My attic grow room construction

bleedintears said:

hey when are we going to get some updates i am extremely anxious to see them and by the way how are the clones doing

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I'll try to this weekend. My wife and I have been extreamly busy with other outdoor projects and other shit I've held off during the construction of the room.

Mr.Funk said:

That pretty much sums it up dookie stain.

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Come man, have some faith! LOL, just kidding. I see why some people stop posting when the garden gets up and running


Things have been going nicely. I've had a few bumps here and there, and I've expected that. Just trying to get my system down. I have been taking 10 clones a week. Some are ready after a week, some take 2 weeks. So my schedual has been to take 10-12 a week, and plant 10-12 a week. My cloning tray has 20-14 in it at all times, half of them are a week behind the other. My success rate has been %100, so I took it down to 8 at a time this past weekend. But my heat mat gave out last week and I now know what a big difference it made. The last 8 I took are not looking good.

I killed my Aurora Indica strain. My buddy who started the strains gave some to me. The smoke wasnt good and the plant seemed tempermental. I had 12 of those in veg at the time. The white rhino is very hearty. And it seems it can take a beating. I tested how long it can go with out water. 7 days before it started to get wilty. And thats in just your typical red dixie cups.

I had to add another set of lights because I'm starting to get crowded. I have 4 mothers and 38 plants in veg know. I hope to get 6 in flower this weekend. I PROMISE I will post some pics this weekend. I just fucking with the curtian for the flower room this weekend.

Ohh, the heat issue! Everyting is working out perfect! I have to keep my AC on in the house pretty low though. Its been getting pretty hot where I'm at. I think it got to 85 this weekend. I'm pretty sure I don't have to get a portable AC.

right on man thats what i like to hear sounds like you already have that room full well kind of. Looking forward to the pics sounds like the room is working out great for you

this is a great grow. you may have already realized that growing mj is almost if not more fun than smoking it!

im definitely inspired, and a little envious. i hope to move and have a couple rooms setup and hidden. you seem to be doing a great job. you have obviously done lots of reading, and sifting through the best advice.

i too work with my partner, she and i make a great team, and i know i couldnt do it without her. since there isnt anything i could suggest about your grow, because it appears to be going just fine. i can suggest dividing up some tasks between the two of you. but if you both know every step of the cultivation process, you can cover each others back. it has saved my ass more than once, having someone at home who knows how to water, when im stuck at work.

subscribed and repped! im gonna stick this one out for the long haul. its a great grow my friend!

Whatsup bryant, hey man i was just messing around when i said that nothing directlly to you lol its cool tho. Well from what i heard about the heat mats i heard there pretty darn good so that sucks how did it break. Thats a great thing you got going with the cycles there well sounds good man ill post some pics of my grow when got time.

Great thread.

I have a question on insulation

How did you get the R30 between your roof frame?

It looks like you wrapped it in something, but then what?

Looking into building something similar closer to the cold months

slamminsalmon said:

this is a great grow. you may have already realized that growing mj is almost if not more fun than smoking it!

im definitely inspired, and a little envious. i hope to move and have a couple rooms setup and hidden. you seem to be doing a great job. you have obviously done lots of reading, and sifting through the best advice.

i too work with my partner, she and i make a great team, and i know i couldnt do it without her. since there isnt anything i could suggest about your grow, because it appears to be going just fine. i can suggest dividing up some tasks between the two of you. but if you both know every step of the cultivation process, you can cover each others back. it has saved my ass more than once, having someone at home who knows how to water, when im stuck at work.

subscribed and repped! im gonna stick this one out for the long haul. its a great grow my friend!

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Yeah, it's nice to have my wife help me. We ususaly clone and pot rooted clones, me cloning and her pottings. I water about every 3 days. And I only go up to the room once a day. I didnt even go up on monday. Thanks for the kind words.

Mr.Funk said:

Whatsup bryant, hey man i was just messing around when i said that nothing directlly to you lol its cool tho. Well from what i heard about the heat mats i heard there pretty darn good so that sucks how did it break. Thats a great thing you got going with the cycles there well sounds good man ill post some pics of my grow when got time.

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Yeah, I think I left mine too much, burnt out the heating element. I need to cut back on the cloning too. I've been just trying to build up a base. I think I can ease off now to taking 8 cuttings every 2 weeks rather then 10 every week.

GrowingMadness said:

Great thread.

I have a question on insulation

How did you get the R30 between your roof frame?

It looks like you wrapped it in something, but then what?

Looking into building something similar closer to the cold months

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The insulation comes with a papper backing on it. My roof trusses are 24" apart and the insulation comes in rolls, 24" wide. I just used a staple gun to staple the insulation up through the paper backing and then covered the walls with 1/2" foam sheets.

speaking of not going in to the office on monday, I want to set up an indoor drip system for my soil so I'll only have to go in once a week... I NEED A VACATION!

