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Sup good people....
Last year I had two grows in my 10' x 11' room which I was extremely happy with for my first year, but this year my goal is to knock it outta the park. I have a lot invested and I knew going in it'd be a few years before the learning curve started to turn a profit, but if I can get my operation perpetual I think that's very doable in 2017.
For my next grow I plan on running Bianca Feminized from Amsterdam Marijuana Seeds. My room consists of two 4'x 8' footprints with 1400 watts of led lighting. I put 3 rows of six 5-gallon pots, or 18 plants on each side of the room for a total of 36 plants. Short flower time of 6-7 weeks listed from the seed bank.
Last year I was a little intimidated by injecting co2 so I opted to use exhale mycelium bags which I didn't have a sensor to test but I'm pretty sure they were insufficient at producing enough co2 to put a 770 cu ft room at or above 1200 ppm. Besides light, co2 is the second most contributing factor to photosynthesis, therefore to not provide your babies with the optimal amount is wasting your space indoors am I right? So I decided to buy a natural gas fed co2 generator and monitor and that takes all of the guess work out of it for me, plus I felt like natural gas was a better option than going to the plumbing supply store and refilling tanks once a month but that's just for my situation. Either way I'm wicked excited to see how much the girls love this change.
For my medium i use subcool's supersoil recipe, with roots organic as the base mix, and I currently have a 55 gallon drum that's been cooking for almost a year. I opened it and poured 3 gallons of water in the drum and resealed it approx 2 months ago and it Didn't smell foul or anything like that. I'm gonna be growing all my plants from seed, starting by germinating using the paper towel method. Then plan on using pro-mix in 1-gallon transplanter smart pots until the last week or two of veg when I'll transplant into the 5-gallon smart pots with Supersoil where they'll finish. I'll make sure to establish a strong microbial presence thru the use of mykos innocculant, compost tea, and foliar applications because my grow is in a basement and pests are always a concern, so preventative maintenance is best, and if I put more "good things" than there are "bad things" my plants should prosper no matter what right? I have zero experience brewing tea so any recipes or pro tips would be much appreciated.
I haven't really any experience with nutrients either but after some research I'm gonna try Heavy 16 Prime and some sort of fish emulsion with my compost tea brew, Heavy 16 foliar for my foliar applications, Heavy 16 Roots as a water conditioner throughout the grow, and flush with Heavy finish. With co2 enrichment I know it's important that my plants have all the nutrients they need so any suggestions please insert here lol..... For my compost tea setup I was gonna tape a submersible pump in place at the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket with some compost in a filter (nylons), fish emulsion, heavy primer, and brew for 36 hours to ensure a healthy Protozoa population. I'm not sure whether it would then be better to dilute some of the tea into my reservoir just prior to watering or to top drench each pot individually with the tea right after/before regular watering. Just a thought. I will also use the tea in conjunction with heavy foliar so there is a microbial presence on the leaf surface as a defense mechanism there as well.
Still have a few more pieces of equipment I need to buy to get my room completely automated. I work construction full time and have a 1 year old so I learned the hard way that when I can't be there to take care of my plants they will suffer! So I want to make sure I can go days without even opening the door, plus devote most of my time to trimming as opposed to carrying buckets of water (learned that the hard way too lol). Each of my 4' x 8' footprints consists of 8 180-watt led lights that were supposed to come from the factory daisy-chain ready, however they are not which poses a problem for getting them all on a timer. After a bunch of research (and meditation lol) I have decided to buy two of these....
https://hydrobuilder.com/helios-7-8-light-240v-controller-with-timer.html#
I feel like I'll be a much happier person when I don't have to turn 16 lights on and off individually every 12 hours. I also want to purchase one of these environmental controllers...
Most importantly I want to remember that it's a learning and growing experience no matter what happens and to enjoy it. I'm hoping to be up and running before June, I think that's do-able....
