hi guys,
so background on me first, ive had 2 grows before both under regular cfl bulbs both were somewhat successful, dwc in a converted chest of drawers and then in a dresser bought from canadian tire. im currently using a crawl space on the top floor of my house to grow another batch under cfls. 1 month from harvest right now, but im planning for my next grow in advance. i will post pictures of the space tomorrow for clarifications, but here are 2 diagrams of the space i need to utilize.
there are two of these areas either side of the bedroom, and then another two either side of the spare bedroom, 3 of the 4 are being used to store christmas crap and other junk, but this 1 i cleaned out for me
this is what i picture the grow box to be so far.
the crawl space has a half size door to let you in, and the 4 feet of space to the right of the door i intend to use (does not include the door), basically i want to have as large of a grow box as i can within the space.
this is going to mean very low to the ground plants, you can see by the diagram i have a few things i plan on doing, such as buying and using t5 lights since heat could be an issue in these spaces. in my current cfl grow, temps are 80 degree under 8 cfl lights with 1 oscillating fan going, no venting outside on an average day, hotter days mean temps climb.
so im thinking that a scrog will probably be needed here to help keep the hight down, and im looking for a low profile grow medium, the dwc bucket i use now is too tall to be considered since t5 lights are going to reduce height even more. would a soil grow in wide but shallow pots be a good idea?
any ideas or input or suggestions of any kind would be appreciated.
so background on me first, ive had 2 grows before both under regular cfl bulbs both were somewhat successful, dwc in a converted chest of drawers and then in a dresser bought from canadian tire. im currently using a crawl space on the top floor of my house to grow another batch under cfls. 1 month from harvest right now, but im planning for my next grow in advance. i will post pictures of the space tomorrow for clarifications, but here are 2 diagrams of the space i need to utilize.
there are two of these areas either side of the bedroom, and then another two either side of the spare bedroom, 3 of the 4 are being used to store christmas crap and other junk, but this 1 i cleaned out for me
this is what i picture the grow box to be so far.
the crawl space has a half size door to let you in, and the 4 feet of space to the right of the door i intend to use (does not include the door), basically i want to have as large of a grow box as i can within the space.
this is going to mean very low to the ground plants, you can see by the diagram i have a few things i plan on doing, such as buying and using t5 lights since heat could be an issue in these spaces. in my current cfl grow, temps are 80 degree under 8 cfl lights with 1 oscillating fan going, no venting outside on an average day, hotter days mean temps climb.
so im thinking that a scrog will probably be needed here to help keep the hight down, and im looking for a low profile grow medium, the dwc bucket i use now is too tall to be considered since t5 lights are going to reduce height even more. would a soil grow in wide but shallow pots be a good idea?
any ideas or input or suggestions of any kind would be appreciated.
