this thread is a use what you got kinda grow. While I still need a Carbon filter, RO, and some co2 crap, I'm keeping this really small & simple (for me). I'm going to go against some things I preach and not really being the most efficient either, but it was a free space to use and is conducive to grow some pot.
I am extremely limited on power. I have about 20 amps already dedicated from the panel, and have 30 more available after moving some circuits around and freeing up some space for a 30a dual pole 240v. breaker.
I have 4 ancient SS, hydrofarm, and Diamond 1000w HPS ballasts
4 new hortilux bulbs, and some 1x used CAP luminaire 8" hoods that I will be sealing completely with silicone. Due to the lack of amperage, a large AC is out of the question, and I'm saving my chiller and tubes for the big project after this one.
I will be dependent on the cool night air and 2 8" 700 cfm inlines to remove all the Ambient heat, and will rely on a 1/2 ton window unit that happens to be sitting in what will be my control/lung room. oscillating fans to cool radiant heat & air moving. Res will be in the room as I cannot run a res to/from my NFT gulleys in this application remotely without being a total pain in the arse.
I am going to run 2 8' rows of 6 5" NFT tubes, covering a 6x16' area. hoping for 25-30 clones per light. If I can't pull that many, or buy enough SSSDH kids, I will have no choice but to veg.. what a friggin waste of time and energy! The moms in these photos are 2 months old grown under 4 65 w CFLs. and just giving them food about a month ago. (FFOF) they have been under HID light for about 14 hours now and are friggin lovin it!
For ferts, I'm going w what I had sitting in my yard for the last 3 years. came off my old shop's shelves 5 years. after 3 summers and winters, in the sun, and the cold, light, and dark, my B'cuzz AB and pk 13/14 are smelling right, looking right, and NOTHING has precipitated.
Been vegging with w great success.. I'm going to use the shit and show all the fancy pants additive crazy people out there that calmg(RO), base, and a simple booster of a kosher NPK will do EVERYTHING, a complicated expensive reg will with minimal (expired) nutrients. I doubt I will ever get over 800ppm @ .70 conversion. I am looking for a nice big res or 2, so I change my ferts out about 3x before running a 10+ day flush of pure water and molasses. I am going to run heavy amounts of Humic and fulvic acid. from HUMAX. it's cheap and will be my premiere additive. If I find my old bottle of B'cuzz bloom, I'll use it, but I will not buy it. Silica for PH up. that's it.
I'm not buying anything major for this grow except a big ass filter. just some Insulation board, fender washers, some PVC, elbows, Tees etc, as well as some wire, breaker and a relay to wire up a GCC1 display dummy into an MLC-4 w 4 120 outlets controlled by rheostat swtches already mounted in the controller. I have a dummy PPM-3 co2 controller that needs a infared sniffer and power supply w piggyback cord.
For construction, I need to insulate a garage door, and some windows. create a light trap entry way from panda film and a tent zipper. as well as duct and Air cool the 4 hoods I hung last night. I also need to run the power, but that's the fun stuff. no flips. no chiller.. just aircooled, co2 augmented NFT simplicity.
Here's what I did yesterday.
paint and reflective go up today, and I still gotta move those records and desk to bring in my NFT tubes
Please forgive the mess. just clearing an area to mom was hard enough. Next shots, the room will be white, w reflective up, Swept, insulated etc. I'm out on a milk crate mission to throw some 2x4's on top of to drop my NFT system in the middle of the room. hopefully it will be up by the end of the week.
Chopping kids tonight. let's pray I can pull enough!
I am extremely limited on power. I have about 20 amps already dedicated from the panel, and have 30 more available after moving some circuits around and freeing up some space for a 30a dual pole 240v. breaker.
I have 4 ancient SS, hydrofarm, and Diamond 1000w HPS ballasts
4 new hortilux bulbs, and some 1x used CAP luminaire 8" hoods that I will be sealing completely with silicone. Due to the lack of amperage, a large AC is out of the question, and I'm saving my chiller and tubes for the big project after this one.
I will be dependent on the cool night air and 2 8" 700 cfm inlines to remove all the Ambient heat, and will rely on a 1/2 ton window unit that happens to be sitting in what will be my control/lung room. oscillating fans to cool radiant heat & air moving. Res will be in the room as I cannot run a res to/from my NFT gulleys in this application remotely without being a total pain in the arse.
I am going to run 2 8' rows of 6 5" NFT tubes, covering a 6x16' area. hoping for 25-30 clones per light. If I can't pull that many, or buy enough SSSDH kids, I will have no choice but to veg.. what a friggin waste of time and energy! The moms in these photos are 2 months old grown under 4 65 w CFLs. and just giving them food about a month ago. (FFOF) they have been under HID light for about 14 hours now and are friggin lovin it!
For ferts, I'm going w what I had sitting in my yard for the last 3 years. came off my old shop's shelves 5 years. after 3 summers and winters, in the sun, and the cold, light, and dark, my B'cuzz AB and pk 13/14 are smelling right, looking right, and NOTHING has precipitated.
Been vegging with w great success.. I'm going to use the shit and show all the fancy pants additive crazy people out there that calmg(RO), base, and a simple booster of a kosher NPK will do EVERYTHING, a complicated expensive reg will with minimal (expired) nutrients. I doubt I will ever get over 800ppm @ .70 conversion. I am looking for a nice big res or 2, so I change my ferts out about 3x before running a 10+ day flush of pure water and molasses. I am going to run heavy amounts of Humic and fulvic acid. from HUMAX. it's cheap and will be my premiere additive. If I find my old bottle of B'cuzz bloom, I'll use it, but I will not buy it. Silica for PH up. that's it.
I'm not buying anything major for this grow except a big ass filter. just some Insulation board, fender washers, some PVC, elbows, Tees etc, as well as some wire, breaker and a relay to wire up a GCC1 display dummy into an MLC-4 w 4 120 outlets controlled by rheostat swtches already mounted in the controller. I have a dummy PPM-3 co2 controller that needs a infared sniffer and power supply w piggyback cord.
For construction, I need to insulate a garage door, and some windows. create a light trap entry way from panda film and a tent zipper. as well as duct and Air cool the 4 hoods I hung last night. I also need to run the power, but that's the fun stuff. no flips. no chiller.. just aircooled, co2 augmented NFT simplicity.
Here's what I did yesterday.
paint and reflective go up today, and I still gotta move those records and desk to bring in my NFT tubes
Please forgive the mess. just clearing an area to mom was hard enough. Next shots, the room will be white, w reflective up, Swept, insulated etc. I'm out on a milk crate mission to throw some 2x4's on top of to drop my NFT system in the middle of the room. hopefully it will be up by the end of the week.
Chopping kids tonight. let's pray I can pull enough!