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This is going to be my first grow, should be pretty interesting.
I'm in the planning stages, I'm moving again in about 10 weeks, so I won't start until then, but I'm going to get my supplies/equipment ready now.
I'm planning on running a bucket of water with air pump & a netted pot with hydroton. Going to read up on nutrients myself, I'm a bit worried about fitting the bucket into my pc case though.. Would a slightly taller & skinny bucket suffice?
What size netted pot would you recommend? I was thinking 5", but not sure if that'll fit.
For lighting I'm planning of doing a few CFLs (4x 42 watt)
Will those suffice (thats all the specs from online, they're phillips 42 Watt Twister Daylight)?
Sorry for my newbieness, here is probably extremely obvious question... What can I use to plug these directly in to the wall (whatever the simplest way may be). I'm not to familiar with the electrical, so please do link to the simplest/most newbie friendly resource if you do send me elsewhere for an answer.
I'll line the entire inside with reflective foil tape.
For the smell, although I don't imagine it could ever be too much of an issue in my own place (moving into a detached house), I'll still be using a few sheets of carbon from fish tank filters (I don't like to use it in my fish filters, and get 3-4 pads with each filter, I probably have 10+ laying around), sitting behind a computer fan. I figure worst case, I have an old 100 watt computer power supply laying around that I can use for powering the fans, but if anyone has a workaround for that, please let me know.
I figure cost wise I'm looking at...
Lighting: 4x $15 - 42watt CFL bulbs
fixture: unknown.
computer fans/case: already have it, but $80 max if I need to buy the parts for any reason.
carbon pads: I believe they're $3-5 each but I might be way off. Anyways, I have a bunch already.
seeds: plan on buying them here, haven't decided on a strain yet, probably something feminized.
bucket (worst case): $10
netted pots: $20 (for a pack, I'll have extra leftover)
hydroton: $20
Totalling about $190 plus the fixture and seeds, I'm guessing I can do it under $300 before nutrients.
Please provide feedback, and answer any questions you can. Thanks!
I'm in the planning stages, I'm moving again in about 10 weeks, so I won't start until then, but I'm going to get my supplies/equipment ready now.
I'm planning on running a bucket of water with air pump & a netted pot with hydroton. Going to read up on nutrients myself, I'm a bit worried about fitting the bucket into my pc case though.. Would a slightly taller & skinny bucket suffice?
What size netted pot would you recommend? I was thinking 5", but not sure if that'll fit.
For lighting I'm planning of doing a few CFLs (4x 42 watt)
- Energy Saver, uses only 42 Watts
- Popular Daylight Colour
- Super Long Life
- 2850 Lumens
- 42W=150W
- 8,000 Hours
Will those suffice (thats all the specs from online, they're phillips 42 Watt Twister Daylight)?
Sorry for my newbieness, here is probably extremely obvious question... What can I use to plug these directly in to the wall (whatever the simplest way may be). I'm not to familiar with the electrical, so please do link to the simplest/most newbie friendly resource if you do send me elsewhere for an answer.
I'll line the entire inside with reflective foil tape.
For the smell, although I don't imagine it could ever be too much of an issue in my own place (moving into a detached house), I'll still be using a few sheets of carbon from fish tank filters (I don't like to use it in my fish filters, and get 3-4 pads with each filter, I probably have 10+ laying around), sitting behind a computer fan. I figure worst case, I have an old 100 watt computer power supply laying around that I can use for powering the fans, but if anyone has a workaround for that, please let me know.
I figure cost wise I'm looking at...
Lighting: 4x $15 - 42watt CFL bulbs
fixture: unknown.
computer fans/case: already have it, but $80 max if I need to buy the parts for any reason.
carbon pads: I believe they're $3-5 each but I might be way off. Anyways, I have a bunch already.
seeds: plan on buying them here, haven't decided on a strain yet, probably something feminized.
bucket (worst case): $10
netted pots: $20 (for a pack, I'll have extra leftover)
hydroton: $20
Totalling about $190 plus the fixture and seeds, I'm guessing I can do it under $300 before nutrients.
Please provide feedback, and answer any questions you can. Thanks!
