Originally Posted by redivider

ok, if you want 1 plant here's what you do,

i did my first grow recently, around 70 days from seed to chop, and got 20 grams of dank.... this is meant to help you out, a little.

from walmart:

4 clamp lights - 20 bux
1 4-pack 26 watt daylight bulbs - 12 bux <more or less
1 4- pack 26 watt soft white bulbs - 12 bux
2 soft white 42 watt bulbs
emergency blankets


from home depot

1 sqr foot scotts soil (the cheapest one, light on nutes, no bugs, it worked fine for me) 2 bux
1 5 gallon bucket
4 y-splitters


use the emergency blankets as the reflective covering of your grow area or box,

set up the clamp lights so that the bulbs are sideways, not top-down to your plant because more light escapes through the sides of CFL's....

now,

remove the reflectors from the clamp lights

place the Y splitters on the clamp lights, and screw on the two 42 watt bulbs...

the 42 watt bulbs will always be used through out the grow, the rest of the holes on the y splitters put the daylight bulbs first, then any remaining with the soft white...

that's what you will use for veg.... timing is 18/6 for veg. top the plant at the 4th node to get more yield.

once the topping has healed you can change the lighting for flower...

switch all the daylight bulbs for softwhite ones, and any remaining holes put the daylight ones on....

switch the timing to 12/12, and the waiting game begins..........

this is kinda confusing but read it a couple of times, you'll get it....

growing takes a lot of time and patience but it's worth it... good luck....

Originally Posted by krpcannon

i dont see how starting it in a cup would help, transplanting is traumatic to a plant and is best to be avoided

Originally Posted by redivider

i used this setup and total it was around 150, including soil, nutes, ph tester AND microscope.... not too much $$....

and i used a cardboard box n shit, it was a small, rough setup but it worked.... here's a pic of my yield when it was wet, it dried and shrank somewhat, but ended up being around 20 grams, i'm not sure cuz i smoked quite a bit of it before I got to weigh it and it weighed 15.8, so i'm just approximating it to 18-20 grams of pretty decent quality bud..... they were pretty dense too considering i was using CFL's..... peace!

Originally Posted by redivider

i used this setup and total it was around 150, including soil, nutes, ph tester AND microscope.... not too much $$....

and i used a cardboard box n shit, it was a small, rough setup but it worked.... here's a pic of my yield when it was wet, it dried and shrank somewhat, but ended up being around 20 grams, i'm not sure cuz i smoked quite a bit of it before I got to weigh it and it weighed 15.8, so i'm just approximating it to 18-20 grams of pretty decent quality bud..... they were pretty dense too considering i was using CFL's..... peace!

Originally Posted by shakeyjuggalo3000

I might be able to get that stuff on the list but what are y splitters? I couldn't find them anywhere. And how many lights do I need shurly not 2x 14 packs lol...

Originally Posted by jamaica420

get 2 4 packs of lights...and a Y-splitter is something that u screw into the light socket and it turns it into 2 light sockets...u can find them at home depot, lowes or a hardware store

Originally Posted by shakeyjuggalo3000

Ok thanks so a 4 pack of 26W daylights and a 4 pack of 26W soft white or the highest Watt I can find?