*Disclaimer: This is all purely fictional and for the readers enjoyment.
**This is a wordy post.
Well ladies and gents, after a ten year hiatus to pretend to do grownup things, Im back in the saddle .got some seeds from some killer weed which will be going into the system first to make sure all systems are go, and I also have Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk going right now (germed about five days ago after receiving from Nirvana about a week after my order).
First lemme give you a rundown of what I know, and then I can talk about my setup a little bit.
So this will be about my sixth or seventh grow I first started growing in college, and almost always on a shoestring budget and trying to (out of necessity) make things do things that they were not designed or capable to do. First few grows were in soil and the last two or three were bubblers, and I learned a lot, although not as much as I couldve with the proper capital to really get up and running. So, I know what Im doing for the most part, but am not as familiar as Id like to be with CO2 and nutrient schedules (although Im sure that most things I knew ten years ago about nutes would be obsolete, anyway).
Got laid off a few months ago like many others in my industry, and figured what better time to grow some weed, and be able to do it the right way this time with money not being so much of a constraint.
So, onto the setup
Using a Sun Hut Silver LG for vegging with a 400 watt HPS in there right now (yeah, yeah, I know MHs preferred for vegging, but Ive been too lazy to buy the bulb and really dont think it makes much difference anyways yes, it is a digital ballast so I can switch back and forth).
Im currently cooling the light with a 6 inline fan which puts out ~450CFM; initially had one of these dedicated to just cooling the light and a second for exhaust, but that was some serious overkill on my part.
Intake is done via a 4 inline fan which pumps ~170CFM as an aside, both of these fans are controlled by a TMP-DNe, which turns them on if the set temp is exceeded by a certain amount I chose 5 degrees, which means they pop on at 75 degrees and turn off at about 69, keeping the room always 69-75 degrees.
Theres no oscillating fan in there of any kind because at this point I dont feel its necessary when those two fans come on the air in that room gets moving pretty effing good. If things change (like the fans dont come on as much in the wintertime) then Ill re-evaluate and possibly add one, but for now Im comfy without it.
Been using and will probably continue to use GH nutrients, simply because theyre, well, simple. Have gotten copious amounts of House and Garden samples from my hydro store, but Im gonna wait for a bit before doing any comparison tests or things of that nature, simply because Id like to get up and running before I start doing anything too exotic.
Growing in 18 gallon rubbermaids with 4 14 air stones in each; nothing you havent seen a bazillion times anyways, so I wont waste your time with pics of the inside, etc its some airstones making bubbles, just trust me keep my pH right around 6, you know the drill.
So I guess that about does it for the veg area onto to the flower design (if I dont get too stoned Ill put it together today, minus the 6 Phresh Filter, which should be into my store either tomorrow or Saturday).
So, Im gonna have 6 18 gallon rubbermaids in the flowering room, each holding 4 plants (thats 24 plants for the slower members out there). Gonna have a perpetual harvest with half the room changing each month, so Ill harvest twelve plants each month and throw twelve more in (for those who need to read up on how a perpetual harvest works, Id link you to some good threads but dont know how just do a search). My current plan is to start flowering at about 12 height, but thats gonna take some experimentation and going to be strain dependent. That being said, figure flowering at 12 should get me to about 2-3 feet for most strains, which is fine by me.
Gonna have a 6 inline dedicated to cooling my 1000 watt HPS in there, and also a 6 inline for exhaust (through the 6 Phresh filter) and a 4 for intake.
Um, thats really all I can think of right now my plan is to get my first flowering room up and running within about a week or two and then have an identical second one up and running sometime in late January/early February which will run on a reverse schedule so as to not overload the breaker (only have 40 amps in my garage); so as one light is on the other will be off and vice versa this way the only overlap will be their fans and water pumps, which isnt that big of a deal.
I know 40 amps would be enough to run all three at the same time pretty easily, but Im trying to plan ahead for the summer, when temps can get 100+ in there, so Im gonna need a fairly large AC which will draw ~1500 watts (if not more).
So, I know Ive missed some stuff but I can always cover that later so here are the pics:
GH nutrients, Superthrive, pH meter, TDS meter, yada yada ..thats a digital thermometer hanging down at the top there .
The right side is there all the free samples go ..I felt so shady taking that syringe with Root Excelurator out of the store (in front of the fungicide) definitely didnt wanna get pulled over with that and have to explain it .
