Hi Peeps!Thought I would start(slightly late) a thread about the growroom a growmate and I setup recently and are currently flowering at the mo. It was set up in a rush due to previously uncertain living conditions and without all the planned funds so is a little scruffy but with some great self-built tech. We were gonna start 2 seperate flower rooms(one Hydro & one Bioponic) with 2x600w grolux in each,but decided to start the other room in a few weeks when we have more funds and time(will let you know l8r about that grow).
The area is in a small room split into a grow and 2 flower areas with seperate systems(so i can bud diff plants for diff periods and light schedules in each space)built with wood frame and b/w and diamond reflecta-grow sheeting,but we will use sound board when we can for all the walls.
The air intake is from a blocked window and the outlet goes through ceiling to the attic space above where it is vented via roofvents.We are in the process of making a 4 way soundproofed aliminium spigot box for the 8inch mixed flow exhaust fan we are using but its rigged up crudely to just 2 lights at mo on a low speed setting and working fine.
The lights are air cooled(always) via a 5"carb each with dutch Poot ballasts and our self built reflectors. The air from room is sucked into the carbs(at top) then through the reflectors and out of the exhaust and it works fine(even in summer) and stops bulbs etc getting dirty as well.
The plants are in 11 litre pot in pot with top pot movable in a mix of prepared Mapito and DiaHydro with a bubbler tube in the bottom of each pot under the media connected to a 40psi air compressor. There are 4 pots per light/sqm,a total of 8 in 2sqm. They are connected with 35mm tubing in 2 rows of 4 to a distributor with a draining pump and float switches. Which is fed by a 200 litre polytank reservoir with a fill pump and a circulating/emptying pump and various floatswitches,sensors,filters,pipes and valves.
It is set to flood(takes 2-3 mins) 4 times in a 12hour period(no feed at nite) and soaks/bubbles for 420 secs then drains(takes 1-2 mins). There is always enough solution in the tubes so that its just wetting the bottom of the pots(and there fore the bubbler tube at base of pot) and the bubbles come on for 420secs 4 times an hour feed or no feed day or night. If the air fails the controller tells pumps to lower the base water level to stop pots sitting in still water 4 too long and it still floods and drains OK.
The lights,fans,pumps,bubbles etc are all controlled by our own self designed and built System control box(Mitsubishi Processor,contactors etc) with facilities for sensing and controlling anything from temp,humidity,conductivity and PH,water level etc.
The controller we have nearly ready for the other space is 4 times as powerful and has loads more inputs and outputs(analog and digital) and will even alarm,text or trigger security video if needed so thats gonna be fun!
The solution we use at the mo consists of GH FloraNova Bloom and Hygrozymes,occasional Superthrive and a little Bio PK boost for last 3or4 weeks flower before I flush system and feed half strength Vitrasol for last 10/14 days.We have tried loads of products and think most are a waste of time and were of no added benefit when compared to simple nutrient program(but buy 20 products if u want just mho LOL)
The plants in the system now(12/12 since yesterday) are 5 Pot of Gold from T.F.D.(Superb) and 2 G.H.Doc(awkward but fat and sweet) and one pot is split 4 ways with one each of Graprfruit Kush(tasty),Chronic(Phat),Cheese(Mmmmmhh!), Kush x AK47(Strong,Tropical) Sogging in the one pot for a little variety.
Sorry about Picture quality(or lack of) they are done with a PhoneCam as no Digicam and spending ALL resources on rooms rite now! But I thought better than nothing and I will try to borrow a cam for when they start to bud properly in a few weeks. I will update soon as I can. May the light be bright on all your gardens. JBo
xterior woodwork
fiddling with system controller
controller (blurry!)
pots connection
pipe connects
Reservoir
pumps in Rez
pumps in rez 2
polypipes in Rez
inside Distributor
inside distributor2
40psi air compressor
agitation pump
Old 8 row output distributor
The area is in a small room split into a grow and 2 flower areas with seperate systems(so i can bud diff plants for diff periods and light schedules in each space)built with wood frame and b/w and diamond reflecta-grow sheeting,but we will use sound board when we can for all the walls.
The air intake is from a blocked window and the outlet goes through ceiling to the attic space above where it is vented via roofvents.We are in the process of making a 4 way soundproofed aliminium spigot box for the 8inch mixed flow exhaust fan we are using but its rigged up crudely to just 2 lights at mo on a low speed setting and working fine.
The lights are air cooled(always) via a 5"carb each with dutch Poot ballasts and our self built reflectors. The air from room is sucked into the carbs(at top) then through the reflectors and out of the exhaust and it works fine(even in summer) and stops bulbs etc getting dirty as well.
The plants are in 11 litre pot in pot with top pot movable in a mix of prepared Mapito and DiaHydro with a bubbler tube in the bottom of each pot under the media connected to a 40psi air compressor. There are 4 pots per light/sqm,a total of 8 in 2sqm. They are connected with 35mm tubing in 2 rows of 4 to a distributor with a draining pump and float switches. Which is fed by a 200 litre polytank reservoir with a fill pump and a circulating/emptying pump and various floatswitches,sensors,filters,pipes and valves.
It is set to flood(takes 2-3 mins) 4 times in a 12hour period(no feed at nite) and soaks/bubbles for 420 secs then drains(takes 1-2 mins). There is always enough solution in the tubes so that its just wetting the bottom of the pots(and there fore the bubbler tube at base of pot) and the bubbles come on for 420secs 4 times an hour feed or no feed day or night. If the air fails the controller tells pumps to lower the base water level to stop pots sitting in still water 4 too long and it still floods and drains OK.
The lights,fans,pumps,bubbles etc are all controlled by our own self designed and built System control box(Mitsubishi Processor,contactors etc) with facilities for sensing and controlling anything from temp,humidity,conductivity and PH,water level etc.
The controller we have nearly ready for the other space is 4 times as powerful and has loads more inputs and outputs(analog and digital) and will even alarm,text or trigger security video if needed so thats gonna be fun!
The solution we use at the mo consists of GH FloraNova Bloom and Hygrozymes,occasional Superthrive and a little Bio PK boost for last 3or4 weeks flower before I flush system and feed half strength Vitrasol for last 10/14 days.We have tried loads of products and think most are a waste of time and were of no added benefit when compared to simple nutrient program(but buy 20 products if u want just mho LOL)
The plants in the system now(12/12 since yesterday) are 5 Pot of Gold from T.F.D.(Superb) and 2 G.H.Doc(awkward but fat and sweet) and one pot is split 4 ways with one each of Graprfruit Kush(tasty),Chronic(Phat),Cheese(Mmmmmhh!), Kush x AK47(Strong,Tropical) Sogging in the one pot for a little variety.
Sorry about Picture quality(or lack of) they are done with a PhoneCam as no Digicam and spending ALL resources on rooms rite now! But I thought better than nothing and I will try to borrow a cam for when they start to bud properly in a few weeks. I will update soon as I can. May the light be bright on all your gardens. JBo
xterior woodwork
fiddling with system controller
controller (blurry!)
pots connection
pipe connects
Reservoir
pumps in Rez
pumps in rez 2
polypipes in Rez
inside Distributor
inside distributor2
40psi air compressor
agitation pump
Old 8 row output distributor
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