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indoor Basic CFL Powered DIY Grow Tent

Ausmith

Ausmith

Per request from another member here.... details on the little CFL grow tent I built this summer to grow some chilis indoors during the year.

Started with a $20 'greenhouse', dtiched the plastic cover.

Framed it out with some firring strips and woods screws.
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Used some emergency blankets and black plastic drop cloth to cover it. This combo is simply stapled to the wood frame.
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Built a 4 bulb CFL and cheap LED panel light fixture.
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This is another shot of it in action
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Some results
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Awesome, thanks for posting! I'm thinking of maybe building something similar to this for my indoor DWC, however I don't have much room, so I'm not sure how well it would fit in with my space requirements.
 
idosimon said:
Awesome, thanks for posting! I'm thinking of maybe building something similar to this for my indoor DWC, however I don't have much room, so I'm not sure how well it would fit in with my space requirements.
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idosimon said:
Awesome, thanks for posting! I'm thinking of maybe building something similar to this for my indoor DWC, however I don't have much room, so I'm not sure how well it would fit in with my space requirements.
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What kind of space do you have?
 
Do you happen to have a link to the LED light panel? you said it was cheap and the ones I'm used to from the saltwater industry are anything but cheap.
 
badger126 said:
Do you happen to have a link to the LED light panel? you said it was cheap and the ones I'm used to from the saltwater industry are anything but cheap.
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I bought this one from Amazon here in Germany. They don't have these cheap LED panels on eBay or Amazon in the states?

Even though it is cheap I think it works.... the plants that sat in the middle of the tent, under the LED, always looked better than the others.
 
Sweet thanks! They may have them I haven't checked. If you happen to see a link let me know. Do you at least have an idea of the price you paid?
 
badger126 said:
Sweet thanks! They may have them I haven't checked. If you happen to see a link let me know. Do you at least have an idea of the price you paid?
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No more than $30 US.

Check my other threads in Grow Tech. We are going to do a DIY LED comparo to T5 lamps.
 
Ausmith said:
4 sq ft is a good size space. Need to know exact dimensions then you can get your best DIY on.
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I just did some measurements. I'm currently working with a volume of 4 ft consisting of 2 ft height( can be easily expanded), 1 ft depth, and 2ft of width
 
Fantastic! The first grow house I bought for my carnivorous plants didn't last the winter. The plastic covering ripped quite quickly and I can't get a replacement. So I could buy a whole new grow house for the carnivorous plants and use the old frame for an indoor grow tent!

How did you fix the lights to the board?

I can't find any high wattage CFL bulbs on amazon.de, only on amazon.co.uk. I'll order a couple for when I go home at Christmas. I find it interesting that you are combining CFL's with LED's. I'm beginning to wonder if plants do better with both of them. I'm going to start a new thread on it once I have done a bit more research.
 
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