If you haven’t yet, check out my first indoor grow. I’m at 6 weeks in a couple of days and the Jacks 321 and coco are just blowing my mind.
The tent set up is evolving as I learn more and get it dialed in to be as easy as possible. Currently I need to clean out another barrel in order to up the size of my reservoir, allowing me to be away from home for more than 3 days.
My biggest hurdle has been determining what knowledge from outdoor growing applies to indoor growing and what doesn’t. I also have tried to set it up for multiple uses. I made it easy to switch out for growing stuff besides the girls.
I went with the controller 69 Pro + (8 ports) I use the controller to automate my feed pumps and “stir” pump to keep my nutes aerated. I thought I may need it to control the dehumidifier and window A/C but as it turns out they run continuously. (Deep south)
Soooo… Do the math. Splitters can be used to control multiple devices from a single port. However, they all will function with the same settings. For me, by the time I bought a few splitters, I was able to buy the 8 port for about the same money and have individual control of the devices.
Something to keep in mind also is, as the plants grow, they will use water faster. In 6 weeks I’ve gone from 3/4s of a gallon per plant every two days, to 1 gal per plant per day.
Whether you use soil or coco you’ll need run off. How will you get rid of it? I use a small pump with a float switch, and pump it to drain, or, I can put the hose in a bucket and use it on our veggies and other things around the farm. Soil, even in a bag, may have fungus knats and other pest. A lot of folks sterilize the soil in the oven, but that destroys some benefits of the soil which then need to be added back.
If I wasn’t trying to have a “transformer” grow system, I would go DWC or RDWC. We did DWC with the wifes lettuce and learned we could wait 3 weeks without a water change. (Lettuce isn’t a big feeder.) Depending how the next grow or two goes, I may switch to DWC anyway.
LMAO… is your head exploding yet.