@ F1SEEDS - Thanks for the well wishes my friend. I'll stick to my original plan and do a 30/70 castings-to-organic soil mix. I had no idea it would be so rough on it to grow directly in castings, and truthfully I like the idea of having micronutrients that may not necessarily be in the castings that I would find in soil instead. Stay tuned, my first pics should be coming next week of the overall setup.

@headshake - Quite a few there, and I appreciate it all. I'll try and clarify everything you rightly mentioned. Regarding the color spectrum, you are 100% absolutely right and I'm sorry I missed that. LOL. Indeed I was trying to mention the light spectrum emission rather than the frequency of the light in question.

Regarding the rockwool cubes, I'm still new to this concept. What should I soak them in prior to my germination? I was hoping to plant them directly in the soil upon completion of the germination stage, so I'm still learning on this aspect. What would you suggest in terms of methodology?

Regarding the CO2 situation, that is once it's been in place for quite some time and I have proper ventilation established. I don't plan on tapping into it until my plants are showing real signs of taking off, and after I have a greater seal established for the entire room. And of course the excess heat from the propane system will be regulated heavily to make sure I'm not doing more harm than good.

Thanks for the input on nutes and their application. I'll be keeping an eye on the start level, but as you said 25% is what to go with in absence of experience with the formula. It will be nice and diluted in some clean water that I'm leaving sit out for 24 hours before use. This serves 2 purposes: it allows the chlorine and other nastiness added by man to evaporate mostly, and it allows the water to hit room temperature. I don't plan on cold shocking my plants with old water.


Fellas, thank you so much for the input and please, feel free to include more input at any time. I'm hoping to make this a community project and all are welcome to comment.
Clockwork007 Reviewed by Clockwork007 on . New Grower's First Journal Greetings and hellos all my brothers and sisters. I'm a private user establishing his first indoor grow room for personal use, and this will be my grow journal. At the moment, I have seeds that I ordered online that will be arriving in the next 2 weeks, but I'm also starting this now for input into my setup and suggestions that any of you may have. I'm a scientist by trade, so I'm trying to be as exact as possible when it comes to the technical specifications of my grow area. So far, I have Rating: 5