I have started my first closet build

[linedrivr]

After reading and reading and doing some more reading on here, I have decided to take the plunge and build my first grow closet. I have never grown before so this endeavor should be interesting.

My closet is 8’ tall x 5’2”deep x 6’8” wide. I will house my veg cabinet inside the grow closet. It is 3’ tall x 29” wide x 17” deep. My mother and 2 gal bubbler (seedlings and clones) will be housed in it. I will be using the bubble bucket grow system as it has worked so well for Rumpleforeskin, Mordgrow and many others on here. I will vary the bucket setup system slightly (explain later). I will practice my 1<SUP>st</SUP> grow with good ole schwag brick bag seed. No loss if I screw up...lol
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Here is my list of items I acquired for my grow closet (last 4 months). As of today, all of it has arrived except for my vortex fans, variable speed controllers, RO system, temp and humidity monitor, carbon scrubber and hygrometers. They are ordered.
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1000w Evolution digital ballast
Sun system 2 reflector with 6” cooling flanges on each end
1000w HPS eye hortilux enhanced spectrum super hps
1000w – Phillips MH lamp (came with the light reflector and ballast)
2 x Vortex 465 cmf fans
2 x variable speed controls for vortex fans
Sunfilm ultra reflector – 50’ x 4’ (instead of mylar)
Flat white paint for closet – (since the entire closet won’t be covered with Sunfilm Ultra)
Hanna PH primo
Hanna TDS primo
4.01, 7.01 and 1382 calibrating solutions
GH micro and bloom for Lucas formula feed
Clearex
Flora Kleen
PH up and PH down
Rockwool conditioner
Soilmoist Granules
ONA liquid
8” round oscillating fan (with ONA and Soil Moist bucket setup)
12” Carbon scrubber
Rockwool 4” and 1.5” cubes
Hydroton pebbles
10 x 2” net pots
2 gallon bucket (for seedlings and clones)
6 x 5 gal buckets – black with 6” net pots built in
Hygrometer for grow closet and veg cab
Clonex gel
Cabinet – 36” tall – 29” wide and 17” deep for veg cab (2 gal bubbler and mother)
5 x dual aquarium pumps (4 grow buckets and 1 for 2 gal clone and seedling bucket)
20 x 1” Air stones for bubble buckets (bought extras)
12 x 30w (120w) 6500k spiral cfl’s for veg cab
2 x 5” 110 cfm pc fans with 12v dc converters (old laying around the house)
Bubbler bucket build pieces from US Plastic
1 via aqua 370 gph water pump (for bubble system circulation)
1 supreme mag drive 700 gph water pump (for bubble system drain)
2 dual timers
1 single timer
1 aquarium RO + dual DI 125 gph RO system (will be mounted in grow closet)
16 gal Rubbermaid storage bin with lid for RO water (fits perfectly on top of veg cab)
Float valve for Rubbermaid RO water reservoir (to auto shutoff when full)
35’ of ¼” copper tubing (run water line from bath thru attic into grow closet for RO)
8’ of ¼” tubing (for RO drain into a/c closet house drain plumbing)
Wall thermometer and humidity gauge
16’ of ¾” x ½” tubing to connect buckets in series for water pump and for nute leveling
10’ of ¾” x ½” tubing (from pump on bucket drain to house plumbing drain in a/c closet)
Misc alum hoses & parts to hook closet and light venting into attic mounted vortex fans
Several light socket fixtures and misc parts for veg cab
ML syringe for nutes
4” saddle tee - to tap the top of the A/C / heater exhaust pipe that exits the top of the roof 46’ up from the ground (3 story house) for carbon scrubbed closet exhaust. Any leftover odors will be high in the sky and not in my attic!
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Did I miss anything?

a few pics of the progress.

[mike827]

AWESOME, great setup so far, keep us posted.

how much did this cost you!

[linedrivr]

Thanks man. I have put alot of hours into it. I am ready to start seeing some results soon.

My budget is $1500 over the last 4 months and I am about there. I think I have everything I need other than some decent beans and I am working on that. I won't need them until after my first test grow with schwag bag which gives me a few months.

I am still patiently waiting for my vortex fans to arrive along with the variable speed controllers. I am also waiting for my reverse osmosis system. I am at a stand still until I receive these items and get them installed.

I linked all the buckets together today and ran water through them for a quick leak test. I had a couple drips around the ball valve seals on 2 of the buckets so I had to tear them down and work on making them water tight. I don't want any leak problems before I start the grow.

I am happy to say my drainage setup worked flawlessly. I have my central a/c closet that shares a wall with my grow closet. I ran 8' of 1/2 inch hose from the grow closet, through the wall into the a/c closet plumbing drain. I attached the pump inline with the drain valve of my reservoir and it pumped 20 gallons of water out of the bucket system into the plumbing drain in about 5 minutes. At least that went right today! ...lol

[linedrivr]

My Vortex's, speed controllers and hygrometer showed up today. I will get them installed this weekend when I get some time so I canfire up some tornado action in my grow closet and attic. Still waiting on the RO system to arrive.

