Welcome Pete. Glad you found the site, plenty of good information and great people. So if I may ask what strain you're growing and is it in soil, dwc, coco or what? Will you start a journal? Whatever you decide to do keep us posted.
Hey PeteMitchell, to 420 Magazine!
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For Ideas on low budget grows I would check out the journals (the last link above my signature) and search for "low budget" or "closet grow".