printer
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That made me laugh, professional, not quite. But it does keep most of the light in. The reflective bits are beach mats from a Dollar store. Think they were $3 a mat though, used five I think.
What? Me have a plan?
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I took a clone off of one of the plants, cut the cutting down to be shorter. Thought what the heck, put the stubby bit in a Jiffy and see what happens. Started to root so I am going to see what I can get out of it. Think this might be a beer cup grow. I am unsure of the genetics now though. I had it listed as one plant but I have enough of it for this grow. I may just have to find out after it is dried.
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I have a new idea. Saw this mesh at a craft store, have some pots where there is three protrusions on the inside bottom of the pot (used as drainage) so cutting out the mesh the right size leave a space under it. A sort of Hempy style, coco above but as much as the plant wants to drink below. I hope.
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I posted this in my thread on building the lights but figure I should put it here also.
Well, you know how things snowball? The veg light strips seems to be working out fine, decided to do a couple of strips for flower. 100W equivalent 12W actual for the same $1.30. Made a few, then a few more, two strips not shown as they are in the closet to the right (no door). Took some pictures while the lights were off otherwise they would wash out everything.
And the patio seating. I found the number of plants I had were starting to crowd each other so I made a temporary flower area for four plants along with my beer cup grow. The extra screw in bulbs is to give the beer cup grow as much light as possible.
So about 122 bulbs, let's say 10W a bulb, they draw a bit less than rated, 1100W for about $175 with consumables (wire, solder, heat shrink tubing, tie wraps).
On the cheap grow department, had an old blower and am using it with 4" duct. It removes enough heat and humidity so that by the end of the day the temperature at the leaves is about 28 C (82 F) and humidity about 35%. The 4" duct should be undersized but I end up having to throttle back the airflow as I want to keep a some of the heat and humidity in the room. Also come winter I do not want to blow a ton of air outside.
I have a piece of plastic dryer duct to decouple the fan from the ducting. Originally I had a continuous metal duct and the fan hanging from wood strips off the floor joists. It coupled to the floor and used it as a drum. It was loud. So I used coil springs to hang the fan with, the dryer vent duct and a 2 liter pop bottle to connect the exhaust of the fan to the 4" dryer vent exhaust duct and flaper to the outside. I got luck with the plastic pop bottle. It was just a little larger than the rectangle exhaust opening and just fit on the 4" duct. I made a damper that fit in the exhaust duct that I use to throttle back the flow.
I need to clean up the wiring on the fan, the light strips will be mounted on a 2"x2" wood frame so I can raise and lower the lights. I have the patio seating for now but I am anticipating just using the room once I determine which strains I want to grow.
Well, you know how things snowball? The veg light strips seems to be working out fine, decided to do a couple of strips for flower. 100W equivalent 12W actual for the same $1.30. Made a few, then a few more, two strips not shown as they are in the closet to the right (no door). Took some pictures while the lights were off otherwise they would wash out everything.
And the patio seating. I found the number of plants I had were starting to crowd each other so I made a temporary flower area for four plants along with my beer cup grow. The extra screw in bulbs is to give the beer cup grow as much light as possible.
So about 122 bulbs, let's say 10W a bulb, they draw a bit less than rated, 1100W for about $175 with consumables (wire, solder, heat shrink tubing, tie wraps).
On the cheap grow department, had an old blower and am using it with 4" duct. It removes enough heat and humidity so that by the end of the day the temperature at the leaves is about 28 C (82 F) and humidity about 35%. The 4" duct should be undersized but I end up having to throttle back the airflow as I want to keep a some of the heat and humidity in the room. Also come winter I do not want to blow a ton of air outside.
I have a piece of plastic dryer duct to decouple the fan from the ducting. Originally I had a continuous metal duct and the fan hanging from wood strips off the floor joists. It coupled to the floor and used it as a drum. It was loud. So I used coil springs to hang the fan with, the dryer vent duct and a 2 liter pop bottle to connect the exhaust of the fan to the 4" dryer vent exhaust duct and flaper to the outside. I got luck with the plastic pop bottle. It was just a little larger than the rectangle exhaust opening and just fit on the 4" duct. I made a damper that fit in the exhaust duct that I use to throttle back the flow.
I need to clean up the wiring on the fan, the light strips will be mounted on a 2"x2" wood frame so I can raise and lower the lights. I have the patio seating for now but I am anticipating just using the room once I determine which strains I want to grow.
Gastheblast
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Do you think led strips from an old led tv would work? I work on tvs and have some with broken screens. I wonder if i could just remove the lcd and use it as a grow light
printer
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You still need a driver for them, sounds like it will not be a problem for you. What do you have to loose but some time? If I had the opertunity I would try it.
Gastheblast
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I was thinking more like keeping it all together and using the tvs power supply. Or you think it be stronger with led drivers
printer
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No, I doubt you would get too much more with drivers. I would just try with what you got and decide what to do with the result. Let us know what happens.
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Probably outgrowing the new grower label, maybe retire this thread once I get my first good harvest in. Did something crazy yesterday. I am venting my air outside and I heard the neighbor shut the window after my fan came on. I have it off at night so the air does get a little more heavy first thing in the morning. It is also more audible than I would like, doesn't bother me but thinking of the neighbor.
When I first bought my house I had lots of water seeping into the basement the first week during a heavy rain. Long story short I dug out the basement and waterproofed the wall and fixed the weeping tiles. Rather than just shovel the clay gumbo we have in our location I used 30 yards of 3/4 clean limestone along the walls. Water along the walls just runs straight down and does not sit against the wall. I then topped it off with our clay/soil sloping it away from the foundation. There is one area in the front of the house that I have a deck and the rock is open to the air.
Now that the stage is set here is what I did. I dig down to the limestone and stuck a 5' 3" pipe which I drilled a lot of holes in. I then covered everything back up. My exhaust is going into this pipe and no more smell from the exhaust. I still have enough flow out of my grow room to keep the temperature reasonable 26 C (79 F). By the time the exhaust finds its way to the atmosphere it is diluted enough that you can't notice it. I was pleased yesterday when I couldn't smell it last night but it was only today I checked how much flow I have. There is more back pressure but the fan seems to be handling it. I still need to finish it up, I just used packing tape to connect the exhaust duct to the pipe in the ground. I was not sure if it would work so I just rigged it up to check. I'll give it a few days to see how it fairs.
When I first bought my house I had lots of water seeping into the basement the first week during a heavy rain. Long story short I dug out the basement and waterproofed the wall and fixed the weeping tiles. Rather than just shovel the clay gumbo we have in our location I used 30 yards of 3/4 clean limestone along the walls. Water along the walls just runs straight down and does not sit against the wall. I then topped it off with our clay/soil sloping it away from the foundation. There is one area in the front of the house that I have a deck and the rock is open to the air.
Now that the stage is set here is what I did. I dig down to the limestone and stuck a 5' 3" pipe which I drilled a lot of holes in. I then covered everything back up. My exhaust is going into this pipe and no more smell from the exhaust. I still have enough flow out of my grow room to keep the temperature reasonable 26 C (79 F). By the time the exhaust finds its way to the atmosphere it is diluted enough that you can't notice it. I was pleased yesterday when I couldn't smell it last night but it was only today I checked how much flow I have. There is more back pressure but the fan seems to be handling it. I still need to finish it up, I just used packing tape to connect the exhaust duct to the pipe in the ground. I was not sure if it would work so I just rigged it up to check. I'll give it a few days to see how it fairs.
