mrbubbles87
Well-Known Member
I have just recently become a member on this site but I have been visiting for a few weeks now and have read tons of great info. In the past I've been on several other similar forums. I tried posting this journal on another site but I didn't receive any feedback. I'm hoping I can get advice from more experienced growers. I would consider myself a newbie despite doing a tremendous amount of research. I have grown in the past but that was several years ago so i'm a little rusty lol. Previously I've done a homemade ebb/flow table in a closet, a cabinet DWC and also a large homemade tent with 12 plus soil plants. Both went almost perfect using fox farm nutes up until the final weeks when my friend ,who's house we were using, failed to take care of them. We were still able to harvest but quality was low.
Fast forward 6 years. I now have my own house and the funds to setup my own grow again. Plus at this point it's more of an investment. My wife and I are spending over $300 per month on low quality personal.
My first priority is stealth. We do have a young child and would hate for our lives to be ruined just so we can smoke. I have the perfect space tho. There is a space underneath my stairs that will work perfect. I have just recently installed a locking door. I plan putting a 2x4x5 grow tent inside. I will even eventually have enough room to put a 2x3x2 tent in there for clones/vegging. For now I'm trying to keep things simple with one tent and a low budget. Here's my supply list so far:
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Supplies:
1 grow tent (2ftx4ftx5ft)
I 600 watt hps/mh with a reflector wing
1 4in duct fan plus tubing
1 6in duct fan plus tubing
1 6in clip fan
1 thermometer/hyrometer
6 3 gallon black pots
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seeds:
I have never ordered seeds before. I've researched it a million times but I've never had the guts to pull the trigger. Now I think I'm finally desperate enough to try it. I will be going with Attitude seeds. I've seen a lot of great reviews for them and I'm ordering just in time for their June promo which seems like a great deal. So here's what I'm getting:
3x Auto Berry Ryder
1x Dinafem Auto Critical Jack
1x Dutch Passion Auto Mazar
Ill also get these for free thru the June promo:
1 x Dinafem seeds — Auto Blue Cheese ( Feminized )
2 x World Of seeds — Wild Thailand ( Regular )
1 x Humboldt Seed Organisation — Lemon Thai Kush ( Feminized )
1 x TH seeds —Ultra Sour ( Feminized )
1 x G13 Labs — Blue OG ( Feminized )
And these extra freebies:
2x Regular UFO Grand Daddy Purple Seeds Purple Dream (couldn't find much info on this one anyone heard of it?)
1x Regular UFO Grand Daddy Purple Seeds OG Kush
Pretty great deal for $50!!! (I'm an idiot. The price was in pounds so after conversion it ended up being $78.00! I still think I'm getting a good deal with all the freebies though. Guess you live and you learn lol.)
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Im planning on starting with the Auto Berry, Mazar, Jack, and Auto Blue for a total of 6 plants in my 2x4 tent. I'm concerned with space obviously but it sounds like all of these strands will be pretty small. I plant on planting each of them in 3 gallon pots using miracle grow organic soil with peatmoss and perlite added.. I know it's crappy but it's cheap and easily available. In the future I'd like to upgrade to FF Ocean. I'd love to try SCROG but based on my research it doesn't sound like you can do that with autos so that may have to wait for my second grow with the photo seeds. I have leftover nutes FF Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, and Grow Big.
I realize my biggest problem is going to be ventilation/over heating. I have a couple ideas for this though. First, my ballast is dimmable so I figure the easiest way is to bring fresh air thru the bottom using a 4in duct fan, run the light at a lower percentage like 75% and exhaust all the hot air thru the top using tubing and my 6in fan. My second solution is to put a air cooled hood I have homemade from my prior grow. I know there's other options as well like getting a 250 or 400 watt hps or even going fluorescent but I'm trying to plan for future grows and with the ballast being dimmable I think it would be the same as a lower wattage hps.
I have everything ordered and on the way. Should be getting the tent and grow light sometime this week. Then as long as my seeds pass customs I should see them the following week. It going to be a loooooonnnng wait lol. I appreciate any help or advice. I will post pics once I get the tent and light.[/SIZE]
Fast forward 6 years. I now have my own house and the funds to setup my own grow again. Plus at this point it's more of an investment. My wife and I are spending over $300 per month on low quality personal.
My first priority is stealth. We do have a young child and would hate for our lives to be ruined just so we can smoke. I have the perfect space tho. There is a space underneath my stairs that will work perfect. I have just recently installed a locking door. I plan putting a 2x4x5 grow tent inside. I will even eventually have enough room to put a 2x3x2 tent in there for clones/vegging. For now I'm trying to keep things simple with one tent and a low budget. Here's my supply list so far:
________________________________________
Supplies:
1 grow tent (2ftx4ftx5ft)
I 600 watt hps/mh with a reflector wing
1 4in duct fan plus tubing
1 6in duct fan plus tubing
1 6in clip fan
1 thermometer/hyrometer
6 3 gallon black pots
________________________________________
seeds:
I have never ordered seeds before. I've researched it a million times but I've never had the guts to pull the trigger. Now I think I'm finally desperate enough to try it. I will be going with Attitude seeds. I've seen a lot of great reviews for them and I'm ordering just in time for their June promo which seems like a great deal. So here's what I'm getting:
3x Auto Berry Ryder
1x Dinafem Auto Critical Jack
1x Dutch Passion Auto Mazar
Ill also get these for free thru the June promo:
1 x Dinafem seeds — Auto Blue Cheese ( Feminized )
2 x World Of seeds — Wild Thailand ( Regular )
1 x Humboldt Seed Organisation — Lemon Thai Kush ( Feminized )
1 x TH seeds —Ultra Sour ( Feminized )
1 x G13 Labs — Blue OG ( Feminized )
And these extra freebies:
2x Regular UFO Grand Daddy Purple Seeds Purple Dream (couldn't find much info on this one anyone heard of it?)
1x Regular UFO Grand Daddy Purple Seeds OG Kush
Pretty great deal for $50!!! (I'm an idiot. The price was in pounds so after conversion it ended up being $78.00! I still think I'm getting a good deal with all the freebies though. Guess you live and you learn lol.)
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Im planning on starting with the Auto Berry, Mazar, Jack, and Auto Blue for a total of 6 plants in my 2x4 tent. I'm concerned with space obviously but it sounds like all of these strands will be pretty small. I plant on planting each of them in 3 gallon pots using miracle grow organic soil with peatmoss and perlite added.. I know it's crappy but it's cheap and easily available. In the future I'd like to upgrade to FF Ocean. I'd love to try SCROG but based on my research it doesn't sound like you can do that with autos so that may have to wait for my second grow with the photo seeds. I have leftover nutes FF Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, and Grow Big.
I realize my biggest problem is going to be ventilation/over heating. I have a couple ideas for this though. First, my ballast is dimmable so I figure the easiest way is to bring fresh air thru the bottom using a 4in duct fan, run the light at a lower percentage like 75% and exhaust all the hot air thru the top using tubing and my 6in fan. My second solution is to put a air cooled hood I have homemade from my prior grow. I know there's other options as well like getting a 250 or 400 watt hps or even going fluorescent but I'm trying to plan for future grows and with the ballast being dimmable I think it would be the same as a lower wattage hps.
I have everything ordered and on the way. Should be getting the tent and grow light sometime this week. Then as long as my seeds pass customs I should see them the following week. It going to be a loooooonnnng wait lol. I appreciate any help or advice. I will post pics once I get the tent and light.[/SIZE]