cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
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First indoor setup! tips and tricks wanted!
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
This is awesome....removes rust...do not want rust in your media....or all other municiple minerals.
Will remove all the chlorine!!!
Check manual...I believe no need for a specific water pressure.
Adapt to your sink faucet or whatever.....good device for sure
Can check tds afterward......may purify too.
Will remove all the chlorine!!!
Check manual...I believe no need for a specific water pressure.
Adapt to your sink faucet or whatever.....good device for sure
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Amazon.com : HydroLogic GroGreen Garden Hose Water Filter : Garden & Outdoor
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tainoson
Sapling
thank you! feel like i'm on the right track now. your help has been very much appreciated! i hope this thread helps anyone else getting set up indoors as much as it's helped me!
I settled on the following setup for my indoor growing. I live in a 2br apartment so I wanted something that looked halfway decent to keep in my living room. And I’m happy to say that I think I’ve succeeded!
i had previously purchased the Spider Farmer SF1000 but it wasn’t enough coverage. More SF lights would have been total overkill and way too expensive. Many other posters reported good success with relatively low-frill setups so I followed suit and bought Barrina T8 grow lights, a four pack of 4-foot fixtures for $80. Here it is:
Bought shelving from Costco and affixed the LEDs with 3M glue patches. The 4ft fixtures were a bit too big for my shelves so I was forced to mount them diagonally. Deflectors up top, mostly to keep the light out of our eyes.
The Spider Farmer is hung from the second level approx 12” from the plants at the closest. Running at 60% and might dial it down honestly .. my succulents are like 90% red tinged LOL
Otherwise, I’ll be using various methods to keep the plants as close to the LED bars as possible. Cords are being left loose for now but once I’m sure of how i want things to be organized, I’ll tidy them up.
I’m using a sifting screen on a five gallon bucket to water. Set the plant on it, water freely, and put it back. The easiest, neatest way I’ve found to do it.
Window is left open for airflow, but I have fans that I’ll be using once it’s too cold. I wish I had gotten the steel wire NSF shelving because the airflow from 1 fan can reach multiple levels. I would hate to have three fans running so I’m gonna think of a solution.
I’m not done transferring and organizing plants but I’m so excited that I wanted to share!! More pictures to
i had previously purchased the Spider Farmer SF1000 but it wasn’t enough coverage. More SF lights would have been total overkill and way too expensive. Many other posters reported good success with relatively low-frill setups so I followed suit and bought Barrina T8 grow lights, a four pack of 4-foot fixtures for $80. Here it is:
Bought shelving from Costco and affixed the LEDs with 3M glue patches. The 4ft fixtures were a bit too big for my shelves so I was forced to mount them diagonally. Deflectors up top, mostly to keep the light out of our eyes.
The Spider Farmer is hung from the second level approx 12” from the plants at the closest. Running at 60% and might dial it down honestly .. my succulents are like 90% red tinged LOL
Otherwise, I’ll be using various methods to keep the plants as close to the LED bars as possible. Cords are being left loose for now but once I’m sure of how i want things to be organized, I’ll tidy them up.
I’m using a sifting screen on a five gallon bucket to water. Set the plant on it, water freely, and put it back. The easiest, neatest way I’ve found to do it.
Window is left open for airflow, but I have fans that I’ll be using once it’s too cold. I wish I had gotten the steel wire NSF shelving because the airflow from 1 fan can reach multiple levels. I would hate to have three fans running so I’m gonna think of a solution.
I’m not done transferring and organizing plants but I’m so excited that I wanted to share!! More pictures to
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cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Get a few short t5 fixtures for under canopy lighting....shade makes green light and does not promote photosynthesis....t5 are strong blue spectrum........do shady tropicals like this or do they prefer shade spectrum? I do not know.
thedogwalker
Seed
AC Infinity S5 Multifan might also work well in this application. It has 3-speeds and can be daisy-chained from one USB power supply. I use them for my crab enclosure.
I just got the same lights, but the 2ft ones. I don't have them up yet, as it's been in the 80's and the trees are still outside. These replace some of the blue/red ones which I didn't love, since they are in my kitchen.
I considered (and may still yet) using a few bulbs to illuminate the underside of my trees but I think that would be pushing it for an apartment setup. Don't want it to be an eyesore even if I'm sacrificing some potential growth. Once I get a house though, I may have to ask you for some pointers on optimizing my grow room
They're nice so far, a bit of pinkish hue that's easy on the eyes. The cool white bulbs give me a headache. Hope these work out for us!
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For the 48 inch shelf space, in the "ancient days pre LED" I used to use 48 inch cool white shop lights. And the results were actually pretty good, side lights are overkill, especially for winter storage only, if you are summering outdoors, the winter season doesn't need to be "perfect". Keep the space attractive, you will enjoy it more over time.
My space is pretty ugly, I tend to avoid it lately.
My space is pretty ugly, I tend to avoid it lately.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
have you at least removed the plants from the space then?
