First ever Xbox 360 Grow box (In Progress With Pics)

Hero450

Active Member
ok ive been working really hard on this so i can grow my first plant and i still have a long ways to go with it but...

i hooked up 3 fans to a charger to power them..
2 for intake
1 for exhaust

this is where all those jtags paid off lol

now what i need to be able to figure out is how to attach the positive and negative wires to the power things on the bulb..

since its such a small space i was thinking about a longer epot and lower.. this way the roots can fill in horizontally instead of verticaly which will save me space..

let me know on what more i can include..

after each addon and each progress i make i close the xbox to make sure everything will fit and i have it looks like a actuall xbox...

please comment on how i can better this or what u think

Thanks allIMG_0168.jpgIMG_0167.jpg
 

Hero450

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I don't know yet but I'm also very interested in how they will do my seeds are getting here in like 2 days and that will give me just enough time to finish buildin this
 

Frito Bandito420

Active Member
IMHO I wouldn't use a xbox or anything that small. If your dead set on using something small and compact something that isn't really noticeable and easier to hide. I would check into a pc case grow.
 

Jogro

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I actually don't doubt that you could bring a plant completely through flowering in an X-box *IF* you start with the appropriate strain, and use LOTS of appropriate training to keep it small.

Unfortunately, no matter what you do, you're probably not going to end up with much yield this way. I think you'd be lucky to get 5 grams under 1 23 watt CFL.

The smallest size grow I've ever personally seen was in a working (!) speaker cabinet maybe 2 feet high. The builder installed a small fan for ventilation, and baffled the exit and air intake to prevent light leakage. Power source for the lights and fan ran in parallel with the speakers normal cable, making them somewhat inconspicuous. Inside of the fan was one 23 watt CFL and one vertically mounted 15 watt under-cabinet style. Plant was grown in a low-soil mix of mostly perlite, inside of a cut down 1 gallon milk jug that maximized volume on the bottom of the small cabinet. Grower raised and lowered the POT to be closer to the lights.

This was years ago, long before the days of "SCROG", so the grower finessed the vertical height issue by literally bending the plants stem until it broke. . .sounds crazy, but pot plants are tough and this one just healed right up with a 90 degree kink in it.

The grower kept the speaker on at all times both to cover the sound of the fan, and also figuring the plants would enjoy the music! No odor control. . .plant was pretty tiny.

Yield was appropriately low, but it did work as a "proof of concept".
 

Hero450

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I actually don't doubt that you could bring a plant completely through flowering in an X-box *IF* you start with the appropriate strain, and use LOTS of appropriate training to keep it small.

Unfortunately, no matter what you do, you're probably not going to end up with much yield this way. I think you'd be lucky to get 5 grams under 1 23 watt CFL.

The smallest size grow I've ever personally seen was in a working (!) speaker cabinet maybe 2 feet high. The builder installed a small fan for ventilation, and baffled the exit and air intake to prevent light leakage. Power source for the lights and fan ran in parallel with the speakers normal cable, making them somewhat inconspicuous. Inside of the fan was one 23 watt CFL and one vertically mounted 15 watt under-cabinet style. Plant was grown in a low-soil mix of mostly perlite, inside of a cut down 1 gallon milk jug that maximized volume on the bottom of the small cabinet. Grower raised and lowered the POT to be closer to the lights.

This was years ago, long before the days of "SCROG", so the grower finessed the vertical height issue by literally bending the plants stem until it broke. . .sounds crazy, but pot plants are tough and this one just healed right up with a 90 degree kink in it.

The grower kept the speaker on at all times both to cover the sound of the fan, and also figuring the plants would enjoy the music! No odor control. . .plant was pretty tiny.

Yield was appropriately low, but it did work as a "proof of concept".

Thanks for the reply and I wouldn't even care if I only got a gram all I want is to prove it can be done..

Since it's all metal/aluminum inside do I have to insulate it?
Btw guys I got 2 strains to choose from that I have

Oil fem
Big bud

It's the 2 and Ittl probably end up being the oil.
 

lostNug

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Ur crazy man. Im looking my xbox right now and just thinking fuck that's small haha.

