Silent Running
Active Member
I don't understand the difference between posting a grow journal here and posting one in the 'journal' area. I'm sure I'll be schooled on the correct method.
I'm getting ready to start a DWC grow. It'll be my first one. I have a soil grow of low ryders that is coming to an end. I figured, what the hell. I'll try my hand at DWC. So, I'm starting this journal thingy to document the DWC. It is going to be mega ghetto since I don't want to layout a lot of money to get the nicer lights and all.
Equipment:
3 five gallon cat liter buckets--referred to as 'box' here out (yay for free since I have cats and would just throw them away)
1 aquarium pump with dual out valves (rated for 30-60 gallon tanks)
1 T-splitter for air line
1 twenty-five feet of air hose (cut into 5 five foot sections..and will only be using 3 sections for now)
12 three inch net pots (only using 6 this go round--2 per bucket)
3 six inch air stones
11 liters of hydroton (washed and cleaned)
1 timer (yay for fake christmas tree that came with a digital timer)
8 socket splitters (Y's)
32 CFLs (read below)
8 lamp cords
2 mylar sunscreens (those ones that go inside your windshield...yeah those)
2 Inductor 6 In. In-Line Duct Booster Fans (free from a home upgrade this year)
0 filter/scrubber - I live in the country and closest neighbor is 2-3 acres to either side with woods between. Got to love honey suckle smell. (why not an outdoor grow? Ground here is terrible for growing outside, rainfall is either flood or drought, and our average temp right now is 98 with heat index of 105-110) tada!
1 surge protector in a pear tree
Seeds:
6 Northern Light (I have 20 but only doing 6 this round because I have 4 low ryders that should be finishing up in 2-3 weeks)
Lights:
Ok, get ready to cringe. But I'm going CFL all the way. Reason being, I don't want to outlay the money for HPS or HID. I am a casual smoker and only care about harvesting enough for me and the occasional friend (most of my friends don't smoke).
16 Daylight (6500k) CFL 26 watt (100 eq.) 1600 lumens
16 name escapes me (2700k) CFL 23 watt (100 eq.) 1600 lumens
6500k for veg and then bringing in the 2700k with them for flowering. Light placement is something I am going to mess around with. I was thinking of setting the boxes up side by side and doing two lights on left (of box 1), two lights in between box 1 and 2, two lights in between box 2 and 3 and then two lights on right (of box 3). I'm going to probably use the mylar reflector above the lights like I did with my LR grow. My room is currently a closet with a 3' wide x 3' deep x 6' high area that I have sectioned off for the grow. I am watching craigslist, yard sales and flea markets to find a wardrobe that I can convert into a grow closet.
Anyhow, that's enough of my jabbering on. I need to get off here and grab something to eat before I start working on turning the cat buckets into hydro buckets. Also have to pop the 6 ladies into their jiffy pellets so I can get them going. Ciao Ciao!
I'm getting ready to start a DWC grow. It'll be my first one. I have a soil grow of low ryders that is coming to an end. I figured, what the hell. I'll try my hand at DWC. So, I'm starting this journal thingy to document the DWC. It is going to be mega ghetto since I don't want to layout a lot of money to get the nicer lights and all.
Equipment:
3 five gallon cat liter buckets--referred to as 'box' here out (yay for free since I have cats and would just throw them away)
1 aquarium pump with dual out valves (rated for 30-60 gallon tanks)
1 T-splitter for air line
1 twenty-five feet of air hose (cut into 5 five foot sections..and will only be using 3 sections for now)
12 three inch net pots (only using 6 this go round--2 per bucket)
3 six inch air stones
11 liters of hydroton (washed and cleaned)
1 timer (yay for fake christmas tree that came with a digital timer)
8 socket splitters (Y's)
32 CFLs (read below)
8 lamp cords
2 mylar sunscreens (those ones that go inside your windshield...yeah those)
2 Inductor 6 In. In-Line Duct Booster Fans (free from a home upgrade this year)
0 filter/scrubber - I live in the country and closest neighbor is 2-3 acres to either side with woods between. Got to love honey suckle smell. (why not an outdoor grow? Ground here is terrible for growing outside, rainfall is either flood or drought, and our average temp right now is 98 with heat index of 105-110) tada!
1 surge protector in a pear tree
Seeds:
6 Northern Light (I have 20 but only doing 6 this round because I have 4 low ryders that should be finishing up in 2-3 weeks)
Lights:
Ok, get ready to cringe. But I'm going CFL all the way. Reason being, I don't want to outlay the money for HPS or HID. I am a casual smoker and only care about harvesting enough for me and the occasional friend (most of my friends don't smoke).
16 Daylight (6500k) CFL 26 watt (100 eq.) 1600 lumens
16 name escapes me (2700k) CFL 23 watt (100 eq.) 1600 lumens
6500k for veg and then bringing in the 2700k with them for flowering. Light placement is something I am going to mess around with. I was thinking of setting the boxes up side by side and doing two lights on left (of box 1), two lights in between box 1 and 2, two lights in between box 2 and 3 and then two lights on right (of box 3). I'm going to probably use the mylar reflector above the lights like I did with my LR grow. My room is currently a closet with a 3' wide x 3' deep x 6' high area that I have sectioned off for the grow. I am watching craigslist, yard sales and flea markets to find a wardrobe that I can convert into a grow closet.
Anyhow, that's enough of my jabbering on. I need to get off here and grab something to eat before I start working on turning the cat buckets into hydro buckets. Also have to pop the 6 ladies into their jiffy pellets so I can get them going. Ciao Ciao!
One of my girls still has a ton of fan leaves and she is being slow to get her trichs. I put her at about a week behind the others, though they all popped through soil and grew their va-ja-ja hairs at the same time.
