The UK Growers Thread!

[SM4RT3]

glad u got it mate i tried the air intake lined up with the bulb and i found for me it worked better the other way around having a small peice of ducting from the exhaust right by the light the intake lined up with it did next to nothing mate i,ve gone intake in the bottom with a 6inc fan blowing it round and a 12inc fan just above the plants with the exhaust sucking the heat out it's the only way i can keep the heat down without leaving the tent wide open

Hey Dragon

Glad i got it myself lol ur setup sounds like what mine will be like, but i only have the 1 6" fan circulating air round the plants, maybe have to invest in a 10" to circulate the air and position the 6" on the bulb along with the intake fan, any and all help with heat will be good.... got the extract n filter running aswell now, its pretty quiet, can still only hear the intake fan running, i didnt bolt it to anything just put some hooks in a beam in the ceiling and hung it from that, one the ducting was attatched it was pretty silent...

Happy Days

 

[sambo020482]

i won't be taking the piss with the lighting i plan on 2x600w hps and 4x250w cfl in the flower area it should roughly measure 1.2x3x2m w/l/h so the same size as my tent just 3x longer that's the floor space for pots giving me a little room around all sides aswell as the tent now gonna be for mums and a small clone area. with the insulation i'm thinking standard fibreglass insulation between the joists then thermal blanket to hold it all in place fixed between the joists and taped, then for the next layer which should be inline with the joists leaving only a couple of ml for breathing, then some type of polly sheeting the thickest gauge i can find the entire room will be covered and all joints in the material will be seemed in the same way your jeans are with all joints heavily taped as if to try and make the room air tight i was thinking industrial thermal lining same as thermal blanket just on a larger scale 1 layer seemed together again covering the entire roof area i'm not sure what to do after this stage just yet mate i'm still thinking i might leave it like that or maybe board over the lot and thermal line again the only prob is the shit is expensive the upside is though if i do it this way i can use all the space which will add an extra square meter or 2 on the floor, what you reckon mate?

sounds really good m8, youve been thinking alot about it i can tell lol i say go with the boarding over and final layer of thermal.

like you said it gives you more space and plus that extra bit of security carnt be a bad thing hay.

 

[sambo020482]

Hey Dragon

Glad i got it myself lol ur setup sounds like what mine will be like, but i only have the 1 6" fan circulating air round the plants, maybe have to invest in a 10" to circulate the air and position the 6" on the bulb along with the intake fan, any and all help with heat will be good.... got the extract n filter running aswell now, its pretty quiet, can still only hear the intake fan running, i didnt bolt it to anything just put some hooks in a beam in the ceiling and hung it from that, one the ducting was attatched it was pretty silent...


Happy Days

alrite m8 did you ask at the grow shop bout R/F from a digital ballast?

 

[W Dragon]

Hey Dragon

Glad i got it myself lol ur setup sounds like what mine will be like, but i only have the 1 6" fan circulating air round the plants, maybe have to invest in a 10" to circulate the air and position the 6" on the bulb along with the intake fan, any and all help with heat will be good.... got the extract n filter running aswell now, its pretty quiet, can still only hear the intake fan running, i didnt bolt it to anything just put some hooks in a beam in the ceiling and hung it from that, one the ducting was attatched it was pretty silent...

Happy Days

i would definately invest in a bigger fan for the top of the plants i keep mine just above the colas to try and keep the heat down off the light, my first run with the setup ready without the plants in the temps went up to 51c according to my thermometer after about an hour, it took me all wkend playing with it and checking it every hour to get it dialled in mate the heat off the 600s are immense i couldn't imagine a 1000w light

 

[W Dragon]

sounds really good m8, youve been thinking alot about it i can tell lol i say go with the boarding over and final layer of thermal.

like you said it gives you more space and plus that extra bit of security carnt be a bad thing hay.

that's what i was thinking mate i'm not looking forward to the sheeting on my own i thinks it's gonna be a serious pain in the arse with 1 pair of hands

 

[SM4RT3]

alrite m8 did you ask at the grow shop bout R/F from a digital ballast?

Hey sambo mate

Yeah had a word with him about it, he said some of the older ones didnt have an RF shield, but the newer ones should, he wasnt overly confident about what he was sayin though, was lookin on the net last night about it aswell, but i dont know the make of mine to check if it has a shield or not, only time will tell i suppose.

 

[W Dragon]

i read that post after last night mate i've never heard of r/f being a problem down it's the choppers down yer that get most people from the stories i hear

 

[sambo020482]

yeah 600s get hot! i burnt the top of a bud the other day having it too close.

was dying for a joint today so me mate let me siv some of his trim hes saving for hash, just get a tea strainer/siv put some trim in n shake n rub the trim gently all the thc crystals fall out scarpe it up with a bankcard n enjoy, some strong smoke.

 

[sambo020482]

i read that post after last night mate i've never heard of r/f being a problem down it's the choppers down yer that get most people from the stories i hear

yeah dragon id never heard of it b4 i read that? just seemed like the bloke new what he was talking bout?

plus ive been looking at digital ballasts myself recently am gonna stick with my cheap 1's now tho me thinks.

also am seriously thinking about buying a small air conditioning unit they cost bout 300quid but am thinking that would be an investment for summer growing?

