benjamin alexander
Active Member
heya all so after bugging everyone throwing around ides like everyone else does in the beginning trying yo come up with the best set up for a first timer well herer's my idea (keep in mind i'll be one-armed for about the nex 9 months to a year so i needed the lowest maintanence yet most fool-proof grow for good results)-
i will be using hempy buckets/bucket (can you run more than one plant in a big enough pot?) and a medium mix 55% coir 30% large perlite 10%pine chips 5% scilica stone and using osmocote plus organc trf ferts as the MAIN nutrient source, i found a guy by the name of docbud who does AMAZING things with hempy buckets and regular osmocote plus, said he would kill for the organic version, well we have it here cheap as lol 1kg for $8, i will suppliment IF i see deficiencies but i dont think i will...
lighting will be a pro grow 180 selective switch after much deliceration, mainly due to the insane temps i gotta deal with here and ease of use. will supplement with small t5's if i feel the need during flowering- doubt it though.
my cabinet will be vented by one pc fan intake, one pc fan exhaust (local company sells them 240v versions, ball bearing units 57 cfm and only 30db) with one of my own inventions- https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/386827-brilliant-micro-diy-evap-air.html as an aircon unit mounted up the top with a 30 litre reservoir stored in a small fridge next to my cab, (hooked up to a float valve so i dont even have to fill it up!) running straight r/o water with an airstone in it and both the pump for the aircon and auto feeding system.
auto feeding system is a simple submersible pump and as many grow rings as i have plants, connected to a timer unless someone has an idea to cheaply hook it up to a moisture level meter? comes on twice a day, 5 minutes. runoff will be straight ouside onto my peaches lol
aircon is hooked up to a humidi/thermostat and watering system is hooked up to a timer. my cabinet is fairly small, only about 1.2ft deep by 1.6ft wide by 2.5ft high, what training method would you suggest for this space? top, fim, lst, scrog? i will either be doing 1 x larger plant, 2 x medium plants, 2-4 autos or quite a few rooted cuttings straight into 12/12 depending on what strain i want to smoke/what clones i have in stasis etc.
will be all sealed up with panda film and zips, made out of oak so pretty well solid and insulated as is. i'vr mounted the whole thing on lockable hidden castors and modified the top to be a lid and sectioned off an area above the grow sealed off for my timers/ switches/monitors so i can change things and check on stats while my plants are in the dark without disturbing them all self contained in the one cab.
seeds hopefully arrive tomorrow, will be growing 60 day wonder (i think dunno what im actually getting YET, do know im getting jedi and trainwreck- might be a problem in my cab still im up for the challenge!)
so there you have it, hopefully once ive set it up and done the hardwork, it will basically run itself, ill check on it daily and train/trim as i need too but let me know what you guys think! ive done SOOOO much research and taken all the ideas i liked, spliced a few of my own and come up with what i hope to be an incredibly simple way to grow quality weed on a small scale for personal use.
oh yeah and besides my light ($280) i have gotten everything else put together/ supplied/ built for less than $150 INCLUDING all my nutes lol so if i get 2 oz out of this it will have saved me enough money on medicine to have paid for itself but i am hoping for a little bit more than that.
pics to come soon, got them from the build process so far and will continue to, ill whip up a quick diagram for everone-dont laugh
peace! ben
i will be using hempy buckets/bucket (can you run more than one plant in a big enough pot?) and a medium mix 55% coir 30% large perlite 10%pine chips 5% scilica stone and using osmocote plus organc trf ferts as the MAIN nutrient source, i found a guy by the name of docbud who does AMAZING things with hempy buckets and regular osmocote plus, said he would kill for the organic version, well we have it here cheap as lol 1kg for $8, i will suppliment IF i see deficiencies but i dont think i will...
lighting will be a pro grow 180 selective switch after much deliceration, mainly due to the insane temps i gotta deal with here and ease of use. will supplement with small t5's if i feel the need during flowering- doubt it though.
my cabinet will be vented by one pc fan intake, one pc fan exhaust (local company sells them 240v versions, ball bearing units 57 cfm and only 30db) with one of my own inventions- https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/386827-brilliant-micro-diy-evap-air.html as an aircon unit mounted up the top with a 30 litre reservoir stored in a small fridge next to my cab, (hooked up to a float valve so i dont even have to fill it up!) running straight r/o water with an airstone in it and both the pump for the aircon and auto feeding system.
auto feeding system is a simple submersible pump and as many grow rings as i have plants, connected to a timer unless someone has an idea to cheaply hook it up to a moisture level meter? comes on twice a day, 5 minutes. runoff will be straight ouside onto my peaches lol
aircon is hooked up to a humidi/thermostat and watering system is hooked up to a timer. my cabinet is fairly small, only about 1.2ft deep by 1.6ft wide by 2.5ft high, what training method would you suggest for this space? top, fim, lst, scrog? i will either be doing 1 x larger plant, 2 x medium plants, 2-4 autos or quite a few rooted cuttings straight into 12/12 depending on what strain i want to smoke/what clones i have in stasis etc.
will be all sealed up with panda film and zips, made out of oak so pretty well solid and insulated as is. i'vr mounted the whole thing on lockable hidden castors and modified the top to be a lid and sectioned off an area above the grow sealed off for my timers/ switches/monitors so i can change things and check on stats while my plants are in the dark without disturbing them all self contained in the one cab.
seeds hopefully arrive tomorrow, will be growing 60 day wonder (i think dunno what im actually getting YET, do know im getting jedi and trainwreck- might be a problem in my cab still im up for the challenge!)
so there you have it, hopefully once ive set it up and done the hardwork, it will basically run itself, ill check on it daily and train/trim as i need too but let me know what you guys think! ive done SOOOO much research and taken all the ideas i liked, spliced a few of my own and come up with what i hope to be an incredibly simple way to grow quality weed on a small scale for personal use.
oh yeah and besides my light ($280) i have gotten everything else put together/ supplied/ built for less than $150 INCLUDING all my nutes lol so if i get 2 oz out of this it will have saved me enough money on medicine to have paid for itself but i am hoping for a little bit more than that.
pics to come soon, got them from the build process so far and will continue to, ill whip up a quick diagram for everone-dont laugh
peace! ben
yo bro , Nice.. my light just came in today, put a drop of superthrived and gave them that to drink then turned on the cmh 