bathtub grow!!! Comments please

[ganja_grower25]

Hello everyone, I'm debating on growing again because of finding a location in my house that is cool and not hot, but also secure and private. So I've came to the conclusion of using my bathtub that is in my spare bathroom upstairs. I will be using a 400watt switchable remote ballast grow light and I will probably start out soil first then maybe later on down the road try hydro dwc buckets. The measurements of the tub are 19.5"W X 45.5"L X 6'4"H. The size of the room is small being at 4'11"W X 9'7"L X 8'H. I need some ideas on how to put this together. The tub is a cream white type color, its not like a bright white. Will I need mylar or will this be okay? How many plants will I be able to put in this tub to grow to maximum yeild and size. There is a vent in the ceiling above the tolet and there is a air conditioning vent above sink. Also I will put a piece of plywood or a 2x4 across the top of the edges of the shower to hang the light from. Thanks for the help and replies.

 

[ganja_grower25]

Here are some drawings that I made to someone give you an idea. I did forget to add that I need to find away to trap the light on the side the shower curtain is on, take off the curtain and maybe cut a board the width of bathroom and put hooks on it and hook it to the shower curtain rod and put mylar on the side facing the plants.

 

[junit]

Very Cool idea.... i have no idea on how many plants id say 5-6 good sized ones... but dont quote me on that.....Scope out the Grow Docs Method... its pretty much the same.... I dont think Pots would be good unless your bathtub is exactly square...and flat...... I know i couldnt get a bucket to stand up straight in my tub.

 

[guest3854]

Looks like ya got a good plan of attack . What strains , nutes etc. you gonna be using?

 

[ganja_grower25]

Yah I'm not sure far as pots what I'll use, that was just mainly a rough draft. I'll probably just use square ones or buckets. I'm even considering dwc after I just now finished reading some more up on it, but I'm not sure. As far as nutes being used and if I can find what I want, i'm thinking of using pro mix soil and using blood and bone meal earlier on then switching to pure blend grow for veggie. As far as flowering I'm guessing pure blend bloom for the first couple weeks and then switching to earth juice bloom and then I'll flush 2 weeks prior of harvesting.

As far as strain is considered i'm thinking of doing a good bag seed or using some clones from a buddy that has some kind of kick ass skunk weed, and no shit it is a 2 hitter quitter lol. That is if I can get some of the clones. The only purpose for using bag seeds is so I can get used to this again and not ruin expensive strain seeds. After a few runs, I wouldn't mind trying to find some northern light and some other good strain and crossing them to make it even less noticable with the smell. If I can get my hands on them possible some bogbubble. Excuse the typos, my brain and eyes are shot. Peace out and thx for the replies

ps. If ya'll have any ideas let me know and I'll consider them
Also what is the link to Grow Docs Method

 

[Guest]

here is something to think about..

here is something to think about..

close the hole in the ceiling if there is indeed an exhaust fan up there.. even though you are second story, it's not worth the risk if the neighbors arent cool.. if your as lazy as me you'll duct tape over the grille to seal the hole (cj's no carpenter) and disconnect the wall switch, as your stoner ass 'll surely flick it on accidentally...OOPS! *bong* Yes, a bed style in there would be super... get soma's book.

peace and good growin'

cj

 

[Guest]

Here

Here

next time do a simple search. the feature is located in the green bar at the top of the page.

Thread is titled "growdoc's method"

a search pulled it up in a second

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=14745&highlight=growdoc+method

sometimes the only helping hand is at the end of your own arm

cj

 

[SweetNightmare]

You should just make a tray to sit on top of the bath and DWC it with the oxygenator or a lot of bubbles http://www.877hydroponic.com/Oxygenator.html It would be really easy to flush and you would grow the biggest bushes ever. Do you really want soil in your tub? Hang mylar around for max light and sog it if you want.

 

[PFCruz]

hey there ganga grower25, If you are concerned about smells , use a carbon srubber . If possable I would vent the light heat out the exhast fan . I recirculate the air from a can filter in the grow room ,the plants like clean air too. I vent my light and can touch the glass , the plant canopy is usually 3-4 inches away from the light. I would get some floros a make a seedling box in the room , mabye under sink? Also FANS , FANS , and FANS . Forget the mylar use flat white paint. good luck gg25

 

[ganja_grower25]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Captain jack: I don't live in an apartment so the neighbors wouldn't be a trouble. It's just a 2 story house with a spare bathroom up stairs. And as far as finding that thread last night I did find it actually . I kept trying to search by name grow doc and not growdoc lol.

Sweetnightmare: I'm going to be low on cash since gas is close to 4 bucks a gallon now and I drive to school thats 35 min away so 70 miles there and back. That looks like a sweet oxgen producer but 124 bucks is high lol. If I did do dwc I'd prob. just use pumps. Pump will still produce oxgen in the water, maybe not like that oxygenator though. When you say you would just use trays what exactly do you mean, are the trays light proof so it won't grow mold, fungi ect.

