If i was to build a grow tent - Page 4

uh-oh · 07-05-2020, 08:01 PM

THEORETICALLY. i think this is everything i would acquire and put together. mainly posting for @Hush so he has all this info in one place. i've become fond of TOMATOES and after researching for awhile this is what i've come up with for growing them, all organic

tent - vivosun 48''x48''x80''
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

light - mars hydro tsw2000
https://www.amazon.com/MARS-HYDRO-Sp.../dp/B07PLYR5HG

air filtration - vivosun 4'' kit
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

dehumidifier - eva-dry edv1100
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

humidifier - homech cool mist
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

humidity controller - inkbird digital prewired dual stage controller
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ambient fans - genesis 6 inch clip on x4
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

soil ph meter- sonkir soil ph meter
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

liquid ph meter - vivosun ph and tds meter combo
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ph control liquids - atlas scientific ph up and down
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

pots - gardzen 5 gallon grow bags
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

plant saucers for runoff- youniversal 16''
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

support/training wire - all purpose 328 feet twist tie
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

grow medium - canna coco brick, perlite
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

fertilizer/amendments - dr earth 4-4-4, and dr earth 3-9-4
https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Earth-Prem...3991666&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Earth-707P...3991653&sr=8-2

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things im going to look into if i ever get around to actually building and growing TOMATOES, in terms of when it comes HARVEST time.

microscope for inspecting when they're RIPE
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...16URS7F1&psc=1
trimmers-fiskars
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...YDTUK2Z5&psc=1
bin for trimming - trim bin
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
curing jars - 32oz mason jars
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2YR1942T&psc=1
humidity monitoring during cure -binfrog digital humidity meters
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...Z52DBCEB&psc=1
humidity control during cure - homlux 2 way pack
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...MFRQNEQC&psc=1
scale- digital foods scale
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...JNFQ9DBU&psc=1

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whew. its been a couple weeks now i think. maybe a week i dunno since i got this idea and it hasn't left my dumb brain and ive been obsessively researching and searching for quality shit and methods. this is what i've come up with so far. if i was to order all this and begin i would've ordered these special wedding cake autobloom tomatoe's to give it a go.

i'd be growing 4 of them. each in a 5 gallon bucket.

for the soil i'd use the coco i linked instead, its relatively inert, no nutrients in it, and i'd be doing like a 4 or 5 to 1 ratio of the coco and perlite. the fertilizer and nutrients go into that as well but the feeding cycle changes throughout its life, but for the first soil mix prior to planting a 5 gallon pot would take around 20 tablespoons, and it'd be like a 70/30 mix of the 4-4-4 and 3-9-4.

from there though i would only water them, but i'd ph balance the water to 6.3-6.8 ish since the medium is coco to ensure the roots can uptake the slow organic nutrients mixed in the coco. but as they age i would topdress with the two solutions progressively looking to flip it so the final feed would be basically the opposite but top feeding/dressing also requires much less than the initial mix btw, i think its half i got the DOCUMENTS somewhere lol.

the light could realistically be upgraded to the 3000, but im not trying to completely fill the tent to bursting. the light linked is rated for 4x4 veg, but only 3x3 bloom. shit outside the 3x3 radius is still getting quality light, just not the full on blast (i guess). the videos i seen using the light show some HEARTY tomato's tho.

also for humidity, both the dehumidifier and humidifer plug into the humidity controller. you set a humidity range with it and they will kick on and off as needed. i specifically chose those two cheapo units because they have a POWER SWITCH. not a digital interface. when the controller turns the units off, its like you unplug them from the wall. any digital humidifer/dehumidifers will need to be manually turned on and off and reset etc. these you can just switch on and off and they run until full or empty respectively. so this way the controller can work efficiently.

i thought about supplementing co2 as well, and UV lighting. the light comes with a solid IR spectrum but not UV. UVB is dangerous but can help with toughening the plants. they will secrete more delicious oils to protect themselves from the radiation and if used sparingly won't damage them. but the only solution i could find is like another 150 dollar light setup and it needs to be centered, so i might be able to run 2 to even it out (one on either side of the main light) but who would want to spend another 300 on something that only helps a little that you barely use toward the end of the life cycle. i'm gonna look into it in the future tho. but yea co2 is another thing that could boost the overall yield but its not as effective in such a small grow. the extra juice it provides is only worth it if you got like a warehouse lol, since supplementing co2 is expensive. you can just mix sugar water and yeast and get some too if youre worried about it but also a co2 monitor is ridiculously expensive. basically isn't worth it to care. just circulate air and the tomatoes will be fine.

but word.

long ass post but if anyone was interested in growing tomatos this is a solid amount of info and starting points, without having to literally obsessively search for like a week and read a bunch of idiot pseudo science from filthy hippies. you can go smaller. especially with the autobloom crops since they don't get very big. this is probably overkill but if i do ever decide to venture this path i'd like to have pretty much everything needed for optimum results

