DIY - Mothers in a Laundry basket (Stealth Grow)

imanoob

Well-Known Member
Yesterday we made a small grow tent for a few mothers...which im going to try keep very small (bonsai stylee)

Here is some pics and links to where i bought the stuff...works really well.

ANTONIUS
Laundry bag
£4.40
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50103784


ANTONIUS
Stand for laundry bag
£3.91
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10103804

ANTONIUS
Castor
£0.97 / 4 pack
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/14368980


Loft Insulation 400mm x 5m
http://nextday.diy.com/app/jsp/product/productPage.jsp?productId=76477

CFL - 20w (100w 2700k)
£3

B&Q - Ceiling shade and fitting
£5 (Sale :lol:)

Small square pots and trays
£4

Just took cuttings from my plants that are currently in flower...i know im meant to do this in veg...but i had no choice. hope it turns out ok, once the main plants are finished i *hope* to take cuttings from these mothers and start all over again.

Key words *i hope* haha


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After a bit more reading, angelsbandit confirmed I had purchased the wrong bulb...

2700k is for BLOOM OR FLOWERING , 6500k is the VEG Spectrum

Also, im going to find it hard to put another bulb in there...would one bulb be enough for 4 bonsai mothers?
 

user6079

Active Member
1 20w cfl willl not be good enough for even one mother, bonzai or not. most hardware stores have a Y splitter, so you can get 2 bulbs in one socket. or they make larger cfl's, like 42w. and really big ones. if i were doing this i would have at least 8 bulbs in there.
 

imanoob

Well-Known Member
I took 5 cuttings...but will only end up keeping 3 (one of each strain). So maybe one more 100w bulb? It was just incase one died or I messed up or something.

Do you live in the US? Im from the UK and cant find those y-splitter things...i have seen some grows with loads in there running off one power source. I tried electrical shops, hardware stores etc.

Can you point me in the right direction? Even their proper name.

Cheers dude
 
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