Colorado Newb growing rec/auto for FIRST TIME!

Update? Looking forward to your grow

germ-in' around the 25th...waiting for all the goodies to show up from the UPS man

The plan has changed drastically. I am going to get a grow in before Hawaii, but it's going to be a single plant "work out the kinks" sort of grow...I went low budget (under $280 for everything) and am doing a 135W (90W actual) Full Spectrum LED grow. I'll be a little short on time so I'll probably push it out of veg into bloom a little earlier than the plant wants.

First "Scrimmage" Grow:

2 x 2 x 4 mylar enclosure
aforementioned light
3Gal Airpot
FFHF/Perlite/Lime
Great White drench (as well as a bit in the germ hole)
Oxygenated, ph'd RO water
Fan
2XExhale Bags (Once leaves are showing - I know these CO2 bags have bad reviews but super small space may equate to some improvement in PPM of CO2)
Sweet Dark Devil Seed (!)
FF Grow Big veg nutes
FF Tiger Bloom flower nutes
Molasses for Cal/Mag tuning

We'll see how she goes

Everything I bought will cross over to a larger 3Xplant grow and the 90W will take on supplemental light duties.

Oh I see can't wait

what size fan ?
and any idea of what the intake air temp would be ?

6 inch - guess on ambient temp high 70's to mid 80's...unlit- If I understand what you're asking...

ya i just meant the room temp that the box is actually in
its hard to keep small spaces cool when running a hps i grow in a 3'x4' with a 400w hps cooltube and 2 ufo led's and 68w 2700k cfl's spread around

tekdc911 said:

ya i just meant the room temp that the box is actually in
its hard to keep small spaces cool when running a hps i grow in a 3'x4' with a 400w hps cooltube and 2 ufo led's and 68w 2700k cfl's spread around

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Ahh, well thermostat is set at 69º so the closet is probably 67º-68º now but will be hotter in June...especially during the day. This house has horrible insulation and heats up severely at sunset. But my single 135W LED UFO isn't going to produce a ton of heat. I wonder if I should time it so the hottest time of day is the time the light is off.

i got ya
for some reason i thought you were running a 400w HPS but yes i do lights out during the hottest part of the day during mid summer

tekdc911 said:

i got ya
for some reason i thought you were running a 400w HPS but yes i do lights out during the hottest part of the day during mid summer

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That's the way the game plan started but I'm switching up to LED and bought this first light to do a "practice run" on a smaller budget, second grow will
be 2 or 3 plants and another, larger LED and the 90W will become supplemental. Good to know about the timing...makes sense.

Cheers Tek!