8' x 8' room setup

[HazmatTHC]

Ok, heres the dealeo.

Im 17, almost 18, currently too lazy to get a job, and love plants of all type. I have some Lions Tail plants growing in a homemade bubbler cloner made from a laundry tub, so building anything is not a problem for me.

My mom likes the idea of growing some weed, she has given me an area in the basement to grow in which I have just finished putting up a wall to section it off. The room is 8 feet by 7 feet by 7 feet tall (392 Cu Ft), and I have access to 3 15 AMP circuits, one circuit is hardwired into the wall, one is an extension cord from the laundry room right behind the wall, and I have a second extension cord coming from the furnace room. Both extension cords are heavy duty rated for +15 amps.

This will be a Drip Style Hydro system.

Parts List:
First purchase:
- 10 Laundry Tubs: 1 for Cloning, 3 for veg, 6 for Flowering. They will be placed along the perimeter of the room, with enough room in the middle to walk around.
- 2 Plastic tubs for resevoirs
- 1 465 CFM blower for exhaust
- 1 420 CFM Can Filter
- 2 Metal Halide 400 W light kit /w White Batwing 16" X 24" and 400 Watt Sunmaster Warm Deluxe bulb * veg *
- 81 5" net pots: 9 pots per Tub for veg / flower
- 36 2" net pots: For Cloning. * they will all fit in the laundry tub *
- 2 Mag Drive 500 GPH pumps. * 1 for cloner and 1 for veg stage drippers *
- mist sprayers for Cloner
- Drip Irrigation manifolds to feed the plants


Second Purchase: * 1 - 2 weeks after first purchase *
- 3 Hortilux 400 watt HPS lights and ballasts w/ White batwing 16" x 24"
- 1 1/2 hp pump * good cheap one on ebay right now for flowering stage watering *
More things that I can't really think of at the moment.

The laundry tubs will be seperated by growing stage:
The Veg stage tubs will be connected via the drain, and fed to a resevoir, where the nutes will be pumped back up and to the plants via feed lines.
Same will apply for the flowering stage.
There will be a drain valve on each resevoir for drainage.

I will post more in a bit, must go get some munchies, and charge my cam batts.

What are your thoughts on my grow setup? Constructive criticism please
What are the recomended companies to buy nutes from? GH or Advanced Nutes?
Will be expensive, but the cost really isn't too much of an issue.

-Haz * ack, I wan't a bong hit right now *

HazmatTHC Reviewed by HazmatTHC on 09-04-2006. 8' x 8' room setup Ok, heres the dealeo. Im 17, almost 18, currently too lazy to get a job, and love plants of all type. I have some Lions Tail plants growing in a homemade bubbler cloner made from a laundry tub, so building anything is not a problem for me. My mom likes the idea of growing some weed, she has given me an area in the basement to grow in which I have just finished putting up a wall to section it off. The room is 8 feet by 7 feet by 7 feet tall (392 Cu Ft), and I have access to 3 15 AMP Rating: 5

[HazmatTHC]

Forgot to say, I plan on growing some white widow. Im thinking of buying from Hemp Depot.

[mellogold]

do you have your own house?

the lighting for that kind of room is going to be procey and put off tons of heat and noise.....

but anyhow heres my 2 pennys

2 1k hps with a 400w mh to mix in during veg

[mellogold]

also those fans are not going to cut it imho, 1 1k light requires at least 500 cfm to keep your room at a nice 75-80*

[HazmatTHC]

Thanks for the reply.

The reason I would like to use multiple lights, is that it will be easier to direct them over the plants, instead of one giant 1000W trying to cover the whole area.

As for fans, if its not adequate, well, I have 2 centrifugal blowers that are just sitting around, and another massive HEPA filter / fan, I was gonna throw the HEPA out, so i might as well use the fan out of it, * its rediculously huge *.

