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Hey everyone. I'm not growing yet but any tips or info would be awesome. Once i get my room cleared out i plan to grow my self a family of plants.

(Grean Bear)

i used to use a HPS light but then i got tired of all the heat buildup. im not a commercial grower but i have had closet setups in the past for personal use and medicinal uses. ive found with mine that if you go with a strait 18/6 timing on the lights you cant go wrong in your vegg cycle ! i am running a norther lights/white widow cross my friend came up with about 6 years ago and mine loves it when you bring the lights up to 20/4 after initial baby vegg (about 1 ft tall) so might want to experiment with that some if you like because mine is a cross and not a strait strain so not sure about your application. i use strait floro's for my grows now but when i was using HPS i used to put them under the bloom lights at around 5 feet tall or about a week after i topped them but I'm not sure of your topping or just doing a strait grow. for bloom cycle always go with a strait 12/12 till the tricomes become cloudy and start to turn. HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT !!

Originally Posted by Guitarheroking420

Hey everyone. I'm not growing yet but any tips or info would be awesome. Once i get my room cleared out i plan to grow my self a family of plants.

Hi there Guitar hero king! I too am starting out but am a little further ahead then you, can't say I have had any responses to my queries, I asked some wiring questioned and posted and Album on my profile of the room I picked out in the basement, just deleted it today as the fellow at the local Nursery was able to help me and now my plants have been in soil for 1 week and my room is set up.

Here's where I started. I ordered some Kush seeds from BC Seed King $55 Canadian or $50 American, went and stocked up on supplies, you are going to need about $500 or more to do it the way I have. Here is my list.

20 feet of Poly - over $30
1 400 watt Metal Halide bulb - $33
1 400 watt Ballast $100(talk to the guys at your local nursery and see if they can wire one for you as it's less expensive then buying one premade, they can help with the wiring)
the cord to go with the ballast - $6
Electrical wire for the ballast 15 feet - $16 (BTW, this is all stuff I didn't know that needed when going into the nursery to purchase supplies for the ballast so write it down and take it with u)
mogul socket w/ lead - $7 ( I had my ballast wired so that I can use both a 400 watt Metal Halide or a 400 watt HPS bulb if I ever wanted to....)
Ballast box - $27
Muffin fan to hook up to one corner of the room with cord -$34
Osilating fan $25
Pots of varying sizes (1 foot per gal)
Shade reflector -$50
Timer if u want one, I chose not to, the ones at the nursery are over $80, I will be monitoring so don't need one!
Pure Blend Pro grow - $20
Bumper up PH adjuster - $7
Premium Pro mix 3.8 cubic ft bag - $28
Super thrive - $12
PH strips - $11

18 hours on and 6 off is the best way to go and this is what I have been told by an expert grower who helped get me going.

This is just for vegging, after this you will need another lamp, a 1000 watt HPS light and ballast, cord box, shade etc as well as blooming nutes, carbon filter for odor and some of that coil stuff to redirect the smell forget what it's called, probably another $300 - $400, those carbon filters can be pricey, I got lucky and the guy gave me a new one he just put together in exchange for some once I'm done, but then you r set!

Good Luck!

Hi everyone my name is Kali Kola and I am glad to be a part of this forum. I have a lot of information I can share in regards to marijuana, growing marijuana, or using marijuana. I hope that I can contribute my knowledge and help some people along in this forum. I also plan on learning a lot because cannabis cultivation is growing more and more everyday.

Woops! I just realized that this forum isn't for questions but for newbs to introduce themselves so Hi! This is my first time around but I have some really good help on my side and am really looking forward to the next step for me in clipings, sexing, and cloning! I'm from Canada, haven't seen too many Canadians here, maybe I just don't know how to navigate around here well enough yet. I noticed that not all features are available and my pic doesn't show up when I post Is there some where I can go to read what the specs r in regards to pecking order, it's the first time I have ever been called or labeled STRANGER! How long until I'm not a stranger any more?

500 bucks !!! lordy thats a whole lotta cheese !! lol my whole grow room im building is only gonna cost me about 200 USD to get up and running for a 20 to 30 plant perpetual grow

I need to get some batteries for this diggi camera so i can post some pix of my mommy's growin in the closet right now !! gimme a sec to see what i can come up with

Thanks for the advice Spinelli! that's going to help me a lot later down the road

Originally Posted by Am I Norml

500 bucks !!! lordy thats a whole lotta cheese !! lol my whole grow room im building is only gonna cost me about 200 USD to get up and running for a 20 to 30 plant perpetual grow

WOW! well I do live in BC where we get charged PST and GST, 14% tax so that may make a difference but I also was thinking of quality. One could always go with florecents and nock off a few hundread bucks but what for? If you want good bud and in bigger quantities, you need good soil, nutes and lighting.

What is your set up like?