The Growing Room

[Mickey Pearson]

It's 4/20 and today the lights have gone on. Converting a spare room with a Mars 400 & another 300W LED. One wall has been lined with foil and the room is light tight and dark as hell inside with the lights out. There are two seeds, from unknown plants successfully cultivated outdoors, that are just sprouting and clones with some good genetics are on the way. It's a first indoor grow any advice is welcome, about the room in general, and the grow

For now happy 420 smoke monkies!!

 

[Bay707]

dimensions of room ?

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Quite silly of me to leave out such specifics. Gave the room a measure its 11ft×9ft and its just about 7ft ceiling to floor. The lights are hanging about 7 inches from the ceiling.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Three Days under 24hour light and our 2 saplings have starting showing new leaf growth. Also, a third sapling has popped right out

 

[Bay707]

rule of thumb for lighting .
HID=50 watts per sqft
LED 30-40 watts per sqft. depening on led quality/spectrum/ppfd.
and led you measure true watts ( how much power from the wall) . not HID equivalent. that is how companies confuse people.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

I don't think we are going to try fill the room. Aiming at 6×8 ft grow space in the centre of the room.

 

[Bay707]

so 48 sqft x 35 watts =1680 wall watts.
just used 35 watts a median. depends on led qulity.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

I hear you. I don't think we are planning on trying to fill the whole room. Going to focus on the hotspots underneath the lights. Hopefully 6 plants ??

 

[FatBeaverBuds]

Bay707 is trying to politely say....you need more light lol.

Your two lights pull less than 350w at the wall combined. 150 for the Mars and 180 for the Platinum.

I'd keep my footprint to 3x4 max. With the lights at around 24" above the plants once they get a little bigger.

Great start to your grow. I'm jealous of your grow room size lol.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

So we should probably place the lights closer together maybe? They are more than 30/40cm apart currently?!?

The for the help guys

....Also Im loving the customised selection of 420 emojis

 

[Mickey Pearson]

"I'd keep my footprint to 3x4 max. With the lights at around 24" above the plants once they get a little bigger."
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Do you think the two lights will supply energy for six ladies if they are kept compact and well-groomed? Thanks for the input guys, really appreciated ))

 

[FatBeaverBuds]

With good planning and some training you could absolutely grow 6 smaller plants. I have a nice Led light I've used for years. It draws a bit over 300w and it will grow a pound of nugs in a 3x3 scrog. It really depends on how much weed do you want to grow. Roommates will smoke up your stash quick lol.

 

[Moneyman223]

Wow so jealous of the room size. Will definitely need a bit more lighting but regardless you will make do with what you have. I'll stick around to see how it turns out,

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Hey guys whats the verdict on the veg and bloom switches, ive heard it possible to do a whole grow with both switches on, is this recommended ? ??

 

[Bay707]

Hey guys whats the verdict on the veg and bloom switches, ive heard it possible to do a whole grow with both switches on, is this recommended ? ??

simple answer yes.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Yesterday was a good day. Brought in 6 clones (wedding cake, black sugar,critical mass cheese, gorilla glue, blunicorn, slurricane) and hung two small fans in the room. All the leaves are dancing.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Just pulled the lights closer together and repotted some of the saplings. A few of the clones are showing stress. Some clawing and nute burn i think (yellowing tips), the apparent nute burn symptons are only on one plant- the black sugar strain.

 

[Mickey Pearson]

Hey

Wow so jealous of the room size. Will definitely need a bit more lighting but regardless you will make do with what you have. I'll stick around to see how it turns out,

This thread. How does one attach theor journals below ones posts ??? I see erry body doing this

 

[Saylorr057]

Hey! Here to follow your log

 

[Mickey Pearson]

So I thought Ihad problems before. Last night a foreign friend was around. Was asking him to give a diagnosis on my clones and saplings. Aaaaaaaand.....!!!! We find a patch of red mites on the Blunicorn clone. So we put on the room light, off the LEDS, seperated the blunicorn, prepared a very light mix of Ludwigs organic pesticide spray and sprayed here down. Left her for an hour came back and checked for any nehative response and then sprayed the other girls. Left them to dry a little and then put the fans on to dry them just a little more before flipping my LEDS back on. BLUNI , is still off to the side. Gonna be pest preventing every three days now. Cant express the excitement, JOKES