LordiBongtheNaked
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I am getting ready to put together a grow with a friend in the coming months. I have the basic plan down however would love some input on the matter from some people with experience.
The grow is going to be in a basement, with a 3 x 3 grow chamber built, about 5-6 feet high. The grow space it self will be a 2 X 2 (wanted to allow space to walk around the grow table, probably 4 plants flowering. At the moment i am planning on using an LED light (removed the link) for the grow space unless someone has some input there. The light im using has been used in commercial grows with some pretty nice results and is rated for a 2 X 2 area.
What i could really use some insight on is exactly what type of grow system we should build. Ive been thinking about building a simple constant drip system, and using hydroton for my growing medium. The draw here for me is the fairly simple nature of the system, there is little timing from what i can tell just a need for a constant drip, and the hydroton drains adequately.
After alot of reading though i see many people leaning towards the same grow medium and using an ebb and flow set up (i hear most people around 4 30 min feedings a day). I have seen many people call this a far superior grow set up, but have not found much in the line of real justification for that. My concern is that with the pump only running for a short time each day, it would be easy to miss a malfunction leading to dead plants.
any insight would be greatly appreciated
Lord iBong the Naked
The grow is going to be in a basement, with a 3 x 3 grow chamber built, about 5-6 feet high. The grow space it self will be a 2 X 2 (wanted to allow space to walk around the grow table, probably 4 plants flowering. At the moment i am planning on using an LED light (removed the link) for the grow space unless someone has some input there. The light im using has been used in commercial grows with some pretty nice results and is rated for a 2 X 2 area.
What i could really use some insight on is exactly what type of grow system we should build. Ive been thinking about building a simple constant drip system, and using hydroton for my growing medium. The draw here for me is the fairly simple nature of the system, there is little timing from what i can tell just a need for a constant drip, and the hydroton drains adequately.
After alot of reading though i see many people leaning towards the same grow medium and using an ebb and flow set up (i hear most people around 4 30 min feedings a day). I have seen many people call this a far superior grow set up, but have not found much in the line of real justification for that. My concern is that with the pump only running for a short time each day, it would be easy to miss a malfunction leading to dead plants.
any insight would be greatly appreciated
Lord iBong the Naked