Makeshift Everything!

Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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Im suprised how fun it is to have to adapt and learn one's own growing environment. I'm also enjoying designing things out of stuff laying around the house and other home-wares. I'd like to use this thread to see the things other growers on the forum have designed in order to adapt to their own growing situation. Not interested in professional soutions, but rather solutions involving everyday materials and basic skills. So, that being the case, I'll be the first to share: The picture is of a "humidifier." it's a cheap submursible pump, pvc, a 10 gallon tote body, and a couple few towels. I drilled holes inthe top tube and the water cascades down the towel., I have a fan that i blow on it and the room gets downright tropical. . .especially at night.
Anyway I'm hoping to see what other things riu members have conjured up in their quest to provide the best possible growing environment for their precious herbs.

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caveman117

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Almost everything in my room ive either built myself or modified. The only thing I didnt mess with is my veg light which is a 4ft 4 bulb t5ho that a friend gave me for free.

My entire grow cost me under 200$ by just building and fixing things. Running 216w in veg and like 430ish watts in flower
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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caveman117 said:
Almost everything in my room ive either built myself or modified. The only thing I didnt mess with is my veg light which is a 4ft 4 bulb t5ho that a friend gave me for free.

My entire grow cost me under 200$ by just building and fixing things. Running 216w in veg and like 430ish watts in flower
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Anything you are particularly proud of ? How bout a picture or two?
 
torontoke

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Kind Sir said:
I love the idea man. Make a diy carbon filter.. I really need one!

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I bought a 4" dia pen/pencil holder from the dollar store. Its metal and covered in a metal mesh full of holes.
Put a pantyhose sock inside of it and fill it will carbon from a fish tank store or walmart.
Tie a knot in the top of the sock when its full and either use metal strapping or duct tape to attach it to your ducting.
Works 99% of the time.
 
ghb

ghb

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do you live in the desert or something?

the last thing i could imagine wanting to do is add humidity to my grow room, but then i am surrounded by the sea.
 
caveman117

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The first pic is a seedling/young clone area rhat I made out of an old broken entertainment center thing. Then lined with plastic.

Second pic is an example of the side lighting I made out of lamps and old dryer venting got about 5 of those running 2 42w cfls a piece.

Third pic is a beam I put aceoss the top of my roomto hang everyrhing from because the room didnt have aneay to do that. Also that metal halide there i got from someone who said it was.broken and the 277v cord it was on was worn out so I rewired it to 120v with an old laptop charger cord that happened to meet the temp and wire insulation ratings rhat were required.

Also everything in these pics ussually looks neater and not messy as it does now. I'm just real busy getting stuff ready for outside and my room is just not getting rhe cleaning amd attention it deaerves haha.
 

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Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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ghb said:
do you live in the desert or something?

the last thing i could imagine wanting to do is add humidity to my grow room, but then i am surrounded by the sea.
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Yes, actually I do live in the desert. Relative humidity consistently at about 30% these days.
 
ghb

ghb

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well that explains that, i bet your flowers get frosty with all the low humidity.

unfortunately mine's not that low even before feeding time, i have ran dehumidifiers in the past but not for a while. the added heat, cost of running,noise and vibrations in a residential neighbourhood means i keep the grow as low key as possible.
 
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Greenhouse;save

Greenhouse;save

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DIY air conditioner.....get an empty10ltr pot with lid on(old paint container)cut a hole in the lid to suit a small pc fan(12v)attach the small pc fan tightly and seal any leaks with gappa in the lid....drill 4 holes at opposite corners to each outher(2inch)get a small piece of 2inch tubing 24inches long cut it into 4 equal sizes then plug them in the holes you have predrilled again with some silicon to ensure a snugg fit....fill with ice turn the fan on and you will have a nice cold breeze blowing in your room......simple......I built one and it does work.......
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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caveman117 said:
The first pic is a seedling/young clone area rhat I made out of an old broken entertainment center thing. Then lined with plastic.

Second pic is an example of the side lighting I made out of lamps and old dryer venting got about 5 of those running 2 42w cfls a piece.

Third pic is a beam I put aceoss the top of my roomto hang everyrhing from because the room didnt have aneay to do that. Also that metal halide there i got from someone who said it was.broken and the 277v cord it was on was worn out so I rewired it to 120v with an old laptop charger cord that happened to meet the temp and wire insulation ratings rhat were required.

Also everything in these pics ussually looks neater and not messy as it does now. I'm just real busy getting stuff ready for outside and my room is just not getting rhe cleaning amd attention it deaerves haha.
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That is some dedicated make shifting there my friend. :leaf:
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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ghb said:
well that explains that, i bet your flowers get frosty with all the low humidity.

unfortunately mine's not that low even before feeding time, i have ran dehumidifiers in the past but not for a while. the added heat, cost of running,noise and vibrations in a residential neighbourhood means i keep the grow as low key as possible.
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yes once I figured how to deal with the lack of humidity, I feel lucky to not have the opposite problem :-| regarding the frostiness... First indoor grow in about 20 years, so it has yet to be seen :-) got my fingers crossed of course :peace:
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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caveman117 said:
Is that humidifier working by drawing water through pvc pipe dampening the towel as it runs?
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Yes holes are drilled on top of the top pvc tube, and it sheets down the towel. How strongly and directly the fan blows on it determines how rapidly it evaporates the water.
 
danger monkey

danger monkey

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OK this is more about adapting to your environment outdoors than actually making anything, but I noticed a black locust grove near my house against a farm field is very late to leaf out, providing full sun in a very secluded setting at a time when no one's looking for MJ outdoors. And even if they were looking the early spring canes and plants like may-apple provide great cammo. It's still 90% open canopy right now. So I've used it to flower an auto berry ryder. Going outside so early slowed things down but it's turning out much better than I expected, and next year I'll expand there and make some domes for early april out of the abundant canes there and some saran wrap. So I kind of "makeshifted" sunlight by time-shifting the grow. Of course this just happened kind of accidentally, but some of the best "makeshift" discoveries are that way.

Oak and beech are also about 6 weeks late to the spring party, if anyone else wants to look for homogenous groves near them. It's just the window of time you need for an auto.
 
Maat Aatack

Maat Aatack

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danger monkey said:
OK this is more about adapting to your environment outdoors than actually making anything, but I noticed a black locust grove near my house against a farm field is very late to leaf out, providing full sun in a very secluded setting at a time when no one's looking for MJ outdoors. And even if they were looking the early spring canes and plants like may-apple provide great cammo. It's still 90% open canopy right now. So I've used it to flower an auto berry ryder. Going outside so early slowed things down but it's turning out much better than I expected, and next year I'll expand there and make some domes for early april out of the abundant canes there and some saran wrap. So I kind of "makeshifted" sunlight by time-shifting the grow. Of course this just happened kind of accidentally, but some of the best "makeshift" discoveries are that way.

Oak and beech are also about 6 weeks late to the spring party, if anyone else wants to look for homogenous groves near them. It's just the window of time you need for an auto.
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Very cool. Way to work with the natural environment while incorporating autoflower genetics:clap:
 
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