PopeyeSpinach
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The room
42" wide x 36" deep ( inside dimensions)
Height is about 7 feet to the bottom of the scrubber.
Room is in a basement, so the floor and back wall are concrete.
After dealing with a bad cal mag phosphorus deficiency (which I made bad by misdiagnosing the deficiency as nutrient burn and gave it a flush) I have added a small ceramic heater on a PID controller to keep temperatures between 72 and 82 degrees. Current grow is more of a guinea pig for me as i learn these QBs and im still real new at growing.
Since the basement gets quite cold in the winter and we are into cold temps now, I have put the vent/scrubber on a timer so it runs for 30 minutes and is off for 60.
The space heater is capable of maintaining temps between 72 and 82 with the vent fan on but it runs about every 5 minutes that way, I'm trying to keep electrical cost at a minimum. Hence the timed vent.
The light is two Quantum board 304s on an HLG-320H-C1400B. With a galaxy hydro 300 between them.
My plan as of right now is to go with an ebb and flow system to start. As much as rdwc entices me, I'm unsure of what water temperatures will be during the summer.
I figured if I did an ebb n flow I could have a grow that's not so dependent on perfect water temps and also get a good feel of where the air amd water temps will be certain times of the year. ( the idea of needing a water chiller is a huge turnoff for me)
What I can't figure out is how many pots I could do in a flood tray, and what size pots I should use, and what size flood tray i should go for.
Originally I was thinking I was just going to do something like a 36 inch wide by 22 inch deep tray kind of in the middle of it. But now I'm thinking I'm going to fill the room. These 2 Quantum boards are doing this whole room way better than I thought. And eventually I'm going to up it to 4 QBs.
42" wide x 36" deep ( inside dimensions)
Height is about 7 feet to the bottom of the scrubber.
Room is in a basement, so the floor and back wall are concrete.
After dealing with a bad cal mag phosphorus deficiency (which I made bad by misdiagnosing the deficiency as nutrient burn and gave it a flush) I have added a small ceramic heater on a PID controller to keep temperatures between 72 and 82 degrees. Current grow is more of a guinea pig for me as i learn these QBs and im still real new at growing.
Since the basement gets quite cold in the winter and we are into cold temps now, I have put the vent/scrubber on a timer so it runs for 30 minutes and is off for 60.
The space heater is capable of maintaining temps between 72 and 82 with the vent fan on but it runs about every 5 minutes that way, I'm trying to keep electrical cost at a minimum. Hence the timed vent.
The light is two Quantum board 304s on an HLG-320H-C1400B. With a galaxy hydro 300 between them.
My plan as of right now is to go with an ebb and flow system to start. As much as rdwc entices me, I'm unsure of what water temperatures will be during the summer.
I figured if I did an ebb n flow I could have a grow that's not so dependent on perfect water temps and also get a good feel of where the air amd water temps will be certain times of the year. ( the idea of needing a water chiller is a huge turnoff for me)
What I can't figure out is how many pots I could do in a flood tray, and what size pots I should use, and what size flood tray i should go for.
Originally I was thinking I was just going to do something like a 36 inch wide by 22 inch deep tray kind of in the middle of it. But now I'm thinking I'm going to fill the room. These 2 Quantum boards are doing this whole room way better than I thought. And eventually I'm going to up it to 4 QBs.
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