New Grow Room Advice

[ddcolorado]

HI , This is a great site with much info, im still trying to figure it out as far as doing searches and such. Im not that internet savy. Been reading for the last 2 days straight.

I am in Colorado and just got my MMJ card yesterday.

This is my plan.... I am going to grow a total of 18 plants (in dirt) since I have been assigned 'caretaker' of 2 other friends. I plan to get 9 clones to start and Veg. When they go to flowering I will get 9 more clones to veg so I have a cycle going.

I have a spare room in my house that I own, its about 12 X 10,
is this big enough to do what I want? I will partition the room for Veg/Flower areas.

What kind of lighting is best for this senario? Bud quality is my top concern.

Thanks:thumbsup:

ddcolorado Reviewed by ddcolorado on 09-20-2009. New Grow Room Advice HI , This is a great site with much info, im still trying to figure it out as far as doing searches and such. Im not that internet savy. Been reading for the last 2 days straight. I am in Colorado and just got my MMJ card yesterday. This is my plan.... I am going to grow a total of 18 plants (in dirt) since I have been assigned 'caretaker' of 2 other friends. I plan to get 9 clones to start and Veg. When they go to flowering I will get 9 more clones to veg so I have a cycle going. I Rating: 5

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must have missed this, Indoor Lighting - Cannabis Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Club, Dispensary, News, during your reading marathon.

your cycle will work.

sounds like you have a bit more reading to do.

good growing!


-shake

[disrupt86]

well shake is right,infact i would do much more than read these forums.theres a video on the good old you tube that i watch from time 2 time just for s and g's but its verry informative,type in i grow chronic"u want the video with the guy painted all green. now first and formost, you have more than enough space for your bidding,when it come 2 lighting if you want the best performance your going to want the 1000 watters,personally i use 600's but i have experince and make it work,if you put a plant grown under a 400 watt and a plant grown under a 1000 watts of light you will see that the 1000 watter as many more shoots,bigger stock,many more flowering sites.if you have the cash try and find a system that is switchable from mh to hps "trust me if a ballast fails in your veg room you can snag one from your flowering room or vice versa it save you a lot of would be problems" the second thing to consider is how your going to keep your rooms cool, 2 or 3 1000's is going to heat up like no bodys buisiness and will kill everything.one thousand watt usally runs about $100 per month to run 18/6 "verry expensive" when you add all your fans runing 24/0 .now you could do say 3 600's linked 2 gether no further than a foot apart in your flowering room and 2 for veg .you will have much cooler temps and your power bill will be reduced dramatically.well im tired and rambling but i must emphasize that most people to not consider the utility bills when buying every thing and then cannot afford to run there equipment.verry good luck to you

[ddcolorado]

Thanks for the replys guys. How much yeild per plant can I expect in from nine plant harvest running 2 1000 watt Hps/ MH lights? Guestimation?

I think cooling wont be a problem right now cuz winter is coming (im in Colorado). I will regulate with fresh air from outside.

I think I will be able to just cut a hole in the wall of my grow room and place a good fan and filter blowing outside. I will draw in cold fresh air from the floor, I have a large crawl space under my house/grow room. The great part of this is it LEGAL.

Thanks

[disrupt86]

true well legal or not,its a bitch when the cops come.u can still be arrested and have your equipment seized "total pain in the ass to get back"
but trying to answer your yield question basically there are wayyyyy 2 many variables 2 throw out there,i could tell you if this is your first grow and every thing is perfect dont expect your yields to be spectacular.i would throw out an ounce per plant with no experience,do a couple more grows and you could pull 3-4 ounces a plant,like i sed wayyyyy to many variables.i think the best advice i could give to you is be plant specific,get a couple different strains and keep mothers,do several grows with the same strains that way u can learn more about that particular plant and how to maximize her potential.i have friends that have grown the same strains for years and by using different techniques,nutrients,grow set ups, they have been able to perfect yields of one strain.i hope that makes sense

[ddcolorado]

Disrupt86 says

"now you could do say 3 600's linked 2 gether no further than a foot apart in your flowering room and 2 for veg .you will have much cooler temps and your power bill will be reduced dramatically"


Hmmm your saying 5 600w is cheaper and cooler than running 2 1000w. How can that be? 2000w vs 3000w


Thank you

[ddcolorado]

I think I am going to divide/partition this room up into a 7L X 5Wx 8T flowering chamber and a similar sized Veg room or should the flowering room be larger?

Im still planning on 9 plants in each as the cycle starts but would like to have room to expand to maybe 12 plants in each.

Thanks alot guys, really appreciate any advice/tips

got are first dusting of snow today woohooo:thumbsup:

[DreadedHermie]

I'd devote more floor space to your flower room than to the veg area.

1) If you're gonna be growing from clones, you can flip them to 12/12 as soon as you want. I dunno, 4-6 weeks? Depends on lotsa things, strain, how big you want them to finish, etc. You can actually flip 'em about as soon as they have roots. (Check Oldmac's grows for that kinda operation.) They're gonna have to spend 7-8 weeks minimum, (again, depending on strain) in the flower room. Sativas may take considerably longer, dammit.....

With equal space devoted to veg and flower, the plants are gonna start piling up waiting for a space in the flower room, just 'cause they stay in there so much longer. I've heard of <cough> continuous grows with 10-11 plants in bloom being "fed" by 4-5 in veg. :thumbsup:

2) your veg plants can be moved around a bit for space, if necessary. You could even veg a few in the living room under T5 accent lighting, if ya had to. I think they're pretty. You don't need a "special" place for them like your plants in flower, which need total darkness for 12 hours every single day.

Need to ventilate a vegging plant? Just open a window. Need to ventilate a flower room? Now you need light traps, ductwork, etc. Little more critical setting up the bloom room, IMO.

Just my .02, hope it helps. Hermie

[ddcolorado]

Thanks a ton Hermie!!!!! Im still in the planning stage here. This is my first grow and want to do it right.


If you're gonna be growing from clones, you can flip them to 12/12 as soon as you want. I dunno, 4-6 weeks? Depends on lotsa things, strain, how big you want them to finish, etc. You can actually flip 'em about as soon as they have roots.

How many 2-3 foot plants can I succesfully grow in a 35sq foot flowering room? I'd like to have room to possiblly expand to 12 plants in each cycle in the future.

I know it depends on strain, with that said, whats a good strain to grow as far as being(good shit) and fast growing. Im shooting for a strain that the local despenceries with pay $200-$250 oz for.

I know, I got alot to learn and have been reading this site non stop for 3 days now and I am visiting the 4 local despenceries tomarrow.

Cheers!

[disrupt86]

sorry about that i had been at work all night for 14 hours when i was trying to let u know about lighting.basically if your trying to get a good lumen foot print you could use 2 thousand watts in your flower room or 3, 600's,600 watts in my opinion are more efficient and with out a doubt run cooler.so do the math,1200watts @ 2 lamps or 3 lamps at 1800 watts. for your veg room you dont need as much light coverage because your plants are smaller and compact.some people would do 2 thousands for veg and 3 or 4 for flower, so if your intent is to run 5 lamps "3 for flower,2 for veg "thats 300 watts with better coverage than say 5 thousand watts.you can spread 3 lamps around 2 suit your needs,u get 3 lamps for the same amount of money as running 2 1000's.i say this because when i started i didnt have much info,now im sitting on thousands and thousands of doller worth of things that i either dont need,cant use, because no body really informed me on many things.well live and learn.if your going to run 5 1000 watter your bill just for the lights alone will be 6-7 hundred a month. if you used 5 600's your bill would be hundreds less.