Help me build 13 x 10 room

purplehays1

purplehays1

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TAGrows said:
It will soon become painfully obvious to you all that I have never grown before. I have been wanting to for a few years, but didn't really know how. Never really thought to search the Web just because I figured it would all be hush hush. Now I have more information than I can process. My budget is pretty flexible. I could do $8k or more if necassary. I want to maximize my space for a high yield.

I have an upstairs bedroom that is attached to a full bath that I am going to try and set up a grow in. Main space is 10ft x 13ft. I plan on actually growing in a 10x10 portion of it. I figure I can use the bathroom and shower for cloning, mother and a drying/curing area. Only one window in main room and another small one in the bathroom so I can shut out all light. I plan on putting down some heavy duty plastic drop cloth to help protect the carpet floors. Bathroom has a vent in the ceiling that I figure I can attach a fan and ducting to or maybe use either window. Climate here is pretty cool and relatively dry. My basic plan so far is to buy 6 California Light Works Solarsystem 550 LED lights and keep it simple and grow in soil. Although I am game to go hydro, but really would need a ton of help with setup and design. This is where I start to get lost. If I go soil what should I use? Local shop has fox farms, etc. Size and setup for containers? How many in my space? Should I go with COBs from Timbergrowlights? The CA lights Solarsystem 550 looks really nice and seems like a good price for the coverage it provides.

Clean slate for going buck wild. I rather do it right answer spend the money now than do it over again. Ease of setup is for sure the preference, but not the priority. Help a total noob out.
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My recommendation is to grow in a large plywood container if you are going with soil. Root space is huge for yield. I would build 3 4ftx3 ft x 1 ft (tall) plywood container and put them on casters (wheels). Push them together into a rectangle, this will maximize your plants root space and still allow you to separate the boxes to get at the plants in the middle for watering/training. My plywood box size is just a guess id go into the room with a tape and figure out the ideal size to fill the space and still be able to maneuver around the boxes and push the boxes apart and have space to maneuver between them. You also will likely need space for a reservoir and other necessities like maybe a sink. When i used a similar setup to this i had about 20 plants under each 1000w HPS, this was what i found yielded best.


I am not familiar with LED's so take advice from other on that aspect.

Fox Farms Ocean Forest is a good product if you are set on using soil. I have always used SunShine #4, it is a good soil-less mixture i use with GH nutrients. I also have mixed the SS4 with FFOF 1:1 and that worked great too, but still need to feed some GH nutrients.
 
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