Cecil Lebowitz
New member
So guys and gals I been ready to attempt my first hydro grow now that its legal in Colorado since we moved here. I have grown in soil for years in the past but never attempted something on this level with LED lighting and a completely new hydro system as well.
I have done a bunch of reading and research, thanks to International Cannagraphic and its wise members I was able to make an informed choice on the way I wanted to begin to grow my own medicine.
As we all know setting up the right environment for MMJ is key to quality medicine and healthy plants.
I choose an attic location that was well insulated and afforded me plenty of electricity and ventilation options.
I constructed the room in my attic space using 6mil plastic and lumber. Sectioned off the space with a partition wall. I completely enclosed the space with black poly. I would have used white but only had enough white on hand for the table, floor, and cabinet.
I started with a blank canvas.
Following Med-Man instructions, I constructed my chamber table with spots for 9 plants. The table is 48"x42", and plumbed per MM how-to videos and running a mag drive 7 as my man pump and a 400gph pond pump for a mixer. Constructed a reservoir out of plywood and poly lined it. Built it to hold 50 gallons and fit snugly under the drain hole in the table. I am using a 6" charcoal filter with an inline fan exhausting to outside. I am drawing air into the room through a 6" duct connected to a 6" x 10" air diffuser in the front wall. Using a cruise -temp to control the temp on a small electric space heater (1300w). Keeping the room ata steady 72-76F. Its quite cold here and with the changing weather lately the cruise temp has proved itself remarkably. I am using a whole house 3 gallon capacity humidifier. Being at 6000ft above sea level we only see around 35% or lower humidity on the average. I have the humidifier set at 55%.
I have run tests with everything running and all the timers working and the environment stabilized. Been a lot of fun building this room!
Becuase of size limitations to the attic opening it has been quite a challenge to get everything up there. To accomodate I had to ditch my 120Gallon water storage tank and develop a new system. I used a couple of 37gl rubbermaid totes with lids and used a couple bulkhead fitting to connect the two together. I placed my RO water filter system on a makeshift stand and run a hose up the attic opening for the time it takes the RO system to fill the totes. allows me to keep 70-75gl of RO water on hand and ready for res top-offs or refills.
Have seeds in the starting process now and ready to place them in the nursery cabinet as soon as they sprout.
Check out the pics! More to come!
I have done a bunch of reading and research, thanks to International Cannagraphic and its wise members I was able to make an informed choice on the way I wanted to begin to grow my own medicine.
As we all know setting up the right environment for MMJ is key to quality medicine and healthy plants.
I choose an attic location that was well insulated and afforded me plenty of electricity and ventilation options.
I constructed the room in my attic space using 6mil plastic and lumber. Sectioned off the space with a partition wall. I completely enclosed the space with black poly. I would have used white but only had enough white on hand for the table, floor, and cabinet.
I started with a blank canvas.
Following Med-Man instructions, I constructed my chamber table with spots for 9 plants. The table is 48"x42", and plumbed per MM how-to videos and running a mag drive 7 as my man pump and a 400gph pond pump for a mixer. Constructed a reservoir out of plywood and poly lined it. Built it to hold 50 gallons and fit snugly under the drain hole in the table. I am using a 6" charcoal filter with an inline fan exhausting to outside. I am drawing air into the room through a 6" duct connected to a 6" x 10" air diffuser in the front wall. Using a cruise -temp to control the temp on a small electric space heater (1300w). Keeping the room ata steady 72-76F. Its quite cold here and with the changing weather lately the cruise temp has proved itself remarkably. I am using a whole house 3 gallon capacity humidifier. Being at 6000ft above sea level we only see around 35% or lower humidity on the average. I have the humidifier set at 55%.
I have run tests with everything running and all the timers working and the environment stabilized. Been a lot of fun building this room!
Becuase of size limitations to the attic opening it has been quite a challenge to get everything up there. To accomodate I had to ditch my 120Gallon water storage tank and develop a new system. I used a couple of 37gl rubbermaid totes with lids and used a couple bulkhead fitting to connect the two together. I placed my RO water filter system on a makeshift stand and run a hose up the attic opening for the time it takes the RO system to fill the totes. allows me to keep 70-75gl of RO water on hand and ready for res top-offs or refills.
Have seeds in the starting process now and ready to place them in the nursery cabinet as soon as they sprout.
Check out the pics! More to come!