so it's been literally forever since I've done a grow thread...and I suppose it's about time I give you guys a look at what I've been working on lately.
I bought this 20' shipping container last September, with every intention of having it up and running within 2 months MAX!...well, that didn't exactly work out. So, needless to say, I'm completely OVER growing in tents...my yields have suffered, my quality has suffered...I'm just ready to be done with this friggin build...but it's been dragging on, a lot had to do with my available budget, a lot had to do with being lazy...regardless of all of that, it is nearing completion, and it couldn't be quick enough.
so specs:
20' x 8' x 8' are the total dimensions of the container, I built a wall at 14.5' from the back of the container to separate it into two rooms.
so my flower room is 14.5' x 7.5' x 7'8", the plan for now is just 3kw aircooled along the left side, leaving me about 1.5' of walkway on the right side. I have a 1ton soleus minisplit that was given to me that I will be utilizing until I ultimately upgrade to gavita flex's.
walls are done with 2" RMAX insulation panels, ceiling has from top down: Radiant barrier, r-13 fiberglass roll insulation, and 1" RMAX panels...last summer I truly realized the importance of insulation, and it was a BIG deal with this build...this thing maintains a pretty constant temperature, regardless of outside conditions...dope!
It will be a sealed room w/ bottled co2, that I'll keep around 1000-1100 ppms
on the left side directly when you walk in the front door there is an elevated veg area that is roughly 4'x'4x5'(please ignore the mess! LOL)...I'll have a 400w mh in there keeping the little ones happy, and although it's still on my to-do list, I'm planning on making a diy light proof vent that I can install in the wall between the veg and flower room in order to keep the climate within range(along with negative pressure from the aircooling of the 400w)
beneath the veg "tray" I'll have all my nutes & 4 reservoirs, one for each light. The plan is to have an every 3 week perpetual pull of 1kw
I grow in b'cuzz coco with canna base nutes, some h&g additives, and a few other things...but that's the gist of it...if anyone wants to know more just ask and I'll get more detailed.
The whole container is running on a 50A sub panel, that is fed with a 100ft 6/3 twistlock extension cord...so I have a little cushion below the recommended 80%max load on the circuit.(pics on next post)
the driving force behind me building out a container instead of a room in the house is I'm sick of building rooms and getting one or two harvests out of them before I'm tearing down and rebuilding...this way, I move my room moves...and all I have to do is plug it in and she's rockin....no more downtime, no more wasted time and money on temporary builds that don't provide my ideal growing environment...just plug and play...if I need it moved it cost me a few hundred bucks to get it pulled up onto a tow truck and dropped off right where I need it...another huge benefit is that the thing is fuggin steel, so thieves can go fuck themselves if they know whats good for em.
here's a list of the strains I currently have:
SFV OG
XXX OG
Tahoe OG
Florida Crippy
SSH
Jelly Donuts(Louis XIII OG x Forum cookies)
Million Dollar Baby(Cherry pie x Forum cookies)
ECSD
Lucy
Chloe
Sour Dubb
Gorilla Glue #4
Albert Walker
OG Mango
Little Dragon (BTY og x White Widow)
POW!(like pow! not p.o.w....LVPK x LV Sour Diesel)
well, that's al I have for now...I'll snap a couple plant shots in the next couple day to try and spice up the tread while we're waiting on me to finish up this build...did I mention it's taking FOR-EV-ER? lol
JUST A WARNING: if you want to see this thing finally up and running, you're gonna have to skip to about page 23...
I bought this 20' shipping container last September, with every intention of having it up and running within 2 months MAX!...well, that didn't exactly work out. So, needless to say, I'm completely OVER growing in tents...my yields have suffered, my quality has suffered...I'm just ready to be done with this friggin build...but it's been dragging on, a lot had to do with my available budget, a lot had to do with being lazy...regardless of all of that, it is nearing completion, and it couldn't be quick enough.
so specs:
20' x 8' x 8' are the total dimensions of the container, I built a wall at 14.5' from the back of the container to separate it into two rooms.
so my flower room is 14.5' x 7.5' x 7'8", the plan for now is just 3kw aircooled along the left side, leaving me about 1.5' of walkway on the right side. I have a 1ton soleus minisplit that was given to me that I will be utilizing until I ultimately upgrade to gavita flex's.
walls are done with 2" RMAX insulation panels, ceiling has from top down: Radiant barrier, r-13 fiberglass roll insulation, and 1" RMAX panels...last summer I truly realized the importance of insulation, and it was a BIG deal with this build...this thing maintains a pretty constant temperature, regardless of outside conditions...dope!
It will be a sealed room w/ bottled co2, that I'll keep around 1000-1100 ppms
on the left side directly when you walk in the front door there is an elevated veg area that is roughly 4'x'4x5'(please ignore the mess! LOL)...I'll have a 400w mh in there keeping the little ones happy, and although it's still on my to-do list, I'm planning on making a diy light proof vent that I can install in the wall between the veg and flower room in order to keep the climate within range(along with negative pressure from the aircooling of the 400w)
beneath the veg "tray" I'll have all my nutes & 4 reservoirs, one for each light. The plan is to have an every 3 week perpetual pull of 1kw
I grow in b'cuzz coco with canna base nutes, some h&g additives, and a few other things...but that's the gist of it...if anyone wants to know more just ask and I'll get more detailed.
The whole container is running on a 50A sub panel, that is fed with a 100ft 6/3 twistlock extension cord...so I have a little cushion below the recommended 80%max load on the circuit.(pics on next post)
the driving force behind me building out a container instead of a room in the house is I'm sick of building rooms and getting one or two harvests out of them before I'm tearing down and rebuilding...this way, I move my room moves...and all I have to do is plug it in and she's rockin....no more downtime, no more wasted time and money on temporary builds that don't provide my ideal growing environment...just plug and play...if I need it moved it cost me a few hundred bucks to get it pulled up onto a tow truck and dropped off right where I need it...another huge benefit is that the thing is fuggin steel, so thieves can go fuck themselves if they know whats good for em.
here's a list of the strains I currently have:
SFV OG
XXX OG
Tahoe OG
Florida Crippy
SSH
Jelly Donuts(Louis XIII OG x Forum cookies)
Million Dollar Baby(Cherry pie x Forum cookies)
ECSD
Lucy
Chloe
Sour Dubb
Gorilla Glue #4
Albert Walker
OG Mango
Little Dragon (BTY og x White Widow)
POW!(like pow! not p.o.w....LVPK x LV Sour Diesel)
well, that's al I have for now...I'll snap a couple plant shots in the next couple day to try and spice up the tread while we're waiting on me to finish up this build...did I mention it's taking FOR-EV-ER? lol
JUST A WARNING: if you want to see this thing finally up and running, you're gonna have to skip to about page 23...