Hello fellow growers!
First, I want to thank everyone here who has obviously poured their heart into making this the most useful site I've come across.
Just finished my first grow room today and I feel like I've accomplished a lot over the past 3 months. My dad has always been in construction and even though I've often "helped" it always seemed as if I was just watching. This time I did all the thinking, doing, and admiring. I've still got a long to-do-list, but hears where I'm at right now.
It's located in my attic of my detached car garage. It was the only place my lady would let me have my project; we have kids and our family come around quite a bit. I know that an attic is far from an ideal place to grow but my latitude is 38 degrees north and I'm only planning on personal use so one or two harvest a year might be possible.
Basically, I framed in a 3.5' x 7.5' section of the attic with 2x4's, covered it with plywood, and insulated it with half inch foam sheathing. I taped all the wood on wood seems with duct tape and, again, after insulation between the insulation and wood. This process was tough as I often felt like a giant in a doll house.
The components of the room are: One 400 watt Lumatek digital ballast with a HPS and CoolTube that is ventilated; One 48" T-8 Cool Florescent; One 48" 40 watt Warm Florescent; Double window fan; a space heater; and a heating pad.
I currently have five White Widow seedlings that are about 10 days old that I purchased from amsterdammarijuanaseeds.com. (Pretty reliable, but the bonus seeds that came with the purchased were all crushed up. I was surprised about the plain envelope/birthday card packaging.)
The seeds are in Scott's seedling mix and I'm planning on transplanting into FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil after the holiday's. I've also purchased the Liquid Nutrient Trio Soil FormulaBig Bloom, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom which I will also begin using in the new year.
To-Do-List: Ventilation, CO2, Panda Film, Clones, thermometer, thermostat, and a Mother Room. I'm not sure what to do about attic ventilation and any help would be appreciated. For now I'm planning on using the Sugar/Yeast/Water method for CO2. Once my financial situation recovers after the holiday's I plan on purchasing Panda Film and some cloning solution and dividing the room into veg/flowering. I'll also build in a mother room using a 23 watt CFL. I'll also be vegging, cloning, and flowering to figure out which ones are ladies.
For now the room is warm, the air circulation is nice, and the babies are showing great growth everyday.
I look forward to questions, comments, and future posts. Thanks again!
Enjoy the pics!
Later skaters...
First, I want to thank everyone here who has obviously poured their heart into making this the most useful site I've come across.
Just finished my first grow room today and I feel like I've accomplished a lot over the past 3 months. My dad has always been in construction and even though I've often "helped" it always seemed as if I was just watching. This time I did all the thinking, doing, and admiring. I've still got a long to-do-list, but hears where I'm at right now.
It's located in my attic of my detached car garage. It was the only place my lady would let me have my project; we have kids and our family come around quite a bit. I know that an attic is far from an ideal place to grow but my latitude is 38 degrees north and I'm only planning on personal use so one or two harvest a year might be possible.
Basically, I framed in a 3.5' x 7.5' section of the attic with 2x4's, covered it with plywood, and insulated it with half inch foam sheathing. I taped all the wood on wood seems with duct tape and, again, after insulation between the insulation and wood. This process was tough as I often felt like a giant in a doll house.
The components of the room are: One 400 watt Lumatek digital ballast with a HPS and CoolTube that is ventilated; One 48" T-8 Cool Florescent; One 48" 40 watt Warm Florescent; Double window fan; a space heater; and a heating pad.
I currently have five White Widow seedlings that are about 10 days old that I purchased from amsterdammarijuanaseeds.com. (Pretty reliable, but the bonus seeds that came with the purchased were all crushed up. I was surprised about the plain envelope/birthday card packaging.)
The seeds are in Scott's seedling mix and I'm planning on transplanting into FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil after the holiday's. I've also purchased the Liquid Nutrient Trio Soil FormulaBig Bloom, Grow Big and Tiger Bloom which I will also begin using in the new year.
To-Do-List: Ventilation, CO2, Panda Film, Clones, thermometer, thermostat, and a Mother Room. I'm not sure what to do about attic ventilation and any help would be appreciated. For now I'm planning on using the Sugar/Yeast/Water method for CO2. Once my financial situation recovers after the holiday's I plan on purchasing Panda Film and some cloning solution and dividing the room into veg/flowering. I'll also build in a mother room using a 23 watt CFL. I'll also be vegging, cloning, and flowering to figure out which ones are ladies.
For now the room is warm, the air circulation is nice, and the babies are showing great growth everyday.
I look forward to questions, comments, and future posts. Thanks again!
Enjoy the pics!
Later skaters...
