Long time smoker, middle aged professional moved to a new state a few years ago and I have had a very hard time finding a source of consistent smoke. About a month ago my glass pipe busted from trying to scrape resin for about the 50th time. So I have pretty much spent all my free time since researching auto flowers and this is where I am at.
I built a 40'h x 20'w x 36'L grow box. I plan to grow 2 plants. I am waiting on some nirvana blue mystics to arrive any day now. I have 3 gallon pots and plan to hang 4 CFLs over each plant and adjust height as plants grow. (hopefully) For veg, I will use (2) 23 w 5000ks and (2) 26w 2700ks. For Flowering, I will use (3) 26w 2700ks and (1) 23w 5000k. I also plan to LST, on a very limited basis, because it looks fun to me and I am hoping that it increases my yield. I plan to germinate my seeds in some jiffy seed starter mix using the tiered method. I have one 120mm computer fan blowing in at the bottom of the box and two 120mm computer fans blowing out from the top of the box. I have lined the grow box with mylar and each 4 light set up will have a DYI cardboard mylar lined reflector. I will put the box in a utility closet because my garage is to hot. The closet has 9 foot ceilings and is probably 5'x6'. I could spend alittle more money on set up but I am already thinking about how I would build my next box better and would like to save $ for next build. My hope is to get two or three grows from this set up. I have 5 auto seeds coming. I am thinking grow two first and then maybe in the second grow I will try three.
Any thoughts about this set up would be appreciated and any answers to any of the questions below would also be appreciated.
Questions are in no order just what is on my mind right now.
1. How early should I start LST and for how long during plant's life can I LST?
2. Do I have enough Lights?
3. I am using the fox farms trio for nutes. I will buy soil at home depot. I am thinking equal parts manure, top soil (no fertilizers), and perlite. Will that work?
4. I am worried about smell. My GF is pretty cool but she won't want the house smelling like weed. We have guest and her parents visit. I choose blue mystic because it says low odor. I am wondering if I can get away with no filter for blue mystic or if I need to go ahead and get one. I would like to wait until I build my next box because I know I will want to try new strains out.
5. Do I have enough air flow circulation? Should I put a desk fan in the box?
6. I am going to use solo cups to germinate. Should I cover with syran wrap until they pop up?
Any thoughts about the above would be appreciated along with any ideas that you think might help.
I built a 40'h x 20'w x 36'L grow box. I plan to grow 2 plants. I am waiting on some nirvana blue mystics to arrive any day now. I have 3 gallon pots and plan to hang 4 CFLs over each plant and adjust height as plants grow. (hopefully) For veg, I will use (2) 23 w 5000ks and (2) 26w 2700ks. For Flowering, I will use (3) 26w 2700ks and (1) 23w 5000k. I also plan to LST, on a very limited basis, because it looks fun to me and I am hoping that it increases my yield. I plan to germinate my seeds in some jiffy seed starter mix using the tiered method. I have one 120mm computer fan blowing in at the bottom of the box and two 120mm computer fans blowing out from the top of the box. I have lined the grow box with mylar and each 4 light set up will have a DYI cardboard mylar lined reflector. I will put the box in a utility closet because my garage is to hot. The closet has 9 foot ceilings and is probably 5'x6'. I could spend alittle more money on set up but I am already thinking about how I would build my next box better and would like to save $ for next build. My hope is to get two or three grows from this set up. I have 5 auto seeds coming. I am thinking grow two first and then maybe in the second grow I will try three.
Any thoughts about this set up would be appreciated and any answers to any of the questions below would also be appreciated.
Questions are in no order just what is on my mind right now.
1. How early should I start LST and for how long during plant's life can I LST?
2. Do I have enough Lights?
3. I am using the fox farms trio for nutes. I will buy soil at home depot. I am thinking equal parts manure, top soil (no fertilizers), and perlite. Will that work?
4. I am worried about smell. My GF is pretty cool but she won't want the house smelling like weed. We have guest and her parents visit. I choose blue mystic because it says low odor. I am wondering if I can get away with no filter for blue mystic or if I need to go ahead and get one. I would like to wait until I build my next box because I know I will want to try new strains out.
5. Do I have enough air flow circulation? Should I put a desk fan in the box?
6. I am going to use solo cups to germinate. Should I cover with syran wrap until they pop up?
Any thoughts about the above would be appreciated along with any ideas that you think might help.
