Originally Posted by MagicA

Thanks sogbunn! Really appreciate the answer.

Still getting up on the terminology so not sure what SOG means but basically I plan on using this ghetto box I have been using currently (actually about to use (got some clones from a bud)) for veg and moving to the tent for flowering. I should have mentioned the ghetto box earlier I guess but anyway, it will be using a 600w MH light right now. Eventually I would like to get another identical sized tent and just do staggered grows (6/7 weeks apart maybe) and go from clone to harvest in each tent and just switch the bulbs from MH to HPS when I go from veg to flower. Jees if I got all that right I am learning pretty fast :P

I am looking at going aero eventually but I am going to start with soil and then move to one 6 plant aero (the DIY thread on here using the rubbermaid container - 6 4" pots that I would use from clone to harvest without moving them) at first so I can get used to it and eventually move to all aero once I have the "art" of it down pat!

I do a bit of freelance work on the net which doesn't pay very much at all so I am slowly piecing it together. Tent will be here soon and I have a line on a couple of 600W digital ballasts for around $170 US and am looking at a vortex 6" fan and a DIY carbon filter as well. My buddy that helped me out with the clones is helping me out with soil and nutrients etc. until I get past my first grow and I will split some with him and provide back clones too.

Pondering an OZN-1 or OZN jr. too to help out with odor control and I was thinking of using a DIY carbon filter on both sides of the tent but that might be overkill. I am thinking of mounting the Vortex at the top of the tent which I *think* will help with cooling the lights (could be wrong) and relying on negative pressure to pull in air through another vent in the tent I will leave open.

Lights I will buy locally and get 2X MH and 2X HPS for the ballasts and I am looking at ways of keeping the noise down on that vortex (speed controller) and/or rigging up some noise dampening box as those fans are bloody noisy (guy at the local hydro place plugged one in for me and man they are really super noisy imho). I will probably vent right into the basement but I can always buy a Y adapter for my dryer vent and pump it out there if the fan can handle it (after running through the one or two carbon filters for sure).

I've only been researching all this stuff for less than a week so excuse any blatant errors in this post and feel free to let me know what I am doing wrong or admonish me at will :P

I am falling in love with this place :P

Originally Posted by sogbunn

for ur soil... ill let ya in on a secrect... look up "hempy" on here.. there shuld be a thread called "the hempy collective".. what it is, is.. instead of soil, u jus use perlite in a container with no drain holes.. u then put a hole 2inchs up from the bottom which acts as a resavoir for ur nutes... once ur roots hit that resavoir the plant EXPLODES!!! ull know rite away that they got there... its much ezer to water cuz u dont need to sit there and wait for the water to soak in.. ujus dump it in and when the water runs out the hole ur good.. its alot cheeper to.. i got a 110lt bag from the fortifier store here for $25... thats 30lts of soil for that price and its reuseable, plus its alot less wieght and noticeable then a bunch of bags of soil... jus wash the roots off it and voila, reuse it... its a passive hydro system... works great

Originally Posted by sirsmoksalot

I'm going with the Hempy buckets on my next grow. It just makes sense to me.




MagicA --- If your spending the cash on a big fan etc... you should buy a small 6" Carbon filter or large 4" one I got one that whould do a tent your size for $75 from a local hydro shop. I wastd time on DIY filters... not worth the $20-$40 savings!!! Trust me. Also with a proper carbon filter there will be no need for a Ozone machine. just my $0.02.

Originally Posted by sogbunn

ur rite... it jus makes sense... if u ever have to flush, its much ezer this way too and u wont have to worry bout drownin them in the process either... i keep my mums in dirt and my clones in hempy buckets...