Here is my setup, its so perfect for small, personal grows of like 3-4 plants! The strain is Northern Light from Nirvana Seeds. Right now I have about a couple more weeks left until harvest. This will be my first successful grow.
System Details:
Grow Method: ScrOG method using chicken wire for the screen which works very well. Screen is placed approximately 20 inches from the reservoir, I think.
Cab: Mini Cool Cab system from
www.sunlightsheds.com (yes it was a shit load of money but they hook you up with pretty much everything you need to start growing right away, prebuilt, no matenance required, and it works perfect for scrogging). Box is very stealth, looks like a file cabinet, has locking doors. I am way too lazy to go store hopping and spend hours assembling my own cabinet so i think it was worth all the money.
Lighting: 400w Digital Ballast w/ switchable 400w MH and HPS bulbs with air-cooled ventilation.
Air: 3 intake fans (2 into main growing area, 1 into cool tube), 1 exhaust fan at top of cab connected to carbon filter on exterior. Air temp stays at an average of about 84 degrees F during light, and about 74 degrees during dark phase.
Hydroponics: Simple 3 plant homemade DWC/Bubble bucket with air stone under each plant. Sometimes I use an ultrasonic fogger to create a nutrient fog in the reservoir to promote rapid growth.
Nutrients: General Hydroponics FloraNova series (2 parts: Grow and Bloom). I do not recommend these nutrients to anyone because they don't dissolve well into the water, they will stain the roots dark brown almost looking like root rot, and they leave a heavy residue in the reservoir. I am using the nutes just because they came with my system. I intend on using the regular 3-part Flora series next grow. I also use Spray-N-Grow a couple times a week during flowering (which was also included with the system.)
A couple more weeks of flowering and they should be ready to chop down. Im hoping to harvest atleast a QP from the 3 plants. Let me know what you think! Any suggestions???
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