VerdantGreen's bin growing! 28W LED Organic.

VerdantGreen · Mar 9, 2012

hi guys and girls :tiphat:

, ive made myself a new little grow. not really a cab... more akin to a rubbermaid type one i guess. I really need a totally separate growing area in which to do a few extra bits like flower males for breeding - but of course it would be churlish of me not to put the setup through it's paces and see how much bud i can get out of it!

so here it is, ive tried to come up with something as simple as possible. basically an upturned kitchen bin on a large flowerpot!

i'll try and show some pics to illustrate how i made this. i cut a hole in the top and fitted a computer fan. the Gelid ones have some great rubber fixings that stop vibrations. i sealed around the edge with draft exclusion tape.

heres the inside of the bin with mylar fitted. the small hole at the top is for the LED's power lead and fan wire.

said bin from poundstretcher. (UK)

fungzyme · Mar 9, 2012

Yeah - don't be churlish

Can't wait to see it outfitted with lights (and vegetation).

gnaut · Mar 9, 2012

awesome!

Brother Bear · Mar 9, 2012

Pretty cool mang !

VerdantGreen · Mar 9, 2012

here's the pot. also the top of the bin which was hemispherical but i angle grinded the top off to make a collar

which screws onto the lip of the flowerpot which makes the bottom half - and the sawn off top fits snugly inside the top half

here is the light, its a cute little HGL 21X pro. it draws 28 watts from the wall.

back to the top end, and ive cut a hole in the lid of a clip type plastic storage container and screwed it over the fan opening. this is for the home made carbon filter.

here it is with it's base fitted, which has also had a bigger hole cut in it's as the outlet. this is the (as yet empty) carbon filter. i cut up an old can filter to re-use the aluminium grill - which i cut out with tinsnips. you can also see inside where i've hung the light with a chain which comes out and of the hole in the middle and is fixed with a carabina. this allows some adjustment of it's height

VerdantGreen · Mar 9, 2012

thanks for the kind words guys!

few more pics
here is the completed carbon filter... although i suspect the carbon may be too fine, the bits are about 1-2 mm.

and the inside of it, more bits scavenged from a spent can filter, including the dust filter :dance013:

oh yeah - a plant. my shark1 cut, slightly the worse for wear as it got a little root bound... but it should pick up fine. i'll probably scrog it... for a change

VG

#1cheesebuds · Mar 9, 2012

ooooo we oooo I deff wanna watch this one.

VerdantGreen · Mar 9, 2012

oh yeah i took one through the fan, which is not working atm because the adaptor blew grrr. it was a switchable voltage 300ma one and the fan is rated at 80ma so not sure how that happened but it got hot and then stopped working so ive ordered another one.
as of now it is being ventilated by convection which will be fine for a few days. the carbon filter isnt fitted either but were in veg and the (what shall i call it ?? ) is in the loft.

VG

Dr 4 four · Mar 9, 2012

Nice setup Verdant! I'll be interested in how that 28w LED works for ya. I've been looking at a few different makes/models and the 28w is one of them. I wonder what kind of results you'll get from that since it has the magnified lens.

VerdantGreen · Mar 11, 2012

dr 4 four - thanks, yeah i really like the little light and hope it does a good job for me. the grow is still a work in progress and i'll have to see how the ghetto carbon filter works out etc.

VG

Maddhatter · Mar 11, 2012

this is quite interesting! im in!!!

ellinho · Mar 11, 2012

Im pretty interested in LED for a veg chamber. will you only flower your strains or also clone in that bin? sry if it was answered before but Im to high and lazy right now.
will tag along if you dont mind

sgapetti · Mar 11, 2012

Brilliant,I am in, rock the show verdant :greenstars:

g0vnaa · Mar 12, 2012

Cool new project man :peacock:

Dr 4 four · Mar 13, 2012

Do you plan on painting the inside or using like an emergency blanket?

GP73LPC · Mar 13, 2012

kick ass VG :respect:

now you can BREED !!!! :woohoo:

i did the same, (after building a flowering cab and then a veg cab) i built a third cab for flowering males, selfed females and the occasional let's build up our bud supply

wildgrow · Mar 13, 2012

Looks good VD. I really like that small LED. How thick is your carbon filter, how deep? Which ever word applies best, I guess. cheers

Robotrumble · Mar 13, 2012

This looks freaking awesome! I'm definitely hopping on this ride

cheers

oneshot · Mar 13, 2012

This is awesome! Any idea what temps are like?

StRa · Mar 13, 2012

great VG.........

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