Can't wait to see how this comes out.

Def recommend either 12/12 from seed or small clone to keep the size in check.

No u don't need to insulate the inside. That will only keep it hotter. If anything try to remove the aluminum internals and just line all of inside with mylar. No tin foil

Id prolly go with the oil also, hence big bud not good for small space
 

Hero450

Active Member
Ur crazy man. Im looking my xbox right now and just thinking fuck that's small haha.

Can't wait to see how this comes out.

Def recommend either 12/12 from seed or small clone to keep the size in check.

No u don't need to insulate the inside. That will only keep it hotter. If anything try to remove the aluminum internals and just line all of inside with mylar. No tin foil

Id prolly go with the oil also, hence big bud not good for small space
Thanks alot u helped clear some things up.. I'll do the 12/12 also I'm trying to go with a horizontal sort of pot so this way my plant does not die from the fact that it out grew the pot


And that bulb is 26w it's good right?
 

Jogro

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Thanks for the reply and I wouldn't even care if I only got a gram all I want is to prove it can be done..

Since it's all metal/aluminum inside do I have to insulate it?
Btw guys I got 2 strains to choose from that I have

Oil fem
Big bud

It's the 2 and Ittl probably end up being the oil.
Personally, I wouldn't waste a nice seed on something like this. With the same amount of work and cost, you could probably do quite a bit better with just a *slightly* larger setup.

But I can see why you might want to try it, just for bragging rights.

If you just "have to", its definitely the "oil" autoflower. Big bud is probably not suitable for a grow this small.

No, you don't want/need to insulate this. No need.

Your grow will work better if the inside is bright, either using reflective mylar or alternatively bright white paint. I notice the inside of your Xbox is metal, probably aluminum. You might be able to polish it up with Mother's "mag" polish, or some other suitable polish to make it nice and shiny/reflective, then not have to worry about lining it with mylar.

As to other suggestions, I have several.

First of all, with only one 23 Watt bulb, light intensity will be critical, so try and improvise some reflector for the light. Even if its only a cut down coffee can or bent piece of aluminum, you'll do better with one in place. Since you're only illuminating a fraction of one square foot, actually 23 watts may be enough if you use it right.

Next, you've only got about 12" of vertical space, and that includes bulb space (at least 2"), plus you'll have to keep at least 1-2" between the bulb and plant or they'll burn. Now you also have to take into account the POT the plant sits in. So really, you've probably only got about 8" or so space for the plant itself to grow in. That's not much at all.

My suggestion is to use as broad/shallow a pot as you can. For max root volume, you'll want to use ALL of the space on the bottom of the Xbox, so either build your own custom pot, or search around until you find something suitable. Think "shoebox", or something of that general shape.

Next, your box looks like its probably going to leak light like a sieve. That sort of thing tends to give away covert grows. Try blocking off any holes with mylar (or foil, etc) and only leaving one open near the bottom for air to get in. You may need to put baffles around the fans to keep light from leaking out.

I question the need for three fans. You're not ventilating a huge volume, and you don't need to cool CPUs. You might be able to get away with fewer. You also don't need some fans blowing in, and some blowing out. So long as the air blows over the hot bulb to cool it and remove heated air, you should be good. So more likely, all your fans can blow out, and fresh cool air can be drawn in passively from some opening near the bottom.

Next, I don't know how tall the oil plants get, but even though they are autoflowering you'll probably need to bend/train them to fit in that box. You probably won't have enough time to do a SCROG, so instead you'll probably just want to keep tying down the topping plant to keep it from getting too high (so-called "low stress training"). Lower growth on the plant will be worthless, so concentrate on getting max light to the top (maybe multiple small tops), potentially pruning off lower growth that won't get much light.

Lastly, light hours. In theory autoflowering plants can run 24 hours of light and will do best under those circumstances. In your case, depending how that strain likes to grow, you may not want to run the light so much, because your plant will get too tall.

18-6, or even 12-12 might be better just to further stunt growth. Once the plant is late in flowering and has stopped growing in size (or nearly stopped) you can up the light to 24 again for max budding.
 
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