I'm getting out of the army soon and plan on starting a small grow op.. i plan on growing HIGH QUALITY bud for personal use. I am going to purchase the following from HTG supply: 1- 48"x48"X80" secret jardin grow tent (not from HTG) 1- 600W HPS grow light w/ digital greenhouse dimmable ballast 1- high yeild easycool reflector w/ 6" flange and hangers 2- inline duct fans (6" for cool air intake(250 cfm) & 4" for cooling the light (80 cfm) 1- 6" to 4" reducers (to run 4" ducting from the 4" fan to the light) 2- 2', 2 tube fluorescent PL 55 tek lights (supposed to put out 10,000 lumens each) with 2 grow (6400K) and 2 bloom (3000K) tubes, one of both on each fixture (I plan on placing these on opposing walls level with the plants for more light on the lower levels) 1- 2' 4 lamp fluorescent PL 55 tek light for rooting clones and veggitation w/ 4 grow tubes (6400K) (supposed to put out 20,000 lumens) 1- hydrofarm hot house for germination / cloning 1- growbright 6" inline fan (424 cfm) and 26" tall boy filter w/ 6" flange (for exhaust) (I'm going to run the ducting under the house to avoid detection using FLIR) 8' of 4" ducting 25' of 6" ducting my grow medium: 2 pts promix bx w/ mycorise 1 pt worm castings 1 pt perlite expanded clay pellets on bottom 1 1/2" to 2" and thin layer on top to stop soil displacement when watering nutients: earth juice (I read a few reviews where a few nutes were compared, earth juice won the most, plus its cheaper than advanced nutrients) quarts of: grow bloom micro blast catalyst meta-k root solution other odds and ends: 3" rockwool cubes (to germinate/clone in) 1- dual outlet air pump (to aerate water) attatched to 2- 4" round air stone disk in: 1- 5 gal bucket 2- 12" oscillating fans (one in far right corner & the other in near left) 1- 8 outlet timed surge protecter (4 outlets timed) my questions: Is this overkill? Should i run exhaust/intake 24hrs or just during light? Am i forgetting anything or do i not need any of this? How many plants should i grow in this? Any advice? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
I would forget the clay pellets otherwise it looks good to start. You may want a hygrometer for measuring temperature and relative humidity. I would grow 4 plants in that set up the first time. Oh and grow bags. 3 gallon.
