Day 1
After lurking through the forums for the past week or so, and studying almost everything I could get my hands on; from grow journals to videos, I feel I'm ready to begin the planning of my own personal op. Due to the fact that I live in China, I've decided to go with 2 stealth PCs. I've chosen this method because I don't need to grow all that much, and I feel that PCs are a little sneakier than file cabinets/dressers. My current goal is to grow 4 plants, and harvest an ounce at a time.

For the people out there that want to tell me how crazy I am for doing such a micro op, please save it. I know what I need, and it isn't a lot. I'm not looking for quantity, I'm looking for stealth.

Some of you veterans will be happy to hear that I am planning everything out a long ways in advance. I've given myself 2 months to get everything I need put together, at which time a friend will be bringing me some seeds from Canada. Which type of seed I get will largely come from recommendations within the site.

In the mean time I'll be preparing everything, ordering what I need online, and studying micro grows/PC grows, and following a few threads of other Asian ops that are out there.

The following is a list of supplies that I think I will need, organized by the places I intend to buy them. If you can think of something that I'm missing, and would need, please feel free to post.

PC Supply Shop

-2 server towers, the bigger the better
-4 high quality fans
-2 high quality power bars with surge protection

Lighting Store

-6 6500k CFLs
-6 2700k CFLs
-2 timers
-6 power bar to outlet plugs

Pet Store

-Carbon Filter supplies
-PH tester

Wal Mart

-2 thermometers/hydrometers
-soil
-glue gun
-small hack saw (for case modding)
-measuring cup
-pots
-foil (Mylar, aluminum foil)

Online

-proper nutrients

Walmart in china?What other american stores are in china.........Koo....you'll need growing supplies,and beans.....

Went to wal-mart today and grabbed the following
-thermometers/hydrometers (analog, but still ok)
-glue gun
-hack saw
-potting soil

The soil I'm unsure about. I really don't know the specifics of what I need, and I think that some of the ingredients in the mixture are different than what you'd normally get in America/Canada. The bag says the following (please try to forgive the translation errors, but I'll quote it word for word from the English printed on the bag):

Garden nutritious soil card selection of natural raw materials to the professional horticultural produce formula. PH value of referrals 5.2-6.8, can be used for any geology, indoor and outdoor plants, foliage plants, the concept of flowering plants, all kinds of potted plants, fruits and vegetables and seedlings.

With peat soil, peat, coconut shell powder, vermiculite, rice husk powder, organic matter, perlite, and fertilizer. There are good security fertility, water and air permeability. Plants can promote strong root growth.

Fertile soil, plants with the necessary nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements. After disinfection, non-toxic, sterile and disease-free worms, accumulation of water is not available to promote healthy plant growth.

Does this look like it would work?

KFC and McDonald's are huge here. What other kind of growing supplies will I need? Seeds will be coming from a seed shop in Vancouver, so I don't need to worry about that for now.

sounds good to me can you give us what brand it is? o

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Yeh it should....I always add garden lime if it does'nt have any in the mix........If your gonna start seeds in that,drain the the soil so that it gets rid of some of the nutes in the soil.Seedlings don't need nutes during the first 3weeks of growth....

Brand is in Chinese, something "garden", but I doubt that'll help.

How do I drain the soil??

Hey skagnetti
The soil sounds ok and has a good ph. It also sounds like there's plenty of nutes already added so just don't add any until the plants look like they need them.
Your shopping list looks fine.
Good luck with the grow.

Thanks v12, your diary was one of my main inspirations to go with the PC build. I'll have pics once there's a little more to show.