New Grower 1st hydro grow

[Jtrainor87]

Hey guys ill be starting as soon as my seeds arrive from herbies in the upcoming week.
I have a 2 story detached garage that ill be placing a tent into. Ill give you guus the full run down of my setup i enjoy thoughts and feedback of any sort.
Tent is a 2ftx2ftx5.5ft dr60. I have a 4in 135cfm extraction fan connected to a carbon filter exhausting out of one of my eaves. 5 gallon lowes bucket wrapped in hvac tape with a sight tube. Ill be using a 6in net cup lit filled with growstones that were soaked in 5.5 ph water. Along with a 1.tin rockwool cube. My air pump is a ebay special 736gph pump with 2 airlines and 2 air stones. Light is a ebay special 600 watt 268 true watt blurple led. In the next couple days ill be finishing my insulation install on the ceilings. My nutes are gh maxi grow and maxi bloom along with calmag, hydroguard, and rapid start. I plan on usimg Ro water as my tap comes out to 235ppm. My seed is an autoflower northern light x big bud combo. Im very excited to start and ill be aiming for a solid 4ounces if not more from this 1 plant. Any help, suggestions, comments would be great

 

[Diamond Dog Hair]

Depending on the climate you live in, you may need to looking into cooling. With the sun beating on the roof it may get into upper 90's which would be tough to grow in.

 

[Jtrainor87]

Depending on the climate you live in, you may need to looking into cooling. With the sun beating on the roof it may get into upper 90's which would be tough to grow in.

I live in upper east coast of usa. Right now if the temp outside is 60f then the attic is 80f and the tent is 70f. But that was tested without any insulation so i think it shouls be ok. I have some ac units if i absolutely have too

 

[AutoWonders]

I plan on usimg Ro water as my tap comes out to 235ppm.

If you don't want to connect an ro system, you can always consider distilled water via a distiller. That's what I use.

I have a 4in 135cfm extraction fan connected to a carbon filter exhausting out of one of my eaves.

Such as through a screen to outside? Do have fresh air source incoming?

 

[Simplicio]

I've grown the WorldOfSeeds version of auto NorthernLights x BigBud, and it was a monster that yielded almost a pound dry.
Its size caused it to take over a 3 x 3 ft tent after other plants had been harvested, and it took about 16 weeks to finish.
5.5 feet would not have come close to containing all the vegetation.
Many autos need greater tent height than photos, because we have insufficient control over vegging height.
Topping, training, SCROGing, etc might rearrange the vegetation, but still might not be able to contain it.

My 9 ft tall grow space is too short for many autos.

 

[Jtrainor87]

If you don't want to connect an ro system, you can always consider distilled water via a distiller. That's what I use.

Such as through a screen to outside? Do have fresh air source incoming?

Throught the baffling is where it exhausts and goes out the eaves. The far window has a screened dual window fan blowing air in

 

[Jtrainor87]

Ok so update
Still waiting on seeds l, today i finished insulating the left side of the attic. Tent is up and running new 730gph pump is running. I tool my grow stones and put them underneath the netpot in 5.5ph water to soak all day. I meed a new set of hangers so i can move the light and i need to hopefully finish the other side of the attic. Its 50f outsidd and 60 in the sttic with the intake fan going
And about 67 in the tent with the light on so not bad

 

[Jtrainor87]

Took 3 weeks, but its done wouldnlove any feedback. I know that my bubblebucket only will hold about 3.5gallons so i was thinking of puttinf another 5 gallon outside the tent with a on off valve that i can open up to fill the bucket and premix. I think itll work what you guys think.

 

[Jtrainor87]

Ok seed is leaving new york customs hopefully monday.
Everything is ready to go i also upgraded my light to a hlg135.

So i was pretesting some measurements. I took maxi grow out.
The figures i got and if they seem wrong let me know are:
1/4tsp Maxigrow =0.3 ec
Which seems on week 2 what ill start dosing her with. Im a little confused though with calmag....when your using ro should i be going full tilt from begining to end at 4ml per gallon (gh calmag) or do u guys cut it. Is there a certain EC i should keep it within.

Also if i want a plant to be an ec of 1.00 do i include supplements and calmag along with ny main nutrient or is 1.00 what i shoot for with maxigrow and the add everything else

 

[Jtrainor87]

Ok not sure whose watching but SEEDS ARRIVED TODAY. got 5 extreme impact heavyweight autos, 1 gorilla glue auto, 1 zkittles photo fem and a free delicious marmalate.

I took one heavyweight seed out. I took a set of paper towels folded them in half twice. Then took my tap water which is 0.4ec and phd it down to 6.0
Sprayed the papertowels until they were wet but not dripping. Sandwhiched her in the middle then placed inside a ziplock bag. That bag was then put on a paper plate and sealed ontop of my router.
Its 3:15pm i will check her tonorrow at 3 each day until she pops.

Once she pops i have a 1in rockwool cube that ill put her in that will be phd to 5.6 and then the cube will sit inside a tupperwear container under my grow light until she sprouts through.


I do need a better ph meter i have a 10 dollar yellow ebay special i keep adjusting just don't wanna spend alot might get dr.meter seems reliable