Basement farmer 2.0 grow diary a

[closettrapper217]

Putting the finishing touches on the new setup. Going to give it a few days to decide exactly how a want to intake fresh air and exhaust. Living in New England I can’t always intake fresh air from outside because it gets too cold obviously so I want to make some sort of system where there is a t so I can use the basement as a lung room in the winter and get fresh air from outside when the weather permits

 

[closettrapper217]

Having trouble with high temps (got up to 90 f)so I put the driver of the Flora flex on top of the 4x4 it went down a little bit but having it sit on my plywood roof still got some heat soak. Now got it attached to the beam above and it seems to be perfect. Still a little too cold to pull fresh air from outside.

 

[closettrapper217]

Update on the tents today. Everything rolling along nicely. Had another male psycho berry so put back my perpetual harvest plans a couple weeks again but it’s part of the game we’re playing.

Got the environment dialed in both set ups now since the move so things should start progressing nicely now.

 

[closettrapper217]

Found a buddy in the veg tent today

 

[closettrapper217]

Also killed another male. That’s like 4 out of 7,gotta be some kind of record lol

 

[closettrapper217]

This one here on the bottom. Crazy these psycho berry plants are male leaning for some odd reason lol

 

[closettrapper217]

Did some up potting in the veg tent. (Into custom 16 oz yogurt cups) Trying to decide what to do with what. Got like 15 strains in there. After these seeds pop it’s time to find the ones I like and keep mothers of them and not pop a seed for like a year is the plan lol

Got the 4x4 flower area all filled up now 7 3 gallons and 3 one gallons of a bunch of different strains haha I staggered putting them in their the way I did to try to be able to harvest one plant at a time and then replace it with one out of the veg tent. Sounds easy enough right? Haha

 

[closettrapper217]

Psycho berry setting itself up nicely. Wish I could remember the date I flipped it lmao

 

[closettrapper217]

Only me lol

 

[closettrapper217]

Another psycho berry that got put into the flower tent like ten days after. Very different pheno with fatter leaves

 

[BearWater]

Having trouble with high temps (got up to 90 f)so I put the driver of the Flora flex on top of the 4x4 it went down a little bit but having it sit on my plywood roof still got some heat soak. Now got it attached to the beam above and it seems to be perfect. Still a little too cold to pull fresh air from outside.

I use the cold air to maintain temps when im able too : ) I have an inlet fan plugged into a AC infinity “smart plug” that comes on per set temps from the controller. It’s pretty handy. Pretty sure you can achieve the same thing with an inkbird controller, im sure there are others also.

 

[closettrapper217]

I use the cold air to maintain temps when im able too : ) I have an inlet fan plugged into a AC infinity “smart plug” that comes on per set temps from the controller. It’s pretty handy. Pretty sure you can achieve the same thing with an inkbird controller, im sure there are others also.

Yeah sometimes looking back I wish I just spent the money and got the fans and controller as a setup because running them with timers and shit is a pain in the ass.I bought all mismatched used fans and timers and analog fan controllers being cheap and now I suffer. Living in New England. Having a wood stove in the basement blah blah but seems to be dialed for now at least. Remote mounting the driver helped a lot. Then I could pull enough air to keep temps down but couldn’t keep enough humidity. Now I got the exhaust cycling off and on about every 30 minutes at about 60 percent power and it’s been between 78-82 degrees lights on 50-55% humidity but also it’s rained here for four days straight lol but it is getting dialed.

New problem is now that it’s getting a little warmer. Not using the wood stove it gets very cold in the flower area like down to 65 at night but the plants don’t seem bothered. I could have the lights run at night instead but I feel by the time I get them changed over it will warm up at night so I’m just rolling with it for now. Haha

 

[closettrapper217]

I use the cold air to maintain temps when im able too : ) I have an inlet fan plugged into a AC infinity “smart plug” that comes on per set temps from the controller. It’s pretty handy. Pretty sure you can achieve the same thing with an inkbird controller, im sure there are others also.