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uh-oh DA GOD Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 12,362 Battle Record: 1-0 Champed - Beat Battle II - Beat Battle V - Beat Bags Rep Power: 84181420	If i was to build a grow tent THEORETICALLY. i think this is everything i would acquire and put together. mainly posting for @Hush so he has all this info in one place. i've become fond of TOMATOES and after researching for awhile this is what i've come up with for growing them, all organic tent - vivosun 48''x48''x80'' https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 light - mars hydro tsw2000 https://www.amazon.com/MARS-HYDRO-Sp.../dp/B07PLYR5HG air filtration - vivosun 4'' kit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 dehumidifier - eva-dry edv1100 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 humidifier - homech cool mist https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 humidity controller - inkbird digital prewired dual stage controller https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ambient fans - genesis 6 inch clip on x4 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 soil ph meter- sonkir soil ph meter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 liquid ph meter - vivosun ph and tds meter combo https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ph control liquids - atlas scientific ph up and down https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 pots - gardzen 5 gallon grow bags https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 plant saucers for runoff- youniversal 16'' https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 support/training wire - all purpose 328 feet twist tie https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 grow medium - canna coco brick, perlite https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 fertilizer/amendments - dr earth 4-4-4, and dr earth 3-9-4 https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Earth-Prem...3991666&sr=8-2 https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Earth-707P...3991653&sr=8-2 -------------------- things im going to look into if i ever get around to actually building and growing TOMATOES, in terms of when it comes HARVEST time. microscope for inspecting when they're RIPE https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...16URS7F1&psc=1 trimmers-fiskars https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...YDTUK2Z5&psc=1 bin for trimming - trim bin https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1 curing jars - 32oz mason jars https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...2YR1942T&psc=1 humidity monitoring during cure -binfrog digital humidity meters https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...Z52DBCEB&psc=1 humidity control during cure - homlux 2 way pack https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...MFRQNEQC&psc=1 scale- digital foods scale https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...JNFQ9DBU&psc=1 --------------------- whew. its been a couple weeks now i think. maybe a week i dunno since i got this idea and it hasn't left my dumb brain and ive been obsessively researching and searching for quality shit and methods. this is what i've come up with so far. if i was to order all this and begin i would've ordered these special wedding cake autobloom tomatoe's to give it a go. i'd be growing 4 of them. each in a 5 gallon bucket. for the soil i'd use the coco i linked instead, its relatively inert, no nutrients in it, and i'd be doing like a 4 or 5 to 1 ratio of the coco and perlite. the fertilizer and nutrients go into that as well but the feeding cycle changes throughout its life, but for the first soil mix prior to planting a 5 gallon pot would take around 20 tablespoons, and it'd be like a 70/30 mix of the 4-4-4 and 3-9-4. from there though i would only water them, but i'd ph balance the water to 6.3-6.8 ish since the medium is coco to ensure the roots can uptake the slow organic nutrients mixed in the coco. but as they age i would topdress with the two solutions progressively looking to flip it so the final feed would be basically the opposite but top feeding/dressing also requires much less than the initial mix btw, i think its half i got the DOCUMENTS somewhere lol. the light could realistically be upgraded to the 3000, but im not trying to completely fill the tent to bursting. the light linked is rated for 4x4 veg, but only 3x3 bloom. shit outside the 3x3 radius is still getting quality light, just not the full on blast (i guess). the videos i seen using the light show some HEARTY tomato's tho. also for humidity, both the dehumidifier and humidifer plug into the humidity controller. you set a humidity range with it and they will kick on and off as needed. i specifically chose those two cheapo units because they have a POWER SWITCH. not a digital interface. when the controller turns the units off, its like you unplug them from the wall. any digital humidifer/dehumidifers will need to be manually turned on and off and reset etc. these you can just switch on and off and they run until full or empty respectively. so this way the controller can work efficiently. i thought about supplementing co2 as well, and UV lighting. the light comes with a solid IR spectrum but not UV. UVB is dangerous but can help with toughening the plants. they will secrete more delicious oils to protect themselves from the radiation and if used sparingly won't damage them. but the only solution i could find is like another 150 dollar light setup and it needs to be centered, so i might be able to run 2 to even it out (one on either side of the main light) but who would want to spend another 300 on something that only helps a little that you barely use toward the end of the life cycle. i'm gonna look into it in the future tho. but yea co2 is another thing that could boost the overall yield but its not as effective in such a small grow. the extra juice it provides is only worth it if you got like a warehouse lol, since supplementing co2 is expensive. you can just mix sugar water and yeast and get some too if youre worried about it but also a co2 monitor is ridiculously expensive. basically isn't worth it to care. just circulate air and the tomatoes will be fine. but word. long ass post but if anyone was interested in growing tomatos this is a solid amount of info and starting points, without having to literally obsessively search for like a week and read a bunch of idiot pseudo science from filthy hippies. you can go smaller. especially with the autobloom crops since they don't get very big. this is probably overkill but if i do ever decide to venture this path i'd like to have pretty much everything needed for optimum results __________________ EVERYBODY I KNOW GOT WEED OR GOT POWDER BUT I AINT GOT EITHER. 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