four20friend
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I am set back up after the hydrohut problems. I lost a few crops in that thing but I did learn a lot more about growing. The problems seemed never ending in the hydrohuts and I spent time reading up on each situation so for that I am thankful it increased my growing knowledge.
I now have a secret jarden DR120 room. I am VERY, VERY happy with it. No withstanding the toxic problems or the hydrohuts the dark room is just a better made product. Even with the lights, pumps,fans and heater in there, I only hear a quiet hum and ZERO light leaks. This was never the case with the hut. you could not only hear what was going on in the hut but the light leaks were in EVERY zipper. They have a new product out with a material similar to the dark rooms but IMHO why take a chance again. I am done venting about the hydrohuts.
I have the dark room DR120, not the street. I don't know what the difference is but the street is supposed to be of lower quality.
the specs.
DR120 Dimensions: 3'11" x 3'11" x 6'7"
The big plus. I can enter it from the front and BOTH the sides. Worth it when the room fills up with plant at the end of flower. I never realized how much until I need to use the sides.
I have the a few strains going in veg now. I live in California and its a legal state but good clone strains are hard to come by. I located Two of the strawberry cough.. Even in cali I hear about this strain all the time. I have yet to be able to get my hands on any finished product (other than the strawberry coughxdeep chunk which was GOOD!) so I think that strain is going to flower for sure(interesting how the good stuff is always so hard to find..). I created a poll for your strain opinions. The ladies I know love the sour diesel so that is a contender. I have 2 of those as well. I also have bubba kush which I don't know too much about. Please post your thoughts on that as well as the champagne. I hear its good but I would like your opinions.
I am going to TRY and clone them all for mothers and flower all of this group. That's what the poll is for.
I have a 24" sun system new wave T5 with 3K and 6K cfl's. I have them under that now in
The Original DWC Hydroponic System (24" x 20" x 8.5" - 3.75" pot 8 site)
I have them in rockwool plugs in hydroton at 6.0 ph around 500ppm. I adjust PH for anything outside 5.8 to 6.3
Nutes..
I am using flora nova during early veg due to the light mix at this stage of growth but its way to thick(in waterfarms) once I run it hotter at 800 plus ppm. When I use up the nutes I have GH 3 parts,DNF,mag-amped and bloom, It's H&G aqua flakes.
After several friends did side by sides I can tell you those H&G aqua flakes must be made of ground up angels.
I have tried lots seen a bit more. I am going to stay with the house and garden line after this grow..until something better comes along or something just as good that's cheaper.
At this stage I am only using 3 additives with the flora nova
Cal Mag--- I only use R/O Water
H&G root accelerator
H&G drip clean
I don't have a MH setup but I do have Sunlight Supply's 600W HPS Harvest Pro ballast with a Super Sun 2 - 6 Inch Air-Cooled Reflector
I will switch them to a 600 watt sunmaster cool deluxe metal halide conversion bulb in another week or so then change to the flowing hps bulb around the first week of January depending on growth. I have waterfarms for flower and I will transfer them there from the 8 site DWC.
I only have one intake and one exhaust fan. The intake is a Vortex 4 inch 172 CFM High Power Inline Fan, This is more than enough for my 4x4x6 grow room. I pull through a 6' odor sok with a Vortex 6 inch 449 CFM High Power Inline Fan. The odor sok has not worked well in the past but it gets me through veg cheap and I will probably pick up a can fan before flower but I would like your input on good 6" filters.
I had to put voltage adjusters on to reduce the speed on both the intake and exhaust. They are too powerful for the room size and if not dialed in right/equal they can suck the room in to the point where it looks like it's going to implode or burst when on higher speeds . I have never needed full speed but the plants seem to love all that fresh air in the warmer months when I dial the speed up to medium. When the temperatures are below the 60's I connect the hood so the air blows past the bulb warms the room then out through the filter. Above 60's I connect the filter to the hood, then to the exhaust fan to pull the heat right out. I bought my hood before they all came with
I found the details were very helpful when I was starting out so I hope this prevents some new growers from learning the hard way. I am open to new ideas so please post any changes you think will improve the grow.
