abuilder
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- Framed in new walls and dropped in a ceiling in my basement creating a room with 7'3" ceiling. The length is about 11 and a 1/2 feet long by 4'3" wide and juts out after 6' another 2' wider making it about 6x11 1/2 at the widest point but I'll be using it first where you see that aluminum bench is where it's 4' +wide. I have a pretty nice tube light thats 30" long with a nice sized reflector over it. I have a fan in that right wall thats sucking/pulling the air "out of my ducting. It happened to already be there. It used to suck out air from a stove vent on the floor above so it's pretty powerful. almost too powerful actually if thats possible. It's not "that" noisy and it came with the house so.....Be nice if I "knew" what could slow it down. It's about 30++ years old I think. I put a Y fitting on both sides of the duct. I figure one will suck the air through my tube light and the other part of the y's will...one end on the right will suck the air from the room out. It's up high above where my planst will be and the other side on the left I have another duct with a 250 fan blowing air in .
I painted the room with a very white flat paint but I'm thinking mylar would be better? thats question one. I found a 2 mil mylar on amazon for just under $50 for a 100 ft rollx48"
What ya'll think of that?
The ceiling I used what's called "reflective" white ceiling tiles but still...would mylar be better over it?
and the floor??
Am I wasting time and money on the mylar? This mylar "claims" to reflect 98% of the light but I'm skeptical of that number....but it'd still probably be better than just the white paint. Is it worth doing? 50bucks aint bad.
Also...I know I have to keep the fan on the ducting that goes through my light tube so as not to burn my plants but how often do I need to keep the fresh air fan going...if at all. Once in a while??
I have to still get an oscillating floor fan but thats no biggie.
I have a 600Watt MH bulb in the light now thats adjustable to cut the watts up to half and less. I hung a metal pipe from the ceiling and painted it white so I can slide my light side to side if I need to and it's hung on ratchet rope so I can lower it.
When I put my seedlings under it should I keep it on all the time at full 600Watts or a bit more than half that wattage? I'm talking just when they're seedings. I know it should be about a foot to a foot and a half when my plants get larger...and at full 600Watts then. I'm just wondering whats best for seedlings. I'm about to sprout them in a day or so. I have Barneys LSD seeds and Violator Kush ...(side note: I noticed...after the fact that not too many people loved the LSD...ugh)
Also...whats the best (for the money under about thirty bucks(ish) soil tester kit either digital or liquid? I'd prefer digital because it's easier and cheaper in the long run but most all the reviews seem to suck from what I've seen.
Gonna use FF nutes. I'm thinking the gallons in the three pack might be a lot cheaper than qts. I see three one gallon containers on Ebay for about $140. Or should I start with the 3 pack of qts? I am trying to go easy on my wallet right now...but in the long haul.....?
anything else this indoor newbie is missing here?
Thanks everyone
abuider
edit: one last and important thing...how many plants do you think I can grow under that light with the seeds I have? It'd be in the 4'3" wide area