Lowryder Attic Grow-CFLs-stealth

[Dr.Hashman]

I am setting up the attic thing (House has a pointy roof and I have a flat ceiling) for the grow right now. I solved my problem of not having power by finding a power cord (the white/black/ground wire) in my attic going to the overhead fluorescent lighting (4x 2ft T8s in a skylight looking case) in my legit grow room. I opened up that light and there were the wires for 1 socket and as long as I watch my power in my room, I will stay below the 15 amp limit.

So basically I have wires, lowryder seeds coming in the mail (8 days or so untill I get them from the UK) and a dirty growing space! My dad got called to an emergency conference and my mom is working someplace in the US for the next 2 days, so I have 48 hours to clean out the attic, setup a grow area (including building supports for the equiptment), make sure the fiberglass won't catch on fire, vent it out, kill some spiders, put a cat up there to kill what I can't find, make the hydro system (bubbler or soil if I must), make the light rigs, odor control, climate control, and a trip to the grocery store to pick up milk. Whew I better get going!

Dr.Hashman Reviewed by Dr.Hashman on 02-26-2007. Lowryder Attic Grow-CFLs-stealth I am setting up the attic thing (House has a pointy roof and I have a flat ceiling) for the grow right now. I solved my problem of not having power by finding a power cord (the white/black/ground wire) in my attic going to the overhead fluorescent lighting (4x 2ft T8s in a skylight looking case) in my legit grow room. I opened up that light and there were the wires for 1 socket and as long as I watch my power in my room, I will stay below the 15 amp limit. So basically I have wires, lowryder Rating: 5

[Dr.Hashman]

Does anyone have any advice? I'm getting CFLs to light the plants so not much heat. I am getting a plastic tarp sheet thing that I am going to staple-gun tarp around my grow area to close off the air entrance/exit so I can put my filter by the air intake area. I am going to have an ionizer/air filter running on high 24/7 to get any dust/particles of fiberglass out of the air. Putting wood on the floor to spread out weight and such. I am stapling a tarp below the hydro system area too incase of spillage. And then getting milk for cherios! (this is mostly a list for me, a to-do list that everyone can see :/)

(by the way, the spot is exactly above my computer)

[Dr.Hashman]

After shocking myself when forgetting to turn off the circuit breaker (usually I am just carefull when working with exposed wires, you know, keep either the white or black wire capped at all times...), the power went out in my room. I was determined that it was a GFI since the circuit breaker was still on, but it turns out that 4 hours of searching for that GFI and 1 8 hour nap later that it was the circuit breaker and I needed to wait for it to cool down for a few hours... so 20 hours left to get it setup and I have not even cleaned it yet :/

[stinkyattic]

Cool, attic grows are easy to hide from your guests but hard to control climate.
I suggest making a roof vent and running your exhaust directly outside (scrub if you wish).
Also, get some drywall up to form the walls of your room.
I'll keep an eye on this... sounds like you have some wiring to do yet... put the veg and flower rooms on separate breakers if possible...

[Dr.Hashman]

I would love to make a roof vent, but there are too many things preventing me from doing it (tile roofing, ect.).

I look into drywall, is it expensive? We have homes being built all around us right now so I went and got some 2x4s out of the dumpster (if I didn't have morals I would just grab some 4'x8' plywood and build a area up there) and am using blue tarps to make walls. It is really hard to move around as the area I climb up through is 1' tall and I have to crawl 5 ft to get to those photo areas, so thats why I am using 2x4s and blue tarp.

[Dr.Hashman]

I got the area first sealed off with a tarp, then I put mylar up. I still need to make the mylar door with velcro so it is lightproof, but I'm close. I am wondering if I should try a small aeroponic system to go in there. I could have a 10 gallon rubbermaid tub in there and have the resovior outside the chamber.

The left photo is pre-mylar, and the right photo is it mylared up. It isn't as bumpy as the picture looks.

[kdspecial]

I dont know exactly... But a 10 Gallon Res might be hard to A change every two weeks. As well is that a lot of weight to leav hanging on you Rafters?

I did an Attic grow once getting a 1 gallon bucket with nutes was enough pain in the ars,,, I can't imagine 10 gallons.

just a thought..

kd

[TheGreenFog]

KD. He should be ok. Buy a couple 5-gallon water bottles (like the kind for the water coolers) and you can bring those up there.

For those who have attics, they can hold a decent amount of weight. I would still reinforce the rafters with crossbeams where ever I had my plants and resevoirs.

If worse comes to worse...run a hose.

"I got hose in every area code." :S2:


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[pennywisdom26]

How many lowryders do you plan on growing?

[Dr.Hashman]

I am planning on growing 4. I am still doing a 10 gallon rubbermaid container, but I am doing a Bubbling bucket instead. I have been using bubblers for a while (I grow fuckin huge sunflowers) (I grow fuckin weird tomatoes that look like watermellon)(I grow this fukin strange plant I cloned while hiking one day) and so I think I will do them as this is my first marijuana grow.

As for the water in the attic problem I am have a 10 ft ladder then shelving that is 11 ft tall that I can put the water on while climbing into my attic to then lift the bucket up. I could do 2 of those or I can use a 250gph water pump that I am going to use for my aeroponic system I will build someday. I could go buy another 10 gallon tub @ target for $7 and pre-mix everything, in the spare tub. I would then have 2 5 gallon home depot buckets to pump the water down from the attic and then I would.... Well hell. I am going to do it either way... So bubbler in the attic above where I sleep. Lowryders are really short, 18" max, low odor, but I still have an ionizer and HEPA certified air filtering system running. I love growing, building, growing big flowers (sunflowers), and soon to be growing big bud. Well enough of this stoned rambling, I'm off to change my trance to something else.