Ok..
I would buy a 1000w High Pressure Sodium(HPS) system $350
I would also say buy a Metal Halide lamp(MH, $220) for veg, but I've even gotten good results with flourescent lighting during veg. Just make sure to have a blue light spectrum.
A pH, PPM, and EC pen is a must have($100). It tells you what your pH is at, you want it at about 6.5. no higher than 7 no lower than about 5.8.
Air purifier, constant air flow(intake and exhaust tubes), Large fans for the room and Inline Fans($100) to cool down the light.
Good soil, made yourself preferably, this is what I'm about to try out:
Subcool Super Soil
-> Full Batch (12 cubic feet)
8- Large bags (1.5 cubic ft. ea) High quality Organic soil with Mycorrhizae
(i.e. Roots Organic)
25-50 lbs. Organic Worm Castings
5 lbs. Steamed Bone Meal
5 lbs. Bloom Bat Guano (Fruit Bat – High P)
5 lbs. Blood Meal
3 lbs. Rock Phosphate
¾ Cup Epsom Salts
1 Cup Sweet Lime (Powdered Dolomite) -New
1 Cup Azomite (Trace Elements) -New
2- TBS Powdered Humic Acid
Run off on this mix after a 4 week sitting with 7 ph water is 6.3
(thanks greenplanetguru for the ingredients!)
As far as nutes..they're all high quality, I'm going to try Botanicares PureBlend Pro Grow/Bloom,
Liquid Karma, Humega,
SeaPlex, Huvega, and some Black Strap Molasses.
You might want to do a tea, very good way to transfer nutrients to your plants as quick as possible, also, it is full of Beneficial bacteria and Beneficial Fungi..heres a tea that has gotten very good results:
Teas:
*In these recipes,brew the tea with an airstone in a one gallon container for 24 to 48 hours.When you're done brewing,strain it through a nylon stocking (for topical/sprayer applications) or a standard strainer (for normal watering applications) and cut it 50/50 using dechlorinated water.
*Fungi-dominant tea compost should be mixed together and kept very wet for three to seven days prior to brewing.Store it high in a room,near the ceiling and in the dark.The microlife and fungi populations will really bloom if you place a heating pad-set to low-below the container (shoot for 68-75 degrees fahrenheit;20-24 degrees celsius).After three days,it will be visibly booming with fungus (what I call "Santa's Beard").Put this in your tea brewer and bubble it (in place of regular compost).
*Prepare for the container to foam up and bubble over.You should place a tray under your tea bubbler and avoid any electrical or other items that may be damaged or unsafe around the bubbling water.
Vegetative Stage Recipe
* One Gallon Water *: R/O water,rain water,distilled etc. etc.
* One Teaspoon Black Strap Molasses (unsulfured)1-0-5)*:
Be sure to use only the unsulfured variety.This is because sulfur kills microlife,especially fungus (unless it's elemental sulfur in small ratios).
* One Teaspoon liquid Alaskan Fish Fertilizer (5-1-1)*:
Fungus and bacteria both love fish ferts and go nuts reproducing when it's included.
* One Cup Earthworm Castings (vermicompost) or good outdoor compost*:
Vermicompost provides humates,enzymes,protozoa,nematodes,bacteria,fungus ,trace elements,secondary and primary nutrients.
* One Teaspoon Fox Farms Peace Of Mind All Purpose (5-5-5) *:
Food for the microlife that balances the pH of the tea (to about 6.5-7.2).
Flowering Stage Recipe
* One Teaspoon Black Strap Molasses (unsulfured) (1-0-5) *:
An excellent source of potassium during flowering;bacteria prefer these simple sugars,whereas the fungus prefer more complex sugars derived from various organic matter.
* One Teaspoon Fox Farms Peace Of Mind All Purpose (5-5-5) *:
Food for the microlife that balances the pH of the tea (to about 6.5-7.2).
* One Teaspoon High Phosphorous Bat Guano (0-4-0) *:
Fungi love this nutrient and will deliver it to the plant roots.
* One cup Earthworm Castings (vermicompost) or regular compost *:
Good balance of nutrient (trace and secondary).Also a source for microbes and beneficial elements.
* One teaspoon Maxicrop liquid or 1/2 teaspoon water soluble Maxicrop or kelp/seaweed extract (dry) *:
A fungal favorite,this is a key tea ingredient that produces a good ratio of happy fungus.It's also booming with trace elements,some nitrogen,and some potassium.
* 1/4 teaspoon Micronized (soft) Rock Phosphate *:
Fungus attach to the rock phosphate and grow on it.Also a prime source for phosphorous,magnesium & sulfur.
Fungus Dominant (halfway through flowering) Recipes
* 1/2 cup Earthworm Castings *:
See above.
* 1/2 cup Mushroom Compost *:
This is fungus waiting to happen.A rich source of fungal spores and dense organic matter that fungi like to eat.
* Two tablespoons Powdered,100% Natural rolled oats *:
Fungi love this nutrient and will deliver it to the plant roots.
* Two teaspoons Kelp Meal *:
I use kelp meal for several reasons.It's organic matter that fungi like to attach themselves to.Fungi love kelp extracts as a primary food source and the rich trace elements and potassium it introduces.
* 1/4 teaspoon Micronized (soft) Rock Phosphate *:
Fungus attach to the rock phosphate and grow on it.Also a prime source of phosphorous,magnesium and sulfur.
The earthworm castings,mushroom compost,oatmeal,and kelp meal are first mixed together and made very wet.After fungus has grown on this blend,place it in your tea bubbler for 24 hours with some additional liquid (or water soluble) kelp/seaweed extract and Micronized (soft) rock phosphate.
(thanks Guano, bomb ass recipe man I love this shit.)
I would use Reverse Osmosis(RO) water, but you could just brew the water for 24 hours but not all chlorine can be evaporated and chlorine kills your beneficials.
For the $500 dollar set-up:
400w HPS($200)
Inline Fan($100) 2 large fans for room ($40)
Florescent Cool White lights, 4 48" lights($40)
A pH, PPM, and EC pen($100)
Mylar
Canna Bio Terra Plus Soil Mix
Pure Vida Grow/Bloom nutes
Intake/Exhaust
A little more than $500, but yah its about there. down size a little if you have to.
Thats about it, maybe I forgot some thing and if I did someone tell me lol I'm pretty sure that is all you need.
Good Luck and have fun man
-Supa
:character0029:
