Hey guys! Got something I would appreciate some insight on. I am currently building a 20x20 "grow shed". My bloom room will be 12x12 8.5 feet tall. My veg room will be 8x12, at the same height. Was considering framing in a 3.5x3.5 "closet" for a drying room to hang a drying rack. I currently own 1x 1000watt HPS for my bloom room and 1x 8tube 2ft T5 for rooted clones, 2 2 tube t12 for cloning, and 1x 1000watt MH for my veg room. I plan to add 1 more 1000 watt hps very soon, and 2-3 over time. I also plan to add another 400-1000 watts in my veg room. Will be running electrical and water out to it, and plan to run vents in the floor to the outside, and have exhaust fans in each room sucking air. I have grown for a little while (< 1 year) in soil, and would like to make the switch to hydro. Considering I am building this shed from scratch, and can basically lay it out as efficiently as I like, I present this question to the community. If this was your shed, how would you set it up with an ebb and flow hydro system? I would like to have perpetual harvests so I know I'll need multiple systems in my bloom room. I also am cutting a lot of clones, so I would like to have enough ability to root clones, veg plants in my perpetual cycle, as well as keep mothers for my clones. Would you keep the closet for drying bud? Or just do this elsewhere? Any and all suggestions help!! Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I built my main rooms in a 15' x 24' garage. I framed it into two similar size rooms. I originally thought I would use one room for veg and the other for bud as I was fairly new to growing. I actually now have two "late veg / bud rooms". I have the schedules offset from each other by about four weeks so I harvest roughly every month (avg yield is around 5 lb per harvest) I now use part of a spare bedroom for cloning and early veg on a flood table. The grow area of the main rooms is roughly 12'x 12' with a three foot aisle on the entry side of the rooms. I employ a top feed hydroponic system with the overflow returning to the res via slightly sloped ramps. The reservoirs sit under one end of the ramps at the far end of the rooms from the entry. They are made of 2x12s screwed together on edge with pond liner covering them. The pots sit in the ramps (2x12s with 1x4 sides covered in poly) i have four ramps per room I like this system over dwc just because it's more adjustable as to plant numbers etc. I have four 1000 watt cool tube lights per room and fans etc.
I just started a flood and drain hydro set up and it is so much more user friendly when set up properly. I suggest using multiple flood trays and have the pumps offset to run at different times. This way you can use smaller reservoirs to store the solution when not in the flood table. I currently have 2 tents (8x8x7), (4.5x4.5x6) I'm planning on getting to the point that a 4x4 area will be harvested every 2 weeks or so. Right now I have 27 plants in soil that are being sexed and will be sorted through and the best female plants will become moms and will be put in my small closet room where they will be kept in soil and provide clones that get vegged in the smaller tent for 2 weeks before moving to flowering. Feel free to check out my grow journal and ask any question you have. I've been growing indoors and out for over 5 years and making the jump to hydro makes things so much easier. Being disabled it's difficult to move heavy pots around. With flood and drain there's no more moving plants around or having to water by hand. Another benefit is how much faster and better the plants grow. I would skip building a drying room with the grow rooms. You are going to want to dry in a separate location to prevent mold and personally I would keep drying/curing meds inside where there can be kept safe from rippers. Another thing you may consider is running 600 watts lights running 220. You get more efficient use of the electricity and still have spectacular growth. I suggest you purchase temp and fan controllers. Depending on your location you may need to add ac come spring/summer. Good luck and I'll be watching to see how things turn out. Subbed
Hydroton hempys man, nothing simpler. You could set up a drip system if you don't like hand watering. I'm growing SOG style under 1000w HPS in 2gal buckets with a hole drilled 2.5in from the bottom and filled with these I'm feeding using GH powdered MaxiGro, MaxiBloom and Koolbloom with Pro-Silicate and H2O2 but you can get away with just the MaxiBloom at 1tsp per gallon for the whole grow if you want something simple.
i went soil then hydro then back to soil. easier to maintain for myself. shed looks great. keep up the good work
So three weeks into my build and we are almost done! Got 110 and 220 outlets wired in, insulated, air conditioner, the works. Planning on building my own table setups in the veg room and a bucket system in my flower room. With a slight change to lighting plans, I now plan to have 4x 1000watt HPS, and 4x 400w (2 will be MH, 2 will be HPS) And in veg room will have two 400w mh, one 4 foot 8 tube t5, and then supplemental lighting for the babies. https://vimeo.com/156868340 These are just a few pictures and videos taken throughout the build. I'll give you guys a walk through once she's completely running and lit. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum mobile app