pHarmers Sustained Organic Living Adventure w/ HiLEDs

New idea for the room layout, going to just go with one large flower room.

 

Things have been very busy around here, hope everyone had a great holiday season!! For me there was no way better then to start the new year off by completing my room! xD
 
Started off by anchoring the bottom part of the wall to the floor using some wedge anchors. Thought these ones were pretty cool as you can just hammer them thru the concrete into the dirt underneath if I ever want to take the room down.  
 

 
So using a rotary hammer I drilled 1/2" holes into the concrete and placed four anchors along the beam.
 

 

 

 
Then I cut the 2x8's to length and screwed them in 16" apart on center & cut and placed the middle support beams. I also cut the back half of the door for the entrance to the room.
 

 

 

 
That was all for day 1, on day 2 I purchased the 4x8 sheets of drywall and the insulation.
 

 
So I tacked up the insulation & screwed in the drywall.
 

 
But the drywall was a pain to hold and screw in by myself so what I did was measure out the 4ft from the roof and screwed in a small plank of wood. Then I would set the sheet on the plank and tack it in real quick, helped out tremendously!!
 

 
Now with the door to the room I ran into a power line and as this room was the first time I have ever built ANYTHING, I am still reading up on exactly how to handle moving it. SO for now I am just extremely cautious around it.
 

 
View of the door from inside my bedroom
 

 
With the exception of the power line the room is now complete but I am expecting to get that taken care of as soon as possible. I wasn't able to make the room 10'x17' due to space limitations but I only lost a foot making it a 10'x16' room!
 

 

 

 
So today I am going to get everything in there and set it all up. Think I am going to utilize the 4x8 tent I have to veg in for the time being and then flower in the remaining open space of the room. We shall see how everything goes once I get it all in the room! Will update more tonight!!   

 

 
lol Thanks man, its finally all done and ill be doing an update right now!  I would like an update on your flower situation tho!! How's silver coming along?!?!
 

 
Thanks for the advice along the way! I too cant wait xD
 

 
haha yes they are mine. Most of them are with another family member now but the ones in the pictures were, a Randy Rhodes V, 7 string Jackson, ESP LTD AX-500, ESP LTD EC-500 but I switched out the pickups and put in EMG 81's & 85's for a more 'metal' guitar. Then there is my baby, a Dean stealth ML snake skin. I love blues and oldies music but use to play a lot of metal when I first started. SO the humbuckers are just amazing to play around with!  
 
Here is my EC-500:
 

 

 
& my Stealth ML:
 
  
 
From what I've been reading over at the silly pharm, seems as tho you have had your fair share of instruments passed around!

 

Alrighty, so I was capable of moving the wire from the door way and it was surprisingly simple! After cutting the power to the room I removed the drywall on one side of the wall, exposing the back of the power outlet.
 

 

 
So I stripped the wiring and pulled it thru the holes & placed the box for the new outlet. Cut the wire to length, stripped off the coating and pushed it thru the box. The only thing I messed up on was securing the box in the wall, kept breaking the drywall and popping it up.
 

 

 

 

 

 
So then I drilled the holes in the top for the new wire, cut the new wire to length and attached it to the outlets. Placed the insulation back up followed by the drywall, then I attached the metal framing strips for the door frame as I plan on getting an actual door eventually. Finish nailing in the metal strips and the tape it all up and the door way is complete!
 

 

 

 

 
So the way that the room is set up, for now I will have a 4x8 veg area with a 5x12 flower area and a 2x4 area to practice my scrog! 
 
I will set up the flower area here, just need to pick up some Orca film for the floor, roof and walls:
 
 
 
It will run all the way until 1 foot before my 2x4 scrog tent here:  
 

 
Then my little area for working and prepping teas and such:
 

 
The rest will be the veg area once I can ditch the tent, making it a 5x8 veg area. For now the girls are finally happy to be settled! Gave them an IPM spray today of 1 Tbls Neem, 1 Tbls Essential Oil, 1/8 Tsp Aloe Vera powder, & 2 tsp Silica per 1gal of water. Transplanted the clones into 1 & 7gal pots, need to pick up more pots and soil, think I am going to move to 10gal pots. 
 
GSC mom #1 is doing great, bushing up very nicely!!
 

 
GSC mom #2 and all the clones I took from her are just not happy and not liking the move. They are much more yellow and the growth is all together different. But then again mom #2 was in roots organic bagged soil thru veg in the 1gal and got transplanted into 7gal of roots organic (figured mine as well finish the bag). But the clones from her all got put into my mixed soil, yet at the bottom you can see the clone from her is much more yellow then the clones from mom #1.
 

 
I transplanted 1 clone from the GSC mom #1 and 1 clone from the Bodhi Pura Vida into 7gal pots w/ my soil mix. These are my first go at No-Till containers as I just put them from Dixie cups right next to the stock of the plants I just harvested before the move. Only needed to disturb about a handful of soil for the transplant as apposed to most of the pot when transplanting from 1gal pots.
 

