freedominphilly
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Hey guys, what's going on?
I've seen a few threads asking about basement grows, so I figured I'd start one on the construction of my basement growroom.
This is a work in progress, so I'll be updating the progress periodically.
When all is said and done, we'll be burning 3 x 1000w HPS for flowering, with a separate room for mothers, clones, and vegging.
We grow organically with the complete Earth Juice line, Jamaican bat guano, worm castings, some lime to sweeten the soil, and ProMixBx with some perlite added. I've been growing for about 7 or 8 years now, and have used EJ since day one. My friends say the taste of the herb is like no other.
First up, I'll start with my plants. They look a little sick because we had the (not so) great idea to make a tea from the fertile soil dug up from some wetlands near us. It probably would work great, but it is HIGHLY acidic, and I failed to test it before I watered my ladies with it. They took a little hit, but they are bouncing back just fine. For this run, we're using AE77Calio, ECSD, and Bubba Kush.
Someone told me I sounded like a narc today
:
The Bubba:
Notice the double-serrated leaves of the AE77Calio. When she's healthy, it really stands out and, to me, makes the leaves look really exotic:
Now the space. To start, we're only going to run 2 x 1000w HPS. We're going to make a room from this space to be 6ft. wide x 12ft. long. The ceiling is just over 6ft. tall:
This is where our passive fresh air intake will be coming from. It's a vast crawlspace that should be able to easily handle enough fresh air for our room:
This is where the 3rd light will go when we get there. Essentially, the flowering room is going to be "L"-shaped because the furnace is going to be in our way. The paint is cracked at the bottom of the wall there, it's not mold:
And another passive air intake hole:
All of the hot air will be blown into the duct that leads from the furnace to the chimney and up and out the top of the roof:
So that's pretty much it for now. My battery ran out on my camera. Tomorrow, we're heading to the hardware store and we'll be starting to frame the actual room.
The partnership I have with my friend is great; he's a certified carpenter and knows quite a bit about electrical type work, and I have the gardening skills.
Eventually, I'd like to get the room hermetically sealed and add CO2.
Everything is all planned out, we have a means by which to make the plans happen, and we should have the perfect environment for our ladies.
I'm pretty excited about the whole project.
Any questions, comments, or suggestions are always welcome. I will be updating this thread as we progress. Stay tuned.
I've seen a few threads asking about basement grows, so I figured I'd start one on the construction of my basement growroom.
This is a work in progress, so I'll be updating the progress periodically.
When all is said and done, we'll be burning 3 x 1000w HPS for flowering, with a separate room for mothers, clones, and vegging.
We grow organically with the complete Earth Juice line, Jamaican bat guano, worm castings, some lime to sweeten the soil, and ProMixBx with some perlite added. I've been growing for about 7 or 8 years now, and have used EJ since day one. My friends say the taste of the herb is like no other.
First up, I'll start with my plants. They look a little sick because we had the (not so) great idea to make a tea from the fertile soil dug up from some wetlands near us. It probably would work great, but it is HIGHLY acidic, and I failed to test it before I watered my ladies with it. They took a little hit, but they are bouncing back just fine. For this run, we're using AE77Calio, ECSD, and Bubba Kush.
Someone told me I sounded like a narc today
:
The Bubba:
Notice the double-serrated leaves of the AE77Calio. When she's healthy, it really stands out and, to me, makes the leaves look really exotic:
Now the space. To start, we're only going to run 2 x 1000w HPS. We're going to make a room from this space to be 6ft. wide x 12ft. long. The ceiling is just over 6ft. tall:
This is where our passive fresh air intake will be coming from. It's a vast crawlspace that should be able to easily handle enough fresh air for our room:
This is where the 3rd light will go when we get there. Essentially, the flowering room is going to be "L"-shaped because the furnace is going to be in our way. The paint is cracked at the bottom of the wall there, it's not mold:
And another passive air intake hole:
All of the hot air will be blown into the duct that leads from the furnace to the chimney and up and out the top of the roof:
So that's pretty much it for now. My battery ran out on my camera. Tomorrow, we're heading to the hardware store and we'll be starting to frame the actual room.
The partnership I have with my friend is great; he's a certified carpenter and knows quite a bit about electrical type work, and I have the gardening skills.
Eventually, I'd like to get the room hermetically sealed and add CO2.
Everything is all planned out, we have a means by which to make the plans happen, and we should have the perfect environment for our ladies.
I'm pretty excited about the whole project.
Any questions, comments, or suggestions are always welcome. I will be updating this thread as we progress. Stay tuned.
. I realized right as I was finishing up the first coat. So I just went and got a gallon of flat white and did a second coat with that.
Actually, I didn't build around existing plants. I had a plan of how many plants I could fit into the space and worked with that plan
noice noice....i love seeing brilliant ideas come into play...goodluck with the grow 
