Power Towel
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Hi everyone - been a long time since I've visited/posted here. My new-to-me house has what has got to be the ideal room. It's an attached storage closet with external dead bolted door 4x13 feet with 8 foot ceilings. It has no HVAC or ventilation and 1 smallish double-pane window which I have already blacked out and is hidden from street view (except if/when I put an A/C unit on the window, might be visible if someone really was looking on side of house).
Climate - central texas so right now (december) I have to supplement heat to get it to 70, but obviously that changes after winter is over. In an ideal world, I would only grow from seed in winter and not mess with A/C, but I don't know how realistic that is and eliminates the possibility of cloning, which I am interested in. I just want to grow enough for personal use, about I'm guessing maybe 10-12 ounces a year at most. That might be a tall order for 1 harvest.
Lighting - I bought a 1000w dual ballast and bulbs and hood with ventilation fixtures - worried it might be a little overkill now - that thing is BRIGHT.
Using soil and clay pots that are like maybe 3-4 gallons each. Probably will do a variety of strains.
Don't really need a tent but if I decide to clone I would rather build or buy a small tent to light-seal the clones, and let the flowering happen in the open closet because it is light-sealed from the outside and I think will just be easier to manage temps under that monster light.
Considering installing some "soffit" style vents on the external wall, with a low-cfm fan to recirculate and filter air. Once I fire up the light, though, I will have to turn off my heater as the combined wattages would blow my 20amp breaker. Not sure what window AC units pull power-wise for a room this size - that could be a complication as well.
Any opinions/suggestions would be very welcome.
Climate - central texas so right now (december) I have to supplement heat to get it to 70, but obviously that changes after winter is over. In an ideal world, I would only grow from seed in winter and not mess with A/C, but I don't know how realistic that is and eliminates the possibility of cloning, which I am interested in. I just want to grow enough for personal use, about I'm guessing maybe 10-12 ounces a year at most. That might be a tall order for 1 harvest.
Lighting - I bought a 1000w dual ballast and bulbs and hood with ventilation fixtures - worried it might be a little overkill now - that thing is BRIGHT.
Using soil and clay pots that are like maybe 3-4 gallons each. Probably will do a variety of strains.
Don't really need a tent but if I decide to clone I would rather build or buy a small tent to light-seal the clones, and let the flowering happen in the open closet because it is light-sealed from the outside and I think will just be easier to manage temps under that monster light.
Considering installing some "soffit" style vents on the external wall, with a low-cfm fan to recirculate and filter air. Once I fire up the light, though, I will have to turn off my heater as the combined wattages would blow my 20amp breaker. Not sure what window AC units pull power-wise for a room this size - that could be a complication as well.
Any opinions/suggestions would be very welcome.