Hey everyone! I'm new to the site and this is my very first post. My friend told me about this site, and I would like to grow one successful plant, I know some of the basics but I would like advice on any or all of the following subjects, I would like to gather all necessary supplies and begin setting this up tomorrow, if possible. I would like to keep this project as low-budget and efficient as possible.

Plant: I'm going to ask around and either get a nice seed or clone from one of my friends, not sure what strand it will be just yet though.

Ventilation: I'm growing indoors and do not want the place to absolutely reek! So what kind of low-cost intake/exhaust fans should I use to eliminate odour and nicely vent my plant?

Growbox: I'm planning on making myself an air-tight box with small intake/exhaust fans as described above, I have a good idea of how to design my box, but I'm not sure how big my plant will end up, so if anyone could recommend some good dimensions that would be awesome.

Lighting: I'm thinking about using several CFL bulbs to do the trick, probably a light on all four walls and one on the ceiling, so 5 in total. If this is not a good idea please let me know lol

Soil & Nutrition: I wanna grow this baby is soil, so what is my best bet for soil to use? And I don't know much about fertilizer or nutrients, or at what stage of the plant's life to begin feeding it anything aside from clean water. Any wisdom in this area is welcome, or even pointing me in the direction of a thread that can help me decide would be great.

Container: What size of pot should I plant it in so that it does not need to be transplanted and can just grow to a good size? I plan on having a moisturemeter and thermometer to monitor the plant as well. I've heard a bit about a pH meter when using fertilizer but I really don't know much about it.


I'm also looking for a good thread to teach me about the plant itself and how to control it to do what you want, and what stages/cycles that it goes through in it's life so I know what I'm doing.
Thanks!

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low budget grows are hard to pull off because the better your equipement, the less chance of problems. usually you end up doing an upgrade on everything and cost more in the long run.

for a lot of your questions the answers to some will effect the answers to others. such as.

plant- indica is generally shorter. a sativa is generally taller. this could determine the size of growroom.

ventilation will be determined by size of growroom and lighting used.

growroom will be determined by type of plants and how many you want to grow.

lighting will be determined by how many plants and how big you will grow them. MH and HPS is best. with cfl's the more the better.

soil and nutes you will get a lot of different answers for. i use sunshine mix and foxfarm nutes.

container size will be determined by the size of the plant. the bigger the plant the bigger the pot it will need. pot size may also be determined by how many you can fit in your growroom.

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how to use an industrial low bay light fixture
http://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/...l-low-bay.html

good luck man....

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First read I recommend is this... read it... it's not a negative thing as some think...

Noobs: If you fail to plan... plan to fail!

Best of luck...

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that link doesnt work for me.

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how to use an industrial low bay light fixture
http://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/...l-low-bay.html

I am so sorry...

Thanks for letting me know...

I recommend ALL of Al B. Fuct's threads...

Try this link...

Noobs: If you fail to plan... plan to fail!

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thanks for the link, but he states this in there about ventilation and i disagree with his figures on size fan. isnt that fan too small

The space needs to have enough airflow to both remove heat from the lighting, moisture in the air put there by the plants and provide adequate CO2 for the plants. This means a ventilation system that will exchange the entire volume of the room air in about 3-5 mins max. Work out your room volume by multiplying room length x width x height and then go shopping for exhaust fans based on that figure. A 1000 cubic foot room needs a 200 CFM (cubic foot/min) exhaust fan. If you can't ventilate the space, you can't grow in it.

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how to use an industrial low bay light fixture
http://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/...l-low-bay.html

I am not sure what to tell other than to look at his op...

The man gets a pound every two weeks from 2x 1k HPS...

I follow his teachings and get the same thing with 4x 600HPS... and I am a 6 month newb...

I believe he has more than proven himself to this community... but you do not have to believe him...

I say look at his op... Get a harvest every 2 weeks





Here is a very simple illustration, courtesy of Al B. Fuct... it portrays his recommendation for setting up ventilation...

As I said before... I follow his word and have the same results as he does...

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and sorry to hijack.. I mean no disresoect... I'm just sharing...

but words are easy to write... pictures speak a little louder...

I adjusted my op for a daily harvest... I get a zip a day...

of this... all by following Al B. Fuct...

check...

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Lol those are some sick buds! I wish I had the time and space to do that, I'm planning working very small scale because of the nature of my living quarters, I want a small but complex and effective growbow, I'm thinking one plant in a 1 cubic foot pot and a box around it that gives it enough room to grow however big it will get in a pot that size, after all, if the roots can't expand anymore than the space they are given won't the plant stop getting bigger? And then I can control my veg/flower stages with my lights and nutes? Forgive me if I'm completely mistaken though lol, I'm only going off of what I have learned in the past couple hours on this site

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