Space cookies

Renfro said:
Lol. I learned long ago, one can never have too many receptacles in a grow room lol.
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lol ya man, it's like over planning, but wanna make sure to get it right

I've run into the problem a few times already just running 2 4x4s.... I'm gonna make sure I have a couple spares just in case they are needed.

I have 4 in the room currently.
 
Yeah I put receptacles all around my rooms. I have them with 2 duplex on the bottom and 2 on the top at each spot. Sometimes those top ones come in handy for fans and the like, keeps cords up off the floors, if nothing else I don't have to bend over to plug in a vacuum. Every one of my 120 volt feeds is 20 amp. Each room has two 20 amp circuits for non dedicated uses and things like dehumidifiers get their own dedicated receptacle.
 
Ya i will have all 4 of mine up the walls further for convenience. The plan is to have 1 spot with 3 of my drivers + controller + timer located. Maybe a small piece of plywood screwed onto wall.

What is the best place to position the environment controller?

The other receptacles will be strategically placed for oscillating fans and other misc stuff.
 
You can put the controller wherever it's convenient, even outside the room provided the cord for the sensor is long enough to reach the center of your canopy area. I like to hang the sensor below the lights at the max canopy level. This way it reads exactly what the plants are dealing with, at least where it's hottest. Also plan the positioning of the controller based on cord lengths too, maybe closer to the dehumidifier so you don't have to use an extension cord for that load. Of course you will want an outlet for the controller, one with the free amps to handle the load.
 
Ya i have 2.5` at the end of my tables i plan to place the humidifier and controller. It has a 15` sensor cord, so that will work fine to get me to the center of my tables and at canopy height.

do i want to place my carbon filter at one end of the room and exhaust fan at the other closest to exterior wall where i will be exhausting? Or should i keep filter and fan close together near exterior wall to cut down on 12` of ducting?

I think i may also place a small 4" intake fan down low on the same exterior wall, get some fresh air coming into the room.


May have asked before, forget your answer if i did, should i cover the ceilings aswell? was considering wrapping the room in 6mm super six plastic and then covering that with panda film. have it so only fresh air gets in via intake and leave the room through exhaust?
 
diggs99 said:
Cool, they might be good for placing throughout the room , get readings from everywhere

Renfro linked me to an autopilot small version too that looks real good.
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Yeah the autopilot one is a little more costly but it reads CO2 levels also.

There is a newer version of the autopilot one that has a memory card port to transfer the logs to a PC.
 
Renfro said:
Well shorter duct runs equal less CFM loss. Galvanized snap seam is the way to go for long runs.

Sealing the room up good would be nice for when you add AC and CO2.
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Ya i can place my filter and fan next to exterior wall and have it pull across the entire room and outside. cut down on the long run.

My only concern with that is having my intake on the same wall only down low. wouldnt the fresh air ust continuously be pulled up and out by the exhaust above on the same wall?

am i overthinking this? lol
 
Well ideally they would be opposite each other. 12 feet of straight line galvanized snap seam won't kill the CFM too much really, the vent to the outside probably has more restriction.
 
Renfro said:
Well ideally they would be opposite each other. 12 feet of straight line galvanized snap seam won't kill the CFM too much really, the vent to the outside probably has more restriction.
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Agreed, i think ill run them on opposite ends, allow the fresh air to be pulled across the room and then sucked up by the filter and fan and out the vent.

That would also work perfectly with me wanting to keep the controller and humidifier down at that end aswell
 
Tiflis reminded me that i forgot to update this thread with final results.


The Space Cookies turned out ok, 1 plant was very good smoke, very piney and dense frosty nugs. The other 2 were mediocore at best, little on the airy side. These 3 really got hammered by the hps late in flower, was having a hard time keeping temps under control and they continuously showed signs of heat stress the last few weeks., so i think im partly to blame for the less than great outcome.

Now the CMH tent was a different story, all 4 finished up perfectly, beautiful ganja, very pungent smell, the critical purple kush ended up smelling like peanut butter lol, not sure wtf thats all about, but it smells delicious and its so sticky to the touch. Its on day 6 of drying right now, another day or 2 and it will be ready for jars. The gelat.og ended up being the best of them all. All branches were roughly 14-18 inches long with big ole chunky kolas at the top. These things are rock hard and stink to high heaven. They were just chopped yesterday, i am very excited to see the final result once they are cured. They have the strongest fruity smell, almost like juicy fruit.

If i remember, ill pop back to this thread with some pics of finished buds next week once everything is dried and in jars.
 
Glad i kept a few space cookies seeds in reserve, id like to try running it again under better environmental control. I really think the genetics have potential, but grower error really never gave them a fair chance to finish properly this run.
 
Renfro said:
That looks so very much like a rust fungus in the last closeups. Do a few google searches on "cannabis rust fungus" and see what the current treatment protocol is. It's evil shit. Likely it has attacked a strain that has less mold resistance. I hear it's a a systemic infection so it's hard to kill unless using a systemic mildicide and a complete remediation requires a sterilization of the space and equipment.

You may try holding the loupe against the phone and get a shot then zoom in on that to get super closeups. It's tricky though.

I don't wanna tell you to chop it unless you feel like it's a fungus. If you are thinking it looks like fungus then it's gotta go but avoid spreading spores. Still the area is infected, strains with resistance may not be bothered and finish ok if the environment is good. I would see what conditions it likes and avoid giving it perfect conditions if possible.
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I haven't read anything past this post on this thread so I may be repeating something.

I was reading the other thread that linked me to here about @diggs99's rust fungus.
I never seen it but it sure does look like it.

I did the exact same search (cannabis rust fungus) and my 1st thought was a lot of those pics in images are possibly something else.

What I like to do when I'm not sure the images are useful is change
this (cannabis rust fungus) to this (rust fungus on plants "edu").

Won't show cannabis leaves but the leaves they do show in images are most likely to be rust fungus plus the links on the 1st page always have good info when I add "edu" for fertilizer info and such.
 
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