 
Golden Goat re-veg is a success!! She is starting to grow at a rapid pace, pushing out the single blade leaves. Going to wait a few more days and trim off anything that hasn't taken on the re growth.
 

 
Group shot of the tent, sitting under 2 SolarSPEC-260's @41" from the bigger plants & 45"-50" from the clones. Will let them acclimate for a few days then start lowering the lights 2"-3" every couple days.
 

 
Hope all is well out there in the GC and everyone is having a safe week! Finally back into the swing of things, here we go!!!    

 

Thanks man!! I know right, haha I can't wait to get started on composting and get my worm bins going. Still have a lot to look into about that. Thinking I may have a flow thru bin as well as a static bin in a large fabric planter. I'm going to have quite a few raised beds I'll need to top dress frequently. As well as the indoor garden once its in full swing. Still so much to do xD

Unfortunately I haven't played in years, my life has been pretty dedicated to horticulture for the last 4 years. But occasionally I'll play around with an acoustic I have for a few minutes now and then. How about you? Still in a band and jammin?

 

Oh sweet man!!! Gonna def have to try and make it to one of your gigs!!

Thanks TJ, I can't wait to get everything in full swing! Gonna be a jungle!!

Hey man welcome aboard!!!

Haha, as I said any criticism is constructive criticism as you can always learn something! So by all means, if you have a book of info regarding hydro I'd love to hear what you have to say. As it has always been my understanding that conventional hydroponic users typically use bottled mixes designed by companies claiming they know the exact ratios a plant needs of this or that. Just seems a bit funny to me.

But I'm aware there are other types of hydroponic applications, just not up to speed on what they are or how they function. So I was only responding based on the hydro he was referring to. Didn't mean to come off as tho i was against this or that method.

But may I ask what it is you mean when you say "Your room is lookin great man. I've done that a couple times!"

Thanks again for stopping in man!!

 

 

 

That's funny, I am glad to hear we feel the same way about cultivating as I said literally exactly this as the beginning post of my old journal. Go ahead and pick thru there if you feel up to it, you can find it here: 
 
http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-grow-journals/1262471-pharmers-cannaculture-corner.html/page-1
 
How is it you think I did on the construction aspect? This was my first time building anything so I was pretty nervous at first, but it was remarkably simple! xD
 

 
I am sorry to hear about your health issues & the things they have left you un able to do! The main focus of my garden is to make things available to people who are having health issues in which they cant find a way to manage the symptoms. When it comes to medicinal properties of plants, have you noticed any strains that have helped relieve any symptoms?
 

 
Nice man! Your room sounds tip top!! Thankfully the area I built my room in was already designed to be a workshop area, so it already was set up with one wall and my bedroom using one 20 amp breaker and then the roof is on another 20 amp breaker. So I have 3 outlets per 20 amp breaker in my room for use, 6 outlets in total. Still need to pick up a light meter tho! ooOoOoOoooo, cant wait to see the release!!
 
Dang man!!! 100 strains?!?! I would be happy with just running 1 new strain! haha, as I said the main reason I am doing this is to help people out with their medical ailments and try and bring some happiness into their lives. So I plan on getting ahold of quite a number of strains once I get everything in full swing. Then I can mess around with this or that and find what strains works best for the various patients and their ailments. This way rather then "oh this is some sour girl goo, lots of people like it." I can actually prescribe strains based on their medicinal effects and what it is they have proven to actually help people with. Excited to see the outcome of your breeding program!! I plan on popping some seeds of a cross I did about 2 years ago of some Blackberry plants I had, just waiting on the soil to do it!
 

  
Heck yeah it is man, this year is going to be my year for sure!! I am glad to be able to share my experience and help people in any ways I can. I don't know any growers other then myself in person, so its nice to be able to chat with people who understand. For whatever reason the way I learn and remember things is by talking about them with others and implementing them over and over. Then I can recall things better as well as explain them in better detail as I know how it is I need to word it so people can understand. I ramble quite often about the little details most people care nothing about, then they lose interest in the topic all together & I am left feeling like a nerd! xDD So to be able to talk with people such as yourself is truly a blessing!
 

 
haha thanks man!! Its just about done, need to get the Orca Film for the walls and setup the proper ventilation I want. May be picking up a carbon filter/air scrubber seeing as how I live with family now. Don't want anyone picking up on the smell xD I just don't know ANYTHING about them! So does anyone run scrubbers that can fill me in on whatever details ill need to look for when purchasing? Glad to hear you were able to medicate again, sweet man part of your own company, that's the way to do it. Get a career not a job! xD If its not to intrusive, mind me asking what it is you do now?
 
She's looking great man!! haha showed it to my girl and she said "wow, it looks similar to one of your plants this last time." For 18 days she is looking very nice man! Only thing I would say is try and get a dehumidifier if at all possible as the humidity in your room is a bit high for the temps your running. Drop the humidity and those leaves should perk up real nice, also don't want to have to worry about molds or other issues associated with to much moisture content in between the bud sites. Other then that man everything is coming along great, definitely keep us updated!