Hi there,
Total newbie here
My friend who works at the local club and I decided to begin a grow to supply some much needed meds! We rent our own house and wanted to use a spare bedroom to grow a decent crop. Although I have read tons on this site, and watched a few videos, this will still be my first grow. This is the basic outline I have come up with so far, any input from this wise community is greatly appreciated!
We are planning on a 2 X 400W MH Veg room in one half of the room, and a 1000W HPS in the flowering room. I was wondering if you guys thought the 1000W HPS would be enough for about 16 plants each using a square foot in a 4'x'4 area. Would it be pushing it to use a 5'x5' area with the one lamp? Since the lamp can only penetrate about a foot of foliage, I was thinking of having many plants but bud them when they are relatively small. I was thinking of buying this lamp because of that amazing price: http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=48332 Should I get a cooltube or euro reflector?
As far as ventilation goes, I was hoping to pull air out of the room through the light hood, and through a carbon filter using a 6' 440 cfm blower. I was planning on having passive air intake through a small vent. This was the system I was thinking about purchasing: http://cgi.ebay.com/6-INLINE-FAN-CARBON-FILTER-COMBO-ODOR-CONTROL-SCRUBBER_W0QQitemZ160381113166QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item255775934e Would this be enough?
We wanted to start from seeds to get a good variety of strains. I was thinking of using Nirvana since it is recommended by this site. Would strains that the seed banks claim flower for 8-9 do well with slightly longer budding strains? Or should I strive to purchase strains with the same traits if they are going to be in the same flowering room. I plan on removing the males as soon as they reveal themselves. We plan on using clones after the first crop.
I'm planning on using fox farm potting soil, but I still need to do a bit of research on what the best nutes would be. I have already purchased a large plastic tub to hold my water and mix my nutes.
Any flaws or problems you guys see in this setup? Any advice? Anything I may have neglected? Thanks so much for the time RIU, and I'm looking forward to reading your reponses!
Total newbie here
My friend who works at the local club and I decided to begin a grow to supply some much needed meds! We rent our own house and wanted to use a spare bedroom to grow a decent crop. Although I have read tons on this site, and watched a few videos, this will still be my first grow. This is the basic outline I have come up with so far, any input from this wise community is greatly appreciated!We are planning on a 2 X 400W MH Veg room in one half of the room, and a 1000W HPS in the flowering room. I was wondering if you guys thought the 1000W HPS would be enough for about 16 plants each using a square foot in a 4'x'4 area. Would it be pushing it to use a 5'x5' area with the one lamp? Since the lamp can only penetrate about a foot of foliage, I was thinking of having many plants but bud them when they are relatively small. I was thinking of buying this lamp because of that amazing price: http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=48332 Should I get a cooltube or euro reflector?
As far as ventilation goes, I was hoping to pull air out of the room through the light hood, and through a carbon filter using a 6' 440 cfm blower. I was planning on having passive air intake through a small vent. This was the system I was thinking about purchasing: http://cgi.ebay.com/6-INLINE-FAN-CARBON-FILTER-COMBO-ODOR-CONTROL-SCRUBBER_W0QQitemZ160381113166QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item255775934e Would this be enough?
We wanted to start from seeds to get a good variety of strains. I was thinking of using Nirvana since it is recommended by this site. Would strains that the seed banks claim flower for 8-9 do well with slightly longer budding strains? Or should I strive to purchase strains with the same traits if they are going to be in the same flowering room. I plan on removing the males as soon as they reveal themselves. We plan on using clones after the first crop.
I'm planning on using fox farm potting soil, but I still need to do a bit of research on what the best nutes would be. I have already purchased a large plastic tub to hold my water and mix my nutes.
Any flaws or problems you guys see in this setup? Any advice? Anything I may have neglected? Thanks so much for the time RIU, and I'm looking forward to reading your reponses!