PFcruz: I was thinking about venting the light to that vent in the ceiling, but it has a fitting of metal for the fan thats in there now and i'm not sure how I'll attach the vent duct to that. If I was able to get that vent fitting and fan out and vent my light, it wouldn't vent none of the smell to actic just the light correct? As far as a scrubber even though you can make one I'm broke right now . The sink for clones/seedlings is a good idea and i've considered doing that. I have to measure the sing though and see what size light I could put in there. Maybe some compacts but I don't really don't feel safe with myself wiring up the lights to a socket and a electrical cord, I may though unless I can find some counter top fluorescents that will fit and put out enough light. As far as fans I'm thinking of having one on the sink blowing the cool air that is coming out of air cond. vent towards the grow area and have a smaller fan attached to the tub some where to blow on plants and light. Once the plants are in flowering I'll consider the scrubber or even a ozone gen. First I have to buy my light and right now with all this epidemic bs with gas and prices going up I may have to wait on my project. Also using the flat white paint are you talking about painting my tub lol?

Thanks ya'll for the good ideas and I appreciate the info. Heres the light i'm considering http://www.plantlightinghydroponics.com/product_info.php?cPath=322_324&products_id=1216

 

[Nuggy]

why not just rip everything out if you're not going to use the bathroom anyways?

 

[SweetNightmare]

You'd be making the tray to fit the bath tub it would be using the top of a bucket for a DWC but just like plywood or something that would support the amount of plants you want to use. A couple of airpumps and airstones + nutrients would probably be less then a bathtub full of soil.

 

[ganja_grower25]

Nuggy: LOL because this is not going to be a continuous life time doings here. I don't want to take out my spare bathroom because I may need it later. I will grow some then take it down and i'll still have the bathroom there. If I rip out the bathroom and on the times I'm not growing it will just be an empty room with pipes everywhere.

SweetNightmare: I think I understand what you are saying, but i'm not sure. Are you trying to tell me to make a frame around the tub that will hold the tops of the lids and let the plants be in the tops of lids like a normal dwc, but fill up my bathtub with nutes/water for the roots? If so thats not a bad idea except I'd be using probably hella lot of nutes and ph stuff to get a bathtub where I want it with all that water. Plus it's not light proof. Its not a bad idea if I could get that to work. Maybe make the frame closer to the tub floor so I don't have to use tons of water and nutes. But then it's the light proofing problem. Or just use black covering over the frame and some how get it to stick to the tub. The only thing is what and what can I use that won't ruin the tub. If I had the money for an extended tub of sort and put a plug at the bottom for drainage that would be probably good to. I know you can use rubbermaid tubs but I would need something long enough and the same size width as my tub for 4 or more plants.

 

[junit]

ahhh you hydro guys get pretty clever... Now that i think of it i would just use 5 gal grow bags. (Or cut down some trashbags).. I always forget about those things..... But the hydro sytems these studs got for you im sure would be much better.

 

[SweetNightmare]

Yea that was exactly what I was talking about, you could lay it with some thick plastic if you are worried about ruining the tub, but I doubt nutes would do anything. Use thick black plastic to cover around the top over the edges of the tub for light proofing. The larger the res the less you need to check on it once everthing is balanced out.

 

[ganja_grower25]

I've thought about doing something like that instead of dwc buckets, but I figured hydro type stuff would be hard nutes wise and I don't wanna get big in cost issues building this. What if I take a black sheet of hard plastic if I can find it, if not use some other kind of hard plastic and wrap it with black pipe tape. Then add some legs to it so it will stand up. Then cut 4 holes the width of a 3 to 4 gallon bucket. Then cut the bottoms off the buckets and slide them into the cut holes. That way they should stay in place by the lip of the bucket. Then add the lid with the 5 inch hole cut for the 6 inch net pot. Cover the spaces with black tape and wha la light proof. The reason I added putting buckets in there is so it will stay steady. If I add just the lids they could slide around. Later on I could possibly add a new story to the table creating a scrog. But doing this might make it harder to change out the water/nutes, and each time I take the table type thing out I'll have to retape the spaces. Who knows what I'll do just yet. Let me know some more ideas this is interesting.

 

[ganja_grower25]

Heres a lame drawing I did to give you an idea of what I'm talking about. I only drew 2 holes with cut off buckets for space and time reasons.

 

[SweetNightmare]

Just tape around the lining of the plastic and when you need to change the water just lift up a side and stick ur arm through that huge root mass and lift the plug and just push the tape back down.

 

[HawaiianGrown]

No

No

Aloha,


Don't grow in tubs.

stupid idea


mold


no vent


non-pourous


not a grow-room


fuck it grow on a nearby hill!



Dude

 

[ganja_grower25]

Why is it stupid?


If you trap light there will be no mold.


Most all bathrooms have a vent.


Dwc buckets and hydro tubs aren't porous how do you think it holds water lol.



Define grow room? Is a c22 a grow room, what about a closet? A grow room is what ever you choose it to be.


Out here is country, all kinds of nearby hills but there is also cattle and men bush hoggin constantly. Not to mention the helis that fly 15 ft from the ground in your backyard a checking.