Need Advice

[bigbear62]

Hey everyone,Need advice on a few things,My room is 6by7total wht,2 1000wt dual conversion lites,6infan/fiter for oder, small propane heater for co2,2gl buckets to start with,my son got me 1gl each FF grow big,big bloom tiger bloom,.Is this enough nutes or due i need to ad sum?I dont no what soil to use ? i have Walmart,Homedepot,and Lowes here .Good or bad need everyones advice.This will be my first grow and sure dont wot to screw up to bad!!!!!!!!! oh I guess i will be growing purple kush from clones .thats all i have access to thanks everyone

 

[SouthernSmoker]

Hello Bigbear62 and welcome to Ic.

First things first the key to a easy garden is setting up your enviroment properly once this is done the rest is pretty easy.

Dont worry about your soil just yet lets get your room enviroment right
your total room is 6X7 ? and you want to run 2000w in that space right ?what is the hieght of you room?
are your hood going to be air cooled ? are you running an ac in the room ?
What cfm is your 6'fan and scrubber ?

 

[BurnOne]

bigbear62-
Here is a very good tried and true mix you can use for everything from seed to harvest. Clone rooting to mother plants...

5 parts Canadian Spaghnam Peat or Coir or Pro-Moss
3 parts perlite
2 parts wormcastings or mushroom compost or home made compost
Powdered dolomite lime @ 2 tablespoons per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of the soiless mix.
...Check the link in my sig line below for cheap earthworm castings. Free shipping to the eastern USA.

Powdered dolomite lime may be hard to find but is a MUST HAVE in this type of growing. It provides calcium and magnesium as well as raising the acidic pH of peat. Use your local Yellow Pages to find agricultural and farm supply houses in your area. Upscale nurseries and lawn and garden outlets. Some Lowes, Home DePOT and Wally's may have it as well. Call first and save your gas.

Burn1

 

[bigbear62]

Thanks guys for your input,my room hieght is7ft,fan cfm600,hoods 4in outlet air cooled supper nova,will hookup lites ,fan/filter,fresh air fans 4in dryer duct with screens ,have 1 osalating fan in back of room.so i can check air circulation and heat.I know i am forgetting something ,so please i apreciate all your input.

 

[SouthernSmoker]

Hey the equipment sounds good .
I'm not real sure on your idea for setting up the room but here are a few pointers to help you out !

With out and AC you will need to cool your lights from an out side source .
trying to run 2000w in that space and cool it from the air with in will not work your temps will be real high. So I would draw your air for the hoods from out side the room and exhaust them outside the room.(seal them off if you can )
when you setup the 600cfm fan to the lights try and run it as straight as possible the more turns or elbows you use the less cfm that is drawn through .
Then set up and exhaust (drawing from the top)and an intake(drawing from the bottom ) for the room seperatly.

You had mentioned a Co2 gen . I dont think your room is big enough for a generator so if you want C02 an injection system would be the way to go .

Dont forget about a Humidity and temps you will need something to read both . Your goal is to have 75deg with lights on and 65 deg with lights off
and a humidity of no more than 55% and no less than 40%

And i almost forgot make sure your room circuits are strong enough to handle the wattage you will be pulling through them .

Are you growing for just personal use or a bummper crop ?

 

[jaykush]

purple kush for your first grow, aren't you the lucky fellow.

 

[bigbear62]

Good mornin everyone,just got my room done.will start hanging lites,running ducts,install fans.Heres my plan= will run 2 4in ducts from lites to 1 4in inline fan then run a 4in duct to(12ins away) cfm fan.will mount cfm fan at top corner,6in duct from there to outside of room then down to scruber.have fresh outside air in that room.that room will have a small propane heater for co2. dont know how much co2 to give the plants???day temp @ humidty in grow room with out lites is 68@ 55.nite temp@ humidty 52@45. will check temp@ humidity again after hanging lites.from fresh air room will use 6in ducting (with 3 bends to not let in lite)back to grow room.will use a/c filters in window to filter incoming air. dont know if i will need inline fan here or not? bought vermicle perilite from homedepot.not sure of local compost , dont want bugs.going down south to bakersfield to pickup clones(GRANDDY PURPS waited to long lost out on purpl kush) gona check hydro store there.well thiers my plan, i think so far yall dont know how much i value or appreciate your input THANKS A MILLON