Hello all. First let me thank all of you on this forum. You all seem like a truly level headed bunch. I smoked for my first time about 2 months ago. I have since decided I would try to grow my own. I was promised a few specimens of bag seed from the 2 people I know that smoke. I am not sure they took me seriously though. It is probably for the best, I work with them. I mailed some cash to SOS, after placing and order for some iced grape fruit. 3 weeks later I decided I was not going to hear anything else from them. So I pursued a way to get some mBitcoins locally. I finally came up with a way and I placed another order with seedsman and I paid with my shiny new mBitcoins. The whole thing was actually a fun process. The next day I had an order confirmation from both SOS and seedsman. So 2 potential orders on the way.

Now for the bad news. I Don't have any friends that I would want to know that I am growing so I had both shipped to my house. I paid for super stealth from both companies. Fortunately my SOS order made it through customs very quickly and into my mail box, free of any of the notorious green tape! The seedsman order sat there for a week, I am not sure what to expect now.

If it comes with no green tape I think I am in the clear. Cash and bitcoin are relatively hard to trace and I used a fake name. If it does come with green tape I am not sure what I am going to do. I may have to abandon this project. Any thoughts?

As for my grow set up I have a small area in my basement utility room. No windows, no foot traffic. I don't expect any one to stumble across it.

I plan to use wood and plastic to make sealed area to grow in, inside the utility room. I am avoiding ordering anything blatantly marijuana grow related online and I do not trust a local hydro store to not be stalked by the police. So I plan to build a carbon filter and pick up the carbon at a local aquarium supply house. I can post my plans if any one wants to take a look.

Most of my seeds are supposed to be female so I am planning on starting 3. The area is 40"x36-72 and about 6-7' tall. I have just not decided what size to make it. I have no idea how much I will smoke so does any one have any advice on the size of the grow area? Is there any point in making it small other than material cost?

As for lights I have 2 54w leds, but as it turns out standard market procedure is to say 54 but what they mean is 12w. I have 6 23w CFLs and 4 t8s. I am also considering a 600w HID off of amazon. There are 2 that are popular. This is pretty close to my thresh hold of what is safe to order and what is not.

Finally I need to come up with a fan or fans. The 6" inline fans on amazon and ebay look good but again they are riding a fine line. None of the big box stores have anything but the cheap 4 inch inline fans.

Anyways, thanks for letting me air my thoughts in the safety of your forum.