[brokencage]

Looking great bro.good to see somone so prepared.this shuld be A good showCount me in.

[linedrivr]

thanks for the props. My goal is to have everything up and going by the end of this upcoming weekend. I have my grow ready to move from the germination bubbler into the grow buckets.

My sunleaves hygrometer is a p o s... It reads 83 degrees when the room is 72 in both the indoor and outdoor mode with the probe. I could not find a calibration setting on it. I had it side by side with my A/C digital thermostat mounted on the wall and the digital thermostat for my a/c reads 72 and this thing shows 83. I gues I can keep it and always subtract 11 degrees from the reading or find a new one that is accurate. I have no clue if the humidity is correct on it. It hovered 39% - 41%.

Any one have a hygrometer they would recommend that is accurate? I need one to monitor inside my veg chamber where my seedling, clones and mother will be living.

Thanks

[linedrivr]

My reverse osmosis system arrived. It is installeded and waiting for water. I need a new reservoir for the RO water. The one I have cracked at the site where I drilled a 3/4" hole (splintered plastic) to mount my drain valve. I am going to get a 16-18 gallon rubbermaid container today. I should have it producing RO water by tonight.

My vortex's are working great. The room stays a cool 77 degrees while the 1000w is on. I tested it for 3 hours. I can't wait to get some RO water in the buckets and get this grow started. Should be going on Saturday.

Cheers!

[linedrivr]

Here are a few shots of the Vortex's routed in my attic.

The room exhaust is tapped into a vent through the top of the roof which is 46 ft off the ground. Any left over odors from the carbon filter should mix with the wind and blow away from the house.

The other vortex exhausts into the attic for the light. I am trying to figure out how to seal the glass under the light because when the fan is on high, it whistles like crazy... Any suggestions?

I picked up my new rubbermaid RO reservoir today. I couldn't find an 18 gallon so I settled on a 32...lol a little overkill but it fits. I set the float valve to shut off the RO at about 20 gallons. That will be plenty for flushing 4 x 5 gal grow buckets and 1 x 5 gal fill, drain and mix reservoir. I'm figuring about 17.5 - 18 gallons will flush and refill the entire system.

I will tap the water line and check the RO system tomorrow night when I'm home for the weekend in case there are any leaks or adjustments that need to be dealt with. I want to baby sit the entire system all weekend just in case there are any issues to deal with like busted water lines etc....

I'm nearly there. It's been a long 4 months of planning, obtaining everything and putting it all together. I hope I'm blessed with at least a small amount of green thumb!

[linedrivr]

here are the pics

[linedrivr]

My goal when i decided to make a grow room back in Feb was to start the grow by July 1st. I have the grow room complete, buckets all tied together, no more leaks. Veg cab built, lights installed, both vortex's installed in the attic, RO mounted, RO reservoir installed and my re-circ pump is hooked up and cycles the nutes throughou all 4 grow buckets as designed.

I don't have my scrubber yet but it is in the works. Not really a need for it right now anyway. My plants from germination are 12 days old.

I moved 4 x 12 day old plants from the veg room bubbler over to the 5 gal grow bubblers on July 1 and the grow has begun.

I will be starting a grow journal soon.
Cheers!

[brokencage]

what strain did you go with? everything looks great.I cant wait to see the grow show.+ rep for such great preparation!

[linedrivr]

I am testing my 1st grow with bagseed. I figured I would have some screw ups along the way with ph, nutes etc and if I kill them, no big deal. I have ordered WW and NL from a seedbank about 5 weeks ago and I am still patiently waiting for them to arrive.

I will only veg these for a couple weeks them send them straight to flower to sex them. Hopefully i'll get a female or 2 out of the 4 to continue on and finish the flowering.

I am using the GH nutes with the Lucas formula as recommended by Rumpleforeskin. He has had great results and it seemed fairly simple.

Thanks.

[brokencage]

I am also using the Lucas formula & Its working excellent for me so far.It's a great feed program and easy to maintain.I suggest reading this thread by lucas himself.Theres alot of great info.also check out the threads in his sig. https://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=892

[linedrivr]

Thanks for the link. I will read it today.

[linedrivr]

I'm already off track. ughh!

Lucas quote from: https://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/sh...p?t=892&page=2

"I Do Not Recommend using 0-5-10 for anything except fluorescent lights. For Blooming, and vegging under High Pressure Sodium, I recommend 0-8-16

whoever gave the impression that 0-5-10 is good for vegging.. was making life more complicated than necessary, and inviting Magnesium defficiency (my problem already), which is helped by adding Cal Mag, or epsom salt

but I dont recommend Any Cal Mag or Epsom with 0-8-16

I disavow any knowledge of having ever recommended 0-5-10 for Anything but florescent lights." and so on

it's a great read so far.

and I mixed my nutes @ 50% of 0-5-10 under a 1000 watts...lol My plants may dead when I get home from work tonight.