Homemade Flower Cabinet

oregon024

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I use smart pots.When dirty take them to the laundry mat.Mine are new but been told they last for years.They are good at making things bushy bushy!
 

SL2

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I use smart pots.When dirty take them to the laundry mat.Mine are new but been told they last for years.They are good at making things bushy bushy!
Do they leak out the sides very much when watering?

Thanks bro...
 

That 5hit

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Is there multiple seeds in that container? That is horrible, you should never start more than one seed per pot.
no no
one seed per pot
dahh!
this idea i gat off of some home gardening site - i think martha stewart
i dont know why they put more the one in it- but you dont have to - still a gr8 DIY concept
click on pic to inlarge
 

tom__420

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I wish I could find that ultra mylar you used SL2
Well it isn't that I can't find it, just that I can only find it in 50' lengths, about 3 times as much as I would need haha
 

SL2

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no no
one seed per pot
dahh!
this idea i gat off of some home gardening site - i think martha stewart
i dont know why they put more the one in it- but you dont have to - still a gr8 DIY concept
It is a cool idea...

how much bread it cost for all that equipment?
TOO MUCH!!! lol

Filter, fan, reflector, bulb and ballast was about $800 but its the best shit you can get! lol I always go to extremes but that is just me.

I wish I could find that ultra mylar you used SL2
Well it isn't that I can't find it, just that I can only find it in 50' lengths, about 3 times as much as I would need haha
I should have some extra after I finish my other cabinet. How much you need? I will trade you for one of those fine ass buds you make! Just a little one...lol
 

SL2

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The Big Bud has finally stopped growing up and starting to bulk up.
It got a lot taller than it said on the website.
I still have 4 beans of this and I look forward to growing it again
if the smoke is good. It could be a MONSTER now that I am becoming
a more knowledgeable grower with soil and the nutes. That cola is 16” long.
It would have been 20” if I hadn’t supercropped it.
 

SL2

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I was doing maintenance on the girls and spotted a couple of little yellow flakes on a couple of leaves. If I had a banana I never saw it and cant find it. It looked just like the last time I had a hermie and ended up with thousands of seeds. I sure hope it wasn’t pollen but we will see. If it was I will have a lot of WWxWW or BBxWW seeds.

I also removed the hydropon from the top of the soil, went on a gnat hunt and killed them all, cut the root spin out (not as bad as I thought it would be) and added OF up to the top of the pot. Hope it will give them a boost in the final weeks.



Starting the new flower cabinet tomorrow and will post picks of it and the girls when I move them into it to finish flowering. The girls are gettin FAT!
Hopefully not with SEEDS :spew:

I have to get this cabinet converted to veg for my other grow of BB, SB, LSD, RD, KB and LACxS babies!!!
 

SL2

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Got all my shit today to build my new cabinet and getting ready to convert this one to my vegetation cabinet. Removed one of the TD150’s its going in the new cab, shortened the exhaust duct. I hope I don’t regret cutting the duct because this light will also be moved to the new 4’ x 4’ flower cabinet but it should work out, I hope lol. Installed my 6” air king on an “L” bracket, seems to be working fine. Cabinet is much cleaner looking and lots of growing space for some taller strains planned for my next grow.



The fan is temporary till I put my T5 and shelf in here.



Here is some quick picks of the girls: Oh I killed the Mazar or whatever it was, long stretchy slow flowering %*^%#!!! lol











 

kev88

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looks amazing ..... I plan on building a cabinet very similar to this in a month or so. Thanks for sharing the design.
 

SL2

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Thanks kev

I will be posting pics of my new flower cab in a couple days. I will convert the one above to my veg cab.
 

SL2

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I am building it basically the same as my other cabinet since it is working so well, only bigger. I did change the air intake holes locations based on nine plants but keep the overall cubic inches of air intake the same. The cabinet is 4’ wide x 4’ deep x 7’ high made from ½” BCX plywood. I designed it for nine plants, 3 rows or 3 allowing 16” x 16” for each plant. That should give plenty of room and provide good light penetration to the lower side branches when flowering. The 16” square was based on my previous 2 grows from measuring the plants once they stopped growing. The TD150 draws air through the filter at the top of the cabinet then pushes the air through the reflector and exhaust out the top of the cabinet crating a negative pressure or vacuum while dissipating heat. This draws or pulls fresh cool air in from the floor panels up through and around the canopy providing a constant flow of fresh cooler air.

The two floor panels is to limit the amount of light coming from the cabinet when on.

This is the bottom floor panel. It is 48” wide x 47” deep. It has 9 ea 3” x 3” air intake holes. I sanded / rounded the edges of the intake hole to smooth airflow.



Installed a frame for support. I used 2” x 2” for the main frame and 5.5” square corners for the castor wheels from a 2” x 6”.



Screwed it all together.



Install 2” spacers cut from the 2” x 2”. They separate the top floor panel from the bottom floor panel allowing the intake air to flow through. This side will be painted flat black to help reduce light reflection out of the cabinet.



The top floor panel is 47 ½“ wide x 46 ½“ deep. This allows ¼” clearance from the cabinet walls around the perimeter for intake air to flow around the plants. It also has 4 each 2 ½” diameter holes fir air flow in between the plants. The underside of this panel will also be painted flat black.



The top panel just sits on the spacers. It is not attached for easy removal.



This shows the ¼” at the walls to allow air flow around the perimeter.



The door is cut out of the wall panel. I use 1” x 4” for door stops.



That’s as far as I have gotten. I have to cut the ceiling with 6” hole for exhaust and a hole for electrical. The wall panels are cut but I have to install the 1” x 2” corner stops / supports, they help alignment when putting it together by yourself. I will post those pics in a couple of days.

All comments and questions welcome!!!



 
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