1st. grow need advise W/ pics

did you consider to buy stuff you need online and get em shippd to you ?

I got my HPS from the UK (Im in Denmark) had it with in 4 work days and cost less then the gas I would have used to drive to a shop ..
did also buy T5HO tubes from a shop in Holland and seed .. dunno wher they actualy came from .. just found a random shop and orderd them ...

btw
nice plants .. cant help you much with them since Im on my fist grow and I dont have autos ..

Thanks anyway, i got got my seeds from overseas but my landlord is allways trying to be overly friendly by bringing me my mail & stuff & him being a born again christian who also was into the life its not that easy for me to do this stuff, everyone in my apt is super noosey, but this grow will help me to do better on the rest of the seeds next time ( I hope !!! ) Do you know anything about these filters i keep hearing about ??? I hear everyone say the stink will be bad with them & i only have a small box & dont know anything about what kind to get & how much they cost ??

well ..

when I order stuff I mostly order it to my work (since Im at work when the mail man do his rounds)

and my colleague are also pretty curious ..

but as I also often order stuff for my bike (btw nice avatar you got ther I drive a 500 ccm Suzuki)
I just tell em its parts .. show em it when it is parts and just leave it be when its not

I hear everyone say the stink will be bad

yea .. I can help you on that one

it will !!! as some wrote "ventilation/oder controle is as importent as light and water"


I did`t know how much either .. just had my 2 plants on a table in the corner of my room with a cover infront ..

in the start it was ok .. fist 2-4 weeks .. but then it begon to get to much (Im in a appartment of 82 sq M) and they aint even in flowering yet !


I got this

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100mm canal ventilation (145/187 M3/hr) cost me like 80$
and a activ carbon filter (cost like 75$)

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half a hour later I could stay in my appartment agin with out being anoyd about the smell ..
and 2 hours later I couldnt smell anything .. not even all the wood and plastic I just used to build my new room .. before it was a pretty nasty stink of two smelly plants .. plastick .. wood .. silicone and all the stuff I just put up in my room .. now thers nothing ..

make sure filter match the ventilation or can take more M3/Hr

p.s.
my room is like 7x3 feet and about 7-8 feet in hight .. and I schould maybe have got a 125 or maybe even a 150mm ventilator .. so do the mat and go for a slightly bigger one then you need .. SPECIAL if you have problems with heat as I have with my 600W HPS ..

Thanks alot for the filter advise, that thing looks like a very expencive unit & in looking at it looks like ur pulling out the air from ur grow space ??? So can i just build manifold inside my box & use a fan to suck out the air & have it go through some a/c or heater filter medium ??? I cant have something like you have or everyone will know what im doing especially my girlfriend ( she wants me to live on all these pain meds & there killing me ) How bad will it really get ??? I pivked the bubblegum because they said it smelled like candy ??? It was much eaiser 35 yrs ago in the corn fields !!! How about if i only grow 1 at a time, will that not smell ??? Thanks alot for ur help

you will need a activ carbon filter ..

you can buy activ carbon and make it your self .. google it .. cost like 50$ for a bucket with 10 KG in it .. guess it would be enough for 2-3 filters dependin on size .. filters last like a year or so .. some claim thers last two .. some say they changes evry 18 month ..


I dunno if them filters in air cleaners and ..hmm what is the english name .. ? ... them you have in the kitchen over your cooker .. works ?

I have been looking at them .. but dont think it will be enough ?

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dunno .. you could try ..

a good filter and ventilation will atlest cost you sumthing like 120$ ...

but I guess you will find out if that is sumthing your ready to spend when they get bigger/start flowering ..

mine (at 6 weeks old) smelld like REALY bad male cat piss ... in the hole appartment .. 2 days I had problems sleeping .. then got the filter ..

guess you cant do it half ..

good luck ..

I agree with slipon buy it online, its not like your a major hydro grower being watched. Ebay is good ,the hydro boys are so competitive the prices are low(lower than walmart and $50 fuel) and its delivered in 3-4 days, also if your not at home thru the day for the courier get a PO box. When you do go shopping get some perlite for the medium, those seedlings are badly overwatered ,blow a fan on the pots and reduce watering till pots dry.

guess sumthing like this could work for your size of grow ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0cM3yLHk8E


and just a normal bathroom fan to pull air out of your grow box through the filter ..

that is if you dont have problems with heat (guess you wont if you use CLF all the way) and only want to controle odour and if your ready/able to do it your self .. guess a normal 100 m3/hr would be good for a small room/box as yours ..



I can easily do it .. realy .. Im a metal worker .. I make machines for the medical and textile industries .. we even have lots of stainlesssteel plate/perforatet plate and 200 my Netting ... but realy .. the carbon would cost the same as a filter .. a filter who last atlest a year ..

did`t want to use 4-5 lunch breaks to make a filter to have enough carbon around for 3 years !!! + all the messy work ..
did just order one and put it up ..

if you search Im sure you can find the smallest 100 mm filter for like 50$ and a small 100 mm PC/tube ventilator for like 30-40$
maybe like 100$ with shiping if your lucky and do the work .. and you get a odour free room and no neighbours will ever know what your doing .. belive me .. its wort it ..

search and you will find ..


http://www.instructables.com/id/Acti...on-Air-Filter/