Hi all,
First time posting and first time growing. Was sick of paying the big dollars for weed! Wanted to see what people thought of my grow space and any tips for a first timer.
The general run down is -
8 pot DWC, 6 have been transplanted today from the prop tent from under t5 (two others will follow in a couple days)
Lights are Spider Farmer 4000 (spider is dimmed on 80% for now) and Viparspectra 1350
Tent size is 2.8m x 2.4m x 2m
Large hyper fan 10 with large carbon filter for exhaust and 6" for intake (intake plumbed to window)
Strains are 2x Grand Daddy Purps, 2x Purple Kush, 1x Blue Berry Widow, 1x Critical
Air pump is a large one, air stones are huge and cover the whole bottom of the pots
They are top fed for now until the roots can reach the solution below
On an 18/6 schedule
At first I'm feeding 300ppm, plan to gradually increase weekly, would you say by maybe 100ppm?
The nutes are part a and b of a smaller known local brand, cal mag and great white.
My problem at the moment is that it's hot here, can't keep it below 90, I'm putting frozen bottles of water into the solution to keep that cool, but the ambient tent temp is pretty high compared to what I've read is optimal. I have a large aquarium chiller but thought it might be overkill and its a bitch to plumb in, I don't mind replacing the bottles as opposed to plumbing in the large chiller. I did get a portable air con too, but avoiding using it until really necessary.
I've researched for weeks or even a couple months before I went out and did all this. Really tossing up whether to post and become part of a community but thought the collective experience would be great to feed from. Ill include photos below. (The intake fan is pointed down to bring the cool air to the oscillating fan). Even though I know it doesn't look at all like a budget grow lol, most of this stuff I bought second hand, been pretty lucky I think.
Have a great day y'all!
First time posting and first time growing. Was sick of paying the big dollars for weed! Wanted to see what people thought of my grow space and any tips for a first timer.
The general run down is -
8 pot DWC, 6 have been transplanted today from the prop tent from under t5 (two others will follow in a couple days)
Lights are Spider Farmer 4000 (spider is dimmed on 80% for now) and Viparspectra 1350
Tent size is 2.8m x 2.4m x 2m
Large hyper fan 10 with large carbon filter for exhaust and 6" for intake (intake plumbed to window)
Strains are 2x Grand Daddy Purps, 2x Purple Kush, 1x Blue Berry Widow, 1x Critical
Air pump is a large one, air stones are huge and cover the whole bottom of the pots
They are top fed for now until the roots can reach the solution below
On an 18/6 schedule
At first I'm feeding 300ppm, plan to gradually increase weekly, would you say by maybe 100ppm?
The nutes are part a and b of a smaller known local brand, cal mag and great white.
My problem at the moment is that it's hot here, can't keep it below 90, I'm putting frozen bottles of water into the solution to keep that cool, but the ambient tent temp is pretty high compared to what I've read is optimal. I have a large aquarium chiller but thought it might be overkill and its a bitch to plumb in, I don't mind replacing the bottles as opposed to plumbing in the large chiller. I did get a portable air con too, but avoiding using it until really necessary.
I've researched for weeks or even a couple months before I went out and did all this. Really tossing up whether to post and become part of a community but thought the collective experience would be great to feed from. Ill include photos below. (The intake fan is pointed down to bring the cool air to the oscillating fan). Even though I know it doesn't look at all like a budget grow lol, most of this stuff I bought second hand, been pretty lucky I think.
Have a great day y'all!