Cleaned WalMart out of 14 airstones the last two times Ive been there theres a 100 roll of ½ black tubing in the back there for my pond pump for nute changeouts
This pic really doesnt do the bottom shelf justice if this whole project doesnt work out, Im pretty sure I could open up my own HVAC supply shop with all the shit Ive bought and ended up not needing the shelf above that are the two 6 inline fans which are going in my flower tent.
Lol ..so I wanted to get a picture of how light tight the tent was (its REALLY light tight, FYI), so my dumb ass turned off the lights in there and took a picture, only to realize that a flash kinda ruined the effect .for a smart guy I do some dumb shit.
[FONT="]Heres the 4 inline which is intake for my veg tent .somewhat of a ghetto rigging with it sitting on a box, but it works for me ..needed to use a reducer for it to fit the 6 flanges of the tent.[/FONT]
This was the best lady out of the bag beans I started unfortunately for her, we dont allow dirt in our hydro tent, so shes kinda shit outta luck thinking of putting up fliers around the neighborhood saying that shes free to a good home just took twelve clones off of her yesterday, which is why shes looking kinda gaunt.
Heres the 6 inline which is responsible for exhausting the room as well as cooling the light
Top left is two moms (clones from the dirt mom that rooted a week or two ago) plan on having one of them and then a mom from each strain of the seedlings, which are in the bottom right ..the top right is some other plants clones that Ive been running nute tests on so see how much they can take
Apologies for the ghetto hole covers, need to get to Wal Mart and get some thick plastic placemats to cut and use as covers.
Numbers 1-4 are Bubblelicious, 5-8 are NY Diesel, and 9-12 are Super Skunk.
Closer shot I dont know how to use a camera very well, obviously.
This is the sensor for the TMP-DNe its hung a couple of inches below the light level.
This is the controller with the temp settings and the differentials on the left this things kinda cool because it can be used for either heating or cooling.
Im a thermometer maniac.
Trust me.
Hydroton, more Rubbermaids, buckets, random shit. You know how it is.
Two fifty gallon trash cans and a 633GPH pond pump for nutrient changes and topping off.
Clones taken yesterday I hate Rapid Rooters because the SOBs can barely stand by themselves.
The flowering tent Ill be putting together either tonight or tomorrow or Saturday.
Sooooooooooooooooooo, all that being said, any questions/comments/criticism (doesnt even have to be constructive) are welcome.
Gonna try to keep this as updated as possible, and with no job it shouldnt be that difficult of a task.
**This is a wordy post.
Well ladies and gents, after a ten year hiatus to pretend to do grownup things, Im back in the saddle .got some seeds from some killer weed which will be going into the system first to make sure all systems are go, and I also have Bubblelicious, New York Power Diesel, and Super Skunk going right now (germed about five days ago after receiving from Nirvana about a week after my order).
First lemme give you a rundown of what I know, and then I can talk about my setup a little bit.
So this will be about my sixth or seventh grow I first started growing in college, and almost always on a shoestring budget and trying to (out of necessity) make things do things that they were not designed or capable to do. First few grows were in soil and the last two or three were bubblers, and I learned a lot, although not as much as I couldve with the proper capital to really get up and running. So, I know what Im doing for the most part, but am not as familiar as Id like to be with CO2 and nutrient schedules (although Im sure that most things I knew ten years ago about nutes would be obsolete, anyway).
Got laid off a few months ago like many others in my industry, and figured what better time to grow some weed, and be able to do it the right way this time with money not being so much of a constraint.
So, onto the setup
Using a Sun Hut Silver LG for vegging with a 400 watt HPS in there right now (yeah, yeah, I know MHs preferred for vegging, but Ive been too lazy to buy the bulb and really dont think it makes much difference anyways yes, it is a digital ballast so I can switch back and forth).
Im currently cooling the light with a 6 inline fan which puts out ~450CFM; initially had one of these dedicated to just cooling the light and a second for exhaust, but that was some serious overkill on my part.
Intake is done via a 4 inline fan which pumps ~170CFM as an aside, both of these fans are controlled by a TMP-DNe, which turns them on if the set temp is exceeded by a certain amount I chose 5 degrees, which means they pop on at 75 degrees and turn off at about 69, keeping the room always 69-75 degrees.
Theres no oscillating fan in there of any kind because at this point I dont feel its necessary when those two fans come on the air in that room gets moving pretty effing good. If things change (like the fans dont come on as much in the wintertime) then Ill re-evaluate and possibly add one, but for now Im comfy without it.
Been using and will probably continue to use GH nutrients, simply because theyre, well, simple. Have gotten copious amounts of House and Garden samples from my hydro store, but Im gonna wait for a bit before doing any comparison tests or things of that nature, simply because Id like to get up and running before I start doing anything too exotic.
