Help with my 2 grow but first DWC>>>

Well i have grown before and it turned out great until it was found and i had to get rid of it but now i have my own apt. so i wanted to give it a go. i have read lots and lots of hightimes, sunk, cannabis culture, weed world and all others and own about 25 and have decided to grow DWC this time.. i thought about making it more of a DWC with a aeroponic twist, but decided not to as it would make more problems and questions.

I have a cabinet that is 34 inch's long 21 inch's wide and 29 inch's high. i have a 2 gallon bucket with a hole cut in the lid and a pot with holes in it. i have sillica stone growing median but planned on haveing a small coco fiber potter inside the sillica stone and put the seed in a peat pellete i think there called.. well put the peat thing in the coco fiber potter...

I have 2 air pumps one is a single and has a stone and the other is a double but i have one hose hooked up to both for more air in one stone. so 2 stones total.. i have 2 cfl's both 23w i think 100w equvilant on a 18/6 cycle about 9 inch from where the seed is ganna be. For reflection i had to go cheap and get one of those things u put in the windshield of the car.. i have a small fan in there for ventillation.

As far as nutes i have super thrive, and was ganna use schultz plant food 10-15-10. and i had this Rootone rooting hormone i was wondering if i should is or is that just for cloning..

I Know im not ganna get much from it but i was trying to do it as a hobby and a lil smoke... but would like to try to get as much as i can and the best i can of course as does about anyone... i want to try and bush it out a lil because of the hight problem having maybe 19 inch's if the lamps are not on top..

i was wondering about co2 i have a small co2 tank.. for my paintball gun i was thinking about spaying in there every once in a while when i start to flower.. and i have another question... how can i make it so u cant see the lights from the outside.. as u seen in one of the pics...

Am i doing things right so far??? Any tips would be nice and if u want to tell me what im doing wrong then thats good too ..

Nice setup, cool little one plant DWC Res.

To block the light from out/in side and try some dark cloth or some rubber like those rovling doors.

Does that say 98f and 6% hum. That temp is way to high.

you said that you are in a Apt. Dont know if you have the smell covered, if not look into the Do It Yourself (DYI) - carbon filter.

Res water temp MUST be below 73f and no lower then 62f? I keep my at 68f-70f.

A paint ball co2 bottle does not hold alot of co2 use this find out how many days the co2 will last you. if you dont have a real 5lbs+ co2 bottle i would look into the DIY co2 (suger/water + Yeast = Co2 & Liquor. ( dont drink it will be some nasty stuff) CO2 Calculator - Greentrees Hydroponics


PH and PPM ??

schultz plant food - think that is soil nutes.

with the small amout of space look into LST or ScoOG

Get the CFLs closer like 5" from the top of the plant. Do a feel test if it is to hot for your hand then it is to hot for them. but if the light is to far you will streach the little ones.

Good Luck.

thnx.. yeah durring the day with both lights and a 6 inch fan it gets 100f so im ganna try to keep the water cooled to maybe 63-65f .. i want to use the co2 to help with the high temp .. and i dont have any water in it right now i plan on germ. the seed tonight.. put it in a cup of water and put in dark spot for a while....

i was thinking of using the FIRM tech and possible LST...

i need to get a ppm and a better ph tester i have a lil bottle.

would it be to much work for not enough differnce if i use a small water pump i have and tubing with sprayers around the inside of the bucket/

your plant is going to be smoking before you light it . you really have to get that down. a better fan pulling air out of there.

I dont know about Fim but a toping for sure and alot of tie downs.

i used a water pump to keep the rockwool wet till rooted

i dont know how to keep it cool besides keeping a few gallons of frozen water and opening the cabinet doors every once in a while

yo, what kind of bulbs you got n those thngs? they look like incandesant type, those will burn your shit quick, probably why it's so hot in there.....

i have 2x23w cfls

keep adding lights.

what is the temp of the room that the box is in? with good air flow though the box you can get close to that temp. I hope you are not sitting at the computer in 100f temps

well the temps outside the box are about 85f and i figure since i live in an apt i cant make any holes or any ventilation im ganna have to figure some out soon... so today i was thinking of a quick idea for now...

i have a yellow cat litter bucket with a black potting bucket sitting in the lid... the black bucket holds my air pumps.. i have 1/2' tubing with the air lines going thru them to protect them so ice dont pinch the air line.... the yellow will hold lots of ice (possible dry ice.. an idea) so the air pumps pull up lots of cold air then the already cold air then goes thru the tubbing into the bottom of the yellow bucket so it cools off even more and then out of the side of the yellow bucket to the actualy grow bucket...

at the same time the yellow bucket will cool the air around it .. probably ganna move the yellow bucket to the side with my fan..

the only thing about that is my freezer is now ganna be full of ice .. ( i have a 2 leter 6 tupperwear and 3 ice trays... i dont wanna have it full of this all the time....
i also got a small water pump today to make a homemade drip system type thing.. i got more 1/2' tubing and linked the ends together to make a ring .. i then made 6 holes on the underside so water can drip out.. i have a valve plugged into the top with the water line coming out the side of the mesh potter....

i bought 2 Y addapters for my lights ... i bought a lamp kit... i a lamp from the house in there with 2 lights one red and the other blue both 25w "party lights" dont know if it is ganna be good or not but i been reading about red and blue lights but not sure when or how to use them so ganna read up some more first ... so now i have 3x 23w CFL's and 2x25w red and blue... and one empty socket.. but i might just switch out the red and blue and get more lights and have 6x 23w CFL's....

but with all the lights and without the ice in my other bucket the temps are at 108f ... im ganna try to take out the red and blue light to see if the temp changes .. but they dont get much hotter then the CFL's



had a Question would it be a good idea to use dry ice to keep my room cool and full of CO2 at the same time... maybe an ice chest so i can close it or install a fan on the side of an ice chest or something... idk i like idea's and i like to experiment ....

for got 2 pics

i just went out and got 3 more CFL's i think 26w -100w equivalent.. so 6 CFL's 3x 23w and 3x 26w

CAN SOMEONE HELP MY TEMPS PLZ...... well with all 6 of my CFL's running my temps are around 111f.... at night with no lights its reaching 83f.... i need to find a cheap quick and efficient DIY a/c or swamp cooler.... pl.z someone help

you need good air flow though the box. with a carbon filter. swamp cooling only working in ~20% humidty.

get rid of those red and blue incandescent lights!!

sorry for got to say that i got rid of the 2 color lights and replaced them with 2 more CFL's