Cosign on that.

Research my grow extensively and have still switched several things out numerous times.

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Check out my journal for links to Youtube videos of my setup:

http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/250027-bubblelicious-new-york-power-diesel.html

Hey bro,

I am in a similar situation as you except I am buying a house, not renting an apartment. Well anyways, I have been planning for about a month now, and have put together a fairly good list of equipment needed and the expected cost of the equipment. I did do alot of research on the prices so they should be somewhat accurate. Hopefully this helps you out a little bit. And remember this setup is, what i believe, the best setup for my grow space, living area, funds, etc. etc. Yours might be different.



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Im so high up in the mountains, eating snake meat and fried raccoon.

And I forgot to mention... I priced everything out as new equipment and probably to the most expensive it could be, so if you can buy things used and for alot cheaper, you could end up saving over $1,000. Ok im. See you later, talk to you later, bye.

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Im so high up in the mountains, eating snake meat and fried raccoon.

I have enough money to last me the following months including the cost of actual living expenses as well as the grow set-up. I didn't mean to come off as asking yall to be my secretarys (sorry) I just wanted to hear some advice from people that have more experience in this field.

That is defentally going to be one hell of a grow set-up. Very specific =p. Good luck with that. thanks for advice, i might steal some of your ideas =-)

thats alot of light for an apartment.. i think you would pry get busted would be to hard to hide that much equipment.. unless they never did checks of the place.. but i doubt that... 4k in lights...

well, that will of coarse be a problem. If at all possible im just going to be living off candle light with nothing else that isn't essential running lol.. Im going to look into the policy about checking places

Like some of the other people said, growing in apartments is not a good idea, unless you know what you are doing. You have to remember that these plants STINK.

A rule of thumb for indoor growing, the further the neighbors, the better. For research purposes, grow 1 plant in soil and CFLs in the room that you wanna grow in. Do a 12/12 from seed.

Lets say you do spend this $1000 on equipment and materials, what happens when you fail. Unless you are experienced, high yield is not an option. IMHO, I wouldnt go big just yet. Grow small, save money, move out, rent a house and then do your thing. Not even the Hulk is born with a green thumb. People dont get lucky and get a high yield. These guys on here make it look so easy, but what you dont know is how much experience they do have.

would a carbon filter not take care of this? I have considered starting with a smaller amount of plants and such for more experience, I have grown outdoors before but from what ive read it seems to be alott more difficult growing indoors.

Good info +rep =p

I havent done a big enough project to give advice on that. I dont have an issue with the smell because I do small grows and odor is not an issue. Thanks for the +rep.

Indoor, you have a lot of factors. Heat, humidity, light, electricity, air flow, etc. Outdoor, you have to watch out for insect pests, human pests and soil conditions.

Living in an apartment, you cant just go drilling holes in you walls. So you vent through a window right? Usually, apartment windows are set up in a way that anyone from the street can see your window (unless you live on the 20th floor). So you have to hide your exhaust ducting in a way that its not obvious.

Next is ambient light. You need to cover your windows so that your flowering cycle does get messed up. Plus this keeps eyes off your grow. So drapes between your window and your plywood will make it look less bait.

Now you can see already what kind of setbacks you have if you want to grow in an apartment. If you grow in a basement, same principles, less hassle. Drill through exterior walls and possibility of taping into the grid (I advise against this, dangerous and illegal)