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First real grow room
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ive gotta design and build a cabinet similar, what are the basic necessary needs in your opinion for a veg cabinet, im a first time noob starting with a 3x3 flood and drain table 10-15 plants or whatever, how many and how tall you think i need for the mother plants to grow and what kinda lighting you think?...any advice would really help i appreciate it buddy heres a pic pf my setup if you could tell me where you'd place a cabinet of somekind in a 6x6x8ft height room
Hey Kizane, sorry for the delay. Haven't had a chance to get on here lately. I'm far from a seasoned grow pro... just a guy that reads a lot and takes his sweet time.
That said, if I personally was restricted to a 6x6 space I probably wouldn't try to do a perpetual grow. If I had to though, I would build a 3x3 cabinet in the bottom right corner of your diagram. Not sure what media or system you'd plan on using for your veg cab. I'm planning on using 10 gallon storage containers with 3 babies in each. You'd be able to fit two no prob as they're typically about 16"x24". Or do one for babies and then use the rest of the space for a mother.
Basic needs would be flat white paint or reflectix (see pic below), two small oscillating fans, T5's to cover as much surface area as possible, small 4" fan and filter with ducting venting not into the main room but outside of it, and an 8" darkroom louver for your passive intake. You could probably get away with something less elaborate, but I'm the type of guy who likes to cover all his bases in a project like this.
Again, this is just my 2 cents of what I've gathered from reading a bunch of different sources. This is my first grow other than closet-type spaces. Here's a photo of my veg cab when I was in the middle of putting up Reflectix with Super 77 a few days ago. That stuff works great!
Keep me updated on your grow and feel free to bounce any other ideas off me.
That said, if I personally was restricted to a 6x6 space I probably wouldn't try to do a perpetual grow. If I had to though, I would build a 3x3 cabinet in the bottom right corner of your diagram. Not sure what media or system you'd plan on using for your veg cab. I'm planning on using 10 gallon storage containers with 3 babies in each. You'd be able to fit two no prob as they're typically about 16"x24". Or do one for babies and then use the rest of the space for a mother.
Basic needs would be flat white paint or reflectix (see pic below), two small oscillating fans, T5's to cover as much surface area as possible, small 4" fan and filter with ducting venting not into the main room but outside of it, and an 8" darkroom louver for your passive intake. You could probably get away with something less elaborate, but I'm the type of guy who likes to cover all his bases in a project like this.
Again, this is just my 2 cents of what I've gathered from reading a bunch of different sources. This is my first grow other than closet-type spaces. Here's a photo of my veg cab when I was in the middle of putting up Reflectix with Super 77 a few days ago. That stuff works great!
Keep me updated on your grow and feel free to bounce any other ideas off me.
Hey Kizane, sorry for the delay. Haven't had a chance to get on here lately. I'm far from a seasoned grow pro... just a guy that reads a lot and takes his sweet time.
That said, if I personally was restricted to a 6x6 space I probably wouldn't try to do a perpetual grow. If I had to though, I would build a 3x3 cabinet in the bottom right corner of your diagram. Not sure what media or system you'd plan on using for your veg cab. I'm planning on using 10 gallon storage containers with 3 babies in each. You'd be able to fit two no prob as they're typically about 16"x24". Or do one for babies and then use the rest of the space for a mother.
Basic needs would be flat white paint or reflectix (see pic below), two small oscillating fans, T5's to cover as much surface area as possible, small 4" fan and filter with ducting venting not into the main room but outside of it, and an 8" darkroom louver for your passive intake. You could probably get away with something less elaborate, but I'm the type of guy who likes to cover all his bases in a project like this.
Again, this is just my 2 cents of what I've gathered from reading a bunch of different sources. This is my first grow other than closet-type spaces. Here's a photo of my veg cab when I was in the middle of putting up Reflectix with Super 77 a few days ago. That stuff works great!
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Keep me updated on your grow and feel free to bounce any other ideas off me.
Yo...I appreciate the reply and all the comments...Ya im a virgin this is my first grow so ive been researching a ton all over the internet taking tons of notes...Ya i was thinking i was gonna have to build a cabinet/room type area possibly in the corner like you were saying...as of right now i have another area i can use for the starting/veg to keep me going perpetual hopefully..my main concentration right now is just getting the first crop done successfully then ill expand from there ya know..thanks for the pics of the intake louvers i installed a small register at bottom of the door but my dumbass just realized after seeing your pics im obv gonna have light leaks..thanks for that...heres few more pics if you or anyone else can drop a ginger some advice or comments...thanks fools
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SBudz08...and I got 2 rolls of Panda Film ready to put up too..checkout this thread for a few more pics thanks again bro
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=303027
If slow and steady wins the race then I'm setting world records! Finally got around to making a door. Was gonna just do a tarp and zipper and call it a day but then decided I wanted to keep it somewhat consistent with the excellent isolation I already have going on with the walls. Never made a custom door before. This is where the sawzall really helped as I was trying to shave wood off the door itself to get a perfect snug fit with minimal gaps. Sealed off the hinge side with my best friend Gorilla Tape and it passed my OCD light leak test with flying colors! Stuffed leftover insulation into the door, sealed with 6mm vapor barrier just like the rest of the room and then used more plywood to finish the inside side. Used leftover drywall mud to seal the pieces of plywood together and then two coats of KILZ primer. Also finally finished veg cab with four Sterilite bubblers built for three plants each - will post pics of that soon. Forgot to take pics of Phresh intake filter a while ago so here that is as well.
Next up - finish flat white paint and move flower room equipment in!
Next up - finish flat white paint and move flower room equipment in!