Lol team work is great you can take turns with the watering hahah very cool

fureelz said:

speaking of not going in to the office on monday, I want to set up an indoor drip system for my soil so I'll only have to go in once a week... I NEED A VACATION!

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Mr.Funk said:

Lol team work is great you can take turns with the watering hahah very cool

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Yeah, I can see why people go to hydro now. The potting gets mesy and time consuming after a while. And the watering is involving a lot of labor right now. I need to get that sink up and running.

hey man when are we going to get some pics of the setup i been wondering how the girls are looking

Well I have a spicket(?) in a room, and I was thinking about running a hose and turning the water on slowly with a drip system and leaving town for a couple weeks but I need to test this theory before I book a flight..

Ok, here are the pics.....finally! I'm sorry for promising them every week and then not posting. Like I said before, I just meant this thread to be a journal of the construction of the room. I STILL have some shit to do. I have to install the zipper on the curtain for the flower room and clean up the edges alittle. And then hook up the carbon filter. And the sink. Which I need to get done pronto! Carrying the water up there is begining to be a pain right now and I don't even have anything in flower yet. But that will be tomorrow.

I was worried about my intake vent for the flower room, but it turned out pretty well. I just made it out of flat black foam board.

Ok, thats it for now. Enjoy!

wow i was reading the construction of this befor i started my cab and wow this has gone a long way. good job and i hope the grow looks as nice as the set up.

very nice man your veg setup looks sick everything has its place ..... aww and a nice big flower room just waiting for some girls to party....thanks for thread i will always be subscribed here dont be a stranger, and if you start a journal let me know. Have a good one man

fureelz said:

Well I have a spicket(?) in a room, and I was thinking about running a hose and turning the water on slowly with a drip system and leaving town for a couple weeks but I need to test this theory before I book a flight..

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Your so lucky to have a water hook up already in place. My brother taught me a trick. I have my plants in 10X20 trays. All the cups have holes in them. He said i could fill up those trays with water and the plants would soak them up. I might try that if the situation comes up.

Trunk5 said:

wow i was reading the construction of this befor i started my cab and wow this has gone a long way. good job and i hope the grow looks as nice as the set up.

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Thanks man. Good luck with yours too.

Hulk Nugs said:

very nice man your veg setup looks sick everything has its place ..... aww and a nice big flower room just waiting for some girls to party....thanks for thread i will always be subscribed here dont be a stranger, and if you start a journal let me know. Have a good one man

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Thank Nugs. If I don't keep everything tidy, I'll be tripping over shit. It's a one man show up there.

I'll still be around. I already have some plant problems, so I might have to post about that. But I think it's a magnesium issue. The leaves get all rusty colored.

bryant228 said:

Your so lucky to have a water hook up already in place. My brother taught me a trick. I have my plants in 10X20 trays. All the cups have holes in them. He said i could fill up those trays with water and the plants would soak them up. I might try that if the situation comes up.

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If you get a filler and drain piece for those trays, and a timer and pump, you have an ebb and flow setup. just keep a central res full of water and nutes. Set the timer to flood the trays once or twice a day for 5 min.. Ebb and flo with soil, lol. Just maintain the res and no more watering each plant by hand.

Bryant you should put a T.V up there for the ladies to get some kind of education early on in there lifes lol but seriously looks really good bra, Rep

or just a live feed hooked up to a camera so we can log on and watch the grow dam this is some good blue dream.

lol heck yea hulk that is a good idea, that would be cool as fuck.

olosto said:

If you get a filler and drain piece for those trays, and a timer and pump, you have an ebb and flow setup. just keep a central res full of water and nutes. Set the timer to flood the trays once or twice a day for 5 min.. Ebb and flo with soil, lol. Just maintain the res and no more watering each plant by hand.

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That would work, really work! But I guess at that point you might as well go full hydro. I really want to go hydro, but just getting my feet wet first......or dirty in my case.

We'll see how it goes. So far, not one major spill. Just one little one, which I learned from!

Also, looks like I'm getting an air conditioner this weekend. The flower room still stays at 87 with the light on. Unless I can get the fans working better. I keep my exhaust fan on 24/7. I'm going to slow it down some, maybe 30 mins on, 30 mins off and see if that makes a difference.

Mr.Funk said:

Bryant you should put a T.V up there for the ladies to get some kind of education early on in there lifes lol but seriously looks really good bra, Rep

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Hulk Nugs said:

or just a live feed hooked up to a camera so we can log on and watch the grow dam this is some good blue dream.

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I have thought of that. They have those wireless webcams. More for security then anything else. Someone here has to have done that at some point.

Why don't YOU guys do it first and let me know how it works out