In preparation for a small, personal perpetual grow, I’ve converted a wardrobe I got cheaply from gumtree into a two-chamber veg/prop box. Hopefully somebody finds this useful/inspiring
To get around how very not-lightproof wardrobes are, I decided on a box within a box design, making sliding doors from 6mm MDF, in door runners designed for vivariums, and overdid it with black mastic to try and eliminate unwanted light.
Here are some progress shots:
The air inlet is via a homemade louver inspired by ScrubNinja’s Louver from 10 years ago on the ICMag forum, only I made mine with Black PVC corner pieces and super glue. Saved a lot of time and effort versus the aluminium alternative, and didn’t even need to paint it black!
Barely ANY light leak through that £7 beauty!
Air extraction’s being dealt with by a 4" RVK with some insulated ducting and a couple of right angle duct pieces that did need the matte black spray paint treatment. Acoustic treatment foam offcuts keep the fan isolated (to a degree) from the wardrobe, so noise is pretty minimal. The fan’s being run through a simple manual fan speed controller, as it’s basically over-specced for the volume of air I need it to move.
Single T5 strip in the lower chamber for prop, and the upper veg chamber will inherit the 250W CFL that I’m currently vegging my first grow under in what will soon become the flowering-only cabinet.
The two chambers will be on the same 18/6 schedule, so light being able to pass between them through the air holes is no problem to me.
Any questions, please ask away!
Tx