 

[W Dragon]

yeah 600s get hot! i burnt the top of a bud the other day having it too close.

was dying for a joint today so me mate let me siv some of his trim hes saving for hash, just get a tea strainer/siv put some trim in n shake n rub the trim gently all the thc crystals fall out scarpe it up with a bankcard n enjoy, some strong smoke.

this might sound like a stupid question after all these years of smoking but why don't people smoke the trim mate it looks loaded with crystals

 

[SM4RT3]

i would definately invest in a bigger fan for the top of the plants i keep mine just above the colas to try and keep the heat down off the light, my first run with the setup ready without the plants in the temps went up to 51c according to my thermometer after about an hour, it took me all wkend playing with it and checking it every hour to get it dialled in mate the heat off the 600s are immense i couldn't imagine a 1000w light

yeah i think with the 1000w u need a bit more space than what i have, and some serious fans on the go, plus some serious cash for the elec bill lol.

Will invest in a bigger fan next weekend i think, only £10 for a 10" so not that bad, n if heat is still a prob then an aerowing coll shade is next on the list... i think the testing is needed though... 51c thats about 120-125f, thats some fuckin heat specially after an hour, i do have the option of knocking it down to 400w though, so that might help... but i want the full 600 lol

 

[sambo020482]

this might sound like a stupid question after all these years of smoking but why don't people smoke the trim mate it looks loaded with crystals

it is packed with thc you can see it all over the trim thing is if you smoke all the trim not just the thc it really harsh mate the leaf just dont taste that nice.

 

[SM4RT3]

that's what i was thinking mate i'm not looking forward to the sheeting on my own i thinks it's gonna be a serious pain in the arse with 1 pair of hands

Need to get a staple gun, roll the sheeting up and staple and roll, staple and roll... only way i could do it in my room, was hard work like, but got there in the end... ur attic is slightly bigger though, get us a chinese n a joint n i'll come give u a hand lol

 

[W Dragon]

yeah dragon id never heard of it b4 i read that? just seemed like the bloke new what he was talking bout?

plus ive been looking at digital ballasts myself recently am gonna stick with my cheap 1's now tho me thinks.

also am seriously thinking about buying a small air conditioning unit they cost bout 300quid but am thinking that would be an investment for summer growing?

you and me both with the digis mate i'm gonna do the same and just pick up another cheapy, i might be joining you with a small air con i can't see any way of keeping the temps down without 1 it's hard enough doing it through the winter i was thinking an air con instead of going with cooltubes and all the ducting

 

[W Dragon]

Need to get a staple gun, roll the sheeting up and staple and roll, staple and roll... only way i could do it in my room, was hard work like, but got there in the end... ur attic is slightly bigger though, get us a chinese n a joint n i'll come give u a hand lol

that's exactly what i was thinking mate a few folds and staple with card between to stop the staples tearing the sheeting and taping the joints, and if you want to help mate your more than welcome beer,joints,takeaway and even a crack on the misses awaiting lol

 

[SM4RT3]

yeah dragon id never heard of it b4 i read that? just seemed like the bloke new what he was talking bout?

plus ive been looking at digital ballasts myself recently am gonna stick with my cheap 1's now tho me thinks.

also am seriously thinking about buying a small air conditioning unit they cost bout 300quid but am thinking that would be an investment for summer growing?

I was gonna get the normal ballast n a 400w for £80, but then i saw the digital ballast n 600w for £20 more i figured fuck it, cant complain for that price.

n i was thinkin bout an air con unit, maybe a smaller one though, seen one in argos for about £40, but its all cash i dont really have atm lol

 

[SM4RT3]

that's exactly what i was thinking mate a few folds and staple with card between to stop the staples tearing the sheeting and taping the joints, and if you want to help mate your more than welcome beer,joints,takeaway and even a crack on the misses awaiting lol

lol... thanks for the offer of ur missus, but dont think it would go down well with mine.... nor yours if she reads this.

Carboard to stop the rips is a good idea though, never thought about that, i just gaffer tapped it all round after, stop the light leaks and dust gettin in from the walls.

 

[W Dragon]

lol... thanks for the offer of ur missus, but dont think it would go down well with mine.... nor yours if she reads this.

Carboard to stop the rips is a good idea though, never thought about that, i just gaffer tapped it all round after, stop the light leaks and dust gettin in from the walls.

lol my misses is sat next to me watching eastenders so i'm ok for now but yeah she'd be slapping me if she read that lol

 

[sambo020482]

lol my misses is sat next to me watching eastenders so i'm ok for now but yeah she'd be slapping me if she read that lol

snap lol do you ava sneaky watch too lol im well up on all the soaps lmao

 

[W Dragon]

it is packed with thc you can see it all over the trim thing is if you smoke all the trim not just the thc it really harsh mate the leaf just dont taste that nice.

makes sense mate i've never had it before i am planning on trying a joint with it though just to see or unless it's really bade?