Grasscity.com - world's best online headshop


Go Back   Grasscity.com Forums > MARIJUANA GROWING > Absolute Beginners
Message Boards and Forums Directory
Register Blogs FAQ Photo Gallery Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 10-13-2006, 08:17 PM
electrichead77 is offline  
electrichead77 is on a distinguished road
electrichead77
Registered User

Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10
My First Grow Room (under construction)

Here are some pics of my grow room as it stands.... details and questions follow. I should also note that I have never grown before.






The room is about 6' x 3.5' x 3'-4' and there is still a lot to be done in it. It is hidden behind a false wall in a closet. As you can see the top of the
room is at an angle, my delima for this situation is a little further down.

The plant that is in there right now is just a random male from a neighbor. Was just testing to see how it did under the lights.... it was fine... the miracle grow potting soil it was in burned the shit out of it though. learned my lesson there.

So the stats on my room:

Light: 10 40w Fluorescent bulbs. The mounting is ghetto right now, but will be fixed. the "fixture" takes up about five inchest of verticle space. HPS is not an option right now financially, but may become one. I'm worried about heat though. It will be difficult to ventilate the room very well... Perhaps a smaller HPS lamp supplemented by fluoros?

Grow Area: 4' bulbs, and my fixture is about 2 feet wide at the moment. it can currently be raised up to 43" above the ground. This is utilizing all of the height possible in my room, leaving some of the floorspace unused. My other option would be to extend my fixture to be about 4' x 4' and take up the entire ceiling. It would be hard to adjust the fixture, and the light would have a maximum height of 32" from the ground, but I'd be able to fit in more plants. Any tips?

Heat: When the light is on constantly, the heat rises to 80 degrees, this will have to be addressed with some more ventilation. Lowest temp in the room has been 66 degrees.

Humidity: Whenever I enter my meter tells me around 40-45ish. Max has been 66 and min has been 30, but I assume that min was with the outer closet door open.

Grow Details (as it stands):I'm looking at a soil grow for this first attempt. Going to use a 1-1-1 Worm castings-perlite-vermiculite mix or something close. I have 12 bag seeds in jiffy pellets trying to germinate right now, but I have 12 "Big Bud" strain on the way. Yes, Big Bud was a poor choice, but it will work for now. Next I'll probably get NL or something easier to clone. I look forward to making this a two chamber setup soon.

Anyway... my plan is to let them grow, and after a month or so start ferilizing them a bit. My initial preference for fertilizers was Bat Guano Tea but I might be a little too lazy for that and get a chemical fertilizer.

Air:
There is a vent hole at the bottom of the room that we may attach a fan to, but I think it will be an input fan.... I'll have to make a spot up top for air to be forced out of. It isn't a great setup, but all that is viable at the moment. Also I have a small oscillating fan in the room that is the perfect size for the job.

Other Shit:

The floor will be lined with black waterproof plastic... even considering mylar for the walls (though we already painted them white, we accidentally used glossy instead of flat, this could help with heat). I still don't know what pot size I want to use or how tall my plants should be before flowering.

What do you guys think? Any red flags or tips you can help me out with?

Last edited by electrichead77 : 10-13-2006 at 08:50 PM.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 10-13-2006, 08:18 PM
syntax13 is offline  
syntax13 is a glorious beacon of lightsyntax13 is a glorious beacon of lightsyntax13 is a glorious beacon of lightsyntax13 is a glorious beacon of lightsyntax13 is a glorious beacon of light
syntax13
Registered User
syntax13's Avatar
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,709
Pics are down. Try www.imageshack.us
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 10-13-2006, 08:51 PM
electrichead77 is offline  
electrichead77 is on a distinguished road
electrichead77
Registered User

Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10
Changed image hosting.
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 10-13-2006, 10:14 PM
Spanishfly is offline  
Spanishfly is just really niceSpanishfly is just really niceSpanishfly is just really niceSpanishfly is just really niceSpanishfly is just really nice
Spanishfly
Banned

Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Costa Blanca, Spain on a Temporary Ban from the City
Posts: 2,656
Looks good. Congrats
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Salvia divinorum, a rare Mexican herb... how to extract and refine salvinorin etc. Dusenostachys Pandora's Box 12 06-04-2008 10:39 PM
Getting started. blazing llama General Indoor Growing 4 03-09-2007 12:42 PM
I'm Starting up a Grow Room milwaukee Grow Room Design/Setup 20 08-24-2006 10:11 PM
Will I have enough room to grow Jock Horror? parabol Seed Banks 1 07-14-2005 06:29 PM
Check the grow room forum! Hazieview General 0 12-23-2004 05:42 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:52 AM.

© Copyright 1999-2008
Grasscity.Com
All rights reserved.


SEO by vBSEO 3.1.0 ©2007, Crawlability, Inc.