Growing in 18 gallon rubbermaids with 4 14 air stones in each; nothing you havent seen a bazillion times anyways, so I wont waste your time with pics of the inside, etc its some airstones making bubbles, just trust me keep my pH right around 6, you know the drill.
So I guess that about does it for the veg area onto to the flower design (if I dont get too stoned Ill put it together today, minus the 6 Phresh Filter, which should be into my store either tomorrow or Saturday).
So, Im gonna have 6 18 gallon rubbermaids in the flowering room, each holding 4 plants (thats 24 plants for the slower members out there). Gonna have a perpetual harvest with half the room changing each month, so Ill harvest twelve plants each month and throw twelve more in (for those who need to read up on how a perpetual harvest works, Id link you to some good threads but dont know how just do a search). My current plan is to start flowering at about 12 height, but thats gonna take some experimentation and going to be strain dependent. That being said, figure flowering at 12 should get me to about 2-3 feet for most strains, which is fine by me.
Gonna have a 6 inline dedicated to cooling my 1000 watt HPS in there, and also a 6 inline for exhaust (through the 6 Phresh filter) and a 4 for intake.
Um, thats really all I can think of right now my plan is to get my first flowering room up and running within about a week or two and then have an identical second one up and running sometime in late January/early February which will run on a reverse schedule so as to not overload the breaker (only have 40 amps in my garage); so as one light is on the other will be off and vice versa this way the only overlap will be their fans and water pumps, which isnt that big of a deal.
I know 40 amps would be enough to run all three at the same time pretty easily, but Im trying to plan ahead for the summer, when temps can get 100+ in there, so Im gonna need a fairly large AC which will draw ~1500 watts (if not more).
So, I know Ive missed some stuff but I can always cover that later so here are the pics:
GH nutrients, Superthrive, pH meter, TDS meter, yada yada ..thats a digital thermometer hanging down at the top there .
The right side is there all the free samples go ..I felt so shady taking that syringe with Root Excelurator out of the store (in front of the fungicide) definitely didnt wanna get pulled over with that and have to explain it .
Cleaned WalMart out of 14 airstones the last two times Ive been there theres a 100 roll of ½ black tubing in the back there for my pond pump for nute changeouts
This pic really doesnt do the bottom shelf justice if this whole project doesnt work out, Im pretty sure I could open up my own HVAC supply shop with all the shit Ive bought and ended up not needing the shelf above that are the two 6 inline fans which are going in my flower tent.
Lol ..so I wanted to get a picture of how light tight the tent was (its REALLY light tight, FYI), so my dumb ass turned off the lights in there and took a picture, only to realize that a flash kinda ruined the effect .for a smart guy I do some dumb shit.
[FONT="]Heres the 4 inline which is intake for my veg tent .somewhat of a ghetto rigging with it sitting on a box, but it works for me ..needed to use a reducer for it to fit the 6 flanges of the tent.[/FONT]
This was the best lady out of the bag beans I started unfortunately for her, we dont allow dirt in our hydro tent, so shes kinda shit outta luck thinking of putting up fliers around the neighborhood saying that shes free to a good home just took twelve clones off of her yesterday, which is why shes looking kinda gaunt.
Heres the 6 inline which is responsible for exhausting the room as well as cooling the light
Top left is two moms (clones from the dirt mom that rooted a week or two ago) plan on having one of them and then a mom from each strain of the seedlings, which are in the bottom right ..the top right is some other plants clones that Ive been running nute tests on so see how much they can take
Apologies for the ghetto hole covers, need to get to Wal Mart and get some thick plastic placemats to cut and use as covers.
Numbers 1-4 are Bubblelicious, 5-8 are NY Diesel, and 9-12 are Super Skunk.
Closer shot I dont know how to use a camera very well, obviously.
This is the sensor for the TMP-DNe its hung a couple of inches below the light level.
This is the controller with the temp settings and the differentials on the left this things kinda cool because it can be used for either heating or cooling.
Im a thermometer maniac.
Trust me.
Hydroton, more Rubbermaids, buckets, random shit. You know how it is.
Two fifty gallon trash cans and a 633GPH pond pump for nutrient changes and topping off.
Clones taken yesterday I hate Rapid Rooters because the SOBs can barely stand by themselves.
The flowering tent Ill be putting together either tonight or tomorrow or Saturday.
Sooooooooooooooooooo, all that being said, any questions/comments/criticism (doesnt even have to be constructive) are welcome.
Gonna try to keep this as updated as possible, and with no job it shouldnt be that difficult of a task.
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