Noob's guide to growroom set-up : a work in progress

[BuddhaDawg]

How much lighting for this small space? 4 plants. Looking at CFL's. Either full spectrum bulb or cool/warm mix to get veg/flower best combination.

600 watts for 12 square feet with proper mix of yellow and red light spectrum?

[weedandtitties]

Greetings all, I am new to the forum, and I did rather extensive research before building my growbox, basically by combing through forums and looking for any help online and the aspect I am still the most unsure of is ventilation. My box is not too big-just for one plant- about 40x24x24 (inches)and my light is a 40 watt 5000k CFL. I built a passive intake system(cutting matching holes parallel to each other on two sides) however it seemed like a lot of light was escaping so I built a hood for the holes, just an angle piece of cardboard to redirect the light, the openings are still there. I was concerned about ventilation still so I put a fan in the box, it is just a bit too big for me to put it anywhere but it does fit. I have angled it upward in hopes that with the passive intake and air flow from the fan would be adequate ventilation. Does anyone have any good advice for me? Am I doing anything terribly wrong or will my setup work for the entire lifespan of my plant?

[misslilly]

You do need or at least have some kind of fan to push freash air in or draw it out. On one of my boxes i have a window type box fan mounted over a hole in the top of the box to draw the upper hot air out and pull the cool air in from holes i cut near the bottom. Computer fans also work good and can be used different ways. I've used them to make inline fans and to just blow air onto the plants. I mostly used the larger 120mm fans i think. Just be sure of the transformer you use. You should try to add more light when you can. I have a box about that size and had 6-8 of the 40w cfl's. You could do some seperate side lights to it. I still have the box but now have a 400w hid ballast to run it.

[Puppethead]

One thing that seems to be missing for me is equipment recommendations. I mean actual brands. Perhaps I am just not seeing it, but I am surprised to find that no one has started a discussion on equipment reliability, efficiency, and quality.

By now I have read enough books that I am ready to take the next step in planning that would allow me to budget for equipment. Lights, ballasts, CO2, hydro, environmental controls, etc. There seems to be so much available out there, and knowing wattage seems to be the tip of the iceberg.

Can someone point me in the direction for equipment reviews?

[misslilly]

You need to start by deciding what size space you can do. And you don't have to start big and build it up as you go and need. This is a good place to start shopping: neHydro.com, Hydroponics and Gardening Supplies they have good prices and are someone you can trust.
Check there prices and brands and then go to Ebay to compair. They do have an Ebay store also. So what size do you want to start and how much money do you have?

[mickey9987]

:rastasmoke:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZnDHpBs4N0:rastasmoke:

[sleestack]

where is the best place for the passive air intake vents? i have a romm , 5x13 split into 2 rooms , veg 5x5 and flower 5x8 , i plan on to share the output fan, bewteen the rooms, and was wondering ,about how large do the passive intake vents need to be? and should i put them in the waLLs? or use the ceiling in between the rafters? ,

[purpnyellow06]

ive seen friends grow ops good and bad ones and ive recently started my own small one .. i set up the natural 50/50 cow manure and compost i bought at wally world. i am also experminting with the 5 gal bucket homemade dwc hydro system. i am wondering the amounts of nutrients and the what to look out for for both systems. i havent started the dwc growing yet but hope to be within another week or so.
so anybody with tips or there own proven way the help would be greatly appreciated

stay up there ppl :P

ps it is a closet op but plenty tall and no more than a few plants approx 3x3

[gillianreynolds]

I've been debating my choice of spots, so this really settled it for me. Well, I had already made up my mind and started to purchase junk, but I scored a B (180pts) so that's not too bad.

Are there any negative multipliers? I live across the street from a Christian school . . . but I don't know NONE of them damn kids!!!!!

[GrowingInGeorgia]

OK- back to it...

Fer instance- You're using a window to exhaust... First, Mount a mini-blind in the window.(Camoflage from outside). Leave the window cracked open a few iches top and bottom,so that air can flow easily around the sash.

Yes, this "will work", but IMHO it's not the best idea in a lot of states. It lacks stealth. If you're venting to the outside, vent your room through the floor if you're in a pier and beam structure, or through a dryer vent in you're on a slab. These are innocuous to that FLIR camera. The underside of the house will allow the heat to dissipate by venting through the floor, and a dryer vent can be in use any time of the day or night - so they're "innocent" heat sources in the eye of a FLIR..



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