Caregivers
New Member
Well folks the time has come for me to contribute my grows to this awesome site. I have been lurking around posting here and there. First is a Disclaimer; By no means do I consider myself an expert on growing. Any CONSTRUCTIVE advice is and will be appreciated. So without further ado may I present; The Caregivers' Garden.
The layout:
My Veg room is a 5x10 (8 ft ceiling). Rectanguler in shape with 2 400w with Metal Halides. The ballasts are high up on a shelf with a fan blowing on them constantly (on light timer). I am currently using 8 gallon totes (bubblers) with 2 plants each for Vegging. I use a SH bubbler starter kit for my seeds and a mistic fogger for clones. I veg anywhere from 4 to 10 plants for about 3 or 4 weeks then they get tossed into flower. Seeds are Vegged a little longer til pre sex or cloned.
The flower room is 10x10 (8ft ceiling) with a 1000w HPS on a 8 ft mover. I am currently only using half my flower room. Will add another light and mover when my AC is finally installed. The lower half of the room is covered in mylar with a fan constantly blowing on mylar to help reduce hotspots. Also have 2 other fans in flower (1 upper and 1 lower). My plants are in 5 gallon bubblers with 5 inch net pots. Makes the transistion easier from Veg to flower.
My RH fluctuates a little bit between 30 to 60. Hopefully this will stabilize when I install my mini split next month. Suppose to have AC/Heater and independant dehumidifier in one. Another thing is I like to run my room a little on the hot side around 85. It cools to about 70 during lights off time.
I add Exhale which provides CO2 in my rooms. It is a cool new product on the market and it looks like it has fungus that emits CO2 organically. (CO2cultivator.com) would be great if some of our sponsors can pick up this product. I have 2 in flower and 1 in Veg. My plants seems to love it and I have seen better results with the Exhale. I will upgrade this when my room fills up (plants) with a CO2 generator. I plan on adding the Mini Gen in due time.
Please be patient with me as I am still learning the ins and outs of this site as well as posting pix.
CGS
The layout:
My Veg room is a 5x10 (8 ft ceiling). Rectanguler in shape with 2 400w with Metal Halides. The ballasts are high up on a shelf with a fan blowing on them constantly (on light timer). I am currently using 8 gallon totes (bubblers) with 2 plants each for Vegging. I use a SH bubbler starter kit for my seeds and a mistic fogger for clones. I veg anywhere from 4 to 10 plants for about 3 or 4 weeks then they get tossed into flower. Seeds are Vegged a little longer til pre sex or cloned.
The flower room is 10x10 (8ft ceiling) with a 1000w HPS on a 8 ft mover. I am currently only using half my flower room. Will add another light and mover when my AC is finally installed. The lower half of the room is covered in mylar with a fan constantly blowing on mylar to help reduce hotspots. Also have 2 other fans in flower (1 upper and 1 lower). My plants are in 5 gallon bubblers with 5 inch net pots. Makes the transistion easier from Veg to flower.
My RH fluctuates a little bit between 30 to 60. Hopefully this will stabilize when I install my mini split next month. Suppose to have AC/Heater and independant dehumidifier in one. Another thing is I like to run my room a little on the hot side around 85. It cools to about 70 during lights off time.
I add Exhale which provides CO2 in my rooms. It is a cool new product on the market and it looks like it has fungus that emits CO2 organically. (CO2cultivator.com) would be great if some of our sponsors can pick up this product. I have 2 in flower and 1 in Veg. My plants seems to love it and I have seen better results with the Exhale. I will upgrade this when my room fills up (plants) with a CO2 generator. I plan on adding the Mini Gen in due time.
Please be patient with me as I am still learning the ins and outs of this site as well as posting pix.
CGS
