Greetings...
Deep Breath... After hundreds of years of dreaming and many months of stalking the good growers advice and help on 420 magazine I think I'm close enough to start a journal even though the room I've built is not quite ready. Still wrestling with environment.
I appreciate all that have already lent a hand and look forward to learning much more to help others while I move this journal along.
Here's what I know so far.
My room is in an attic in a state that gets very hot, very cold and very humid.. I know, I know but we like it here.
Under it sits an insulated and heated garage that stays mildly warm and cool year round so that will help with the heat of the attic. The footprint of my room is aprox. 11 x 10 with all sorts of odd angles. Essentially I built a box within the attic to not mess with the attic ventilation. It is very well insulated, caulked, duck taped and insulated with refelctix on the inside.
The plant area will be 5x5 initially and then I'll add two more areas on each side with 144x3 TOP LED's.
Ventilation
I've got a 340 CFM fan drawing the exhaust from the center of the room in the ceiling and exhausting thru a 15 foot run out the second story roof.
I have a vent in the ceiling of a room in my house drawing air thru a ten foot run into the attic room with another 340 CFM fan. I was hoping that would duplicate my house temperature and humidity in the attic but it has not although it does provide a good source of air coming into the room.
13" oscillating fan moving air and a smaller fan on the ground for air movement below.
I've got a separate dehumidifier in the room but it heats the room up way to much so it's off for now.
I have an Ideal model # 700820 portable air conditioner picked out and plan on buying it first of next week as my final (oh I hope) fix for my heat issue. It is a dual hose that draws air in to cool off compressor and exhausts it out the other hose. No air is exhausted back into the room and also has a self dehumidifier and heat pump included. The problem with portables is that you can't draw too hot air in or it will fry the compressor and there are days it gets well over 100 here so I'm going to draw air in from my garage and vent it out a six inch "Y" thru the roof. Manufacturer says it's worth a try.
In the end, I will tie everything together with a master controller. Amazon - Hydrofarm Autopilot Digital Environmental Controlle and hope for the best.
Medium
Soil based on the good folks at Growology's recommendation.
I plan on using it exactly as they suggest. I think a fair analysis for new growers is to do what they say and grow from that. I'll mess around with that later - maybe.
Seeds
I chose ripper toxic because it was quick (must have good product) and potent.
Ripper Toxic Feminised Seeds Specs
Genotype: 60% Sativa.
Indoor flowering: 60/65 days.
Flowering outdoor: Mid October .
Production: High.
Effect: Powerful / Intense.
Lighting
I'm using the MARSII 1600 Watt L.E.D. For my size room, I think it's the best choice for the best price on the market that I've found.. Turns night into colored day.
Misc. Rambles
Plan on smart pots transplanting to five, six gallon??
I think I'm going to germinize three seeds and grow all three or two if only two turn out. I have a scrog net but plan on doing some simple low stress training with my first grow. Want to get used to growing and training on a smaller scale before I get to crazy...
I've got a separate area for the nursery although it will only be used for seeds I think, right?
I will need a PH and ppm meter I think...
So thanks for making it this far.. I am really excited to get this heat problem behind me so I can start.. I plan on waiting till I know it's done before I even attempt to germinate the seeds..
don't want to have to worry.
THANKS and please, I want to learn from your comments and or suggestions. It's much appreciated.
Deep Breath... After hundreds of years of dreaming and many months of stalking the good growers advice and help on 420 magazine I think I'm close enough to start a journal even though the room I've built is not quite ready. Still wrestling with environment.
I appreciate all that have already lent a hand and look forward to learning much more to help others while I move this journal along.
Here's what I know so far.
My room is in an attic in a state that gets very hot, very cold and very humid.. I know, I know but we like it here.
Under it sits an insulated and heated garage that stays mildly warm and cool year round so that will help with the heat of the attic. The footprint of my room is aprox. 11 x 10 with all sorts of odd angles. Essentially I built a box within the attic to not mess with the attic ventilation. It is very well insulated, caulked, duck taped and insulated with refelctix on the inside.The plant area will be 5x5 initially and then I'll add two more areas on each side with 144x3 TOP LED's.
Ventilation
I've got a 340 CFM fan drawing the exhaust from the center of the room in the ceiling and exhausting thru a 15 foot run out the second story roof.
I have a vent in the ceiling of a room in my house drawing air thru a ten foot run into the attic room with another 340 CFM fan. I was hoping that would duplicate my house temperature and humidity in the attic but it has not although it does provide a good source of air coming into the room.
13" oscillating fan moving air and a smaller fan on the ground for air movement below.
I've got a separate dehumidifier in the room but it heats the room up way to much so it's off for now.
I have an Ideal model # 700820 portable air conditioner picked out and plan on buying it first of next week as my final (oh I hope) fix for my heat issue. It is a dual hose that draws air in to cool off compressor and exhausts it out the other hose. No air is exhausted back into the room and also has a self dehumidifier and heat pump included. The problem with portables is that you can't draw too hot air in or it will fry the compressor and there are days it gets well over 100 here so I'm going to draw air in from my garage and vent it out a six inch "Y" thru the roof. Manufacturer says it's worth a try.
In the end, I will tie everything together with a master controller. Amazon - Hydrofarm Autopilot Digital Environmental Controlle and hope for the best.
Medium
Soil based on the good folks at Growology's recommendation.
I plan on using it exactly as they suggest. I think a fair analysis for new growers is to do what they say and grow from that. I'll mess around with that later - maybe.
Seeds
I chose ripper toxic because it was quick (must have good product) and potent.
Ripper Toxic Feminised Seeds Specs
Genotype: 60% Sativa.
Indoor flowering: 60/65 days.
Flowering outdoor: Mid October .
Production: High.
Effect: Powerful / Intense.
Lighting
I'm using the MARSII 1600 Watt L.E.D. For my size room, I think it's the best choice for the best price on the market that I've found.. Turns night into colored day.
Misc. Rambles
Plan on smart pots transplanting to five, six gallon??
I think I'm going to germinize three seeds and grow all three or two if only two turn out. I have a scrog net but plan on doing some simple low stress training with my first grow. Want to get used to growing and training on a smaller scale before I get to crazy...
I've got a separate area for the nursery although it will only be used for seeds I think, right?
I will need a PH and ppm meter I think...
So thanks for making it this far.. I am really excited to get this heat problem behind me so I can start.. I plan on waiting till I know it's done before I even attempt to germinate the seeds..
don't want to have to worry.
THANKS and please, I want to learn from your comments and or suggestions. It's much appreciated.
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