Hey skagnetti
Really glad the journal helped. I Look forward to seeing those pics.
I guess you are doing a grow box and a flower box with the bulbs you are buying. Just be aware that you may run out of room if you veg for too long.

Don't worry, with my complete lack of experience, I'll be sure to post all the time to make sure I'm not screwing up too badly. Also joined the PC club.

1 Veg and 1 flower is the plan, and maybe grow a mother later to clone from. You think I can get away with a 1/4oz avg per plant?

As a fellow China grower, I'd like to say good luck, and good going.

As far as soil, I've found a mixture that works pretty well. I just get regular potting soil, but I mix it with a lot of coco coir, perlite, and a bit of gravel. It's nice and light, retains moisture well, but still dries out just fine. I got the coco coir in a big block from a nearby plant market, and the perlite came from a Home Depot that I found.

For lighting, how many watts do you have?

Since you're doing a PC grow, make sure you get an indica strain. That'll reduce flowering time, and also keep the plant small. Most of your weed right now is probably locally grown sativas, or more sativas coming up from Cambodia.

Lastly for now, you could probably just paint the inside of the PC boxes white and save money on mylar. It would also probably save a bit of room in the box.

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I'd be a bit pissed off if I got 7g per plant.
Prolly a realistic target to start with though.
If that's your aim I think you will be pleasantly surprised with your pc grow

I'm just starting an experiment with a weekly clone perpetual in my case. I'll let you know if I learn any tricks.

You'll find lots of sound advice on here, but good local knowledge is invaluable. Heed it.

I'm just trying to be realistic, and seeing how it's my first time I thought it would be better to aim low.

Here's what I'm working with. A couple of big ol' server towers. More pics after I finish gutting them.

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You should have no problem squeezing a 1/4 out of those beasts

Gutted the cases in about an hour, covered everything in mylar and threw in 3 fans (2 exhaust and 1 intake). Left the wiring intact so I can have the front LEDs running. Next will be the wiring and installing my lights. You guys think this will be enough airflow??

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Neat work.
I think the fans are a bit low down if you plan to mount the lights up at the top.
That setup can only really draw air around the bottom half of the case. The lights and the plant tops will be above the level of the exhaust and all that space at the top will turn into a heat trap with nowhere for the air to go.

Would mounting a fourth fan on the roof blowing down solve this problem?