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Mitch

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Skip to the * if youd like to just take a whack at answering my question than to read a long drawn out explanation about what happened

I have been growing at a friends house for a couple of weeks. One of her kids is kinda a brat and wants to live with his grandma because she lets him do whatever he wants (but treats the other 2 kids like 2nd rate citizens). Well hes about 7, and is pretty sneaky, and somehow figured out what we were doing in the grow room, and told his grandma to some extent what was going on. Well, her aunt somehow got it in her mind that my friend and all her friends, and her house was all evil, and came over with her parents (who have a continued hidden agenda to take her son away from her, telling him to call them mom and dad, etc.), and began telling my friend how evil she was, touching her with a crucifix, putting oil on the doorways, etc. They tried to go into the grow room because her aunt said "that room! its evil! Evil is in that room!" I know. Some fucked up shit, right? Well my friend loses it and pushes them all out and locks the door, and al the while her two youngest children, 3 and 5, watch this shit. Also, for the record, my friend is a great mom and takes very good care of her kids. She doesnt smoke in front of them or talk about it. Shes very responsible. But anyways, she calls her husband (also my friend, nothing sneaky going on here either) but he cant get away from work right away, so she calls me, crying, and tells me what happened. So i rush over and we decide that its best to just pull the plug in case her parents try to be total assholes and call child services or something. And trust me, theyre some real pieces of shit and I wouldnt put it past them. My friend, in the meantime, pretty much banned her parents from her house lol.....I can't say I blame her. Shes an adult and doesnt need anyone up in her business.

So, after disassembling the grow room in record time (some real bullshit right outta "Weeds", I decided to do a little stealth grow at my place. I live with my family, so its not easy, but I made a plan one night just in case i ever wanted to grow on my own.

I have a cheap luggage trunk, like some shit youd take on a safari, only a cheap ripoff from walmart or something, but its made of wood and is sturdy enough. I cleaned it out, turned it on its side to where it stood the tallest and to where the door swings out like a refridgerator, and then placed it in the far corner of my bedroom. I took one light socket and cord, popped a 26w cfl in it and with the cheap ballast on, stapled the cord to the "roof" of my new growroom (my grow area is rougly 4 sq feet, or 1.5ft x 2.75ft) . I then placed the 4 plants that had survived the halogen incident (see the thread in this forum entitled "They all died! Why??" ) in the bottom, each in a 12 ounce disposible plastic cup, filled 3/4 of the way with pea gravel. I'll add a pie tin tomorrow and poke holes in the cups for drainage. Then I lowered the light to just a few inches above the tallest plant, closed the door, locked the trunk (very handy if someones snooping around) and placed a folded striped sheet over the top to where it covers the trunk entirely, and then placed my alarm clock and assorted picture frames on top. Even with the room lights off, not a stitch of light is visible.

* Now my only problem, and the reason why I began this long drawn out story, is ventilation. I'm not sure what to do really, other than figure out how to wire up some computer fans and cut holes in the trunk, but how in the hell can i wire up those small fans to work in an electrical outlet? Does anyone have any ideas or solutions?
 
Holy shit...what a mess. I'd be moving my family, including the kid they're brainwashing, as far away from those freaks as possible, and never tell them where I went.

You need a couple old cell phone charger cords. make sure the volts match the computer fan. Then cut the end that goes in the phone off, strip the wires and connect them to the fan wires that you've cut off and stripped. Electrical tape will work to insulate the twisted wires. OR if you can run a soldering iron you can solder them together, then wrap with electrical tape so they don't touch. Mount them up, plug it in and off you go.
 
If you don't want to read up on cultivation, you're gonna keep on wasting your time.
Bottom line: you can't grow weed in a trunk. Maybe I could, by using a clone and setting the trunk on it's end, coax 1 plant and get a small yield; you can't.

What have you got against reading a grow book?
 
thanks for the cell phone charger idea....very nice.

RD, your advice is usually pretty good and encouraging, and ive read a book or two on cannibis cultivation (albeit ebooks i downloaded illegally, but still yet). The thing is, I dont care a bit what anyone says can or cant be done. i mean sure, I wont get half a pound from one plant, but who cares? It's just practice til we can regroup after the holidays and do things right. Until then, we're outta cash, and since I already have a couple growing, id rather not just throw them away. I\m gonna keep you all posted, cause this grows gonna be successful even if i only get a 1/4 from one plan. so doubt all you want, this grows happening now. ;D

EDIT: Sorry if I sounded condescending there RD, but have a little faith...dont get all snippy. save the snipping for harvest season. Youre a cool guy with great ideas, and I dont mean any disrespect. I promise one day when im all grown up and have my own places I will have a grow room that will make you proud. So have some faith buddy. :D
 
You can buy them at Radio shack or...got a old answering machine or or nintendo? You know those power boxes that plug into the wall and then you plug it into the back of the answering machine? Well those are transformers. Look on the back or where ever the writing is and see what the output voltage is. Most will say something like 12vdc 800ma or something simular. Find one that reads 12 vdc although I've used 9vdc ones before. the fan just doesn't spin as fast. Cut the end off and wire the wire the transformer. The positive wire on all transformers extension cords etc are marked externally. If they aren't individually colored they have either a white line, dotted white line or a raised rib type line the entire wire length. Look at your reading lamp cord. One side of the wire that plugs into the wall is smooth and the other side has ribs or a white line on it. Same for the transformer. If you wire it backwards it just won't work.
 
I thought I was crazy by telling one reponsible adult about my grow.

That situation sounds entirely unmanagable. I would have never attempted growing in an apartment situation. I guess each person has their own level of comfort, but I never got there until I owned my own house!!
 
yea it sucked, but its my friends house...not an apartment....its just iunno, we werent covert enough. but we're making a new plan, but will be MUCH more careful. trust me, we learned our lesson.
 
Mitch: I wish you luck. Let us know how your grow turns out. I'd flower ASAP and vent as best you can. Maybe use two of those fans for exit, and one for intake. I don't think it can't be done, but you're going to have to be diligent. Especially w/humidity right after you water in such an confined space. Consider flowering only one female no matter how many you actually get, then prune her or use LST to keep her short.
 
....and if you can open the trunk fully (when you are in the room alone) for a bit a couple times a day, that would make a HUGE difference....I had a similar situation in the past and you're right, you can grow in that space. might not be the best bud, but all bud you grow your own is good in my opine.
 
Yea thats what I've been doing. I kinda figured that would help, so when i get up every morning i leave it open for a little while while i get ready and junk, if im home all day i open it up for a while, and then at night before i go to bed i leave it open for a few hours. My old plants I'd moved died, because it got really cold all of a sudden and i had the trunk open and my window and fell asleep lol...but they were hanging on by just a thread anyways. ive germinated more seeds and am going at it again. thanks for all your help guys. As soon as i can get ahold of camera ill take some pics. I'm also going to line the inside of the trunk with mylar this week.
 
Yeah, I agree with everyone that it is do-able as long as you can control the temp and ventilate adequately. I think your two main problems are going to be 1) your plant outgrowing the container before its ready to harvest and 2) when it does start to flower, how are you going to hide the smell? My recomendation is to move it somewhere safe before you start the flowering cycle. Best of luck.
 
planning is very important, but if you're like me you'll figure it out as it comes. when I make it that far I usually figure it out as I go along. keep us posted.
 
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