Gibgezr
Active Member
Hi folks!
I'm off on a journey: my first grow.
I'll be using Crop King feminized autoflowering Northern Lights.
My grow closet so far:
The light is just a 50-watt led panel; I've ordered a 300 watt LED panel, and have dug up a couple of 2ft fluorescents that I will toss grow bulbs into an mount as well (likely on the side walls). I'm thinking the 50W panel will work for seedling, then move it aside and main the 300W.
Got the lights on a timer, plan to run 18/6.
Put the fan up on a bucket to match my plant height, plan to run it 24/7 in oscillating mode on low.
Tested the room out with the current light (which throws very little heat) and the little heater, have it dialed in at 81F atm. It's cool in the house, and will be colder as the winter goes on, so the heater is a must. In the summer I probably will build another grow room in the basement, and should be fine without A/C.
I used a computer case fan to draw in fresh air from another room, that's the dark blob on the right. I stretched a cut-off nylon over it to act as a cheapy filter :rolleyes3
Here's my output vent, mounted high over the closet door:
For my first grow, I'm doing one plant in a 5 gallon red "milk bones" bucket. I was going to use 100% coco and a 4" rockwool cube, but my cubes haven't arrived, and I might need to leave the plant alone for 3 days after xmas, so I decided to do the first plant in soil. I have 3 bags of topsoil leftover from fixing up the lawn, but it was too dense, so I've mixed it 50/50 with the coco; it seems to be nice and fluffy now, and hopefully will retain the water and nutrients more like potting soil. I'm cautiously optimistic.
The RH is low in the closet, around 21%. Maybe too much air movement combined with the heater drying it out? We'll see. The rest of the house is at 40-45% currently.
I have J.R. Peters nutes, 5-12-26 Hydro and the 15-0-0 Calcium Nitrate (and some Walmart-sourced 10-10-10 stuff that I'm not sure about, so probably won't use for smoke). Not planning on running any bloom nutes, but y'all might change my mind on that as the grow goes on. Figuring on the classic Jack's 3-2-1 mixture, but diluted (because autos). I like to keep things simple; less opportunities to mess things up that way.
Thanks for listening! I'll be adding photos frequently as I go, hoping for observations from the wonderful folks here. Currently have one seed sitting in the dark in damp paper towel after a good soaking, more seeds waiting in the wings if I need another.
I'm off on a journey: my first grow.
I'll be using Crop King feminized autoflowering Northern Lights.
My grow closet so far:
The light is just a 50-watt led panel; I've ordered a 300 watt LED panel, and have dug up a couple of 2ft fluorescents that I will toss grow bulbs into an mount as well (likely on the side walls). I'm thinking the 50W panel will work for seedling, then move it aside and main the 300W.
Got the lights on a timer, plan to run 18/6.
Put the fan up on a bucket to match my plant height, plan to run it 24/7 in oscillating mode on low.
Tested the room out with the current light (which throws very little heat) and the little heater, have it dialed in at 81F atm. It's cool in the house, and will be colder as the winter goes on, so the heater is a must. In the summer I probably will build another grow room in the basement, and should be fine without A/C.
I used a computer case fan to draw in fresh air from another room, that's the dark blob on the right. I stretched a cut-off nylon over it to act as a cheapy filter :rolleyes3
Here's my output vent, mounted high over the closet door:
For my first grow, I'm doing one plant in a 5 gallon red "milk bones" bucket. I was going to use 100% coco and a 4" rockwool cube, but my cubes haven't arrived, and I might need to leave the plant alone for 3 days after xmas, so I decided to do the first plant in soil. I have 3 bags of topsoil leftover from fixing up the lawn, but it was too dense, so I've mixed it 50/50 with the coco; it seems to be nice and fluffy now, and hopefully will retain the water and nutrients more like potting soil. I'm cautiously optimistic.
The RH is low in the closet, around 21%. Maybe too much air movement combined with the heater drying it out? We'll see. The rest of the house is at 40-45% currently.
I have J.R. Peters nutes, 5-12-26 Hydro and the 15-0-0 Calcium Nitrate (and some Walmart-sourced 10-10-10 stuff that I'm not sure about, so probably won't use for smoke). Not planning on running any bloom nutes, but y'all might change my mind on that as the grow goes on. Figuring on the classic Jack's 3-2-1 mixture, but diluted (because autos). I like to keep things simple; less opportunities to mess things up that way.
Thanks for listening! I'll be adding photos frequently as I go, hoping for observations from the wonderful folks here. Currently have one seed sitting in the dark in damp paper towel after a good soaking, more seeds waiting in the wings if I need another.
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