Damba's Grow Room Build & First Ever Grow Multi Strain x3

[Damba]

Good day all, heres the breakdown of my grow room build and grow details to date.

1. Grow room materials and labour required, As I'm a carpenter to trade labour cost is about 70% of what it should be because I work with the other trades, Electritian £80, Plumber £70, Carpenter 'me' free but I would quote a price of around £350 total= £500 , 8 boards of 18mm flooring 2.4m x 0.6m, 12 boards of 50mm insulated double sided foil backed 2.4m x 1.2m, 60m of 3 x 1 inch timber strapping free'stripped wooden pallets', 20m of silver building paper 1.5m width, free off job but very expensive stuff at £150 for 50m, screws,nails, 2 tubes of sealant, 5 rolls of 50mm wide silver foil tape. Rope pullies x 4, Estimated cost of £500. So about £1000, like I said not cheap but my loft floored and insulated included in that.

2. Grow room equipment/gadgets, AC Infinity 6 inch inline exhaust fan £211. AC infinity 6 inch carbon filter £177. total £388

Sunblaster 600w hps full spectrum gull wing refector and ballast, free 'gift from a friend'

6m of 6 inch insulated exhaust flexiduct, 6 inch to 4 inch reducer,5m of 4 inch aluminium flexiduct, 2 x 4 inch insect mesh vent covers, and a 6 inch insect mesh vent cover, total= £60

Mini oil heater £30, humidifier £50, jumdo heated propagator £30, 16 inch oscillating fan £20, inkbirb thermometer with heating/cooling outlets £20, digital timer £20, total= £170

Total of £618. "OUCH" didn't realize it was that much.

3.Grow materials, 6 x 60mm biodegradable pots 'free' , 4 x 8 inch pots /saucers £10, 2 x watercans 3 gallons £10 , 2 x tomato grow trays £8, secateurs £10, canna pro plus 50L £15, 10L perlite £10, PH pen £15, magnifying glass £10, michroazae £10, micro,grow,bloom nutrients £25, PH up, PH down, PH 7 buffer, £25, and bits n bobs total= £145.

4. Seeds, from Barney's Farm, Pineapple Chunk x3, LSD x3, Purple Punch x3, Tangerine Dream x1, cost= €100. Free sseeds, Peyote Critical x2, Cookies Kush x2 free shipping if spend over €100. Total= £85

5. Total cost= £848 + £1000 = £1848 double "OUCH"

Thats about it for building and kitting out a bare loft space in a very cold country for a grow room and 1st grow run. Some pictures of the build and grow to date for you.

 

[Damba]

Grow room build pictures

 

[Damba]

Bit tight trying to build it all took a few days work all in. Got some more nearer completion

 

[Damba]

Good day all, heres the breakdown of my grow room build and grow details to date.

1. Grow room materials and labour required, As I'm a carpenter to trade labour cost is about 70% of what it should be because I work with the other trades, Electritian £80, Plumber £70, Carpenter 'me' free but I would quote a price of around £350 total= £500 , 8 boards of 18mm flooring 2.4m x 0.6m, 12 boards of 50mm insulated double sided foil backed 2.4m x 1.2m, 60m of 3 x 1 inch timber strapping free'stripped wooden pallets', 20m of silver building paper 1.5m width, free off job but very expensive stuff at £150 for 50m, screws,nails, 2 tubes of sealant, 5 rolls of 50mm wide silver foil tape. Rope pullies x 4, Estimated cost of £500. So about £1000, like I said not cheap but my loft floored and insulated included in that.

2. Grow room equipment/gadgets, AC Infinity 6 inch inline exhaust fan £211. AC infinity 6 inch carbon filter £177. total £388

Sunblaster 600w hps full spectrum gull wing refector and ballast, free 'gift from a friend'

6m of 6 inch insulated exhaust flexiduct, 6 inch to 4 inch reducer,5m of 4 inch aluminium flexiduct, 2 x 4 inch insect mesh vent covers, and a 6 inch insect mesh vent cover, total= £60

Mini oil heater £30, humidifier £50, jumdo heated propagator £30, 16 inch oscillating fan £20, inkbirb thermometer with heating/cooling outlets £20, digital timer £20, total= £170

Total of £618. "OUCH" didn't realize it was that much.

3.Grow materials, 6 x 60mm biodegradable pots 'free' , 4 x 8 inch pots /saucers £10, 2 x watercans 3 gallons £10 , 2 x tomato grow trays £8, secateurs £10, canna pro plus 50L £15, 10L perlite £10, PH pen £15, magnifying glass £10, michroazae £10, micro,grow,bloom nutrients £25, PH up, PH down, PH 7 buffer, £25, and bits n bobs total= £145.

4. Seeds, from Barney's Farm, Pineapple Chunk x3, LSD x3, Purple Punch x3, Tangerine Dream x1, cost= €100. Free sseeds, Peyote Critical x2, Cookies Kush x2 free shipping if spend over €100. Total= £85

5. Total cost= £848 + £1000 = £1848 double "OUCH"

Thats about it for building and kitting out a bare loft space in a very cold country for a grow room and 1st grow run. Some pictures of the build and grow to date for you.

