The room is 10x10x8 - 800 cubic feet
I have 3, 6 inch holes for passive air intake
400cfm fan/phresh filter 400 exhuasting the room/odor control
6500btu AC
I have a 1000w hps magnetic ballast. I only use hps throughout the grow.
I use a bare bulb.
I keep plants 10 inches from the bulb.
Box fan is blowing up at the bulb to keep it cool.
I made a vertical screen 12 inches from the bulb (since the plants sometimes grow through the screen, i like to keep it 12 inches)
The plants are behind the screen and also i use the screen to help support the plant.
10 plants
The strain is unkown, but i was told it was called Moe x Jamaican.
They are all clones. I cloned them in rapid rooters/humidity dome/tray with clonex. I had roots in about a week and a half.
I put them in 11 liter mop buckets I found at the supermarket.
The method I use is Passive hydro or "hempy bucket". My medium is 3 parts chunky perlite to 1 part vermiculite. There is a pencil size hole cut into the bucket 2 inches from the bottom to create a rezevoir.
My tap water is a ph of 8. I just use the liquid ph test kit. cheap and works for me. The first thing I do is make my water ph 7. then i add nutes.
The nutes i use is general hydroponics 3 part hydroponic nute system.
here is a typical veg scenario (1 gallon of luke warm water)
1ml of ph down (gh) and my ph is now 7 (if your ph is already 7 then skip this step)
shake
10ml of micro
shake
15 ml of grow
shake
5 ml of bloom
typical flower scenario (1 gallon of luke warm water)
1ml of ph down to make it 7
shake
10ml of micro
shake
15 ml of bloom
shake
5ml of grow
This nutrient recipe is just following the directions on the back of the nutrient bottle. I feed my plants this EVERY WATERING. Until i see runoof (usually a half a gallong per plant). although, for the first 10 days of veg i water a little bit every day until the roots hit the rez. This step really only requires about a gallon of water per 10 plants. Then, when the roots hit the rezevoir (you will know, the plants show it and its usually about 10 days), I start giving them water until i see runoff which is usually about a half gallon LIke i said previously.
After that, I only have to water every 3 to 4 days. I waited 5 days once and they still showed no signs of needing water. I like to water them every 3 days because it seems like the really like the fresh water. they just seem to grow faster that way. if i dont water them for 5 days they dont show any negative signs.
so thats about all there is to it. I dont add anything extra to my nutes or anything. just gh 3 part and following directions on the back of the bottle. I never have any problem with nutrients or ph.
Another great thing about this method, is the cost. When I first started growing, I bought a tent, magnum reflector, A/c, Space heaters, all kinds of fans, lots of soil, etc... i ended up spending around $2500. I sold all that stuff to a friend of mine and started using this method I am using now. Here are the cost of my current grow:
phresh filter 400 - $160
I already had a air conditioner but lets just say $200 for a used one.
400cfm inline fan - $100 shipped on ebay.
1000hps light bulb - $60
11 liter mop buckets - $2 each i bought 10 so $20
mogul base/socket to hang vertical - $30
for nutes i bought 1 galon each of GH 3 part on ebay for $80 all together. that should last a few grows at least
ph down only cost about $10
the screen was about $20 at a lowes i think
perlite was $25
vermituclite was $25 but you really only got to buy verm like once every other year cause i barely use any.
space heater was $30
timer was $20
ph drops were $7
tarp if you have carpet (i think this is important) $20
syringes(to properly measure nutes) $5
ducting is $20
panda film is about $25
aluminum tape is $7
dust mask because messing with perlite is dusty $5
thats about all i can think of.. this total does not include cloning and taking care of mother plants. i have that in another room completely seperate. I veg in the same room that I flower in though. my MOMS and clones are the only thing seperate.
so the total was somewhere right around $860 but i didn't have to buy a ac so about $650 for me. I trim about every 3 months and i doubt you could manage to get less than .5 grams per watt. its way to easy to do this. even if you only grew 500 grams, it pays for itself the first time you grow. 500 grams is about 17.8 oz. and that should really be the minimum.
Now I will include pictures. The first picture was taken at the last day of veg. I vegetated them for 20 days.
The second picture is about 10 day into 12/12
The last picture is at 16 days since i flipped to 12/12.
