Planning: 4' x 8' Garage Grow

davalaban

Active Member
Hey all,

I'm planning a grow in the garage of my new house and wanted to get some input from everyone here before I start building. I want to build a 4' wide, 8' long, 8' tall room in the back of my garage (256 cubic feet). I hope to flower around 14 plants in this area. I'll be growing Oasis from Dutch Passion, Agent Orange from TGA/Subcool, and a few choice bag seeds. I prefer an organic soil medium. As for light, I'm thinking about two 400 watt HPS lights. Does this sound like enough for 32 square feet? I'm concerned about temperature. It gets very cold in the winter (15 - 30 degrees F) but hot in the summer (88 degrees right now). How would you vent a room this size, with two lights, and keep a proper temp year round? Should I insulate? I should add that I have a small window AC unit that I could use in summer. It's small, but it made my old bedroom frigid, even on hot days.

This garage area will be for flowering only. I'm setting up a seedling/clone/veg zone indoors under 250 watts of MH. Any comments or tips about temp, venting, humidity, lighting, or anything else are appreciated! Thanks!
 

halzey68

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go look for "NORTHERN FARMERS HP STADIUM GROW". I JUST BUILT MY ROOM AND NOW I WANT TO CHANGE INTO 2 MINI STADIUMS. GOOD LUCK
 

mstrymxer

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2 600/1000 watters (your choice) with a 6 inch inline fan for coolingducting inbetween(complete sealed system)..... you need two areas. veg and flower....you can keep moms and harvest every 2 weeks from the flower side if you want to go that route. you need like a 6 inch fan to pull air out from each room and to control humidity. since your in MI id get some carbon scrubbers for those. if your doing construction yourself you can easily do this for under 1000$
 

MEANGREEN69

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hey there davalabanwelcome to riu..im doing the same room in my garage...but it gets 111F in the day .so i got some insultion,and those foam broads for the wallsand roof....also that foam sealer for the cracks so it can be air tight..going to put a window a/c unit in there..for such a lil room it's alot of work huh??? im useing ebb&flow,and two 400watts for now.. going to make cooltubes...going to put mums and babys in a small cab in the same room maybe..this is cool.. i will post pics when im done..hope u will 2.. i whould like to see how u did ur room...good luck be safe and godspeed brother..
 
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