Squarepusher45
Well-Known Member
1st time grower. Doing it the Bubbleponics way. Northern Lights seed.
Added 2 extra 12" long airstones, also using the 4" round one that came with the system.
Grow room is a 4l x 5w x 8h closet.
Mylar on walls and ceiling.
400 watt MH for grow and HPS for flower.
Small fan and a Vicks humidifier.
Used paper towel system to germ, when tap root got to 1\4 to 1\2" placed in rockwool. Didn't seem to matter to the seeds if they went into rockwool root up or down or sideways, they all sprouted ok in same amount of time.
Placed the baby’s in BP system, after a few days of hatching under fluorescent shop late in a domed seeding container.
Used one layer of hydroton, placed rockwool'd baby’s on top, put feed tube up against rockwool and then surrounded the rockwool cubes with more hydroton and one layer on top of rockwool.
As seen in pics, covered system top with white cardboard.
6 gallons of bottled spring water in system.
No ferts yet,
PH 5.6
PPM 55 seems ok for baby’s of this size with no ferts
EC 107 Not sure about this
I can get distilled water that has EC of 2.0, or the spring water that is 110 range. I am somewhat confused as to where the EC range needs to be but am somewhat confident of where the PH and PPM range should be.
By next week I will be using a reverse osmosis system for water.
I am having a heat problem in the closet.
I have installed a 4" inline duct fan for exhaust in the ceiling, venting into attic. May have to go bigger, 6" maybe? No exhaust fan for the light, and not going to get one either, the heat just rises to the ceiling. No fresh air vent, just what comes under the door.
If I close the door it gets to 92 or 93. With door open all the way it is about 84. With the central air running at a steady 74○ That 400 MH is putting out a ton of heat. The ballast is outside of the closet.
I guess I can just leave the door open. I have covered the bedroom window so that no light leaks through to be seen outside at night, so I’ll probably be ok heat wise. But with closet door open it kinda defeats the "stealth" mode. Might all well just use the whole bedroom.
Oh and, my res temps is high also at 85○. Not sure how to cool this down. Need help on how to do this.
Pics below, sorry they are so blurry, My hand is none to steady.
Added 2 extra 12" long airstones, also using the 4" round one that came with the system.
Grow room is a 4l x 5w x 8h closet.
Mylar on walls and ceiling.
400 watt MH for grow and HPS for flower.
Small fan and a Vicks humidifier.
Used paper towel system to germ, when tap root got to 1\4 to 1\2" placed in rockwool. Didn't seem to matter to the seeds if they went into rockwool root up or down or sideways, they all sprouted ok in same amount of time.
Placed the baby’s in BP system, after a few days of hatching under fluorescent shop late in a domed seeding container.
Used one layer of hydroton, placed rockwool'd baby’s on top, put feed tube up against rockwool and then surrounded the rockwool cubes with more hydroton and one layer on top of rockwool.
As seen in pics, covered system top with white cardboard.
6 gallons of bottled spring water in system.
No ferts yet,
PH 5.6
PPM 55 seems ok for baby’s of this size with no ferts
EC 107 Not sure about this
I can get distilled water that has EC of 2.0, or the spring water that is 110 range. I am somewhat confused as to where the EC range needs to be but am somewhat confident of where the PH and PPM range should be.
By next week I will be using a reverse osmosis system for water.
I am having a heat problem in the closet.
I have installed a 4" inline duct fan for exhaust in the ceiling, venting into attic. May have to go bigger, 6" maybe? No exhaust fan for the light, and not going to get one either, the heat just rises to the ceiling. No fresh air vent, just what comes under the door.
If I close the door it gets to 92 or 93. With door open all the way it is about 84. With the central air running at a steady 74○ That 400 MH is putting out a ton of heat. The ballast is outside of the closet.
I guess I can just leave the door open. I have covered the bedroom window so that no light leaks through to be seen outside at night, so I’ll probably be ok heat wise. But with closet door open it kinda defeats the "stealth" mode. Might all well just use the whole bedroom.
Oh and, my res temps is high also at 85○. Not sure how to cool this down. Need help on how to do this.
Pics below, sorry they are so blurry, My hand is none to steady.