I have 3, 6 inch holes for passive air intake
400cfm fan/phresh filter 400 exhuasting the room/odor control
6500btu AC
I have a 1000w hps magnetic ballast. I only use hps throughout the grow.
I use a bare bulb.
I keep plants 10 inches from the bulb.
Box fan is blowing up at the bulb to keep it cool.
I made a vertical screen 12 inches from the bulb (since the plants sometimes grow through the screen, i like to keep it 12 inches)
The plants are behind the screen and also i use the screen to help support the plant.
10 plants
The strain is unkown, but i was told it was called Moe x Jamaican.
They are all clones. I cloned them in rapid rooters/humidity dome/tray with clonex. I had roots in about a week and a half.
I put them in 11 liter mop buckets I found at the supermarket.
The method I use is Passive hydro or "hempy bucket". My medium is 3 parts chunky perlite to 1 part vermiculite. There is a pencil size hole cut into the bucket 2 inches from the bottom to create a rezevoir.
My tap water is a ph of 8. I just use the liquid ph test kit. cheap and works for me. The first thing I do is make my water ph 7. then i add nutes.
The nutes i use is general hydroponics 3 part hydroponic nute system.
here is a typical veg scenario (1 gallon of luke warm water)
1ml of ph down (gh) and my ph is now 7 (if your ph is already 7 then skip this step)
shake
10ml of micro
shake
15 ml of grow
shake
5 ml of bloom
typical flower scenario (1 gallon of luke warm water)
1ml of ph down to make it 7
shake
10ml of micro
shake
15 ml of bloom
shake
5ml of grow
This nutrient recipe is just following the directions on the back of the nutrient bottle. I feed my plants this EVERY WATERING. Until i see runoof (usually a half a gallong per plant). although, for the first 10 days of veg i water a little bit every day until the roots hit the rez. This step really only requires about a gallon of water per 10 plants. Then, when the roots hit the rezevoir (you will know, the plants show it and its usually about 10 days), I start giving them water until i see runoff which is usually about a half gallon LIke i said previously.
After that, I only have to water every 3 to 4 days. I waited 5 days once and they still showed no signs of needing water. I like to water them every 3 days because it seems like the really like the fresh water. they just seem to grow faster that way. if i dont water them for 5 days they dont show any negative signs.
so thats about all there is to it. I dont add anything extra to my nutes or anything. just gh 3 part and following directions on the back of the bottle. I never have any problem with nutrients or ph.
Another great thing about this method, is the cost. When I first started growing, I bought a tent, magnum reflector, A/c, Space heaters, all kinds of fans, lots of soil, etc... i ended up spending around $2500. I sold all that stuff to a friend of mine and started using this method I am using now. Here are the cost of my current grow:
phresh filter 400 - $160
I already had a air conditioner but lets just say $200 for a used one.
400cfm inline fan - $100 shipped on ebay.
1000hps light bulb - $60
11 liter mop buckets - $2 each i bought 10 so $20
mogul base/socket to hang vertical - $30
for nutes i bought 1 galon each of GH 3 part on ebay for $80 all together. that should last a few grows at least
ph down only cost about $10
the screen was about $20 at a lowes i think
perlite was $25
vermituclite was $25 but you really only got to buy verm like once every other year cause i barely use any.
space heater was $30
timer was $20
ph drops were $7
tarp if you have carpet (i think this is important) $20
syringes(to properly measure nutes) $5
ducting is $20
panda film is about $25
aluminum tape is $7
dust mask because messing with perlite is dusty $5
thats about all i can think of.. this total does not include cloning and taking care of mother plants. i have that in another room completely seperate. I veg in the same room that I flower in though. my MOMS and clones are the only thing seperate.
so the total was somewhere right around $860 but i didn't have to buy a ac so about $650 for me. I trim about every 3 months and i doubt you could manage to get less than .5 grams per watt. its way to easy to do this. even if you only grew 500 grams, it pays for itself the first time you grow. 500 grams is about 17.8 oz. and that should really be the minimum.
Now I will include pictures. The first picture was taken at the last day of veg. I vegetated them for 20 days.
The second picture is about 10 day into 12/12
The last picture is at 16 days since i flipped to 12/12.
