Canadalien
New Member
Hey RUI.
About to set up an RDWC grow room and just thought I’d share my room and set up.
I see there are various pages for lighting and hydroponics but I’m going to try to clump all my set up stuff here, and begin my journal after I’m finished completing the room, and I’ve germinated my seeds. Stay tuned!
The room:
An empty cold cellar, 8x8x8 feet. Concrete on 4 walls minus the doorway. The ceiling is half wood and half concrete. I’ve painted the walls white, and left the floor and ceiling as not to arise suspicion.
The lighting:
1000w digital dimmable ballast and 6 inch cool tube reflector. HPS for bloom and MH for grow. No yo-yo’s because I’ve cut my lamp cord short to accomadate a previous grow space, and now cannot raise or lower the reflector. The ballast and longer lamp cord was causing interference, killing the wifi to my mine and the neighbours houses, and I was advised to shorten the lamp cord. It worked, but I am still researching this issue without much luck in finding an answer. I’m on the hunt for a new cord, to lengthen the lamp cord without splicing into the scrap I kept to shorten the cord in the first place. It’s possible I will buy a new reflector in the future..
The system:
Alien hydroponics XL 30 L pot 4 site system, modified with larger eco plus pump 396 Litres per hour. The original equipment was useless as it was wired for outlets in the UK. I’ve also swapped out the original 30T air pump that came with the system and am using a hydro farm 70litre pump, making over twice the air,to 4 pots, the res and header pot. 6 air stones in total. I’ve also upgraded the air stones that came with the system to those cylinder ones found at the LGS. The header pot is connected to an active aqua 1/10 hp chiller with a max gph of 396 litres per hour. The same as the system water pump. Chiller set to 19° C.
The exhaust and carbon scrubber:
I have a chlorophyll carbon scrubber, that was originally meant for external use. I’ve created a housing using ducting parts and various reducers-found at your hardware store, to encapsulate the filter. The air runs from the cool tube, does a 180° ( I know this is not efficient, but had no choice in order to keep the reflector in the centre of the room ) and is sucked through the carbon scrubber, into my home made chamber until it hits the exhaust fan. A 4 inch fan the is capable of 377 cubic feet per minute. That fan then blows the cleaned hot air through 8 feet of dryer tubing and out the bulk head in my ceiling. I’m unable to vent to the outside air, but am venting into 1000 square feet of indoor basement, finished.
There is also a second fan in the room to circulate air and price a breeze to encourage cooler temps, and stronger more robust stalks.
Lab equipment and Nutrient:
I used to use various bottles by House and Garden. Aqua flakes. I’ve decided with this grow I would pay for Ph perfect and am using sensi grow and bloom by Advanced Nutrients. I still have bottles from my previous grow and will try to burn them off accordingly before buying substitutes for my current House and Garden bottles, or cheaper versions of advanced nutrients. More on nutrient when I begin the grow journal. I will be monitoring my solution with future harvest Ph and PPM pens. I have various beakers and syringes to accurately measure nutrient and additives.
The strain:
The strain will be Cropking Seeds OG Cali Kush X Amnesia Haze. I dont use rock wool, and prefer the use of Oasis cubes as they’re Ph neutral. The four net pots will be filled with small hydroton clay orbs.
Preliminarily temp testing has begun and I’m in the process of cleaning the grow space and the equipment. Nothing other than the lamp is running right now and a fan, as I’ve started my out door vegetables indoors before the onset of planting season. I will snap some photos of the space and complete this thread, before beginning my grow journal which will begin when the seeds touch the water glass. Thanks for joining my thread and please comment on my set up choices and stuff. Thanks.
About to set up an RDWC grow room and just thought I’d share my room and set up.
I see there are various pages for lighting and hydroponics but I’m going to try to clump all my set up stuff here, and begin my journal after I’m finished completing the room, and I’ve germinated my seeds. Stay tuned!
The room:
An empty cold cellar, 8x8x8 feet. Concrete on 4 walls minus the doorway. The ceiling is half wood and half concrete. I’ve painted the walls white, and left the floor and ceiling as not to arise suspicion.
The lighting:
1000w digital dimmable ballast and 6 inch cool tube reflector. HPS for bloom and MH for grow. No yo-yo’s because I’ve cut my lamp cord short to accomadate a previous grow space, and now cannot raise or lower the reflector. The ballast and longer lamp cord was causing interference, killing the wifi to my mine and the neighbours houses, and I was advised to shorten the lamp cord. It worked, but I am still researching this issue without much luck in finding an answer. I’m on the hunt for a new cord, to lengthen the lamp cord without splicing into the scrap I kept to shorten the cord in the first place. It’s possible I will buy a new reflector in the future..
The system:
Alien hydroponics XL 30 L pot 4 site system, modified with larger eco plus pump 396 Litres per hour. The original equipment was useless as it was wired for outlets in the UK. I’ve also swapped out the original 30T air pump that came with the system and am using a hydro farm 70litre pump, making over twice the air,to 4 pots, the res and header pot. 6 air stones in total. I’ve also upgraded the air stones that came with the system to those cylinder ones found at the LGS. The header pot is connected to an active aqua 1/10 hp chiller with a max gph of 396 litres per hour. The same as the system water pump. Chiller set to 19° C.
The exhaust and carbon scrubber:
I have a chlorophyll carbon scrubber, that was originally meant for external use. I’ve created a housing using ducting parts and various reducers-found at your hardware store, to encapsulate the filter. The air runs from the cool tube, does a 180° ( I know this is not efficient, but had no choice in order to keep the reflector in the centre of the room ) and is sucked through the carbon scrubber, into my home made chamber until it hits the exhaust fan. A 4 inch fan the is capable of 377 cubic feet per minute. That fan then blows the cleaned hot air through 8 feet of dryer tubing and out the bulk head in my ceiling. I’m unable to vent to the outside air, but am venting into 1000 square feet of indoor basement, finished.
There is also a second fan in the room to circulate air and price a breeze to encourage cooler temps, and stronger more robust stalks.
Lab equipment and Nutrient:
I used to use various bottles by House and Garden. Aqua flakes. I’ve decided with this grow I would pay for Ph perfect and am using sensi grow and bloom by Advanced Nutrients. I still have bottles from my previous grow and will try to burn them off accordingly before buying substitutes for my current House and Garden bottles, or cheaper versions of advanced nutrients. More on nutrient when I begin the grow journal. I will be monitoring my solution with future harvest Ph and PPM pens. I have various beakers and syringes to accurately measure nutrient and additives.
The strain:
The strain will be Cropking Seeds OG Cali Kush X Amnesia Haze. I dont use rock wool, and prefer the use of Oasis cubes as they’re Ph neutral. The four net pots will be filled with small hydroton clay orbs.
Preliminarily temp testing has begun and I’m in the process of cleaning the grow space and the equipment. Nothing other than the lamp is running right now and a fan, as I’ve started my out door vegetables indoors before the onset of planting season. I will snap some photos of the space and complete this thread, before beginning my grow journal which will begin when the seeds touch the water glass. Thanks for joining my thread and please comment on my set up choices and stuff. Thanks.
