Preparing For My First Grow.

[VenomToker]

I starting to buy my equipment for my first grow and would like to know what I'm missing. So this I what I have so far.

2 gavita 1000 de light. Getting one more light next week.
1 10inch hyperfan
1 8 inch hurricane fan
Cloning tray and light fixture
1 8inch phresh exhaust filter to pull air in the room
Smart pots
Ordered 1 10 by 39 phresh filter today

Please let me know what else I'm missing or would make it easier. Still have $1400.

 

[gardnguyahoy]

3000w of light will be tough to keep cool no? Id invest more in a circulation system with that much heat. But that's just me

 

[VenomToker]

3000w of light will be tough to keep cool no? Id invest more in a circulation system with that much heat. But that's just me[/QUOTE

Do you think I should get a bigger inline fan to scoub and to help with the heat Or just add a portable a.c.
What btu you recommend for ac .

 

[gardnguyahoy]

Id recommend running the light cycle at night. Closed hoods with a fattie exhaust fan sucking out the heat. Whats the cfm rating of your 8 inch exit fan

 

[VenomToker]

Id recommend running the light cycle at night. Closed hoods with a fattie exhaust fan sucking out the heat. Whats the cfm rating of your 8 inch exit fan

The 8 inch is 745 cfm I'm using the 8 inch to suck air in the room. And the 10 inch is 1065 cfm if I'm not mistaken and I'm using that for exits

 

[gardnguyahoy]

Give it a shot. Is this your first grow ever? What you got for genetics?

 

[VenomToker]

Give it a shot. Is this your first grow ever? What you got for genetics?

My first indoor grow.
18 reg super silver haze.
6 fem holy grial kush
2 fem ghost train haze
2 girl scout cookies
2 green cracks.
And a lot of freebies

 

[VenomToker]

I'm running ssh and hgk. Wish I would of got more of the cookies. I plan on ordering more when I have everything up and running

 

[gardnguyahoy]

Sounds great. Would love to see some photos. How big is your space? Is everything already setup?

 

[VenomToker]

Sounds great. Would love to see some photos. How big is your space? Is everything already setup?

I haven't setup up the room yet. Still waiting for electricians to finish my sub panel and wiring. The room about 15 x20 with with 9 foot ceiling.

 

[Seamaiden]

I starting to buy my equipment for my first grow and would like to know what I'm missing. So this I what I have so far.

2 gavita 1000 de light. Getting one more light next week.
1 10inch hyperfan
1 8 inch hurricane fan
Cloning tray and light fixture
1 8inch phresh exhaust filter to pull air in the room
Smart pots
Ordered 1 10 by 39 phresh filter today

Please let me know what else I'm missing or would make it easier. Still have $1400.

First, welcome to the farm. Second, good choice on the lighting. Third, I can't help you well with the ventilation aspects (how big is the room itself?), but fourth, I think you are going to need AC, depending on your location. Fifth, you've got ventilation sorted out well (why two different fans, though?), but you don't have circulation sorted out. You'll want some oscillating fans or something like that, create yourself some laminar flow in the room, keep the girls shakin'.

 

[VenomToker]

I haven't setup up the room yet. Still waiting for electricians to finish my sub panel and wiring. The room about 15 x20 with with 9 foot ceiling.

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First, welcome to the farm. Second, good choice on the lighting. Third, I can't help you well with the ventilation aspects (how big is the room itself?), but fourth, I think you are going to need AC, depending on your location. Fifth, you've got ventilation sorted out well (why two different fans, though?), but you don't have circulation sorted out. You'll want some oscillating fans or something like that, create yourself some laminar flow in the room, keep the girls shakin'.

The room is about 15x20 and 9ft ceilings, the room might be a little bigger never measured the room so I'm guessing . As for the 2 fans I just wanted to keep fresh air coming in the room at all times. How many oscillating fans do you think I need and what a good solid company you recommend?

 

[gardnguyahoy]

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The room is about 15x20 and 9ft ceilings, the room might be a little bigger never measured the room so I'm guessing . As for the 2 fans I just wanted to keep fresh air coming in the room at all times. How many oscillating fans do you think I need and what a good solid company you recommend?

