what do yall think?( pics)

I am still tossing around ideas.. I originally pondered using a bunch of timers but now I am thinking about a control box. I still have time to make up my mind on all that stuff.. and a few more days till payday when I can do anything about my made up mind.. haha

Im thinking about using a digital programable thermostat along with a recirc A/C system and CO2.. the controller will take input from the programmed thermometer and simulate night temps during the day (when the lights are off) and day temps at night when the lights are on. There will be an optical sensor to only allow CO2 injection during lights on periods and it will take input from a CO2 sensor to maintain 1500ppm.. A milwalkee ph controller will be set up to maintain nutrient ph and the only timers will be for the nutrient pump and the lights.. (and there is more than just the one HPS).. This way, lights and nutes are timed, and everything else is fully automated.

I have most of the stuff I need for this now.. including the co2 sensor and the knoledge to build the (simple) controller. I was scouring garage sales for a window unit this weekend with no luck.. damn TX heat

I just extended my lease 18 months and my roomate moved out on me so what to do with a spare bedroom for 18 months right? I mean.. I tried for a while to find another roomate but everyone I know is settled.. so.. I will fulfill my lifelong dream of growing in a spare bedroom. Cant blame a guy for that right? Hahaha.. dont answer!

When I move out of here I will prob sell the equipment to the next guy in line and take my score with me wherever I go.. haha

Nice plants looking nice and green. Sounds like you got it all figured out with a good setup

dang aaron385,you got lots of gear goin' on there.you can pick up new window units from wallyworld and lowes for around 75.00 new that are way more cooling ability than you'll need for yer grow room.and with a new unit you don't have to worry about it failing on ya.keep it growin' mang,'Buz

thanx sauc,,, ill be takeing a few pics as soon a i can see any changes in my plants.

aaron the garage door opener is for lighting. its an old rail and chain i got at the flea market for 10.00. it just came without the door, so it was just what i needed. i use 9'X7' peice of heavy duty canvas for the shade. i wraped the canvas around two 2"X7' steel bars. one bar at each end. the chain from the motor is wieled in the middle of 1 bar. the other bar "witch is filled with sand" is just used as a weight to help the shade fall back into place when its open, and keeps it the canvas pulled tight when closed. ive got a 3rd peice of steel that is 4"x7' that the canvas slides on so it dosent hang up. its working really well so far. when i fist installed it the motor pulled out the screws holding it to the wall, so now ive got it lag bolted through the wall studs. ill be installing the A/C in just a few hours. but i wont be useing it for a few days. ive got to find some way to bring the humidity up before i can use it. right now the humidity is around 40%. but when i take out the fans that pull air up from under the barn i know it will fall alot, and the A/C will just make it worse. ive got 2 cheap-o- humidifiers from the flea market, but i dont know if they will work, so im going to wait until this weekend to change everything. ill be at home all day then so i can baby set it.
im thinking about starting a new "clone/seedling" room with the 10 4' floros i have. any ideas????? i think the floros are purdy much just a waist of ele now that the roof is cut, so ive got them to play with. im thinking about useing 4 cabnets with 1 shelf each. each cabnet would be a defferent hieght, starting where my light would be 4" over the pots and moveing upto the largest cabnet where the light would be 1'6" over the pots. once the plants outgrew that cabnet they would be put in the first grow rom where they can have sunlight and start the 12/12. thata way i can be growing and flowering at the same time at all times. anyway tell me what yall think.

sounds good.. on the humidity issue since you are flowering isnt it better to stay lower in humidity? I picked up a humidifier for $5 because you cant give those things away where I am.. haha..

i know what your saying about giving away humidifiers. lol the reason im not sure about the humidifiers i have is 1 uses heater to humidify the air and the other uses just a fan and straw element. im not sure how well eithor 1 will work.
and i was thinking that my space is way to small to flower 4 plants that are 4'. do yall think it would be ok to take clones or top them now that ive just started to flower them 1 week ago? my plants have grown quite a bit in the last week all are at least 4'. ive never takin a clone or topped a plant before so im kinda chicken about trying. lol i just gave them the first flowering fert its 10N/52P/10P. im mixing it to start at 1/8 strength. sum1 one here told me to give veg nutes for a few weeks into flowering, but they didnt say if i should be giveing the flowering nutes at the same time. any advice would be a huge help. thanx

Cloning - a black majic.. they make it sound so easy but I keep screwing it up.. I know cloning from a flowering plant is a no-no but you just started your cycle so it may work.

Man I wish I could help you more here but I wont speak for something I havent run into myself.. The grow section is full of good info.. Im not saying that to be an asshole but there is far more info there than I have.. expecially since Im hydro only...

And here is my SAD TALE:

That F**kn $5 humidifier (wick style) broke.. broke in the on position.. and just emptied its contents at full blast over the last two days or so and now over half my f**kn plants are dying of MOLD or Fungus..

I mean I saw the problem.. but it was so freaky to diagnose.. there were spots.. but plants looked healthy.. thought it might be nutes but there were two of them outside of the hydroponic system that had the same symptoms.. and two new seedlings.. all the same.. but a bell pepper plant that I use as a tester for new hydroponic mixes showed no ill signs.. I was scouring the FAQ's for possible issues and looking at 100's of pics of plants.

I have root misters under the roots that I noticed were making an unusually abundant amount of mist (this later proved the rediculously high humidity).. There was a hygrometer readout on the machine which is what I used to determine humidity but that reading was the whole problem.. there is no telling how long it has been off or by how far.. the thing was drinking a gallon a day..

I shut off the humidifier (and the root misters too for extra effect) and increased ventillation a couple hours ago.. this should dry out the plants and hopefully they will survive.

I've been growin' for a lot of years and I've never felt the need for a humidifier or dehumidfier.get a decent recirculating fan,some decent aircooled lights ,a decent supply of cool intake air,filtered exhaust and your choice of medium and nutes, a few timers and your a genius success.don't make it rocket science.Enlighten & Expand.'Buz... if any of you homey's need some help with some growin' TLC. feel free to catch me at my email addy. its in my profile.

hey aaron sorry to hear about your misfortune man. ive been readin in the FAQs and looking at more pics than i can could too. i read them as much as i can lately but im on slooooow assed dail-up, and get kicked off line all the time. "crappy phone lines out here in the sticks." lol im going to try to clone a few this weekend just for kicks. these are all just bag seed plants so its no biggy if i kill them "like i prolly will". im goin to go get some root stimulater later this week. and i think i might have a lead on 2 400w HIP and 3 150w soduim fixtures really cheap. 100.00 for all. if i can get those i will change my grow space alot. hopefully for the best. i started germ. 50 bag seeds today aswell that im going to try SOG with. im going to use 3Lt bottles with potting soil, if i can get that down ill try hydro next. hope your plants recover. let me know if you get them back on track and if you do what all you had to do to get them back.

I shut off the humidifier and the mold stopped.. plants seem to have mostly recovered except the dead spots left by the fungus.. I will cut the leafs off in a couple of days that are affected.. the plants just got their first seven pointers so I am stoked.

might take you up on your offer thc.. if I cant get it right.. The humidifier wasnt my fault.. equipment broke.. but i have made just as many mistakes.. Im setting up vent system now as these little babbies are starting to stink.. I had no idea such a small ass plant could stink so bad.. guess the hydroponics makes the smell stronger.. im going to full strength nutes this weekend!