Hello ICMag!
I just made a new account to start my very first grow diary, on my very first grow.
So I'm pretty limited in space, I have a room that's 120cm x 220cm that will be dedicated to this project. After much consideration, and a bit of gambling, I decided to go with the Secret Jardin DR90 Twin.
As you can see in the first picture I will use the top chamber (the small one) for vegging, and to keep a mother plant. I will be using a Secret Jardin TNeon with 2x 55w Philips 6500k flourescents. The big toy box is for the motherplant (it's funny pictures because it's innocent!
). You can also see my exahust fan wich pulls 355m3/h, wich seems to be a bit oversized. Advice on a cheap fan control is most welcome!
In the bottom chamber I will flower the plants. First up is the Spudnik Reflector made by Prima Klima. This was bigger than I thought. The original idea was to keep the exhaust fan next to the reflector, as soon as I mounted the reflector I knew that that wasn't going to happen. Also there is a 400m3 carbon filter in the back, should do the job nicely. I didn't have enough ducting to set it up right now, need to go out and get it before I get flowering.
Inside the Spudnik is a 600W HPS bulb, Sunmaster Deluxe (pic 4). I'm not entirely sure about this one, the spectrum seems to be very high in the yellow, I want alot in the red spectrum right? It will have to do the job the first round anyway... This is powered by a Gavita Digistar 600W dimmable electronic ballast. It even has the option to supe the bulb up to 660W, no idea if this is good or adviceable.
Right now I'm running some tests to see where I'm at temperature wise. The temperature will be my biggest problem in that tiny room, I don't have a proper window. More like a venting hatch, and I want to run it with the door closed most of the day (when I'm at work). So I just got it all together and fired everything up, and after 20 minutes I was already up to 29.5C (85F). This was with the venting hatch closed though. We'll see where I end up, if I need an AC or what the deal is. If anyone know of a cheap AC for small rooms, let me know!
I will be using the hempy bucket method, with straight perlite I think. People seem to get good results with that. And since I'm in an apartment, if I don't have to mix alot of shit together, I'm a happy camper. Figured 5 plants in bloom at a time, maybe even 4. Will veg the plants as long as I can without them being burnt by the CFL's. Will be using the lucas formula.
That's about it for now, I'm glad to finally be at it! Hopefully beans will be popped this weekend (if my testruns are any good).
Take care!
P.S Just did a test for 1-2 hours, running at 600W is no good. 29-30C in flowering chamber and 33-33.5 in veg... Will do another try tomorrow dimmed down to 400w.
I just made a new account to start my very first grow diary, on my very first grow.
So I'm pretty limited in space, I have a room that's 120cm x 220cm that will be dedicated to this project. After much consideration, and a bit of gambling, I decided to go with the Secret Jardin DR90 Twin.
As you can see in the first picture I will use the top chamber (the small one) for vegging, and to keep a mother plant. I will be using a Secret Jardin TNeon with 2x 55w Philips 6500k flourescents. The big toy box is for the motherplant (it's funny pictures because it's innocent!
). You can also see my exahust fan wich pulls 355m3/h, wich seems to be a bit oversized. Advice on a cheap fan control is most welcome!In the bottom chamber I will flower the plants. First up is the Spudnik Reflector made by Prima Klima. This was bigger than I thought. The original idea was to keep the exhaust fan next to the reflector, as soon as I mounted the reflector I knew that that wasn't going to happen. Also there is a 400m3 carbon filter in the back, should do the job nicely. I didn't have enough ducting to set it up right now, need to go out and get it before I get flowering.
Inside the Spudnik is a 600W HPS bulb, Sunmaster Deluxe (pic 4). I'm not entirely sure about this one, the spectrum seems to be very high in the yellow, I want alot in the red spectrum right? It will have to do the job the first round anyway... This is powered by a Gavita Digistar 600W dimmable electronic ballast. It even has the option to supe the bulb up to 660W, no idea if this is good or adviceable.
Right now I'm running some tests to see where I'm at temperature wise. The temperature will be my biggest problem in that tiny room, I don't have a proper window. More like a venting hatch, and I want to run it with the door closed most of the day (when I'm at work). So I just got it all together and fired everything up, and after 20 minutes I was already up to 29.5C (85F). This was with the venting hatch closed though. We'll see where I end up, if I need an AC or what the deal is. If anyone know of a cheap AC for small rooms, let me know!
I will be using the hempy bucket method, with straight perlite I think. People seem to get good results with that. And since I'm in an apartment, if I don't have to mix alot of shit together, I'm a happy camper. Figured 5 plants in bloom at a time, maybe even 4. Will veg the plants as long as I can without them being burnt by the CFL's. Will be using the lucas formula.
That's about it for now, I'm glad to finally be at it! Hopefully beans will be popped this weekend (if my testruns are any good).
Take care!
P.S Just did a test for 1-2 hours, running at 600W is no good. 29-30C in flowering chamber and 33-33.5 in veg... Will do another try tomorrow dimmed down to 400w.
