Grow diary: First Space Bucket

[miaouing]

My very first grow and i think it would be good to keep track of it here and hopefully get some feedback from you guys.

It's a pretty standard space bucket, aside from slightly differently shaped buckets (around the top) that don't give me the luxury of easily stacking them neatly. I used small metal L brackets to ensure the buckets would stack the way i wanted to. That does lead to light leak but i'm not overly concerned since it's in a closet, even though it might waste a little light.

5 gal bucket


My First Ghetto-ass Space Bucket.


I used 5 CFL lights totalling 190w. 3x40w 6400k + 2x35w 2700k and wired them in parallel. I was very careful with the electrics to get the right rated wire for the current, using terminal blocks and duct tape liberally. I plan on keeping that configuration of spectrums to harvest although i do have spares and can change it if necessary.



I used two 44 cfm 120mm fans, one for inlet, one for outlet.

I germinated in Root Riot cubes under an incandescent light to keep the temps at about 24C. After 5 day i transferred it to the Space Bucket.


Will continue...