Start of the grow details and pictures to come

 

[Damba]

Start of the grow details and pictures to come

Day 1 popped up after paper towel germination of 24hrs and a 18hrs presoak the day before

 

[Damba]

Day 1, using biodegradable pots and canna pro plus with 20% perlite.Seeds popped up after paper towel germination of 24hrs and a 18hrs presoak the day before.

All went well except for 1 pineapple chunk a bit bent, I've nick named it 'Tyson' coz he's a fighter lol, the 2 Pineapple Chunk seem to have had a bit droopy leaves since the start and most definitely not over watered if anything quite the opposite.

 

[Damba]

Struggling with humidity levels very low at 26%, had a bit of a stretch to begin with as had my light at 5ft away incase I fried them.Lowered it to 3ft and they didn't like that either so moved it to 4ft and that seemed to work better though still looking a bit lanky so I propped them with soft ties.

 

[Damba]

Struggling with humidity levels very low at 26%, had a bit of a stretch to begin with as had my light at 5ft away incase I fried them.Lowered it to 3ft and they didn't like that either so moved it to 4ft and that seemed to work better though still looking a bit lanky so I propped them with soft ties.

just got my humidifier delivered

 

[Damba]

just got my humidifier delivered

Some of today's photos took them down from the loft to photograph them

any suggestions as to when I should put them in their 8 inch pots taking into account that the pots will take a while to degrade

 

[Damba]

I was thinking to pot them in about 2 or 3 days time which would be around 10 days since popping up out the soil. Anyone any idea as to why both Pineapple Chunk seedlings have the droopy leaves?

 

[SarahJane211]

Those cardboard cups are a mistake (IMHO), I tried them and the roots all rotted in the cups (4 deaths).
Moved on to Jiffy pellets which seem much easier for me (as a n00b) to get right (2 deaths).
Directly the seed poke out the jiffy, I move them into a flower pot 70% coco + 30% perlite (6 survived).

 

[Damba]

Those cardboard cups are a mistake (IMHO), I tried them and the roots all rotted in the cups (4 deaths).
Moved on to Jiffy pellets which seem much easier for me (as a n00b) to get right (2 deaths).
Directly the seed poke out the jiffy, I move them into a flower pot 70% coco + 30% perlite (6 survived).

Hi yes also worried about that roots struggling to break through the pot I am pretty sure I've not over watered them as always dry and light every time I check them only poured a little bit of water on them twice in the 8 days they've been out the ground just been misting top of the pot to keep them moist. BTW the reading on the meter was taken during testing with nothing in the room and outside was a relatively balmy day of about 8° Celsius lol, also the 83º at 62% RH reading was from inside the heated propagator

 

[Damba]

Those cardboard cups are a mistake (IMHO), I tried them and the roots all rotted in the cups (4 deaths).
Moved on to Jiffy pellets which seem much easier for me (as a n00b) to get right (2 deaths).
Directly the seed poke out the jiffy, I move them into a flower pot 70% coco + 30% perlite (6 survived).

Do you think I should peel off the pot then repot them that way

 

[SarahJane211]

Do you think I should peel off the pot then repot them that way

I'd peel & put them in normal pots, the card absorbs too much moisture then dries rock hard.
In coco + perlite the water can just drain through the bottom and they seem to give me much better roots and healthier plants. I've not had any droopy plants since I switched to Coco+perlite+plastic pot.

But what do I know, I'm new at this too, the cardboard pots was just slow drooping death for me.
Card pots worked fine for tomato plants though, but I always kept them soaking wet.

 

[Damba]

I'd peel & put them in normal pots, the card absorbs too much moisture then dries rock hard.
In coco + perlite the water can just drain through the bottom and they seem to give me much better roots and healthier plants. I've not had any droopy plants since I switched to Coco+perlite+plastic pot.

But what do I know, I'm new at this too, the cardboard pots was just slow drooping death for me.
Card pots worked fine for tomato plants though, but I always kept them soaking wet.

Hi, do you think I should transplant them now on day 9 out of the ground?

 

[Pennywise]

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Damba's Grow Room Build & First Ever Grow Multi Strain x3

Good day all, heres the breakdown of my grow room build and grow details to date. 1. Grow room materials and labour required, As I'm a carpenter to trade labour cost is about 70% of what it should be because I work with the other trades, Electritian £80, Plumber £70, Carpenter 'me' free but I...

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[Damba]

How do I go about doing that only mention of signature is to hide it?

 

[KingJoe83]

How do I go about doing that only mention of signature is to hide it?

Sorry damba are you on smart phone bud? Thorough Google chrome I use.

 

[Damba]

Sorry damba are you on smart phone bud? Thorough Google chrome I use.

Yes got a smart phone ty

 

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