Hi all,
Just joined the forum.
My state just legalized home-grow last month, so I figure it'd be stupid for me to not start growing. Besides a miserable-yield no-clue-what-i'm-doing closet grow 20 yrs back in college, this will be my first real attempt.
In the initial planning / purchasing stages right now. Here's what I've got coming so far:
- 4x Blueberry AF
- 2'x4' Gorilla tent
- Phlizon CREE COB Series LED - 2000W (400W actual)
- 2.2 Gal Air-Pots
- FoxFarm Ocean Forest
- Coco Coir Starting Pellets
Next steps are planning out ventilation / control, and figuring out soil / fertilizer details. A lot of the info online seems to range from "we want to sell / upsell something" to "we just copied this from another site" to "this is what you need for a 20+ plant grow room." Need to sort through it all and apply it to a 4-plant legal set-up...
My understanding is
OF should be good enough on its own for the first few weeks, so I have some time to figure out specific nute needs. Not planning to do any amendments this first go around (if OF even needs it).
Ventilation-wise, I think I'll try without an outdoor exhaust at first. I'll still have some carbon filters and be ventilating the tent, but exhausting to the overall room at first. With four plants / 400W LED, I think that should be good enough, and I can condition / dehumidify the larger room if needed. If worse comes to worse, I'll add one of those semi-permanent window kits for a clothes dryer vent and vent outside.
Control-wise, there's enough standard off-the-shelf equipment and controllers for growers out there now. Maybe eventually I'll finally get around to learning how to DIY my own Arduino / microcontroller-based system. But, that would come during later plantings if at all...
Looking forward to learning from y'all, and thanks in advance!
Just joined the forum.
My state just legalized home-grow last month, so I figure it'd be stupid for me to not start growing. Besides a miserable-yield no-clue-what-i'm-doing closet grow 20 yrs back in college, this will be my first real attempt.
In the initial planning / purchasing stages right now. Here's what I've got coming so far:
- 4x Blueberry AF
- 2'x4' Gorilla tent
- Phlizon CREE COB Series LED - 2000W (400W actual)
- 2.2 Gal Air-Pots
- FoxFarm Ocean Forest
- Coco Coir Starting Pellets
Next steps are planning out ventilation / control, and figuring out soil / fertilizer details. A lot of the info online seems to range from "we want to sell / upsell something" to "we just copied this from another site" to "this is what you need for a 20+ plant grow room." Need to sort through it all and apply it to a 4-plant legal set-up...
My understanding is
OF should be good enough on its own for the first few weeks, so I have some time to figure out specific nute needs. Not planning to do any amendments this first go around (if OF even needs it). Ventilation-wise, I think I'll try without an outdoor exhaust at first. I'll still have some carbon filters and be ventilating the tent, but exhausting to the overall room at first. With four plants / 400W LED, I think that should be good enough, and I can condition / dehumidify the larger room if needed. If worse comes to worse, I'll add one of those semi-permanent window kits for a clothes dryer vent and vent outside.
Control-wise, there's enough standard off-the-shelf equipment and controllers for growers out there now. Maybe eventually I'll finally get around to learning how to DIY my own Arduino / microcontroller-based system. But, that would come during later plantings if at all...
Looking forward to learning from y'all, and thanks in advance!
