I live on 12 acres, and I am wanting to set up a grow room in my 10ft x 10ft well house shed. The shed has a window and an electrical panel inside of it. I am an electrician by trade so anything that has to do with that will not be an issue. I live in an area that gets fairly warm in the spring and summer. I am in the process of setting up a new grow room. The room currently has fiberglass insulation and I plan on installing (additionally), a radiant barrier type of insulation to help keep the heat out. I first was considering installing a grow tent in the room, but after reading, figured that might be overkill and un-neccessary. I will however be installing a carbon filter exhaust duct and using portable fans in the room. I am also considering installing a 1000W MH light with the exhaust duct or should I use some other type of lighting.? I will only be growing about 2-4 plants on this first grow. Will I need to install a small air conditioner in the room to keep the temperature around 78F? What about CO2 or humidifier? Should I grow in soil or Hydroponic? I would like to keep it as simple as possible so go easy on me, I have never done this before. Any help will be greatly appreciated. This all a bit overwhelming.
Soil growers say it’s easier, hydro growers say theirs is.... soil is more forgiving. I’m interested in moving to hempy buckets from soil
Hey, sounds like a good plan. I might suggest different lighting tho. MH is good for veg, but not as good at flowering. Look into an HPS or maybe some LED's. I would suggest doing your homework on LED. Don't just buy a cheapo Amazon light. Plenty of good options out there. Quantum boards are popular right now. Also some nice COB setups out there. I built my own if you're into a DIY. Sent from my XT1093 using Tapatalk
If you have high heat u can not manage co2 is good for that. It’s beyond my knowledge tho. If you want to get the best quality and size u can u need to monitor humidity, so a humidifier and dehumidifier u will probably need.
I am an electrician by trade, so the lighting doesn't really concern me as much. Its the temp and humidity control that I am not really sure about. Since I am growing it in an outside shed, me fear is that in the winter it may get too hot in the room and If I introduce a/c, how that will affect the humidity level or lack of.
In the winter it won’t get hotter.. u will be venting hot air out with an exhaust. The humidity will drop in the winter tho. Now if u can make ur shelf completely weather proof u could 100% control the environment
Lol! Ya ac would be good. Also maybe put ur exhaust on a timer or kick in at certain temp or a combo of both. They have systems that will watch environment and do what it needs. But u wouldn’t wanna be blowing ac out 24/7
Unless maybe u put two tents in there to Corentine the heat in the tents and suck it straight out. And keep air cool inside shed. Leave a small vent open in tents to draw the air In
My setup runs all summer in a RV closet. Water-Cooled. If you live in a low humidity area you can use an evaporative cooler. I make em out of 5 gal buckets. Sent from my XT1093 using Tapatalk