CalBear4Life
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Hello everyone...let me start off by saying how appreciative I am for all of the help that people from this forum provide!!! If it wasn't for people like you, then I would have never been able to get the right answers efficiently.
Enough of the formalities...let me explain what I am embarking on!
After a tough first-go at hydroponics (NFT system), I have decided to stick with an easy ebb-flow table for this grow.
Here are my specs:
My tent is 6.5'x4'x8' homemade from Panda Liner
1000w Lumatek dimmable ballast with Hortilux bulbs (1 Blue MH and 1 HPS)
3x6' flood table with a 70 gallon reservoir
Hydrofarm Commercial Air pump with 8 outlets
550 GPH Hydrofarm water pump
Advanced Nutrients Sensi 2-Part system
6" Vortex exhaust w/ a passive intake that is directly hooked to a cracked window
I am getting ready to finish buying up materials and assembling this thing so I thought it would be a great time to start my own grow-diary. As I go along I will inevitably have questions, my apologies in advance. Thanks to those who can provide insight. I will update with pics asap.
I am hoping to do about 25 plants at-first until I can get another light or a light-mover and then bump it up to about 40.
A couple of questions to start with:
1. Any recommendations on slowing down my fan somewhat cheaply? I've heard about the Speedster but IDK if it is good. I need something that has day/night control also. When that fan is on at full-blast it is a real headache and it actually cools off the room too much!
2. What would most of you say is the bear-necessities of the Advanced Nutrients products? I've heard Sensi 2-part and a couple of the additives but wondering what you guys think.
3. What would you guys recommend for my air pump (airstones, diffusers, etc.)? I have an 8-outlet model
Edit: New thread title...same good stuff. Follow the grow along if you want...I have been through a fair amount of "work" to get here and I still proud of everything thus far (I say work with exclamations because it may be hard sometimes but it is fun to me too). ENJOY!
Enough of the formalities...let me explain what I am embarking on!
After a tough first-go at hydroponics (NFT system), I have decided to stick with an easy ebb-flow table for this grow.
Here are my specs:
My tent is 6.5'x4'x8' homemade from Panda Liner
1000w Lumatek dimmable ballast with Hortilux bulbs (1 Blue MH and 1 HPS)
3x6' flood table with a 70 gallon reservoir
Hydrofarm Commercial Air pump with 8 outlets
550 GPH Hydrofarm water pump
Advanced Nutrients Sensi 2-Part system
6" Vortex exhaust w/ a passive intake that is directly hooked to a cracked window
I am getting ready to finish buying up materials and assembling this thing so I thought it would be a great time to start my own grow-diary. As I go along I will inevitably have questions, my apologies in advance. Thanks to those who can provide insight. I will update with pics asap.
I am hoping to do about 25 plants at-first until I can get another light or a light-mover and then bump it up to about 40.
A couple of questions to start with:
1. Any recommendations on slowing down my fan somewhat cheaply? I've heard about the Speedster but IDK if it is good. I need something that has day/night control also. When that fan is on at full-blast it is a real headache and it actually cools off the room too much!
2. What would most of you say is the bear-necessities of the Advanced Nutrients products? I've heard Sensi 2-part and a couple of the additives but wondering what you guys think.
3. What would you guys recommend for my air pump (airstones, diffusers, etc.)? I have an 8-outlet model
Edit: New thread title...same good stuff. Follow the grow along if you want...I have been through a fair amount of "work" to get here and I still proud of everything thus far (I say work with exclamations because it may be hard sometimes but it is fun to me too). ENJOY!
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