Infamous Zero
Active Member
This one is a bit of a time investment.... I hope some of you enjoy following as I finish designing and implementing my new grow room. You may notice that this room has not been designed for quantity. I am not going to have huge yields, im hoping for a pretty self sufficient system that will be alot of fun to grow with, and is able to consistently produce high quality bud.
The set up is as follows:
Bedroom closet converted to mother space, I hope to have mothers for 4 to 5 strains.
2 Grow cabinets
Each cabinet is 30"x5 feet long, and over 4 feet of vertical growing space. Each cabinet will contain (2) 2x2 ebb and flow trays, and 2 inline 400 watt lights. Each cabinet will run for 12 hours a day, which will mean sharing 2 ballasts between 4 bulbs and reflectors. combined with 1 400 watt light for the mothers @ 24 hours a day for a total of 1200 watts running 24 hours a day, this will even out my lighting load, and take advantage of a eliminating a load pattern, along with saving me the cost of purchasing 4 ballasts for the 2 cabinets.
The 4 lights in the cabinets, and 1 light in the mother room will all be in series, with an inline fan boosting the exhaust out of each separate station.
Everything in this room will be controlled via a Programmable logic controller. It will monitor temperature, humidity, and adjust an air conditioner, dehumidifier, rehumidifier, and the venting. It will control all the pumps, and top off the water to keep nutrient levels in all 4 resivoiurs adjusted. The only thing i plan to do for the first year of operation is monitor ph, until i can finish developing the automatic ph adjustment.
CO2 WILL be involved.
The pictures that follow are the beginning of this grow room! Construction has already began, and I hope to finish within the next month and start searching out the perfect mothers.
Enjoy, and feel free to ask questions, the electronics may certainly entertain some of you when I get that far. And as always, suggestions are appreciated.
My co-engineer is pictured, so you can see how tall these cabinets are.
The set up is as follows:
Bedroom closet converted to mother space, I hope to have mothers for 4 to 5 strains.
2 Grow cabinets
Each cabinet is 30"x5 feet long, and over 4 feet of vertical growing space. Each cabinet will contain (2) 2x2 ebb and flow trays, and 2 inline 400 watt lights. Each cabinet will run for 12 hours a day, which will mean sharing 2 ballasts between 4 bulbs and reflectors. combined with 1 400 watt light for the mothers @ 24 hours a day for a total of 1200 watts running 24 hours a day, this will even out my lighting load, and take advantage of a eliminating a load pattern, along with saving me the cost of purchasing 4 ballasts for the 2 cabinets.
The 4 lights in the cabinets, and 1 light in the mother room will all be in series, with an inline fan boosting the exhaust out of each separate station.
Everything in this room will be controlled via a Programmable logic controller. It will monitor temperature, humidity, and adjust an air conditioner, dehumidifier, rehumidifier, and the venting. It will control all the pumps, and top off the water to keep nutrient levels in all 4 resivoiurs adjusted. The only thing i plan to do for the first year of operation is monitor ph, until i can finish developing the automatic ph adjustment.
CO2 WILL be involved.
The pictures that follow are the beginning of this grow room! Construction has already began, and I hope to finish within the next month and start searching out the perfect mothers.
Enjoy, and feel free to ask questions, the electronics may certainly entertain some of you when I get that far. And as always, suggestions are appreciated.
My co-engineer is pictured, so you can see how tall these cabinets are.