Thanks everyone for the community
Peace and positivity
Last year I had two grows in my 10' x 11' room which I was extremely happy with for my first year, but this year my goal is to knock it outta the park. I have a lot invested and I knew going in it'd be a few years before the learning curve started to turn a profit, but if I can get my operation perpetual I think that's very doable in 2017.
For my next grow I plan on running Bianca Feminized from Amsterdam Marijuana Seeds. My room consists of two 4'x 8' footprints with 1400 watts of led lighting. I put 3 rows of six 5-gallon pots, or 18 plants on each side of the room for a total of 36 plants. Short flower time of 6-7 weeks listed from the seed bank.
Last year I was a little intimidated by injecting co2 so I opted to use exhale mycelium bags which I didn't have a sensor to test but I'm pretty sure they were insufficient at producing enough co2 to put a 770 cu ft room at or above 1200 ppm. Besides light, co2 is the second most contributing factor to photosynthesis, therefore to not provide your babies with the optimal amount is wasting your space indoors am I right? So I decided to buy a natural gas fed co2 generator and monitor and that takes all of the guess work out of it for me, plus I felt like natural gas was a better option than going to the plumbing supply store and refilling tanks once a month but that's just for my situation. Either way I'm wicked excited to see how much the girls love this change.
For my medium i use subcool's supersoil recipe, with roots organic as the base mix, and I currently have a 55 gallon drum that's been cooking for almost a year. I opened it and poured 3 gallons of water in the drum and resealed it approx 2 months ago and it Didn't smell foul or anything like that. I'm gonna be growing all my plants from seed, starting by germinating using the paper towel method. Then plan on using pro-mix in 1-gallon transplanter smart pots until the last week or two of veg when I'll transplant into the 5-gallon smart pots with Supersoil where they'll finish. I'll make sure to establish a strong microbial presence thru the use of mykos innocculant, compost tea, and foliar applications because my grow is in a basement and pests are always a concern, so preventative maintenance is best, and if I put more "good things" than there are "bad things" my plants should prosper no matter what right? I have zero experience brewing tea so any recipes or pro tips would be much appreciated.
I haven't really any experience with nutrients either but after some research I'm gonna try Heavy 16 Prime and some sort of fish emulsion with my compost tea brew, Heavy 16 foliar for my foliar applications, Heavy 16 Roots as a water conditioner throughout the grow, and flush with Heavy finish. With co2 enrichment I know it's important that my plants have all the nutrients they need so any suggestions please insert here lol..... For my compost tea setup I was gonna tape a submersible pump in place at the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket with some compost in a filter (nylons), fish emulsion, heavy primer, and brew for 36 hours to ensure a healthy Protozoa population. I'm not sure whether it would then be better to dilute some of the tea into my reservoir just prior to watering or to top drench each pot individually with the tea right after/before regular watering. Just a thought. I will also use the tea in conjunction with heavy foliar so there is a microbial presence on the leaf surface as a defense mechanism there as well.
Still have a few more pieces of equipment I need to buy to get my room completely automated. I work construction full time and have a 1 year old so I learned the hard way that when I can't be there to take care of my plants they will suffer! So I want to make sure I can go days without even opening the door, plus devote most of my time to trimming as opposed to carrying buckets of water (learned that the hard way too lol). Each of my 4' x 8' footprints consists of 8 180-watt led lights that were supposed to come from the factory daisy-chain ready, however they are not which poses a problem for getting them all on a timer. After a bunch of research (and meditation lol) I have decided to buy two of these....
https://hydrobuilder.com/helios-7-8-light-240v-controller-with-timer.html#
I feel like I'll be a much happier person when I don't have to turn 16 lights on and off individually every 12 hours. I also want to purchase one of these environmental controllers...
Most importantly I want to remember that it's a learning and growing experience no matter what happens and to enjoy it. I'm hoping to be up and running before June, I think that's do-able....
Thanks everyone for the community
Peace and positivity