We'll I've been reading through this forum and I've decided I'd really like to try to grow something. I see that a lot of the people here have very specific and complex methods and setups.
I was just wondering what the absolute minimum is that i could get by on, equipmentwise. This would be my first every attempt and i would just use bag seed sense I'm not expecting much anyway.

So if someone could help me put together a list of things i would need keeping in mind that I'm just looking for mediocre results and want to buy as little as possible to start out.
I'm thinking of using a closet and just doing one plant.
Thanks in advance

heres what you need 1. a HPS Light 250w the cheapeast
2. a fan to keep air moving 9in
3. perlite has a constant PH of just below 7 perfect
4. multi purpose compost for lightness
5. 7in pots seeing as you're doing a closet set up
6. Northern lights seeds plant has max height 125cm
7. you must have good ventalation
8. total darkness during 12/12 for buds
there thats what you need for a basic grow and you'll need nutes for veg and budding

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thanks alot
it seems like the only problem would be ventilation. Is there any way to get good air flow in a closet or am i going to have to abandon the closet idea and go with a cabinet type thing I've seen a couple people here do?

i just left the door open on my closet and turned a fan on it ^_^ grew fine till it got root bound and died...i would go with a closet easier to control the environment.

so for the absolute minimum i will just need the one HPS light?
So i use that light for both stages?

For the minimum one hps will do, but you might want to start off with more than one plant and only keep one healthy female to flower later. It would be a waste to put the time and money into one plant and have it be a male...

so for that i would need 2 HPS? sense i would be flowering one while keeping one up

A friend of mine just told me that 20watts per square foot was sufficient, and that a 50 watt lamp should work fine for one plant. Can anyone confirm this?
That would help me save some cash. I can't seem to find alot of information specifically for single plant operations so all of this isn't coming to me as easily as i wish it would

anybody know?
also, how well would incandescent lights work for my purposes?

incandescants will not work a good idea if an hps is not in your budget (same prob here) would be the cfls you can screw right into normal light fixtures I am using 4 of the 26 watt (100 watt equivelant) per plant and also a few of the 42 watters (150 watt equiv) just thrown in here and there thus far pretty impressed never used hid lighting so not sure what i am missing. you can use shoplights but i have found these cfls to be far superior i would suggest cfls in your case also due to the minimal heat they produce and a closet can get hot fast. dont use incandescant lights they will stretch your plants or if you get them close enough to make the stretch stop they will toast your plants useless in growing. cfls are cheap efficient and run cool heat is almost a non-issue. good luck