bigmindhack
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We (husband and wife) finally moved into a home suitable for the horticultural adventure we've long been wanting to undertake! We are renting, but our landlord lives out of state. Our grow room is in a 10x10 bedroom with a 2x4.5 closet. We've already painted the walls flat bright white and removed the carpeting. We are still deciding whether or not to tile the floor (the stealthiest approach) or simply cover with Visqueen plastic. The bedroom has two entrances, one from the hallway and one from a bathroom. We are aiming for a perpetual harvest set-up: utilizing the closet for moms and clones, and framing the room into two areas for veg and flower. The flower room can be accessed from the hallway entry door and the veg room from the bathroom. We will be growing hydroponically and using Sure To Grow medium.
Closet: We aren't 100% on this yet, so we will take any and all reasonable advice into consideration. Right now, we have a metro cart that fits pretty darn snug into the closet itself. Should we nix the metro cart and just build shelves instead? For lights, we are leaning towards a T5 Fixture with 4 4ft lamps (20,000 lumens). We also built a set-up with 6 23watt CFLs that we could use (can attach more CFLs if necessary). We're just not sure what exactly to do in the closet... Should the moms be on the top or on the bottom? Should we use a Bubbleponic system for the rooting clones? Bucketeer DWC for the mothers? We are planning on using Sure To Grow medium all the way from clones to flowering.
Veg Room: 3.5'x7.5' (26sqft). Ebb and Grow system with 12-18 pots. We're not exactly sure how many plants we need in each area at a time in order to have a consistent perpetual harvest. Will a 600w MH be enough light for 12-18 pots? Should we have 2 400w MHs instead? Is it necessary to vent the heat from the lights if there's only one or two lower wattage lights? We're just not sure if this air needs to be scrubbed or not. There's an AC vent in the flower room, but we are going to install another one in the veg room.
Flower Room: 6.5'x7' (46sqft). Another Ebb and Grow system with 18 pots. 1 1000w HPS on a 6ft light mover. There is a 4x4 window blocked off with MDF in the flower room. We are thinking about putting two 6-8" cutouts in the window to create a closed circuit air flow system to vent heat from the light. We are in Texas, so does it make sense to pull in air that can be 90-100 degrees? The flower room will have a charcoal can filter with either a 4" or 6" centrifugal fan (flange), and the door can open to the hallway to vent as needed.
We've allotted room for both 55 gallon reservoirs in the veg room, next to the entrance to the bathroom.
Since we have a charcoal fan filter in the flower room, do we need to vent in the veg room as well? This is our first grow, so we're not sure if the veg room will smell or not. Any and all advice
Closet: We aren't 100% on this yet, so we will take any and all reasonable advice into consideration. Right now, we have a metro cart that fits pretty darn snug into the closet itself. Should we nix the metro cart and just build shelves instead? For lights, we are leaning towards a T5 Fixture with 4 4ft lamps (20,000 lumens). We also built a set-up with 6 23watt CFLs that we could use (can attach more CFLs if necessary). We're just not sure what exactly to do in the closet... Should the moms be on the top or on the bottom? Should we use a Bubbleponic system for the rooting clones? Bucketeer DWC for the mothers? We are planning on using Sure To Grow medium all the way from clones to flowering.
Veg Room: 3.5'x7.5' (26sqft). Ebb and Grow system with 12-18 pots. We're not exactly sure how many plants we need in each area at a time in order to have a consistent perpetual harvest. Will a 600w MH be enough light for 12-18 pots? Should we have 2 400w MHs instead? Is it necessary to vent the heat from the lights if there's only one or two lower wattage lights? We're just not sure if this air needs to be scrubbed or not. There's an AC vent in the flower room, but we are going to install another one in the veg room.
Flower Room: 6.5'x7' (46sqft). Another Ebb and Grow system with 18 pots. 1 1000w HPS on a 6ft light mover. There is a 4x4 window blocked off with MDF in the flower room. We are thinking about putting two 6-8" cutouts in the window to create a closed circuit air flow system to vent heat from the light. We are in Texas, so does it make sense to pull in air that can be 90-100 degrees? The flower room will have a charcoal can filter with either a 4" or 6" centrifugal fan (flange), and the door can open to the hallway to vent as needed.
We've allotted room for both 55 gallon reservoirs in the veg room, next to the entrance to the bathroom.
Since we have a charcoal fan filter in the flower room, do we need to vent in the veg room as well? This is our first grow, so we're not sure if the veg room will smell or not. Any and all advice