dj_greenthumb
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Hey guys, new to the site and to growing. Been reading up for the past couple months or so about growing and finally decided to take the plunge and buy some seeds
The footprint of my room is about 9x9x9 but it's an attic so there is much less height towards the edges of the room. The vegetative room will also have to fit in here along with equipment and reservoir.
Looking to start off with a basic horizontal 1x400w (400w) veg tent in one corner of the room and do a 3x600w (1800w) bare-bulb stadium grow in soil with the rest of the room (panda paper throughout). Still haven't decided on a soil mix nor my fertilizers so if anyone has suggestions, please let me know!
SO if you've made it this far into my intro, perhaps you can answer some questions:
1. The room has a window and we have a window AC unit (10,000 BTU) which would be great for cooling the room but is the Canadian winter air too cold to be bringing in? Will it shock the plants? Also, the exhaust from the AC unit will clearly cause steam (like a clothes dryer); will this be obvious to neighbours/cops? Should I just buy a fan/make a carbon filter and vent into the attic?
2. Are there any good (cheap) online Canadian stores? HTGsupply looked really good but they don't ship to Canada. Are there any sites that can match their pricing? If not, I'll probably just go to a local store.
3. How much can a standard breaker handle? At peak times, the room will be running at about 3kw total. Is this too much for my old house's electrical wiring? I assume this isn't enough to cause any concern from law enforcement/hydro companies as laundry machines/dishwashers run about the same (and I have neither)?
I will definitely have more questions along the way so if you value yourself an avid grower, stick around and help out the new kid! Going to start germing these seeds this weekend and hopefully have the room up and running by mid week.
Let's go!
The footprint of my room is about 9x9x9 but it's an attic so there is much less height towards the edges of the room. The vegetative room will also have to fit in here along with equipment and reservoir.
Looking to start off with a basic horizontal 1x400w (400w) veg tent in one corner of the room and do a 3x600w (1800w) bare-bulb stadium grow in soil with the rest of the room (panda paper throughout). Still haven't decided on a soil mix nor my fertilizers so if anyone has suggestions, please let me know!
SO if you've made it this far into my intro, perhaps you can answer some questions:
1. The room has a window and we have a window AC unit (10,000 BTU) which would be great for cooling the room but is the Canadian winter air too cold to be bringing in? Will it shock the plants? Also, the exhaust from the AC unit will clearly cause steam (like a clothes dryer); will this be obvious to neighbours/cops? Should I just buy a fan/make a carbon filter and vent into the attic?
2. Are there any good (cheap) online Canadian stores? HTGsupply looked really good but they don't ship to Canada. Are there any sites that can match their pricing? If not, I'll probably just go to a local store.
3. How much can a standard breaker handle? At peak times, the room will be running at about 3kw total. Is this too much for my old house's electrical wiring? I assume this isn't enough to cause any concern from law enforcement/hydro companies as laundry machines/dishwashers run about the same (and I have neither)?
I will definitely have more questions along the way so if you value yourself an avid grower, stick around and help out the new kid! Going to start germing these seeds this weekend and hopefully have the room up and running by mid week.
Let's go!
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