NorCalHal
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Before the Site Crash, I had shared a few pics of the new room that I built back in October. The room has worked out great. There were a few issues but they pretty much have all been resolved.
I ended up adding 4 more lights for a total of 16,000 watts. I ended up converting the storage room to a Veg room that houses 6 sets of 8-bulb T-5 lights. The T-5's give me a solid 3-4 weeks of veg time before they go into the flower room. I still Veg in the Flower room for a bout a week to 10 days.
The heat was never really an issue usuing a Mitsubishi 2.5 ton Mini Split AC unit. Once outside temps reached 85+, it became an issue. The Condenser sat in the main part of the warehouse and really heted up the warehouse as a whole. I tried a few things to control it, but it still bugged me. I installed a 5000 cfm house fan and had a custom plenum built that mounted to the fan and slipped fit right under the Main warehouse vent, thus pushing all the hot air out of the show. Still pretty hot.
So, I ended up getting a 5 ton Whole house AC. I rented a crane and installed the main compressor on the roof of the whole building. No more exhaust heat issues. I installed the Furnace/Air Handler directly in the grow room. I used no Plenum or ductwork on the air handler, I just left her wide open. Works GREAT. No more heat issues at all. I can run the room at 65 with the lights on if I desire! I get 2000cfm of 38 degree air comin' out of her! She will cool the room in no more then 10 minuates.
I am working on actually getting a plenum built for the air discharge and installing another thermostat adn Electic Dampner to allow the main AC to chill the Veg also. Big $ though....
I am pretty maxed out with Power. I have a 3 phase 300 amp service, and I am peaking arouund 210 amps with everything running. My Electric Bill is silly.
Now lets get to the girls. Most of you that know me know that I usually run only 1 flavor each room. After working exclusivly with other dispensaries and my own, I am starting to run multiple flavors on the same run. Getting into the Biz full time has opened a few doors to some great genetics.
So, no more Pre-98 Bubba this run. This is the first run I have done in over eight years that I have not ran Bubba.
Currently in the grow is 5 different strains.
Chem '91...the Real.
GDP
Razzberry Kush (Rosenthals cut)
Blue Dream
and my good friend Larry OG.
With the Larry, I went thru 100 beans over the last 6 months that I got from Swerve and found a great Pheno.
The issue with this many different strains is the feed. I have to make a different juice for the Chem 91 everytime, as she is super finicky to say the least. You can sure tell that she is the godmother of all OG's.
The GDP has a seperate feed also as she needs more N then the others.
Larry is pretty hardy. The Razz is a heavy feeder along with the BlueDream.
I built trellises for all the Sativa based strains, and I wish I would have built them for the Indica's too.... I have to actually go raise the trellises for the Sativa's tonite, as they streatched too far theu the trellis and are putting on MAD weight.
Enough talk....to the pics....next post
I ended up adding 4 more lights for a total of 16,000 watts. I ended up converting the storage room to a Veg room that houses 6 sets of 8-bulb T-5 lights. The T-5's give me a solid 3-4 weeks of veg time before they go into the flower room. I still Veg in the Flower room for a bout a week to 10 days.
The heat was never really an issue usuing a Mitsubishi 2.5 ton Mini Split AC unit. Once outside temps reached 85+, it became an issue. The Condenser sat in the main part of the warehouse and really heted up the warehouse as a whole. I tried a few things to control it, but it still bugged me. I installed a 5000 cfm house fan and had a custom plenum built that mounted to the fan and slipped fit right under the Main warehouse vent, thus pushing all the hot air out of the show. Still pretty hot.
So, I ended up getting a 5 ton Whole house AC. I rented a crane and installed the main compressor on the roof of the whole building. No more exhaust heat issues. I installed the Furnace/Air Handler directly in the grow room. I used no Plenum or ductwork on the air handler, I just left her wide open. Works GREAT. No more heat issues at all. I can run the room at 65 with the lights on if I desire! I get 2000cfm of 38 degree air comin' out of her! She will cool the room in no more then 10 minuates.
I am working on actually getting a plenum built for the air discharge and installing another thermostat adn Electic Dampner to allow the main AC to chill the Veg also. Big $ though....
I am pretty maxed out with Power. I have a 3 phase 300 amp service, and I am peaking arouund 210 amps with everything running. My Electric Bill is silly.
Now lets get to the girls. Most of you that know me know that I usually run only 1 flavor each room. After working exclusivly with other dispensaries and my own, I am starting to run multiple flavors on the same run. Getting into the Biz full time has opened a few doors to some great genetics.
So, no more Pre-98 Bubba this run. This is the first run I have done in over eight years that I have not ran Bubba.
Currently in the grow is 5 different strains.
Chem '91...the Real.
GDP
Razzberry Kush (Rosenthals cut)
Blue Dream
and my good friend Larry OG.
With the Larry, I went thru 100 beans over the last 6 months that I got from Swerve and found a great Pheno.
The issue with this many different strains is the feed. I have to make a different juice for the Chem 91 everytime, as she is super finicky to say the least. You can sure tell that she is the godmother of all OG's.
The GDP has a seperate feed also as she needs more N then the others.
Larry is pretty hardy. The Razz is a heavy feeder along with the BlueDream.
I built trellises for all the Sativa based strains, and I wish I would have built them for the Indica's too.... I have to actually go raise the trellises for the Sativa's tonite, as they streatched too far theu the trellis and are putting on MAD weight.
Enough talk....to the pics....next post