hello all, got my cam back, and due to change plans im going to have to ditch the grow diary.

instread, heres what im doing atm:

changes to room:

gone all hydro (dwc)

digi 600w light (cheers joolz )

ventilation shuffle

ok, im now going all hydro due to how much better, cleaner and simpler it is than mud.
I have 6 PoG in a 50lire bubbler, with a mental silent 20lire/min air pump. Due to these pog being in a low headroom veg box for 8 weeks while flowering room was free, i had to top them every couple of days to stop them burning. this has left me with a scrog like look!

good thing with digital lamps is that you get no flickering pictures!

I can fit 2 of these bubblers in that room if i move all the gubbins, so i will be cycling the flowering so i get a harvest every 4 weeks

Here is the new digital 600 w light ive got, fecking brilliant but a bit long, so i have had to mount it diagonally in my room.

Its also a bit hot for my room, so i have drilled several hole in the top of the reflector and mounted my extractor ducting to it. this way all the heat gets drawn out from the top of the shade, and out of the growroom.

as my room is quite small (see profile) the 600w make a lot of heat so i have had to reverse my ventilation. it now intakes nice cool air from the loft, and sucks the hot air from the reflector into the containing room. even with this, the room still gets to 32c in the heat of the day!

this will be ok when i switch to 12/12, having the light on at night with a thermostat controlled fan controller

Hope yoou like my room, im going to be re-building my veg box in the next couple of days, so watch this space!!!

Bob

Alright Bob

Whats the light spread like with them new digi lights with there round reflecters?.Was thinking about getting one myself but wanted to see one in action first.And how long are they?


Lennon

Hi mate, they are about 75cm long, so your room will have to be at least 1 metre to get the reflector near the middle.

The light spread is good, would cover about 1m2 at around 60cm high if that makes any sense

Bob

Cheers for the info mate



Lennon

Nice looking setup you`ve got there pal. Sorry to ask but i just don`t know, are these digital lights any cheaper to run? I know there the same wattage but like i said I just dont know, and what are the differences regarding price? I`ve not heard much about them so i`m not sure of the pro`s and cons. Happy growing!

i think they draw the same amount of leccy, mine is rated at 660w which is the same as normal ballasts AFAIK.

The cons of this model are:

It's Long
Ballast cant be placed elsewhere
Can't change reflector

Pros include:

No radio interference
increased light ouput
longer bulb life
camera shots dont have that 'flickery' effect
less overall heat (havent had a 600w so i cant tell personally)

Bob

Righty then, today i wall plan and build my new veg drobe.

Heres what it looks like now...

total state eh?

i want to make i taller and a bit deeper, so i can use my 400w MH light in there. Perhaps at a later date i will build a mother drobe to house the enviros, too.

i will start with rolling a fatty, then clearing the area so i can work easily.

Bob

Sounds like a plan

maybe not a fatty, but a long thinny rolled; much nicer

Right, joint finished , space cleared and some measurements taken:

(please note, i am not a carpenter, im some stoned lad in his bedroom with a few bits of wood, a drill and a few screws. dont expect it to be that good!)

anybody who is good at this, please please pipe in with any useful tips or alert me to when im doing anything wrong!

i have 2 pieces of some lovely tropical hardwood i think which is: 2m x 9.5cm x 2.5cm

i also have some pieces of the same wood which are: 1.5m x 14.5 x 3.5

im going to concentrate on just the frame today, and do the doors/ panelling when i have some plywood or similar.

Heres a rough sketch of of the frame idea:

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cant be arsed to do anymore today, ran out of screws anyhoo.
ill be finishing it off tomorrow afternoon.

Im off to get pissed, have a good weekend everybody!

Bob

Got the frame and the top done.

Do i need to key plywood before i paint it with emulsion?

Thanks

Bob

need to know now!!!

whats key plywood? and emulsion = paint?

you are certainly high

key means apply a base coat of some sorts to the plywood, so paint will not flake or absorb into it

A pic of the door, reflecagrow backed

yeah that bonger did me in.. if its a smooth clean surface as is.. a couple of coats would do just fine ;/

cool dude do a good job there ....take it ot not a stelth grow box when you putting your babys in ?