I will try and post picture updates often
Your four20friend.
I now have a secret jarden DR120 room. I am VERY, VERY happy with it. No withstanding the toxic problems or the hydrohuts the dark room is just a better made product. Even with the lights, pumps,fans and heater in there, I only hear a quiet hum and ZERO light leaks. This was never the case with the hut. you could not only hear what was going on in the hut but the light leaks were in EVERY zipper. They have a new product out with a material similar to the dark rooms but IMHO why take a chance again. I am done venting about the hydrohuts.
I have the dark room DR120, not the street. I don't know what the difference is but the street is supposed to be of lower quality.
the specs.
DR120 Dimensions: 3'11" x 3'11" x 6'7"
The big plus. I can enter it from the front and BOTH the sides. Worth it when the room fills up with plant at the end of flower. I never realized how much until I need to use the sides.
I have the a few strains going in veg now. I live in California and its a legal state but good clone strains are hard to come by. I located Two of the strawberry cough.. Even in cali I hear about this strain all the time. I have yet to be able to get my hands on any finished product (other than the strawberry coughxdeep chunk which was GOOD!) so I think that strain is going to flower for sure(interesting how the good stuff is always so hard to find..). I created a poll for your strain opinions. The ladies I know love the sour diesel so that is a contender. I have 2 of those as well. I also have bubba kush which I don't know too much about. Please post your thoughts on that as well as the champagne. I hear its good but I would like your opinions.
I am going to TRY and clone them all for mothers and flower all of this group. That's what the poll is for.
I have a 24" sun system new wave T5 with 3K and 6K cfl's. I have them under that now in
The Original DWC Hydroponic System (24" x 20" x 8.5" - 3.75" pot 8 site)
I have them in rockwool plugs in hydroton at 6.0 ph around 500ppm. I adjust PH for anything outside 5.8 to 6.3
Nutes..
I am using flora nova during early veg due to the light mix at this stage of growth but its way to thick(in waterfarms) once I run it hotter at 800 plus ppm. When I use up the nutes I have GH 3 parts,DNF,mag-amped and bloom, It's H&G aqua flakes.
After several friends did side by sides I can tell you those H&G aqua flakes must be made of ground up angels.
I have tried lots seen a bit more. I am going to stay with the house and garden line after this grow..until something better comes along or something just as good that's cheaper.
At this stage I am only using 3 additives with the flora nova
Cal Mag--- I only use R/O Water
H&G root accelerator
H&G drip clean
I don't have a MH setup but I do have Sunlight Supply's 600W HPS Harvest Pro ballast with a Super Sun 2 - 6 Inch Air-Cooled Reflector
I will switch them to a 600 watt sunmaster cool deluxe metal halide conversion bulb in another week or so then change to the flowing hps bulb around the first week of January depending on growth. I have waterfarms for flower and I will transfer them there from the 8 site DWC.
I only have one intake and one exhaust fan. The intake is a Vortex 4 inch 172 CFM High Power Inline Fan, This is more than enough for my 4x4x6 grow room. I pull through a 6' odor sok with a Vortex 6 inch 449 CFM High Power Inline Fan. The odor sok has not worked well in the past but it gets me through veg cheap and I will probably pick up a can fan before flower but I would like your input on good 6" filters.
I had to put voltage adjusters on to reduce the speed on both the intake and exhaust. They are too powerful for the room size and if not dialed in right/equal they can suck the room in to the point where it looks like it's going to implode or burst when on higher speeds . I have never needed full speed but the plants seem to love all that fresh air in the warmer months when I dial the speed up to medium. When the temperatures are below the 60's I connect the hood so the air blows past the bulb warms the room then out through the filter. Above 60's I connect the filter to the hood, then to the exhaust fan to pull the heat right out. I bought my hood before they all came with
I found the details were very helpful when I was starting out so I hope this prevents some new growers from learning the hard way. I am open to new ideas so please post any changes you think will improve the grow.
I will try and post picture updates often
Your four20friend.
