I put my 7 gallon pots inside of a plastic milk crate. That gives me lots of tie-down spots. Don’t know it that would work for you or not.
That's a good idea, but I'll need to find a crate (or something) to fit a 3 gallon pot...seems like I've seen
smaller plastic crates at the dollar store- I'll have to check that out!
That is a brilliant idea!
It is! - Although the binder clip idea is what I'll probably end up doing...
Thanks! It also doubles as a pot elevator.
I
may not need pot elevators anymore, since I installed the new ceiling in "the box"
What do I mean by "new ceiling"?
Well, one of the prizes for GJotM is a new grow light- a Nextlight 420H to be exact...It got here yesterday afternoon....It's actually a little big for my application, but I'm going to make it work.
So, the light measures 25"x24.75", and the ol' grow box measures 24"x24", so with a little adapting, It should fit ...although, 420 watts is a little more than I need in there, but the dimmer feature will allow me to turn it down to an acceptable level.
a few pics:
The light is actually the "top" of the box now...This is a nice light- the term "industrial art" comes to mind...
The box used to be 44" tall, now it's 48" from floor to light.
I've got a few little light leaks to fix, but other than that, it's a pretty good fit.
The light is running at apx. 25% right now, and the temp of the heatsink is only 80f, since most of the light is actually outside the box, it only raised the temp inside the box about 1 degree..(that thermometer in the rear left corner is the inside temp of the box)
The "ugly assed box, beautiful light" irony is not lost on me....
And my new "ceiling" from the inside- cool thing is the lux readings are the same at the walls and in the corners, as they are in the center.
It'll be pretty easy to burn plants with this much wattage in there, so I'll probably only be able to turn it up to 50% or so (210 watts) That's the plan, anyway. I
will have to be careful...
So that's what I've been working on so far today...took a little longer than planned, but most things seem to anymore...
I kind of hated to retire the Hydra 1000- it worked well for the last 2 plants in here, but I think a few more watts will get my yields above the 5oz.per plant that seems to be the limit with 100 watts.
And here's the
@Herbies Seeds Blueberry Hill, happily basking in the very white light of the Nextlight 420H:
And that's that! "Not enough light" is never going to be a problem...
Sorry I didn't get any pics of the light before I installed it, but I totally forgot til it was too late.
And Thank you to
@420 for the cool contest, and
@NextLight for the great light!
I hope everyone's week is going well, and thanks for looking!
I really do try to learn and evolve around here...