Hey everyone! I'm GrowingDreamsBr.
I restarted my grow in November, but only now things are finally flowing. I went through a lot of problems: everything from tough pests (like a whitefly infestation) to fake fertilizers. In the end, I gave up on the commercial stuff and started using my own custom blend of mineral salts and a few organic products. One day I might bring it to market, haha.
My grow room is 3.90m x 2.10m, with a built-in closet that adds a bit more space.
Lighting is 1600w of HPS, 18,000 BTU air conditioning, CO₂ control system with tanks, humidifier, full automation, and a 310-liter reservoir for hydroponics (though I’m using 250L of it).
The veg tent is 80x80cm, with an 85w quantum board (301H). That’s where I keep my mother plants and clones. But since I’m vegging everything right now, some clones and the aerocloner are outside the tent for now.
Strains I’m running:
Charlotte's Web CBD (Dutch Passion), Tropical Tangie (Dutch Passion), Tropicana Cookies (FastBuds), Banana Sherbet (FastBuds), Wedding Cake (FastBuds), TerpzDreams (Exotic Genetix x Karma), Gorilla Kush #4 (World of Seeds), and Critical Lemon (Latitude Sur).
Inside the tent: 12 mother plants in 5.5L pots, and about 30 clones in 300ml cups.
Outside the tent, to the right: more clones in 300ml cups, and above them, the aerocloner sitting on a shelf. I added two T8 LED tubes to boost the lower light levels in that shadowy spot.
In the main room, I’ve got 3 ebb & flow hydro systems; one big tray (2x1m), and two 60x40cm red boxes. All of them are 25cm deep.
Total in hydro: 35 plants.
Around the hydro trays, there are 19 more plants in 5.5L pots filled with inert soil.
I’ll flower these 54 plants, while the others stay in the veg tent.
Right now, I’ve got around 30 clones in the tent and 25 outside = 55 clones ready for the next flower cycle. I’ll keep them in small pots to limit size and go easy on the light and nutrients so they can hold out until it’s time to transplant them into the hydro or soil pots.
I have early-onset Parkinson’s, and after years of trying to get oil supplied by the state, I finally got a court order allowing me to flower up to 92 plants per cycle. But realistically, due to space and efficiency, I’m aiming to flower about 50 to 55 indoors, and another 4 to 12 outdoors, which should be enough to ensure I don’t run out of oil. It’s basically the same yield as flowering 92 indoors. Cause outdoor plants can grow into little trees, haha.
So now, it’s just a matter of staying organized to make sure I don’t run out of oil.
I need 3000mg of raw oil per day, which comes out to around 30 grams of dried flower per day, x30 days = 900 grams/month, x12 months = 10.8kg/year.
That’s a lot of plant material, but making oil burns through a crazy amount of flower, and with a degenerative disease, there’s no room for messing around.
Feedback and comments are very welcome.
Cheers!