Okay I just started my attic grow about two hours ago. It's going to take place in an uninsulated 2nd floor attic of a workshop so temp and air flow are going to be variables constantly monitored.So far I have the frame layout constructed with 2x4s. Tomorrow I'm heading to the hydro store for some mirror finish mylar to coat the inside of the frame in. I will have an intake fan at the bottom of the box ducted to the attic vent window, and a fan taking hot air out of the box and into the rest of the attic. Any input throughout the process would be great. Once I get a little bit more done I will post lots of pics.

details

- Approx 7' x 4' x 9' (peak ceiling so the height is at a 45 degree angle)

- Fox farm original potting mix (using four home depot buckets for soil containers with drain holes cut in the bottom) -any ideas on how high to fill them up to make sure I never have to do a transplant or add soil.

- 18-4 veg lighting

- 12-12 flowering

- XXX ak-47 seeds (unfeminized so i'm going to have to sex plants) - Started germinating using paper towel method in a Tupperware container at 11:00am this morn. I'll be pulling them out of the stove in like 2-3 days to check if the tap root is healthy enough to plant, that is pretty much the deadline of my grow space.

-Lighting, was thinking a 1000w budget system. I'll look and see what they have 2morrow morn.


______________Goals___________________

1. Dense buds/ Descent yeild

2. To Have fun (Doing this to help cut down on buying budda, hobby grow of sorts).

Okay so heres the deal. I just installed the rest of the framing and picked up my mylar. For price reasons i ended up going with solid black. I have installed one of the vents (intake), and am going to be installing the exhaust later on tonight. I'm heading out there right now to take a few pics so that you guys can give me some input. Hopefully the mylar is going up today or tomorrow. The seeds I still have not checked yet, but the room will be ready when they are. Also in the northern u.s, its getting kinda cold in the attic this time of year, do you think that a 1000w light would warm things up enough to not need a little heater in the dead of winter?

I just picked out the lights that i'm going to use. I'm going with a 1000w hps, just not sure if i'm getting the bargain one or the Sunsystem. One question I have now is with the size of the room that I'm working in being relatively small would it be worth it to go ahead and put two 1000w lights in there, and what type on impact would that have on my monthly power bill in $$$

Okay the mylar is up completely now, and the venting is going up next.

Room is complete and the ak's are sowed. It is like 45-50 degrees outside and in my growroom it says 68 degrees. I installed the 1000w Hydrofarm 3ft from buckets of fox farm original so that the 1000w does not stun them right off the bat. Lots of pics to come.



*****veg light is 24/0 *********

Pic!! 10char

Okay time for the pics to start flowing. The info is off still on my temp gauge and i have not put the right info in yet but i'll figure out all of it's little features soon enough. Oh and the doorbell is for my girl can buzz me down when she needs me.

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looks good. im sure your light will keep plants plenty warm during the cold months. ventilation is going to be tough for me, growing in a basement. I dont have the patience to grow in my attic though. fuck climbing ladders. but damn the ventilation options would be nice.

Okay cool its good to hear that someone thinks that light will be enough heat. I was kinda worrying about that a bit.

Oh and by the way, feel free to post in this thread, the more the better, good or bad.