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You can grow very cheap. All you need is some light, get the best one you can afford. Then just pure cheap soil, dont need perlite etc. Good nutes are 20$, I like flora nova has everything the plant needs and last long time. And one fan. Thats it, you dont need anything else
True but we talking the cheapest you can get away with. If you want to control the enviroment then we talking another league.Sure depends on environment what you can get away with. To grow potent buds temperature and air flow is key. Ventilation can be as important as lights.
True but we talking the cheapest you can get away with. If you want to control the enviroment then we talking another league.
I grown 20% thc+ blue dream buds using only that and some perlite, not even carbon filter just two windoes open all time.I hoped we were talking how to grow decent buds. In my opinion thats the only level.
Environment is the number one factor to plant health and flower quality. Light is part of the environment. Also complete darkness indoors is necessary. I assume on a budget we arent growing autos.
I grown 20% thc+ blue dream buds using only that and some perlite, not even carbon filter just two windoes open all time.
lol, I didnt argue about enviorment not being important, I just said what the essentials were. After that you can improve everything depending on your location etc. Sure if you live in a desert or alaska forget growing without a AC.Like i said. The environment will dictate what you need. Open my windows lately and get 100% humidity and freezing cold air.
And the filter some need to stay out of prison.
So many variables...
lol, I didnt argue about enviorment not being important, I just said what the essentials were. After that you can improve everything depending on your location etc. Sure if you live in a desert or alaska forget growing without a AC.
but sometimes the geolocation plays another role.
I stand by what I recomended. Dude starts thread with Im poor. Wants to buy LED for 15$ in walmart... I say do it, learn to grow and make mistakes and see if its for you. Then he can improve his equpment with timeThat was my point. Cant tell a new grower they will be fine with less than they need. Think how bad it can go.
Been there. Done that. And yes, being disabled poor is my situation. Over the span of around four years I've tinkered and brought in a few crops. I'm no master grower. But I've also learned the guys telling people a 1000W light is the only way to go are blowing smoke.I stand by what I recomended. Dude starts thread with Im poor. Wants to buy LED for 15$ in walmart... I say do it, learn to grow and make mistakes and see if its for you. Then he can improve his equpment with time
Yeah wassnt ment to mock you, just to clearify why I recomended what I did. Ok then, I say skip those walmart lights and buy a used HPS 250-400 or 600w insteadBeen there. Done that. And yes, being disabled poor is my situation. Over the span of around four years I've tinkered and brought in a few crops. I'm no master grower. But I've also learned the guys telling people a 1000W light is the only way to go are blowing smoke.
I suggest you check out my micro tent grow. It was very low budget. Cost under $100 all in and easily got me over a quarter pound.
Dollar store 100w (15w) led bulbs, amazon 7 to 1 bulb splitter, cheap inline duct fan, lamp timer and a pc fan.
In a tent I made from 1x2 and plastic sheet (panda film).
You can also use cheap fertilizer, MG and scotts work. Just use it at half strength.
Home made micro tent.
So I made this tent a while back. Its 1.5x1.5x3. I've decided to see what i can get out of it. So I e started to scrog a clone. The frame is made from cheap 1x2 and panda film. Using 2 5v computer blower fans running on a USB outlet to exhaust. The light fixture is a 7 to 1 bulb splitter. That...www.thcfarmer.com
His temps
Yeah wassnt ment to mock you, just to clearify why I recomended what I did. Ok then, I say skip those walmart lights and buy a used HPS 250-400 or 600w instead
It's a gamble with shipping and a used ballast. Craigslist yah. But those boards get so hot. Can break easily in the shipping process. A connection, that is
@MIMedGrower whaa? No cfl pc case builds then? Lol. Yah what's the point of growing if it's not at least ok and mold free.
In another information article on this site we discuss lumens and how they affect plant growth, but you should be aware that a lot of scientists would argue it’s not the lumens that affect plant growth at all – it’s the PAR (photosynthetically active radiation). Understanding the difference between the two different methods of measurement may seem like nit-picking, but it’s not really. If you’ve read up on this topic you might be forgiven for thinking that they’re one and the same thing at first glance but, like any other information, it takes a while to process.
There really are a lot of terms that you need to get familiar with if you’re going to start a successful grow operation of any size, but taking the extra time now to figure all this out will pay dividends for you in the future. We’re going to take a closer look at exactly what the difference is between PAR and lumens and how this might affect your grow operation.
So What Is a PAR?
Essentially a PAR is the amount of light that is actually available to be used during the photosynthesis process. There may be more light emitted from a particular source, but your plants don’t make use of all of it – some of it has no real effect on the photosynthesis process. It might be best to explain this with an example. For the human eye a bright white or yellow light bulb seems to illuminate the room most effectively, whereas blue or red light appears to our eyes to be very dim and so for us we prefer the brighter bulb to light up a room.
The lumen is a measure of brightness or how much light is actually emitted from any particular light source at a given time. Unfortunately, plants don’t really use that bright yellow light for photosynthesis, and while your traditional light bulb may be high in lumens it won’t necessarily be very high on the PAR scale. Plants experience the best growth when exposed to both blue and red lights and this type of light, while still visible to the human eye, is better measured in terms of PAR’s than lumens. As part of the visible color spectrum blue and red light is found between 400nm and 700nm and as you approach 700nm the PAR exposure increases. As a plant grows from a seed to a mature plant its need for light shifts from the blue to the red end of the spectrum, and you can measure how much exposure to light it’s getting in nanometers by using special instrumentation – the closer the light gets to 700nm the higher will be the PAR reading. As long as you keep your plants exposure between that 400nm and 700nm range at the appropriate levels for each stage of the plant’s growth cycle, you’ll end up with healthy and productive plants.
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