Little help for a guy with a plethora of CFLs and Time...

dragger

Member
Ok here it is I have a PC case the floor is 7 1/4" deep and 15.25" wide the ceiling is 17.5"...I ran a test with 78W of CFL lamps in it... Temp is running at 76 to 80F over a 10 hour stretch with an ambient temp of 72F... The temp went down as the day turned to night... I am going to do a test in the next few days with some additional lamps just incase the 3 each 26w CFL lamps don't cut it... I read somewhere on RIU or in the Cannabis Grow Bible that you need about 5000 lumens per sq ft I have .76 sq ft in the case... with this set up I can have 6500K @ 4800 lumens per sq ft during veg and 2700K @ 5250 lumens per sq ft during flowering... The 2700K lamps I have are 1750 lumens each and the 6500K are 1600 lumens each... If I put 2 blue and one red spectrum lamp in for veg I get 4950 lumens nearly perfect... and for Flowering 2 reds and a blue spectrum lamp I get 5100 lumens...

I dont know if I want to go 12/12 from seed or veg for like 3 weeks and then into 12/12... or build another case and have 2 cases going at once with a slight overlap??? Building another case isnt an issue I just have to gather the materials and get to assembly... I have nothing but time I am retired at the age of 43...

Here is what I want to know...

I would like to have the ability of have a production rate of an 1/8 to a 1/4 per week...

Q: I am asking too much from one PC case???

I am wanting to grow close to 100% Indica strains

Q: What strains would be best for my system???

Attached is a photo of the case... BTW if your wondering the lamp strip is adjustable as its magnetic

 

BenzoBoy

Member
I don't know how anyone grows in a PC case unless they are growing Lowryder strain. Is there a particular reason you have to keep it that stealth? Because if not it would make growing alot easier.
 

Giyan

Active Member
Im with that. At forty or so i dont think you live with you patents.(Now pun intended) make it easy on yourself hook up a bigger box, hell put a couple pc boxes together. As far as a harvest do you intend on cloning? If so have to get the mother. The lights sound solid. Btw cool måg.strip. good luck man and just keep reading.
 

dragger

Member
I was thinking about having more then one PC case but until I get my garage built I am VERY limited on space as the only extra room I have is filled with tool boxes, welders, motorcycle lift table, english wheel, planish hammer, and other tools... I have my five motorcycles in the garages of friends and family right now... Until I can relocate that stuff out of the house I am very limited on space... I plan on a dresser size area once I get the room converted from garage storage are to bar/brewing room... I will have an entire section of the bar say 20"deep 30"wide and 42"high but that is 6 months down the road... the PC case will get me started... Once I get everything established I can use the case to start/veg and the other enclosure flowering...

Dragger...
 

BenzoBoy

Member
If it were me and my space was limited, I would use a white Rubbermaid tub (18 quart) You can grow two potted plants in that. Clip some 26W, 5600K CFL's on the sides pointing down. Top the plants when they're young and LST them from there. This is how I grow.
 
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