Criticize my first grow set up

ms1055 said:

I have an addictive personality with most things and some what of an obsessive compulsive disorder with shopping. The only thing that has saved me is my ADD because over a short period of time I tend to lose interest in hobbies and move on to something else but when you take something I've always had an interest in like gardening and combine it with my favorite past time of the last 15 years then .. well ...

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Montanarobert1963 said:

That whole statement describes me like you stole my identity

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ms1055 said:

Deus, you are the worst with all the links to coll stuff I haven't seen! I'm so glad I didn't meet you before I ordered everything or else I probably would've ordered twice as much lol!! I'm jk, I appreciate all the info, those oxygen pot systems look pretty impressive, wish I could do something like that but I'm way too concerned about leaks and they're also too tall for my current set up IMO. We'll see what the future holds for me though, I may be moving sometime in the next year so possibly then or maybe I'll get the itch right before that happens and end up constructing some gigantic floor pan and then I'll get the bug to move and end up not even using it. I hope you're right about the CFL's not being too hot. I've heard they run cooler then everything but LED's but people have been saying to look out so I'll just keep an extra close eye. Hopefully I don't burn up my seeds because it's taking them forever to get here and I don't want to delay everything another few weeks. Seeds were another money pit I had to talk myself out of, my original order was for half the High Times Top 10 Strains list but my better judgement set in and I toned it down to a small order of 8 mid range seeds to start with (Red Diesel from Barney's Farm). I'm hoping the profile of the seed works well with what I'm going for.

What do you guys think?

http://www.seedsman.com/en/red-diesel-seeds

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ms1055 said:

Deus, you are the worst with all the links to coll stuff I haven't seen! I'm so glad I didn't meet you before I ordered everything or else I probably would've ordered twice as much lol!! I'm jk, I appreciate all the info, those oxygen pot systems look pretty impressive, wish I could do something like that but I'm way too concerned about leaks and they're also too tall for my current set up IMO. We'll see what the future holds for me though, I may be moving sometime in the next year so possibly then or maybe I'll get the itch right before that happens and end up constructing some gigantic floor pan and then I'll get the bug to move and end up not even using it. I hope you're right about the CFL's not being too hot. I've heard they run cooler then everything but LED's but people have been saying to look out so I'll just keep an extra close eye. Hopefully I don't burn up my seeds because it's taking them forever to get here and I don't want to delay everything another few weeks. Seeds were another money pit I had to talk myself out of, my original order was for half the High Times Top 10 Strains list but my better judgement set in and I toned it down to a small order of 8 mid range seeds to start with (Red Diesel from Barney's Farm). I'm hoping the profile of the seed works well with what I'm going for.
Well you will have to call me and we build a monster green house with the shit we have IM DOWN laid off anyways..
What do you guys think?

http://www.seedsman.com/en/red-diesel-seeds

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ms1055 said:

Alright I've got the bug again .. I know everyone seems to hate LED's due to their inherent lack of value right now but what do you think about switching out the CFL's with them .. I know no one is going to recommend it due to the price but I'm sure an LED fan boy will chime in lol Why do I even ask when I know the answer .. see you know what I'm just gonna do it. The price difference isn't that bad, actually nevermind the price difference is $200 .. they do look pretty cool though .. like literally and technically. This CFL looks like it's going to fall apart, the bulb is so heavy I had to bend the fixture slightly to get it parallel with the reflector and it still looks weird. You know what Deus I'm just going to take your word it won't be too hot lol Actually you know what .. let me know what you guys think .. lol I'm going to be looking into this all afternoon. This is what I'm considering.

http://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Hydro-BlackStar-Clone-180-watt/dp/B00I0FTRS8/ref=sr_1_6?m=A3VTE9RTFS7WGL&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1402432713&sr=1-6&keywords=led veg/clone

Or this

http://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Hydro-BlackStar-Clone-180-watt/dp/B00I0FTRS8/ref=sr_1_6?m=A3VTE9RTFS7WGL&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1402432713&sr=1-6&keywords=led veg/clone

I feel like I probably shouldn't be concerned because I'm only going to be vegging until I feel the plant is strong enough for the bloom tent, maybe a week, but at the same time I like to buy good things once rather then upgrade down the road. Heat and wattage concerns also make a case for the LED.

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