I had a bit of time to kill. So I wrote my outline as promised of my current setup.. and my goals/objectives. I wrote it down as things popped into my head so forgive me if I seem to run from thought to thought; but it gives a good idea of where I stand, and where I want to be.

Outline:

Current Flower room
  • 4.5'x4.5'x7' Hydrohut
  • 1 600 watt HydroFarm xtrasun HPS
  • 600 Watt Eye Hortilux bulb
  • Cool Tube w/ 6" 424CFM inline fan
  • 6" 424 inline fan Ventilating the room
  • 1 clamp mounted Circulatory fan, small (6 inches)
  • 7 plants, 6 in 2 gallon pots and 1 in a 1 gallon pot
  • Canna Coco substrate
  • Full Canna Coco Nutrient line
  • 12 hours of light; on from 9pm to 9am
  • House Thermostat set at 75 degrees; Hut Temps sit at 77-82 depending on the temperature outside
  • Panda Film duct taped over the windows to prevent light leaks. I've left about 2ft untaped so I can get my hands to the windows to take advantage of the cold weather that will be coming at night soon.


Mother room:

  • One 2.5x2.5x 6ft cabinet with shelf (which I will either remove or lower.. currently the shelf sits too high for me to use it as a clone area like I wanted to)
  • Home to 1 Mother (SNLxNH) currently undergoing LST
  • Will house 2-3 more mothers soon, so far on my to do list is Master Kush, White Widow and another to be decided strain.
  • Currently running 4 23 watt CFL's. Will expand this up to 10 23 watt CFL's.
  • Running on 24 hour lighting. Will be changing to 18/6 and maybe even 16/8 for electrical savings.
  • Plan on using Liquid light to get the mothers going due to lack of light intensity. This should help get the lower parts of the plants get some decent clone sites.
  • Canna Coco Substrate
  • Full Canna Coco Nutrient line
  • 1 Box fan on highest setting acting as an exhaust (moves 2300 CFM supposedly)
  • Panda film curtain to black out the room and prevent light leaks from hurting the flower room.


Goals/Objectives

  • Get 2-3oz dry weight per plant in my current grow and future grows.
  • Fill the 4.5'x4.5' area with the maximum number of plants for this area (I believe this to be 16-20)
  • Grow immediately from Rooted clones to obtain the fastest harvest times. (Still deciding on either 1 gallon pots or 2 gallon. With coco you can get away with smaller pots)
  • Prevent hermies on the SNLxNH strain through the use of Reverse and Penetrator
  • Utilize cool Fall/winter Air to cool my grow room. Save money on electrical costs.
  • Get more tools (TDS/PPM meter, RO water setup, etc etc) to be able to better control my grow. Though at this point I'm not sure I need an RO setup.
  • Install Radiant Barrier and more blown in insulation to help keep the temps down as temps climb up in the spring time. This will benefit me outside my grow also.
  • No intentions of growing through late spring/summer months. The heat where I live is just too intense and my electrical bill will be out the roof.