the new flower room

so i've finally done it - after many trips to the diy shop, lots of banging of nails, screwing of screws, sticking of tape, bringing extension cables from downstairs, enough reflective sheeting for a small space ship, and ducting that makes me think it is a space ship, i have finally finished the new flower room

yeah i know it looks just like the old one really! the old one had started a lot smaller, then i expanded it out, then up, then up a bit more as the plants kept growing. it was so unstable and looked suspect. it was kinda held up on those brackets you put shelves on, and i had to put bits of cardboard and wood over certain bits in the end to plug light leaks and to keep it from falling apart!

its just a simple wooden frame really, one side with lightproof sheeting, the other mylar. i got some bamboo blinds to cover the outside so it doesn't look like i've got a big white plastic box in the room! when the desks in front i think its pretty disguised, which is good cos i got the builders in next week to finally fix the leaky extension!

its got the new 400w light in, the new extractor fan and carbon filter ( which is incredible - no smell at all, i kinda miss it really ) i take the air out the top, so from outside the growroom you don't notice a thing. i had to get some new oscillating fans cos the old ones had been overused and wern't really doing anything in the end. i have 2 in there now, on for alternate times, so they have don't have to run for hours on end ( like the last ones did ) and the plants get blown from all sides at different times. when i can find one i'll get another clip on fan to direct just at the light ( the 400 gives of a lot more heat than the 250 does )

i still need to work a way so i can have the fans at different heights in growroom so i can change where they are as the plants grow ( as you see there sat on top of boxes on top of pots at the moment! ) but i'm pretty pleased with it so far

the only problem now is the veg room is half the depth of the flower room, so they don't have much room to veg - as you can see in the flower room, this has made the plants tall but not that wide. i might go for feminised seeds from now on so i don't need as many plants in the veg room and they can stretch out more before going into the flower room.

ramble ramble lol :&

* edit : changed pic, don't want to be to blatant!

 

Nice one looks like easy access, all your work was'nt in vain.Where did you get the reflective material I need me some of that just got white paint on the walls at the mo!

 

i got mine down the local growshop ( how lucky am i - end of my street, round the corner - growshop ) you can probably get it at most growshops/growsites - check http://www.greenfinger-hydroponics.co.uk/products.asp?CLFNAM=RFLSHT they sell it

white paints alright though, my thinking with the mylar was might as well try and make most of the light i've got

from the site

Mylar

Super reflective silver film for covering walls and improving reflection by 92%. Improves lighting by 22.6% compared to black and white plastic!

they also do

C3 anti-detection film

From the Netherlands, this super reflective mylar also has the interesting characteristic of being 90% infrared camera proof. Offers protection like nothing else. We tested it with the infra-red laser thermometer and it really works! Ideal for shy loft growers.

 

Mylar im gonna give a go the stuff looks like its working well from your photos. By the way that ice dont half grow quick its already 3" bigger than my 5ways but its 2 months younger. I also have 120 (5ways by PUKKA seeds) looking for a good home their in my fridge & i was told not to keep them too long if you want them or know someone who does just let me know the.twin@blueyonder.co.uk

 

glad the ice are going well labrat, although it sounds like those other ones are just super slow!

i'm cool for seeds, already know what i wanna grow next, but thanks very much for the offer - nice one

 

Looks great,I wish ya great yields.

 

thanks meangreen i think the new extraction fan is showing improvements already, the plants just look healthier to me ... or maybe i'm just imagining things!

 

Exchangement of hot/stale air for fresh will always show ya a improvement,your not seeing things.

 

you got your shit together man

 

its the only way man imagine spending 4 months growing, and then at the end the bud was crap gotta get the environment right if you want a good grow imo

 

Ill take that advice, Looks like ya know what your doin.

 

don't be fooled i'm still a newbie, only on my 3rd grow - always learning

anyway heres a pic, just testing out how close i can get with my new camera. 2 weeks into flower ...

 

getting sticky

 

You heard of penis envy i got (BUD ENVY)
How do you lock this computer i dont want Pauline to see that your ICE is bigger than my ICE 10/10 jedi

 

nice one ekul.

 

Hey Eck, what light are you using on them plants ? Are those Fluro tubes? if so how many lumens? 3000?

 

vegged under 250w mh, flowering under 400w sodium

 

almost ready

 

looks like a one way ticket to happyland bet it smells as good as it looks???

 

fabulous buds and even better pictures!