First grow in attic

ButchyBoy said:

Having a passive intake is not a terrible thing to have. The air needs to come from somewhere and I would think the air in the house is cooler than outside or in the attic.
Running between 74 and 81 is not bad at all! I currently run between 72 and 89 degrees. I run my lights at night and have a 240 cfm pulling outside air into my room and a 440 cfm pulling air out of the room and exhausting into my attic. During the winter I exhaust back into the rooms.

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Well that duct that I'm stealing is from my laundry room is only on a single line. So I would completely disconnect that line from my vent and connect to my box. The passive intake would be from my air handler not from the laundry room. Is this still okay?

calverton said:

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Well that duct that I'm stealing is from my laundry room is only on a single line. So I would completely disconnect that line from my vent and connect to my box. The passive intake would be from my air handler not from the laundry room. Is this still okay?

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That is what I was implying when I said it would pull from the unit (handler). That might or might not cause temp issues depending. You might be better off pulling from the ceiling vent you are thinking of disconnecting in the laundry room and just block off the supply duct from the handler. In other words, draw air from the laundry room via the ceiling register.

Ok well I appreciate the help bud! I'll see how it goes. Thanks

Ok so my hole saw came in today and I cut a 4 inch hole in box and added my a/c line. Without a/c the box reached 102 with lights on and fans. With the a/c it got to a high of 76 with lights on..I never moved my thermostat and have it set to 70 degrees. I think this is going to work perfect.

calverton said:

Ok well I appreciate the help bud! I'll see how it goes. Thanks

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Is humidity going to be a problem in that tent? I see its at 56 with no plants, which means no condensation. My bet is that humidity would rise.

Also, I would suggest you purchase CO2.

jkwrestling13 said:

Is humidity going to be a problem in that tent? I see its at 56 with no plants, which means no condensation. My bet is that humidity would rise.

Also, I would suggest you purchase CO2.

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What should it be at? Also i have not hooked up my 190 CFM fan with Carbon filter yet, won't this help that?

I like to keep mine in the 40-45 range during flower.

If you run co2 you can hace higher temps. 82 with co2 running

Good to see a fellow primate growing.

Best of luck my knuckle dragging friend.

st0wandgrow said:

Good to see a fellow primate growing.

Best of luck my knuckle dragging friend.

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Lmao thanks buddy.

Can't I just put a small dehumidifier in? its only 4ft x 2.5 ft x 2.5 f box

calverton said:

Lmao thanks buddy.

Can't I just put a small dehumidifier in? its only 4ft x 2.5 ft x 2.5 f box

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Sure. I use one in my flowering room this time of year. You'd want a programmable one so that it doesn't make it too arid. They throw off a little heat too, so keep that in mind.

They have a attic tent. Which I plan on getting when we move to the in laws house. But I want use led and vent out the roof. Which I think will work great... I found it on ebay for about $130 shipped

I got all my nutes and cloning dome in!

Box

4ft tall x 31 inch Width 27 inch depth
Completely reflective

Ventilation

Intake A/C from air handler
Outside 190 CFM carbon filter

Plants
3 plants Jack the ripper X Doc OG's

Lights
Starting with 4 23W 6500k for veg and i can upgrade to total of 8 cfls
8 23w 2700k for flower


Nutes

• Rapid start root
• CaliMagic
• Liquid Koolbloom
• FloraliciousPlus
• Floranova Bloom
• Floranova Grow
• Sea Green Not sure when and how much to add? Help please
• Ph up and down
• Clonex Gel

Going to start this until I see 3 sets of turn leafs? since my soil mix has plenty of nutes already. Will probably start off with 1/3 recommended dose?

Soil Mix

• Foxfarm ocean forrest
• Light warrior seed start
• Perlite
• Organic Garden Lime

I got 2 gals pots, and 5 gal pots for final transplant and im going to start in a rapid rooter (first germinated with paper towel method) until I move them into a 2 gal pots.

Mixing ffof with Light warrrior 2:1 ratio? and a teaspoon of lime per gallon? and about 20 percent more perlite.

Electronics

Temp/humidity thermometer
I got both Ph and TDS with calibration tools.
Automatic timers
2 fans

I plan on vegging until each plant is around 2ft because my box is 4 ft wall. I heard the plant doubles in flower?
I will be Scrogging, toppings, and LST training.

Any advice, tips, or info on my nutes, lights, and soil is appreciated. Do i have everything for this first grow?

Thanks!

Nothing?

calverton said:

Nothing?

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I wouldn't add much in the way of nutrients for the first few weeks. The Ocean Forrest has a fair amount of plant available nutrients (urea) already in it.

I've never used the nutrients that you are using, but with most nutrient lines less is more. Don't try to "push" your plants with high ppm's.

I'm surprised your still doing this with all the comments from EXPERIENCED people. Your mind is made up already but people have tried this and failed.

Bro, your box is pretty small. Put it in a closet! Your supplies are not wasted and if your trying to hide this from someone you live with then ask questions about how to make the shit super stealthy. I've seen very elaborate setups that people would never realize what it was. Heck, those fake dressers you can make your self if you even wanted. But get in the closet in the mean time...

S13hitman said:

I'm surprised your still doing this with all the comments from EXPERIENCED people. Your mind is made up already but people have tried this and failed.

Bro, your box is pretty small. Put it in a closet! Your supplies are not wasted and if your trying to hide this from someone you live with then ask questions about how to make the shit super stealthy. I've seen very elaborate setups that people would never realize what it was. Heck, those fake dressers you can make your self if you even wanted. But get in the closet in the mean time...

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I own the house but want it hidden..temperatures are not a issue anymore, maybe too cold. With everything on now it's sitting at 73 degrees that's with it 95 degrees outside.. My exhaust is now hooked up and that dropped it down too. Before the a.c line and exhaust my box was at 105. I got a dehumidifier and now that's not a problem. My box is also insulated it's about a 8 degree difference from my attic when everything is off

You guys are obviously not going to dissuade him.

Just posting to see what happens.

taGyo said:

You guys are obviously not going to dissuade him.

Just posting to see what happens.

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Just because people say it's hard doesnt mean it's not going to work. I put a lot of time and research into this. My Temps will be fine, now it's Taking care of the plants

I'm not knocking you,

They're not my plants.