$2500 budget grow 3 stage system 1 pound every 6 weeks

dnkfrmthasoilz7

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BTW if your a newer grower don't jump right into aero there is no room for failure you would be much safer going with coco coir.
 

friendlyfarmer

Active Member
1st sounds like you have a little bit more to learn before you start with co2 its not gonna help you unless you have all the other enviroment controls setup perfect wont benefit you at all..just pick a strain that you think will be good pick the best mom and clone from that..youre makin this harder than it has to been
while you may enjoy making others feel incompetent on the internet, plants use CO2 non-stop. saying it won't benefit him at all if everything isn't already perfect is a serious overstatement, not to mention a false one. granted, certain environments are better suited for CO2 supplementation, but typically only because those environments restrict the availability to begin with. co2 supplementation is always going to do some good, you just don't always need it.
 

friendlyfarmer

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Hey everyone. Great forum! some background about my self, im here because prescription antidepressants dont work. i served in iraq as a Marine..... the government says all us vets are coming back crazy, well i got a solution for them. weeeeeeedddd it kept me from going crazy, my mind is just normal for once. as for my grow history i did 1 indoor soil grow about 4 years ago it was great, i still remember a lot of stuff from that so im not a total newb but i am to hydro. i decided to go big this time. heres my plan, i'll begin construction tomorrow and have the first seeds going by friday.


3 stage grow, pound every month half
1st stage 30 seeds under flures for 3 weeks in aeroponics 30Lx17Wx25H dresser
(1inch pots)

2nd stage 30Lx17WX30H dresser use 20 best plants in aeroponics 4 weeks flowering+ 2 weeks of budding under 250watt MH(hopefully sex will show before i transplant yes? no?)
(3inch pots)

3rd stage 48Lx24Wx70H cabinet 400 watt HPS, with C02 aeroponics 6 weeks budding. 14 of my best plants. im going to wait 2 weeks then choose 4 of the worst plants and remove them giving me 10 perfect plants guaranteed.
(6 inch pots)

reason for low watts: power. i did it up and it should cost me around $30 a month from electric, thats all i can really let my power bill go up, so bigger lights are out of the question, Maybe a 600 watt for budding but thats pushing the power bill.

question
can i transplant these babies 3 times with out any ill effects?


shopping list for tomorrow. (everything will have 20% discount hehehe)
Envirmental controls
$720 chhc-4 envir controls
$150 c02 regulator
$208 control wizard 24/7 nut meter

Lighting
x2 $190 250w/400w hps/mh dial a watt lumatekc.
x2 $120 22x18 yeild master air cooled

Airflow
x2 $100 Eco plus blower 180 cfm
$60 Eco plus 6" axial fan 235 cfm
$104 4x12 phresh filter

I would strongly recommend going with a DWC/ Bubbleponics setup instead. Much easier to maintain for a first timer. Also, there is no need to transplant so much, and you definitely won't be able to do it in the time spacing you have given. The roots will grow much too fast for that. I would just start with the 1 or 3 inch pots and go straight to 6 from whichever you choose. you also won't need more than a few plants per harvest with a nice DWC setup to attain your goal.
 

friendlyfarmer

Active Member
also, as i'm sure many have said. it would certainly be in your best interest to start much smaller. just start with a few plants, use 5 gallon buckets, 1 plant per bucket. 4 or 5 plants will be more than enough. take clones from your best female, and you can start cycling from there. you can easily get 3 or 4 ounces off of a plant. this is more than enough to smoke. it sounds like you may be trying to get rich but this is not the way to do it, and the fact that you already announced it online where anyone can read it is worrisome. if you did this with your own computer, then busting you would be beyond easy for the feds, especially if you aren't a med. user.
 

Dustybowlz

Well-Known Member
I would strongly recommend going with a DWC/ Bubbleponics setup instead. Much easier to maintain for a first timer.....
...... you also won't need more than a few plants per harvest with a nice DWC setup to attain your goal.

also, as i'm sure many have said. it would certainly be in your best interest to start much smaller. just start with a few plants, use 5 gallon buckets, 1 plant per bucket. 4 or 5 plants will be more than enough. take clones from your best female, and you can start cycling from there. you can easily get 3 or 4 ounces off of a plant.

This is exactly the advice given to me, this is the exact advice I have been following. Im glad more a few people suggest it for there first grow.
 
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