Insulated Shed Grow! 600 watt HPS, Stealth Grow

Weedeez

Active Member
This is whats growing in a shed. ;)
All I know is :leaf: Canada :leaf: has cold winters!

Its fully insulated and pretty stealthy, 750 watt heater in there too which runs about 8 hours a day, on 2 hour intervals when the light is off.

3 plants in flower as we speak, one about 40 days in, the other 2 about 10 days.

They are on 12/12 with 600 watt HPS.

DWC (deep water culture) with bubble stones and general hydroponics nutrients.

:leaf: -How much you think we're gonna yield from this momma?


For VEG 20 hrs approx 250 watts of CFLS (I have a 250 watt MH on the way). All in DWC with mild nutrients, and 2 plants in flower pots.

Clones in a humidity dome in rooter plugs with a 50 watt heat pad on 24 hrs, cloning gel, clipping clones every 4 or so days. ( although i have about 15 currently to choose from)

I plan on taking a rooted clone every 4 days and placing it under 12/12 immediately for a perpetual grow and harvest EVERY 4 DAYS (Eventually) I only just started the first rooted clone 3 days ago(no pic yet).


50 watt Heat pad -24 hrs
250watt CFL Cluster -20 hrs Veg
600 watt HPS - 12 hrs Flower
750 watt heater -8 hrs a day

Costing about 75 dollars a month to run. Hopefully it'll have enough yield to pay its self off on the first harvest. (oh it will!)

:leaf: Let me know your thoughts, tips, ideas and constructive criticism! :razz:



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THANKS!! :weed:
 

Weedeez

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im getting alot of browning at the tips and a rusty appearance spreading over some of the upper fan leaves, any idea whats causing this? maybe sever nutrient burn?
 

TheTokingKing

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I had an Ozone issue that caused brown rust spots in the center mainly but spotted on leaves. I added more incoming air. I didnt see much of this in pics. Looks like a great setup. One thing I would suggest is to flatten out your reflective materials so there not wrinkled. Just like foil, if it bends it might cause a concentration of light and burn.
 

Weedeez

Active Member
What sort of insulation did you apply to the shed?
The regular pink R12 or R15 whatever the standard is. With a vapor barrier, its nothing top notch now but it does the job. Holds heat quite well, very quiet, and its behind a second wall in my shed. Outside temps are around -10 to 0 for high.. (celcius) and inside the shed its about +5, inside the room its normally above +20 C (68 F?)
 

Weedeez

Active Member
I had an Ozone issue that caused brown rust spots in the center mainly but spotted on leaves. I added more incoming air. I didnt see much of this in pics. Looks like a great setup. One thing I would suggest is to flatten out your reflective materials so there not wrinkled. Just like foil, if it bends it might cause a concentration of light and burn.

Well the room is pretty well sealed, maybe it could be lack of Co2? Im prob gonna make one up outta some fruit juice & yeast..

As for the reflector well its kinda hard to make it flat, the insulation is only held back by a thin layer of plastic and cardboard paper, it bows and heaves out from the wall, until i add wallboard or something its gonna have to be all wavy and such :(
 
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