SwissSwiss
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Hello folks
New here and following the SOP.... so yeah...HELLO!!!!
I go by the name of Jeff and live in Switzerland (wondering if there are any other fellow CHers on here), I have always been intrigued by growing cannabis but never bit the bullet....till today....
I throw myself in this adventure not so much for the harvest (partly lying) but rather for the whole experience of growing and keeping a living organism happy and healthy...at least until I shred it for harvest...
In fact I have always had a love for all things living, except certain humans at times. for those of you who know what it means, im the happy owner of 450 L. reef tank. This makes me no stranger to "chasing numbers" and keeping parameters in check, adding supplements and in fact I rather enjoy it oddly enough....
but enough about me, lets talk about my (first) setup.
Growing space:
small white wooden cabinet, about 43 cm wide,30 cm deep and 128 cm tall
Lighting:
6 x 21 actual watt=100 equivalent 2500k 1400lumen CFL (126 total watts)
+
6 x 23 actual watt=110 equivalent 2700k 1570lumen CFL (138 total watts)
which gives me a total of 264 watts (BOOYAH!!)
Strain and number of plants:
1 x Northern lights
Growing method:
from seedling
in soil (ATAMI BIO- GROWMIX)
ScroG
Ventilation and filter:
1 x 105m3/h 100mm VKO winflex (intake)
1 x 185m3/h 125mm VKO winflex (exhaust sucking air through...)
1 x 400m3/h 125mm PHRESH carbon filter.
Questions:
I finished setting up the lights today but now that its done I fear a fire hazard, ill post pictures later but hopefully you will understand what i mean.
the bulbs are alined next to each other pointing in opposite directions in lines of 6. they are placed horizontally, so part of the bulb is pretty much touching the compressed wooden support that holds them. now iv drilled 5 1cm holes right where the bulbs are in hope that it would be enough to vent the hot air upwards but i can't help sketching out.
I plan to add a small ventilator inside the cabinet somehow that will hopefully help relieve the heat build up as well. keep in mind i havent run my lighting schedule yet so I have no idea how the "wood" will react with a 18/6 schedule but hopefully you folks can give me some insight.
secondly, though I enjoy the smell of a healthy female I would rather limit the propagation of said smell in the room. do you all think the ventilation/carbon filter is adequate? I realise its near impossible to eliminate the smell entirely unless you're venting outside a window, but thats not my case....
thirdly, my tap water tests out at 7.8 Ph. since im using soil, should I be concerned in lowering my Ph?
and lastly...I think.... the usual noob question....do I have enough light for my futur ladies?
I have a ton of other questions regarding mother plants and clones but that will be for a different time.
Thank you all in advance and glad to be on board!!!!!
regards
Jeff
P.s an extra thank you for the experienced growers who will probably be repeating themselves for the billionth time...I know the feeling
New here and following the SOP.... so yeah...HELLO!!!!
I go by the name of Jeff and live in Switzerland (wondering if there are any other fellow CHers on here), I have always been intrigued by growing cannabis but never bit the bullet....till today....
I throw myself in this adventure not so much for the harvest (partly lying) but rather for the whole experience of growing and keeping a living organism happy and healthy...at least until I shred it for harvest...
In fact I have always had a love for all things living, except certain humans at times. for those of you who know what it means, im the happy owner of 450 L. reef tank. This makes me no stranger to "chasing numbers" and keeping parameters in check, adding supplements and in fact I rather enjoy it oddly enough....
but enough about me, lets talk about my (first) setup.
Growing space:
small white wooden cabinet, about 43 cm wide,30 cm deep and 128 cm tall
Lighting:
6 x 21 actual watt=100 equivalent 2500k 1400lumen CFL (126 total watts)
+
6 x 23 actual watt=110 equivalent 2700k 1570lumen CFL (138 total watts)
which gives me a total of 264 watts (BOOYAH!!)
Strain and number of plants:
1 x Northern lights
Growing method:
from seedling
in soil (ATAMI BIO- GROWMIX)
ScroG
Ventilation and filter:
1 x 105m3/h 100mm VKO winflex (intake)
1 x 185m3/h 125mm VKO winflex (exhaust sucking air through...)
1 x 400m3/h 125mm PHRESH carbon filter.
Questions:
I finished setting up the lights today but now that its done I fear a fire hazard, ill post pictures later but hopefully you will understand what i mean.
the bulbs are alined next to each other pointing in opposite directions in lines of 6. they are placed horizontally, so part of the bulb is pretty much touching the compressed wooden support that holds them. now iv drilled 5 1cm holes right where the bulbs are in hope that it would be enough to vent the hot air upwards but i can't help sketching out.
I plan to add a small ventilator inside the cabinet somehow that will hopefully help relieve the heat build up as well. keep in mind i havent run my lighting schedule yet so I have no idea how the "wood" will react with a 18/6 schedule but hopefully you folks can give me some insight.
secondly, though I enjoy the smell of a healthy female I would rather limit the propagation of said smell in the room. do you all think the ventilation/carbon filter is adequate? I realise its near impossible to eliminate the smell entirely unless you're venting outside a window, but thats not my case....
thirdly, my tap water tests out at 7.8 Ph. since im using soil, should I be concerned in lowering my Ph?
and lastly...I think.... the usual noob question....do I have enough light for my futur ladies?
I have a ton of other questions regarding mother plants and clones but that will be for a different time.
Thank you all in advance and glad to be on board!!!!!
regards
Jeff
P.s an extra thank you for the experienced growers who will probably be repeating themselves for the billionth time...I know the feeling