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I appreciate the comments guys, it's all helpful information. My initial plan was to have a 150-175 watt Metal Halide light for my original mother's and then a 150-250w HPS watt to flower 2 plants at a time, and then I was going to have a veg area built of CFLs with spots to have 3 sets of...

Yeah, I don't really want to use CFL's but I want to get a couple of mother plants going as soon as possible. I narrowed down all my grow costs to the bare minimum and plan to use two y-sockets above each plant(4x26w total 104 actual watts), total of 8 CFLs. For soil i'm just going to buy an...

Hey, I'm planning to build a small veg box (probably 1.5'deepx5'widex4'tall)with CFL lighting for 4-6 plants. I'm wondering about the placement of the lighting. Since CFL's have a low distance of light penetration, I was wondering where I should place the bulbs to get optimal growth. I heard you...

Sweet! Thanks for the feedback bro. I'm hoping to have all the materials for my grow at the start of January. I think I might add 2 4ft T5 fixtures with 2 tubes in each one diagonally along the stair pattern to add side lighting for the flowering room. I'm really stoked to set my room up. I just...

Hey all, just wondering about what you think of my perpetual harvest plans, i.e. do you think it'll work the way I plan, suggestions for improving it, etc. Basically I have a spare room in my house with a large closet in it, so my plan is to build a Mother Box in the closet with two 250w HPS...

I just want to lower the chances of a plant getting heat stress or growing into the light and getting burnt. Plus it will allow me to vent the warm, smell-scrubbed air through my house to lower heating costs in the winter.

Hey, I'm curious about how close I can put a metal halide light to the top of a plant. I plan to keep the plants and lights separate by using a pane of plexiglass under the lights and building a box around them with in line fans to direct the heat away from the grow box. So basically my...

Thanks to the feedback on this I really appreciate it. I have some updates in ventilation and housing costs. I plan to keep the plants and lights separate now with a pane of plexiglass, using two 4" inline fans for the light's exhaust and then a 6" inline for the plants. Maybe two 6"ers for the...

I was looking at 1000bulbs.com before, I was wondering if they were a reliable seller. Guess I know now, ahah. Thanks everyone for the replies, it's really helpful! :razz:bongsmilie

Thanks man, I'm probably going to get 2 of their 600w MH/HPS ballasts.

Planning on just picking up some oscillating table/stand up fans to put around the plants for ventilation to keep it cool, not sure how much the smell will be for 6 plants, hopefully not enough to need an smell filter. Edit: I'm only concerned about the smell if it's really strong outside the house.

I'm putting together a list with prices of things i'll need for my first proper grow. I've played around with a couple of bag seeds under CFLs with dollarstore potting soil and no nutes and of course they didn't survive. So I decided i'm not going to skimp this time. I'm planning to put away...

Thanks for the replies! Its been a big help

Hey, im looking for advice on what are the best/most reliable brands of lamps/ballasts. I want to use a single area for veg and flower instead of seperate veg/flower rooms so I want to use an interchangeable Metal Halide/High Pressure Sodium digital ballast. What brand of ballast would be the...

Hi, i'm new to growing, im at the end of the first month of my first grow. I was wondering about something to do with N-P-K because I want to make my own organic fertilizer mix using coffee grounds, bone meal and banana peels. I was just wondering what happens when you add two nutrients together...