Show us your Ghetto growing gear.

PaulG · Feb 7, 2012

You've cobbled together a nice unit there. I like that you could store the stand
easily in pieces and just throw it together when needed. Seems quick and easy.
May your efforts this season be productive!

LanMan · Feb 7, 2012

PaulG said:
Looks like a gnarly light - what is it?
Did I see an overwinter peeking out?

Metal Halide
nope just a houseplant

slater1980 · Feb 8, 2012

ive just made my new grow area,i covered my garden table with wall lining paper and lined the underneath and sides with emergence blankets and lined one side with Velcro strips for easy opening and closing,the table is in my bedroom and when its all shut it gets to about 25c inside,ive just ordered a lcd timer for the fans to place on the inside.

PaulG · Feb 8, 2012

Sweet little set up - looks like the iittle guys are lovin' it!
And close to your bed so you can keep an eye on 'em
and comfort them at night!

Justaguy · Feb 8, 2012

This was originally a box lined with foil as a failed attempt. The old walls became shelves. Framework got re-purposed to do the job here. 3 mirrors that someone was giving away on freecycle.org with the addition of lights and drywall screws so the shelves can be moved up and down as the plants grow.

Luckily it doesn't need to be moved.
Thinking about making a non ghetto version and doing the screws straight, since my boys helped with these, and while I love the memories, the crooked ones can be a bother.

Shadowchilli said:
Ghetto it is then....

Cant adjust the hight of the light, so i adjust with pots under the trays lol.

Love this. Great way to store the pots for pot up.

frenzix · Feb 8, 2012

i like i like.. I hope this fits the mould as ghetto as it cost me bugger all and looks like i put it together with cat poo and sticks..

You think this is just an ordinary melamine cupboard didn't you?

I converted it to a grow cupboard and ...

Below it's still a handy paint cupboard..

Two computer fans , one up high , one down low on opposite sides.

Rigged up to some power packs I found that matched the voltage/amps etc - electrical tape holds the wires together nicely.

And this is the results , i have been using this setup for a couple of years .. those comp fans have never been off.

No one would ever know - except the whole world now.

My $90 greenhouse/dutch oven.

And my ghetto potting area with authentic car ramps/timber potting table.

PaulG · Feb 8, 2012

Justaguy said:
This was originally a box lined with foil as a failed attempt. The old walls became shelves. Framework got re-purposed to do the job here. 3 mirrors that someone was giving away on freecycle.org with the addition of lights and drywall screws so the shelves can be moved up and down as the plants grow.

Very nice - three adjustable shelves and looks like a lot of grow power in there!

frenzix said:
I hope this fits the mould as ghetto as it cost me bugger all and looks like i put it together with cat poo and sticks..

Not bad for cat poo
Two computer fans , one up high , one down low on opposite sides.

And this is the results , i have been using this setup for a couple of years .. those comp fans have never been off.

No one would ever know - except the whole world now

Best use of a paint cabinet I've seen! Perhaps stupid question, but are you
using the fans for ventilation, or just to blow the air around?

Great looking starts, Frenzix.

stickman · Feb 8, 2012

Hey Frenzix, it looks like it was your $90 greenhouse/dutch oven that was made from cat poo and sticks... My grow tent has the same framework! How strange is that?

frenzix · Feb 8, 2012

PaulG said:
Very nice - three adjustable shelves and looks like a lot of grow power in there!

Best use of a paint cabinet I've seen! Perhaps stupid question, but are you
using the fans for ventilation, or just to blow the air around?

Great looking starts, Frenzix.

He thanks bottom fan is in and top is out for ventilation

stickman said:
Hey Frenzix, it looks like it was your $90 greenhouse/dutch oven that was made from cat poo and sticks... My grow tent has the same framework! How strange is that?

Must have been from the same sweatshop in china

frenzix · Feb 17, 2012

Just threw some habs, bhut jolikias, scorpians, long dragons into the greenhouse..

benzo · Feb 17, 2012

some great setups in here guys :cool:

thought i'd share my homemade 26 site EZ cloner, costs about $128 all up (way cheaper then the real thing)
68L tub $20 (free already had it)
Submersible pump $50 (free already had it)
Pool noodle $2
360 degree misters $6
3/4 inch pipe and fittings $50
You guys in America could probably get things cheaper but i'm from a small country town in Oz so here is a couple of pics

PaulG · Feb 17, 2012

Nice work, Benzo! Didn't even know such an apparatus
existed. Checked them out on line - yours is less than half
price before shipping! Now lets see some pics of this thing
in action!

frenzix · Feb 17, 2012

That setup is neat , giving me ideas also thanks

benzo · Feb 18, 2012

Yeah thnx guys haven't fired it up though. Simply aeroponics best form of hydroponics due to an oxygen rich environment but also things can go wrong extremely quicly due to not having a growing medium acting as a buffer. Worth a crack though coz you supposedly can get 90-100% rooting rates.

PaulG · Feb 18, 2012

I don't know much about hydro/aero-ponics, but I like reading and seeing
what you guys do with it. Intriguing idea to think about.

gumbii · Feb 18, 2012

benzo said:
Yeah thnx guys haven't fired it up though. Simply aeroponics best form of hydroponics due to an oxygen rich environment but also things can go wrong extremely quicly due to not having a growing medium acting as a buffer. Worth a crack though coz you supposedly can get 90-100% rooting rates.

i built one, but i use actual plugs from a real cloner... they're like 50 cents each and reusable...anyways.... i have cloned everything i wanted, except chili plants... i just can't root a single one... totally weird...

Sethsquatch · Feb 19, 2012

All right. Want to officially jump in here. My setup has cost me $0 thanks to friends. Last night Justaguy came over with and wired up an old overhead fluorescent because I needed more light. Now when I open the closet door, it's like the sun. First year from seed so I imagine improvements will be made, eventually...

Some leggy bastards (thai fire, aji yellow). I will bury them yet again on transplant.

PaulG · Feb 19, 2012

All right - ya got er goin' now, Seth!
Welcome to Ghetto Gear Central.
My yellow aji wants to shoot for the sky, too.
Good luck growing out!

stc3248 · Feb 19, 2012

Got this idea from CCErnst! I went a little larger scale though...here is CC's glog thread.

http://www.thehotpep...__fromsearch__1

Now for mine...was already running the 2 T8 shop light fixtures. Things were moving pretty slow under them though.

2 x 100w equivalent daylight bulb 4 packs Home Depot $10 each (only used 7)...7 x plug socket adapter @ $1.50 each...So $30.50 total and I had a bulb leftover for my porch light...

Lights with socket adapters...

I already had the 4' workbench power strip...

There are a total of 12 outlets I went every other one...added one more to the near end so 3 in a row over the more mature plants...could add up to 5 more.

Really don't think I need to...my light meter now pegs out in there. The T8's look like they're off...but they're not. Might actually have to raise them a little more.

I think I could lay in there to tan...I am half blind from looking into this thing. The 3 in the bottom right are recovering from an unfortunate greenhouse incident a few days ago...all the green pots were moved in from the greenhouse...to see how they do compared to the ones outside. I got these running 24/7 right now, but will cut them back to 16/8 in a few days.

Almost forgot the most ghetto part!

The coat hanger chain mod to angle the T8's inward...x4
Shane

MegaSpokaneMan · Feb 19, 2012

My ghetto gear located here: http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/28402-mylar-rubbermaid-germination-seedling-grow-box-question/