor or the 99, and get cheap wrapping paper, thats just like mylar and also thin.

DLC420 said:

hey man, great grow box you got going there, cardboard boxes are a good startup box but im still questioning your 2 CPU fans you have in there, cause CPU fans ive heard nothing but bad stuff about how well they cool, and if i was you, iwouldnt go with white walls id put some mylar in there but thats just me

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Look at the pic. Runnin 24/7 for 30 days now. Thats all you need. I cant even hear my fans or light, just my plant stinkin smell and blowing in the wind.

havent been on in a while i was lookin forward to seein some new pics on ur thread lol. hope shes still lookin nice, and im trying an experiment with 50/50 peat/perlite u think itll work or am i wastin time?

mr.magicbudz said:

havent been on in a while i was lookin forward to seein some new pics on ur thread lol. hope shes still lookin nice, and im trying an experiment with 50/50 peat/perlite u think itll work or am i wastin time?

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thats good for clones and seedlings. I dont know about growing the whole thing. Add some vermiculite and your good! Check out my pics...https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/232163-chem-dog-91-a.html

hey fellow men i stumbled on this grow by accident been all over u-tube and everywhere else trying to find a thread with cardboard grow boxes i think your grow and your set up is great and dont ever get discouraged thats one hell of a grow so far hey we should start a club thread for low cost cardboard grow boxes.. mine are just underway i had to besure every thing was just rights with heat/air/ventilation/and all so now im set one thing i would tell everyone here is to go to a moving supply store u-haul etc. get the grand wardrobe box for 9.00$ 2x2x4 and very little taping and air tight you dont haVE to cut the box at all there made for this lol im using a 4pot dwc and ill have room to go from seed to harvest with my short indica strains im groing... this is trully fun and as always stay safe guys..peace pot prosperity..peace pot prosperity

din'e medicine said:

Look at the pic. Runnin 24/7 for 30 days now. Thats all you need. I cant even hear my fans or light, just my plant stinkin smell and blowing in the wind.

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hows it going my man i love the thread ive thought about this 24/7 thing very hard and i need you to give me some advice since ill be setting my babies into flowerring a lil early and doing the lst on them for hieght purposes would it be better for me to go 24/7 until 12/12 takes over..seems to me i would get good growth minus height in the veg stages what do you think? thanx for your ear....peace pot prosperity

stinkbudd1 said:

hows it going my man i love the thread ive thought about this 24/7 thing very hard and i need you to give me some advice since ill be setting my babies into flowerring a lil early and doing the lst on them for hieght purposes would it be better for me to go 24/7 until 12/12 takes over..seems to me i would get good growth minus height in the veg stages what do you think? thanx for your ear....peace pot prosperity

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Well, my grow is from 24/7. Right now im actually flowering them 12/12 now inside a brand new box setup. Check it out!! This is my new strain....
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/232163-chem-dog-91-a.html

AYE PEEPZ!!! just got an account been reading on thus website ever since i started grown but yea! im doin the same thing now too tho with da box idea. a wardrobe box from u~haul, its really thick so i thot it would do good on heat right then i thot i was ok cuz i saw ur guys biznezz then it came to me i was plannin on using hps a 150 watt to b xact! but i got a decent powered 10" fan in one side of the bottom with the exhaust on top of the other side to flow out hopefully to keep heat down, witch it did i ran it fer a few hours and it stayed at 80.2 degrees...no babies yet, wait fer the two C'z.... card and clones ! hahha but yea do u think a 24/7 with hps in it would b too much even tho it stays pretty koool??? thanx!

FuZZyBUDz said:

AYE PEEPZ!!! just got an account been reading on thus website ever since i started grown but yea! im doin the same thing now too tho with da box idea. a wardrobe box from u~haul, its really thick so i thot it would do good on heat right then i thot i was ok cuz i saw ur guys biznezz then it came to me i was plannin on using hps a 150 watt to b xact! but i got a decent powered 10" fan in one side of the bottom with the exhaust on top of the other side to flow out hopefully to keep heat down, witch it did i ran it fer a few hours and it stayed at 80.2 degrees...no babies yet, wait fer the two C'z.... card and clones ! hahha but yea do u think a 24/7 with hps in it would b too much even tho it stays pretty koool??? thanx!

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I wouldn't trust an hps inside there yet because cardboard does become very dry and heat build with the metal touching whatevers aorund will burn up. I'd stick with CFL's first. Thats a risk you'll have to take. My CFL box is around 70.

FuZZyBUDz said:

AYE PEEPZ!!! just got an account been reading on thus website ever since i started grown but yea! im doin the same thing now too tho with da box idea. a wardrobe box from u~haul, its really thick so i thot it would do good on heat right then i thot i was ok cuz i saw ur guys biznezz then it came to me i was plannin on using hps a 150 watt to b xact! but i got a decent powered 10" fan in one side of the bottom with the exhaust on top of the other side to flow out hopefully to keep heat down, witch it did i ran it fer a few hours and it stayed at 80.2 degrees...no babies yet, wait fer the two C'z.... card and clones ! hahha but yea do u think a 24/7 with hps in it would b too much even tho it stays pretty koool??? thanx!

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But if its a plywood box, you should be fine as long as you stay below 85 degrees.

thats wat i was thinkin heres sum piks i took..
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yep thats wat it looks like the metal isnt touching but i still dont kno but i got a 4 foot florescent too tho but i was tryn to use the hps but stealthy tho

wait can u even c the pics???

cant see the pics yet but got your post and welcome to the cardboard house lol yeah id go with what my man said also for now just use your set up with the cfls as im doing good set up less heat or stress im running 6x 42watt 2700k and 4x26watt 6500k for floweringand that should be more than enough about 250watts equivilant plus the lumens at about 23,000 may add 1 or 2 more deep into flowering but anyway the main thing as i say is to stay safe..peace pot prosperity

FuZZyBUDz said:

thats wat i was thinkin heres sum piks i took..
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yep thats wat it looks like the metal isnt touching but i still dont kno but i got a 4 foot florescent too tho but i was tryn to use the hps but stealthy tho

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cANT SEE SHIT...

aint any pics up yo

yea this fkin sux i cant get these pics to go on my profile or get them to post on the forum too! wat the hell can sum 1 help me the hell out! it says i cant upload em cuz uf a security code wasnt sum shit?? and wen i put em on here they come up as a box with an x!??!?!

damn i really wish i could get these piks up but i cant figure this shit out...but yea its in a wardrobe box from u-haul, so its got a bar throo the top middle that i hung the light from and its only a 150 watt plus i got a bigg ass 12" fan wire tied to one side with 4- 5"x4" exhuast out the top sides. im running it fer a while to see wat happens ill be here allday to watch it so wish me luck! youll kno it didnt werk if u dont hear from me

i wouldnt go for cardboard personally lol...several things can happen...they arent sturdy..if they get wet the collapse..too hot they catch fire..and they look obvious haha..why not a computer ?

Jaiixd said:

i wouldnt go for cardboard personally lol...several things can happen...they arent sturdy..if they get wet the collapse..too hot they catch fire..and they look obvious haha..why not a computer ?

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THOSE ARE ALL TRUE, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE GROWER. hOW RESPONSIBLE THEY ARE. i GOT TWO CARDBOARD GROW BOXES AND THERE STILL GOOD. oNE FOR VEG AND ONE FOR FLOWERING. tHE PIC WITH THE TENT IS DA DAY I PUT THE CHEM INTO A BIGGER FLOWERING TENT. THYE BOXES STAYED BELOW 75 DEGREES.