I have an 8x8 tent set up in an unheated un air conditioned shed. Lots of power. Three high wattage 110 lines. In Washington State.
I've ordered a bunch of feminized seeds. Six different strains. I'm allowed to have Max 15 plants any given moment.
When I'm in continuous personal production, I want to have 6 mothers, one for each strain. Then a bunch flowering and a bunch of veg mode at all time.
The mothers and the flowers will have five gallon grow bags. Clone/ veg mode will spend time in 3 gallons until moved to 5.
There will be a 4x8 flowering chamber and two 4x4 mother/ veg chambers. Since the mothers will be way too big and produce way too many shoots for my needs, I'll keep them well trimmed.
I'll give away clones to people. I really miss not being able to get clones from the local pot shop (which I could do in Colorado), they don't have that in Washington. They finally started selling seeds, but only on the Indian reservation. I decided to mail order based on availability of particular strains I wanted. Plus it's better price. Plus the local seeds are not feminized.
I've used bubble wrap vapor barrier, mylar reflective surface, for insulation in my first 4x4 chamber. It can get really cold out here. I double it up on the exterior walls and it keeps the heat and light in really well. I'll cut through the ventilation ports as needed.
I've set up the heat environment. I bought several vertical tower fans which I like sweeping back and forth from the corners. I have a rolling air conditioner for the summer when it's needed. I've got a couple seedling heating mats on delivery for tomorrow. I've got a variety of seedling grow stuff. I bought a bag of mychorizia. I know how to prep the water and nutrients as needed. I can do pH.
I typically have a 5 gallon bucket of water bubbling in each 4x4 area. That keeps the humidity up and in the case of chlorine only gets rid of the chlorine. I have chloramine here which means I will actually have to use a chemical to have the chlorine and chloramine drop out since you can't bubble out chloramine.
I currently have 3 x 180 watt LEDs which produced a pound and a half in a 5x5 in Colorado. If I flower six plants, I'll probably need 3 more of these, for a total of six. I have a shitload of 31 watt LED strips that are ass kicking for vegetation and mothers, plus I can drop them down the sides of the flowering plants for side bud.
I don't care about smell. I have a high velocity disc airflow fan. I think I need a bunch more ducting though since this is a much larger area than I've ever used before.
I'll probably shut down flowering during summer time. I have no need to fight the heat with lots of AC and this is strictly for personal use plus gifting. So I'll just keep the mothers alive and start the clones in the fall.
Attached is the setup progress so far:
I've ordered a bunch of feminized seeds. Six different strains. I'm allowed to have Max 15 plants any given moment.
When I'm in continuous personal production, I want to have 6 mothers, one for each strain. Then a bunch flowering and a bunch of veg mode at all time.
The mothers and the flowers will have five gallon grow bags. Clone/ veg mode will spend time in 3 gallons until moved to 5.
There will be a 4x8 flowering chamber and two 4x4 mother/ veg chambers. Since the mothers will be way too big and produce way too many shoots for my needs, I'll keep them well trimmed.
I'll give away clones to people. I really miss not being able to get clones from the local pot shop (which I could do in Colorado), they don't have that in Washington. They finally started selling seeds, but only on the Indian reservation. I decided to mail order based on availability of particular strains I wanted. Plus it's better price. Plus the local seeds are not feminized.
I've used bubble wrap vapor barrier, mylar reflective surface, for insulation in my first 4x4 chamber. It can get really cold out here. I double it up on the exterior walls and it keeps the heat and light in really well. I'll cut through the ventilation ports as needed.
I've set up the heat environment. I bought several vertical tower fans which I like sweeping back and forth from the corners. I have a rolling air conditioner for the summer when it's needed. I've got a couple seedling heating mats on delivery for tomorrow. I've got a variety of seedling grow stuff. I bought a bag of mychorizia. I know how to prep the water and nutrients as needed. I can do pH.
I typically have a 5 gallon bucket of water bubbling in each 4x4 area. That keeps the humidity up and in the case of chlorine only gets rid of the chlorine. I have chloramine here which means I will actually have to use a chemical to have the chlorine and chloramine drop out since you can't bubble out chloramine.
I currently have 3 x 180 watt LEDs which produced a pound and a half in a 5x5 in Colorado. If I flower six plants, I'll probably need 3 more of these, for a total of six. I have a shitload of 31 watt LED strips that are ass kicking for vegetation and mothers, plus I can drop them down the sides of the flowering plants for side bud.
I don't care about smell. I have a high velocity disc airflow fan. I think I need a bunch more ducting though since this is a much larger area than I've ever used before.
I'll probably shut down flowering during summer time. I have no need to fight the heat with lots of AC and this is strictly for personal use plus gifting. So I'll just keep the mothers alive and start the clones in the fall.
Attached is the setup progress so far:
