Texan
Active member
Hey,
I hope everyone is doing good and would like to welcome everyone to my humble little grow. I am not a newbie grower but am no way near a pro either. Amateur at best.
Mainly, I grow organic guerrilla outdoors and have about 2-3 years of growing experience. I have grown indoors a couple times too but it was with a tiny little LED for kicks and giggles. Nothing serious.
As an outdoor grower, I realize the potential of the Sun is untouchable. I was initially going to get an HPS but after a little research, I opted to give a Ceramic Metal Halide a go. I figured, the closer I can replicate sunlight, the better off I will be.
Anyway, I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Some of my decisions, other's may not agree with, but it is what I can manage with what I have to work with. I'll go ahead and try to describe my setup as best as I can.
Grow Room: 2x2x2 ft. cube. I sectioned off the top corner of my closet and made a cube with fiberglass insulation. It's cheap, easy to cut, reflective on one side and fire retardant. It is fully light proofed and structurally sound.
Lighting: Philips MasterColor 250 watt Ceramic Metal Halide, Philips Advance DIY Ballast Kit (ANSI CODE: S55), generic reflector...mounted somewhat awkwardly due to space constraints. Also got a HydroFarm Digital Timer.
Ventilation: Sunleaves Windtunnel 4" Centrifugal Fan (200 CFMs) exhausting into the attic, passive intake. Going to use ONA Gel for a small grow like this. Small PC fans for "wind", lol.
**My micro grow room also has central air. Pretty cool, eh? I figured I might have temp problems with a 250 watter in a tiny grow space like mine. So while I was in the attic, I just ran an extra duct hose from my Central Air unit and fed it to my grow room.
Medium: Organic soil I made myself. It's gold. I use it outdoors and plants thrive. I did sterilize the soil in the oven before bringing it indoors. Hopefully no bugs.
Pots/Containers: 2 gallon Self Watering pots (Wal-Mart). I used these pots for other houseplants so lets see how they do with Cannabis.
Strain: Seedsman Mama Thai 100% Landrace Sativa (supposedly). I bought a regular 10 pack from the Attitude about 2 years ago and decided to see if I could tame a wild Sativa indoors. The breeder advertises 11 weeks flower time indoors but I doubt that. I am expecting 16-24 weeks. I started 5 seeds 3 weeks ago and got 4 females a couple of weeks later.
Light Cycle: 11/13 from seed. Heard it is good to help finish stubborn Sativas indoors. What better candidate than the notoriously long flowering Thai Sativa.
I hope everyone is doing good and would like to welcome everyone to my humble little grow. I am not a newbie grower but am no way near a pro either. Amateur at best.
Mainly, I grow organic guerrilla outdoors and have about 2-3 years of growing experience. I have grown indoors a couple times too but it was with a tiny little LED for kicks and giggles. Nothing serious.
As an outdoor grower, I realize the potential of the Sun is untouchable. I was initially going to get an HPS but after a little research, I opted to give a Ceramic Metal Halide a go. I figured, the closer I can replicate sunlight, the better off I will be.
Anyway, I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Some of my decisions, other's may not agree with, but it is what I can manage with what I have to work with. I'll go ahead and try to describe my setup as best as I can.
Grow Room: 2x2x2 ft. cube. I sectioned off the top corner of my closet and made a cube with fiberglass insulation. It's cheap, easy to cut, reflective on one side and fire retardant. It is fully light proofed and structurally sound.
Lighting: Philips MasterColor 250 watt Ceramic Metal Halide, Philips Advance DIY Ballast Kit (ANSI CODE: S55), generic reflector...mounted somewhat awkwardly due to space constraints. Also got a HydroFarm Digital Timer.
Ventilation: Sunleaves Windtunnel 4" Centrifugal Fan (200 CFMs) exhausting into the attic, passive intake. Going to use ONA Gel for a small grow like this. Small PC fans for "wind", lol.
**My micro grow room also has central air. Pretty cool, eh? I figured I might have temp problems with a 250 watter in a tiny grow space like mine. So while I was in the attic, I just ran an extra duct hose from my Central Air unit and fed it to my grow room.
Medium: Organic soil I made myself. It's gold. I use it outdoors and plants thrive. I did sterilize the soil in the oven before bringing it indoors. Hopefully no bugs.
Pots/Containers: 2 gallon Self Watering pots (Wal-Mart). I used these pots for other houseplants so lets see how they do with Cannabis.
Strain: Seedsman Mama Thai 100% Landrace Sativa (supposedly). I bought a regular 10 pack from the Attitude about 2 years ago and decided to see if I could tame a wild Sativa indoors. The breeder advertises 11 weeks flower time indoors but I doubt that. I am expecting 16-24 weeks. I started 5 seeds 3 weeks ago and got 4 females a couple of weeks later.
Light Cycle: 11/13 from seed. Heard it is good to help finish stubborn Sativas indoors. What better candidate than the notoriously long flowering Thai Sativa.