DIY Rubbermaid Grow Box

Def took some work today to put it together but it looks like its going to work. Ive got my plant from my last grow in there now finishing up, just a couple more days, hope it doesn't shock the plant to move it to a new grow box.

looks good. i tried a rubbermaid once. i couldn't seem to figure out the heat issue. looks like you're doin better than me though! keep up the good work

What a clever idea !! More info please on how to !

2 25 gallon rubbermaid totes
3 fans
8 ft. dryer ducting
primer and flat white spray paint
weatherstripping
2 bathroom lighting fixtures (holds 3 lights each on sale at HD for 5 dollars each)
wiring and plugs
timer

paint it, install fans, two on bottom tote facing in, one on top tote facing out through ducting. bolt up the lighting fixtures on the top tote, one on each side. Weatherstrip BOTH top and bottom totes, it creates a negative pressure for the intake/exhaust and suctions the totes together to seal each other. and thats pretty much it. I have a plant in there almost done and she LOVES it. Def added some more bud to her putting her in her new home.

In a week or so im doing a new grow from start in the totes, 3 plants and probably gunna LST them

Where does the dryer ducting go to, anywhere significant? Do you use it to re-direct air, or to try and handle odor?

out the dryer hole. itd be way too hot to have it in the same room

what kind of lights are you using?

2 42w and 4 26w

Stupid question... how do you get in to water the plants?

the top comes off easy, just a bottom half and a top half and they seal from the weatherstripping

SO you just lift the top half off?

i think i like this....you get any successful plants

yes sir. i am about to harvest. cpl days-week and ill put up a picture

update: still trying to let her finish. i keep thinking im going to cut it down but it keeps getting fatter and the haurs are still 50/50. whatever i still got some bud in the meantime

heres the pic

How well does the ventilation system take care of the heat inside the box. Other words what temps do you run on average. ne ways enough questions. Good idea Ill definatly be looking into using that type of setup.

my thermometer is at the top where the lights are, there its about 95, but where the plant actually maxes out its about 80. the temp looks hot but it gets cooler the farther down. im adding another fan inside the next grow, but heat wasnt too much of an issue.

NIce Setup.

I made this same... or very close to this setup. I got 2 rubbermaid containers, and lined both insides of them with mylar. This reflects the light all around inside, and prevents light through seeping through the plastic -- so its not a glow box! Lol.

I put them ontop of eachother, and then I cut out a strip of plastic on top, and put a clear plastic top on to seal it up. I screwed 3 light sockets into this, and wired them all up, and put Y splitters on each of them. This allowed me to have 4 26w cool, and 2 46w warm, or I can switch it up. I think I might add or swith to a 150w HPS, or just add some more CFL's, who knows... The clear strip allows me to view inside the box without opening it, as well.

On the top compartment, I added 2 computer fans that suck air out, on different sides. Then, on the bottom compartment, I cut out and glued in a big 8" fan, that puts air in.

I put my thermometer where the tops of plants are, and it seems to read a constant 75-78.

it makes me wish i grew w/cfls