First indoor grow for an old outdoor grower (advice)

[OPMS45]

Yea Thanks guys......................I think the plant was a little stressed due to extra moisture and being too close to the light and the fact that I had a fan blowing directly on it with no humidity built in the room which dried it out a bit I believe. I have since put it back under the floros and it seems to be perking up. I have also just invested in a soil moisture meter along with a soil ph meter. I'm just anal I guess but I want my shit to be perfect or atleast to close as possible (ADD and OCD hard at work) The room is trimmed out except for sanding my joints and throwing a coat of paint on it. I will post more time lapse pictures shortly. One question I do have has to do with light cycles in which I have been getting conflicting information on. Should I be on a 24/0 foe my vegging or on an 18/6 for vegging? Currently I have been on a 24/0 regiment. Another question, I have been thinking about using grow bags as opposed to the 3 gallon square containers. I have read nothing but good info about them especially when using Coco for my medium. Thanks Dudes and I should have more picts to upload once I finish some work today

[OPMS45]

Unless you are attempting a 'sealed room', your 440 is a PERFECT exhaust fan; just run it through the hood, then the fan, then the filter, then out. Intake may be passive, and in your setup, holes cut in the FLOOR of the space to take advantage of the cooling thermal mass of the concrete beneath are PERFECT!!!!

I'd go with white Panda film instead of Mylar, but everything looks good. That's why so few responses. You got it. Really!

Stinky attic..........I was advised that I should vent my light separately. But I have seen many of your posts on this forum and I believe you to be much more knowledgeable than this person I got the info from. Only problem is that I already have my filter and it has a 4 in flange on it. I suppose I could get a 4" to 6" reducer but the filter is rated for 150 to 250 cfm. Would this be a problem or should I just dial down my fan with a variable speed controller for the can fan and let it rip? In the future I will probably just buy a bigger filter rated for at least what the fan is rated for. Also that pipe you see in the floor is not for venting, it is actually a drain pipe that was installed for future use which I plan on using for a drain for my reservoir once I dial in the organic hydro thing. One more question. Is there any way to measure CFM? Thanks again. :jointsmile:

[OPMS45]

I got my beans today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only 12 days from ordering from Nirvana. I did have a few issues with some of them being crushed and immature but I have an email into the company and I believe that they are going take care of it. The package was discrete. Other than that the room is almost complete and I should have the time lapse picts of the build up either today or tomorrow.

[OPMS45]

Ok, so I have been a tad busy with this build but I finally have time to post some more picts. The only thing I have left to do with the room is paint, mylar and last but not least my ladies. Wish me luck!

[OPMS45]

More picts of room

[OPMS45]

Here is a pict of the test plant that I posted a few days ago. I moved it back under the floros as it seemed like it was getting stressed from being too close to the 600w. Since then, it has got much greener and has perked up well. I think I will veg for one or two more weeks and then under the 600 she goes. BTW I love the LST!!! I used to supercrop when I did outdoor grows and this method is way better and does not stress the plant at all.

[Big len]

looks good brother.

[OPMS45]

Finally my project is complete. Here's some picts of the finished room and the test plant. I believe the plant is a little stressed from over watering. I had a branch snap off of it the other day while I was LST'ing. I took it and dipped it in some cloning gel, threw it in some rockwook, placed it in the dome and put it under the floros. It seems to be doing well after day 3.....The leaves have perked up nicley. I think I shall actually be starting the new beans I received here any day and will be keeping a detailed journal.

[OPMS45]

Ok...............I have a few more things to do with the room tie down cables put in subfloor, mylar, and pandafilm. I just got my 4" Can fan today and installed that. So the way it stands.

I have a 600w air cooled by a 6in HO can fan on a variable speed switch. And a 4in HO can fan connected to my carbon filter.

Oh...........Also bought a RO water filtration system and a PH/EC/TDS Meter. I am still toying around with the Idea of CO2 and a controller. (Anything worth doing is worth doing right)


Here are some picts.

Look at how stressed that poor test plant is. I think it was due to over watering. I transplanted it into some coco. Lets see what happens

[Dutch Pimp]

I think you might have the 600 watt (HPS?) light too close. IMO.