I've been a busy lad the last few weeks, making stuff
I decided to upgrade the present flower room to 2m x 2m x 1m so i can flower 10 plants comfortably and giving me more options in the strains i can attempt to grow. With 10 plant capacity i wouldnt mind having a nice sativa or 2 sitting in the corner for 16 plus weeks, with a shorter flowering plant to keep me in smoke in the mean time . Keeping the light levels at 600W per square metre i will also be adding another 600W Grolux HPS to the set up.
I built a simple rectangular timber frame from 34 x 34mm x 2.1m lengths of wood. Cos im a lazy git i decided not to chop off the 0.1m off the ends of the wood so the tent ended up 2.1 x 2.1 x 1.1m, hehehe
And copied the roof trusses off my budbox set up
The main problem i had was lack of space, i only had 500mm clearance on all sides with only 250mm to the ceiling cos the plants were in the old budbox still in the room; made for hot sweaty work
The frame was sturdy enough but to be on safe side i added a couple of braces to both the back corners
The following weekend saw a staple gun frenzy and the frame was soon sheeted off with white/ black/ white total blackout sheeting. All seams were sealed using aluminum heatproof duct tape.
The whole of the front side is able to be lifted up for watering and inspecting the plants. It is stapled along the top and is secured to the frame using velco strips along all other edges of the frame and flaps along the upright seams to ensure light tightness.
The new light i added has a diamond reflector and was recommended to me, as having a very even spread of light and deffo looks the mutz
Due to lack of cash i have had to put my old 100mm ruck and cf in there which is woefully inadequate, so its back to opening and closing doors at lights off and on, I will upgrade this to at least 150mm + cf asap. i cut twin 100mm passive intakes in the tent which will be opened up to 150mm when the fans upgraded and twin 6 inch clip on fans to stir up the air in there. In went the old 600W budget reflector (to be upgraded to diamond in the future) and the set up was complete
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