-Haz

[HazmatTHC]

Placed an Order for:

1 Metal Halide 400 W light kit w/ White Batwing 16" X 24" & 400 Watt Sunmaster Warm Deluxe
1 Blower 465 CFM
1 Nutri Dip Tri Meter pH,PPM,TEMP
1 B'cuzz Root Stimulator 355 ml
36 Net Pots 2 Inch
1 Mylar 25 ft roll X 4 ft wide
1 1.5" cubes 98/ sheet 10" X 20"
1 Hydroton 8 - 16 mm 50 liter bag

Thats all I need at the moment, as I have SOME nutes on the way from Ebay, Clone gel * too bad I didn't have it earlier *

Nutes from Ebay:
Grotek PH UP 1 litre
Grotek PH DOWN 1 litre
Grotek Kick Start 1 liter

Should be fine for now, will be ordering more stuff in a few days.

Also placed an order for 10 * 1 pack * of White Widow seeds from Hemp Depot.

Happy Grow'n 'n' toke'n!:rasta:
-Haz

[blacksmith1]

u sound like u have done some research, Thats good

But b ready for some real eye openers.

Heat will be a major factor.

Listen to these guys who r giving u advice, It will save u money and time in the long run. And for what it is worth,,,Keep this between u and ur mum only.

Do not trust anyone who has nothing to lose, even ur best friend will tell someone sooner than later and so on and so one.

B careful how much u purchase online in a short period.

The biggest hurdle that u should face first is Saftey and Security.

P.s I dont think ur r going to have enough power with only 3 15amp outlets.

Cheers and good luck

[HazmatTHC]

I was thinking of shoving my Wild Dagga plants into the grow room also * good as an excuse for having a hydro system / purchasing grow products, and start with just a couple of weed plants, just work my way up and see how things go. As for heat, hmm, if I have to, i suppose i can go get an AC unit, perhaps a window style one from home depot. I could run another 15 amp line from the breaker box to the grow room relativly easily. Ive done house wiring quite a few times, and the main lesson "Turn the power off first" , I can say from experience, 15 amps between your fingures makes for an interesting tingle... Not to mention it was hard to hold a jiont afer for about 45 mins lol.

Thanks all!

-Haz

[BlueBear]

I think that you have more things covered than folks on this board with several grows under their belt. At the same time it is always a learning exp. As far as the fans I use a 172CFM vortex with a 90CFM fan on a 1K and Temps are fine in a area that is smaller than 4x4, but I have made other modifications and have the vortex sucking the heat right out of a glass enclosed hood with the 90CFM pushing air into the hood at the same time. The vortex sucks the heat not only out of the hood, but out of the cab and pulls it threw my scrubber. Have you thought about making some cool tubes? It will improve the whole grow not only because it can eliminate heat probs, but you can get the lights allot closer to the plants. IMO those 400w's need to be no further than 18in an even at that, you are starting to loos lumens, ideal is 12in and under.
And those breakers will be just fine, technically you could runn 3 400watters on 1 15 amp. I have my 1K and a few fans on the same breaker as the washer and dryer, given I don't make it a practice to run the light at the same time as the washer and dryer, but the dryer has been turned on a few times while everything is going. 3 400watters would push it a little, but remember a 400w takes about 3.9 amps at 120 volts, you shouldn't have any problems in the long run. Use power strips that have GFI circuitry so they will trip when over loaded with more than 15 amp.
Hope all this helps, and like one folk said, don't tell anyone, it may seem like a fun pastime, but sitting in a cell aint. Also I really wouldn't put any other plants in there do to any insect problems, some do it so feel free to, this is just my, YOU KNOW.
Adieu

[SpiritLevel]

With such a comprehensive shopping list it sounds like you know exactly what you want and have a ruff idea of what you want your grow space to look like. I've had to give grow rooms a face lift numerous times because the vision doesn't correspond to reality. Even now after a few years, I still tweek the setup. Keep us posted on your construction progress!!!