Also since I built the new setup I’ve been contemplating where I wanna put that permanent hole in the side of the house to pull fresh air from lol

 

[BearWater]

Yeah sometimes looking back I wish I just spent the money and got the fans and controller as a setup because running them with timers and shit is a pain in the ass.I bought all mismatched used fans and timers and analog fan controllers being cheap and now I suffer. Living in New England. Having a wood stove in the basement blah blah but seems to be dialed for now at least. Remote mounting the driver helped a lot. Then I could pull enough air to keep temps down but couldn’t keep enough humidity. Now I got the exhaust cycling off and on about every 30 minutes at about 60 percent power and it’s been between 78-82 degrees lights on 50-55% humidity but also it’s rained here for four days straight lol but it is getting dialed.

New problem is now that it’s getting a little warmer. Not using the wood stove it gets very cold in the flower area like down to 65 but the plants don’t seem bothered. I could have the lights run at night instead but I feel by the time I get them changed over it will warm up at night so I’m just rolling with it for now. Haha

i think youre doing great man! It does make things easier in my opinion with the “controllers” but youre rocking and rolling with out it!

I hear you on the warmer temps! i lost my AC a few weeks ago, panicked, got all bummed, then a week later it almost snowed again! not complaining about the weather rather, pointing out your “rolling with it for now” philosophy: )

we gotta keep up the good fight!

 

[BearWater]

Also since I built the new setup I’ve been contemplating where I wanna put that permanent hole in the side of the house to pull fresh air from lol

Im staying out of that one! You’ve seen my shed right!?

 

[BearWater]

Also since I built the new setup I’ve been contemplating where I wanna put that permanent hole in the side of the house to pull fresh air from lol

Serious note though! Make a post about it and im sure youll get more knowledge on the topic than just herb knowledge : ) for example maybe some do’s or dont’s specific to what kind of siding you have you know? : )

 

[Bobcat.Branch]

Yeah sometimes looking back I wish I just spent the money and got the fans and controller as a setup because running them with timers and shit is a pain in the ass.I bought all mismatched used fans and timers and analog fan controllers being cheap and now I suffer. Living in New England. Having a wood stove in the basement blah blah but seems to be dialed for now at least. Remote mounting the driver helped a lot. Then I could pull enough air to keep temps down but couldn’t keep enough humidity. Now I got the exhaust cycling off and on about every 30 minutes at about 60 percent power and it’s been between 78-82 degrees lights on 50-55% humidity but also it’s rained here for four days straight lol but it is getting dialed.

New problem is now that it’s getting a little warmer. Not using the wood stove it gets very cold in the flower area like down to 65 at night but the plants don’t seem bothered. I could have the lights run at night instead but I feel by the time I get them changed over it will warm up at night so I’m just rolling with it for now. Haha

65° at night (lights off) isn't that bad as long as the humidity doesn't creep up too high. Without the wood stove running, humidity is probably higher in the house, no?

 

[closettrapper217]

65° at night (lights off) isn't that bad as long as the humidity doesn't creep up too high. Without the wood stove running, humidity is probably higher in the house, no?

Yeah for sure it’s nice not fighting that dryness haha it’s not necessarily them being 65 the thing that scares me is I’ve heard people talk about swings in temp causing mold Although I did try to find info on it but couldn’t find much. But it will only get a little warmer as the weather turns to spring. That’s one nice thing about the basement is it will stay nice and cool I’m the summer.

Now that I think about growing in this climate even indoor is a pain in the ass but I guess everyone has something to deal with lol

 

[closettrapper217]

Serious note though! Make a post about it and im sure youll get more knowledge on the topic than just herb knowledge : ) for example maybe some do’s or dont’s specific to what kind of siding you have you know? : )

This is very true man good idea.

 

[BearWater]

This is very true man good idea.

absolutely no problem! i just figured its not a “shed” like what i got : ) didnt want to encourage you getting the chainsaw out or something like that!