J8Reign
New Member
Greetings all,
I used to grow when I was in college circa 2001-2005, all aeroponic (stinkbud method) and under HID lighting... At that point I was doing it to put myself through school, and have since taken a long break (from growing, not smoking). The Mrs. And I have just purchased a new home, and with that have doubled our mortgage payment so... No more buying for us, time to get back in the swing of things.
The good: Our new home has a very large unfinished room above the garage that is already ducted for climate control, and is only accessible through a panel in the master closet (I know right, every growers dream)...
The bad: We live in a state where MJ in any way shape or form is still looked down upon, and we are in the area of an Air National Guard Base, so constant flyovers of all type...
This is where I call for help from the forum, I'll spitball what I'm thinking, you guys and gals let me know if I'm on track, and offer advice as you see fit.
So between my lady and I, we burn about 2 Oz. per month and my goal is to set up a perpetual cycle that would see me pulling the 2 Oz. every three weeks (just like the old days, but on a much smaller scale)... I plan to keep 2 Indica dominant mothers, and 2 Sativa dominant mothers (this way I can shoot for a 1 oz. of Indica and 1 oz. of Sativa each harvest, and alternate back and forth between strains every other month. They will be kept in Aeroponic fog buckets and under T5 lighting.
I plan to run the Stinkbud style cloner (with 20 sites) because I always had great results with it in the past (no need to reinvent the wheel) these will be in their own tent and also under T5s.
Now... This is where I need some help... I want to do this in a way I've never tried before, only CFL lighting (as I mentioned, constant flyovers) as I can't run the risk of being picked out for the heat signatures produced by HID lighting.
So basically, the veg. Tent would be a 4x4x6 split into 2 sides, 1 side holding a 10 site Indica fog box (just like the one over at Aeroponics.net) the other holding a 10 site Sativa fog box. I'm thinking a dozen 35 watt 6500 k bulbs per side should be alright for vegging?
Basically the exact same setup for the flowering tent, only with 20 35 watt 2700 k bulbs per side?
So given this information, does it seem reasonable to think that I'll be able to pull 2 oz. of dried bud every 3 weeks so long as I keep everything running smoothly?
Thanks for reading, and all advice you can lend!
I used to grow when I was in college circa 2001-2005, all aeroponic (stinkbud method) and under HID lighting... At that point I was doing it to put myself through school, and have since taken a long break (from growing, not smoking). The Mrs. And I have just purchased a new home, and with that have doubled our mortgage payment so... No more buying for us, time to get back in the swing of things.
The good: Our new home has a very large unfinished room above the garage that is already ducted for climate control, and is only accessible through a panel in the master closet (I know right, every growers dream)...
The bad: We live in a state where MJ in any way shape or form is still looked down upon, and we are in the area of an Air National Guard Base, so constant flyovers of all type...
This is where I call for help from the forum, I'll spitball what I'm thinking, you guys and gals let me know if I'm on track, and offer advice as you see fit.
So between my lady and I, we burn about 2 Oz. per month and my goal is to set up a perpetual cycle that would see me pulling the 2 Oz. every three weeks (just like the old days, but on a much smaller scale)... I plan to keep 2 Indica dominant mothers, and 2 Sativa dominant mothers (this way I can shoot for a 1 oz. of Indica and 1 oz. of Sativa each harvest, and alternate back and forth between strains every other month. They will be kept in Aeroponic fog buckets and under T5 lighting.
I plan to run the Stinkbud style cloner (with 20 sites) because I always had great results with it in the past (no need to reinvent the wheel) these will be in their own tent and also under T5s.
Now... This is where I need some help... I want to do this in a way I've never tried before, only CFL lighting (as I mentioned, constant flyovers) as I can't run the risk of being picked out for the heat signatures produced by HID lighting.
So basically, the veg. Tent would be a 4x4x6 split into 2 sides, 1 side holding a 10 site Indica fog box (just like the one over at Aeroponics.net) the other holding a 10 site Sativa fog box. I'm thinking a dozen 35 watt 6500 k bulbs per side should be alright for vegging?
Basically the exact same setup for the flowering tent, only with 20 35 watt 2700 k bulbs per side?
So given this information, does it seem reasonable to think that I'll be able to pull 2 oz. of dried bud every 3 weeks so long as I keep everything running smoothly?
Thanks for reading, and all advice you can lend!