One oscillating fan is as good as the next. Some are cheaply made. Try the 20$ ones at wall Mart or target

As far as ac goes, good rule of thumb is 4000btu per 1000w light apparently. But i got a friend who runs 8000 watts with no ac. Just a bunch of HUGE exhaust fans. Bigger than I've ever seen, with a carbon filter too big for me to put my arms around. His lights come on at 730 pm at night to combat the summer heat. The air system is so gnarly sometimes, so much suction, its hard to open the door in. So theres ways around the ac. His temps run pretty high but its not so bad, just during the summer

 

[VenomToker]

One oscillating fan is as good as the next. Some are cheaply made. Try the 20$ ones at wall Mart or target

As far as ac goes, good rule of thumb is 4000btu per 1000w light apparently. But i got a friend who runs 8000 watts with no ac. Just a bunch of HUGE exhaust fans. Bigger than I've ever seen, with a carbon filter too big for me to put my arms around. His lights come on at 730 pm at night to combat the summer heat. The air system is so gnarly sometimes, so much suction, its hard to open the door in. So theres ways around the ac. His temps run pretty high but its not so bad, just during the summer

I just read one fan per 1000 watt light. I'm heading to home depot once I get off work to pick them up. My room full of boxes ready to to be opened.

 

[gardnguyahoy]

I just read one fan per 1000 watt light. I'm heading to home depot once I get off work to pick them up. My room full of boxes ready to to be opened.

Id suggest doing a dry run. Turn everything on and find out where you stand. That way plants aren't getting accommodated with constant change. Not good for em. Id start one 1000w at a time to see what produces what amount of heat. And if your circulation and cooling setup isnt enough to handle the temps. Im meticulous, so that's just me.

But if you do, start one at a time and see the heat buildup. What you can handle. And at what point your cooling system isn't enough. (unless it is)

That's what i would do anyway. I guarantee if you never run indoor before and you start with 3000w of light your gonna find out real quick that the temps are gonna be an issue to tackle

 

[VenomToker]

Id suggest doing a dry run. Turn everything on and find out where you stand. That way plants aren't getting accommodated with constant change. Not good for em. Id start one 1000w at a time to see what produces what amount of heat. And if your circulation and cooling setup isnt enough to handle the temps. Im meticulous, so that's just me.

But if you do, start one at a time and see the heat buildup. What you can handle. And at what point your cooling system isn't enough. (unless it is)

That's what i would do anyway. I guarantee if you never run indoor before and you start with 3000w of light your gonna find out real quick that the temps are gonna be an issue to tackle

Thanks for the advice and you 100% right . I'm going run the lights for a few days without any plants to get everything dialed in. Thanks a lot bro

 

[VenomToker]

Thanks for the advice and you 100% right . I'm going run the lights for a few days without any plants to get everything dialed in. Thanks a lot bro

Them mini split a.c. are expensive. If it too hot im going to run them at night. I have a question. If my lung room has a a.c. can I just pull cool air in the room?

 

[gardnguyahoy]

I have a panda film tent i built inside a room right up against a mini split a/c

It cools the back (outside) of my tent, and i have a small cfm fan that sucks it directly into my flower room just a couple feet away from the a/c unit.

Works for me but im not running as much heat as you are. Not even close. If you run your light cycle during the summer days you might run into issues. Depends where u live.

I live in Sothern cali so the summer scorches rooms. Nobody i know can afford the a/c bills to go with running 1000watt lights during the day

 

[gardnguyahoy]

Or manage the temps for that matter

 

[VenomToker]

I have a panda film tent i built inside a room right up against a mini split a/c

It cools the back (outside) of my tent, and i have a small cfm fan that sucks it directly into my flower room just a couple feet away from the a/c unit.

Works for me but im not running as much heat as you are. Not even close. If you run your light cycle during the summer days you might run into issues. Depends where u live.

I live in Sothern cali so the summer scorches rooms. Nobody i know can afford the a/c bills to go with running 1000watt lights during the day

Yeah I'm have to get heat in check. I want to add three more lights in the future but I'm going to wait until the end of next summer. So I have some experience with summer heat.