TheTommyK
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Hello All,
I hope this is an acceptable place to post this.
I just wanted to describe what I am doing to see if anyone who has a similar room or situation can make improvement suggestions, as well as demonstrate how to have a micro grow for those who are on the fence and think that they don't have the resources.
First off, I have some general gardening experience in out door gardening as well as starting seeds indoors. I started gardening 420 indoors out of necessity. I have been in and out of work for the last 5 years, but I likes me pot ...... soooooooo. I got some seeds from a HQ I had bought .... and gave it a try.
I own a house with a cold room under the porch, as it is a building requirement for homes in my area. It is a 7'X8' fully cement room with one window and an electrical outlet. I have the added bonus of the wooden form used to create the ceiling of the room (or the floor of the porch) is still there. This allows me to be able to screw things to the ceiling for mounting. HUGE BONUS. It is subterranean which is why it is called a cold room, so I actually heat my room with a small block heater to keep it in the 70deg to 80deg range.
I have both my veg room and flower room in the same room .... separated by 3 layers of curtains (I bought some god awful sets from the Salvation Army ....6$!)
My veg room contains my mommies and my kidletts. The curtain wall is 2' from the 7' foot wall .... making my veg room 2'X'7. I have 3 shop lights (2banks of T4 florescent lights 15$ each at Home depot) on a set of 3 foot wide steel shelves for my mothers .... I currently have 4 juicy Fruit, 5 Bubba Kush, and 2 Sativas (of which I am not sure the strain) For my Kidlets, I have another set of steel shelves beside the mommies, which is separated into 2 sections; upper is for Clones, and the lower section is a 24" high section for vegging. It holds about 36 4" pots at once. I bought the pots at my local dollar store for $1.25 for a pack of 8 (so much for being a dollar store!) I created a 3 foot bank of CFL fixtures on a 6" piece of plywood for my clones. I have VERY recently bought a set of lights for my veggin stage ($36 each .... but they are supposed to be HO and the full spectrum of light). I haven't used them yet, as I have the awesome opportunity to re set up my room .... in the past I have used the shop lights.
My flower room is the remainder of the room, so 6'X8'. 5'X6' is useable because the door opens into the room. I have a raised table (plywood and milk crates purchased at midnight building supplies, they have prices in my budget right now). I have 2 600w MH lights. Theses were acquired from a friend who replaces lights in businesses like gas stations. The canopy lights above you when you pump gas ..... those ones, as well as pole lights in parking lots. Around here, in the winter time the snow plows seem to knock down a few each year ... the bulbs are no good ... but the fixture and guts still work ....
More to come .... I gotta run ...
I hope this is an acceptable place to post this.
I just wanted to describe what I am doing to see if anyone who has a similar room or situation can make improvement suggestions, as well as demonstrate how to have a micro grow for those who are on the fence and think that they don't have the resources.
First off, I have some general gardening experience in out door gardening as well as starting seeds indoors. I started gardening 420 indoors out of necessity. I have been in and out of work for the last 5 years, but I likes me pot ...... soooooooo. I got some seeds from a HQ I had bought .... and gave it a try.
I own a house with a cold room under the porch, as it is a building requirement for homes in my area. It is a 7'X8' fully cement room with one window and an electrical outlet. I have the added bonus of the wooden form used to create the ceiling of the room (or the floor of the porch) is still there. This allows me to be able to screw things to the ceiling for mounting. HUGE BONUS. It is subterranean which is why it is called a cold room, so I actually heat my room with a small block heater to keep it in the 70deg to 80deg range.
I have both my veg room and flower room in the same room .... separated by 3 layers of curtains (I bought some god awful sets from the Salvation Army ....6$!)
My veg room contains my mommies and my kidletts. The curtain wall is 2' from the 7' foot wall .... making my veg room 2'X'7. I have 3 shop lights (2banks of T4 florescent lights 15$ each at Home depot) on a set of 3 foot wide steel shelves for my mothers .... I currently have 4 juicy Fruit, 5 Bubba Kush, and 2 Sativas (of which I am not sure the strain) For my Kidlets, I have another set of steel shelves beside the mommies, which is separated into 2 sections; upper is for Clones, and the lower section is a 24" high section for vegging. It holds about 36 4" pots at once. I bought the pots at my local dollar store for $1.25 for a pack of 8 (so much for being a dollar store!) I created a 3 foot bank of CFL fixtures on a 6" piece of plywood for my clones. I have VERY recently bought a set of lights for my veggin stage ($36 each .... but they are supposed to be HO and the full spectrum of light). I haven't used them yet, as I have the awesome opportunity to re set up my room .... in the past I have used the shop lights.
My flower room is the remainder of the room, so 6'X8'. 5'X6' is useable because the door opens into the room. I have a raised table (plywood and milk crates purchased at midnight building supplies, they have prices in my budget right now). I have 2 600w MH lights. Theses were acquired from a friend who replaces lights in businesses like gas stations. The canopy lights above you when you pump gas ..... those ones, as well as pole lights in parking lots. Around here, in the winter time the snow plows seem to knock down a few each year ... the bulbs are no good ... but the fixture and guts still work ....
More to come .... I gotta run ...
