$20 Dollar Grow Room (Design on a dime)
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SCARHOLE
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I dont believe white is more reflective than mirrors (an you cant convince me otherwise, lol )
An Im cheep as hell an get mirror for free.
If i flashed you with a mirror outside youll be blinded , if i do it with white wood nothing happens.
I had it white an believe its much brigher with mirrors.
Diffused light is week light, i want High inteneity light,
My entire lil cab is a pollished reflector. Its given me no problems.
GreenNerd420
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Elaborate?
sike89
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umm mirrors eat light.... but do what ever you want. they also cause heat spots ive heard.
*edit*
let me go a little further into this since some people may like a little more detail than "it eats light" lol
everything "Eats light" except "light" now mirrors are AMAZING for reflecting light, if used properly and angled you CAN actually use them for growing the higher quality mirror the better, but realistically its just much easier to use mylar or black and white plastic. not if you have been following you may notice ive said mirrors do not work and that mirrors do work. thats because this is one of those topics that will never end.. IMO mirror is near useless but others seem to think if used properly they are amazing, if it works for you then go for it, but for simplicity use mylar/emergency blanket/ panda/black and white plastic.
but besides that..
a grow for 20$ is EASY even if you have to buy EVERYTHING (this is not including electricity.
pot 1$
soil 5$
1 40w cfl under 12$
dollar store extension cable 1$ and plug in light socket less than 1$
with taxes you might be at 22$
IMO you wont get very much useful bud out of it but i can nearly guarantee the bud you get off the plant will be worth more than 20$
now to anyone saying its useless to start growing on a small budget.. your dumb, experience is worth SO much my first grow was in a cardbord box with lights i found around the house bag seed and dirt from my back yard and water. END OF STORY still ended up with bud to smoke and learning about the process. to go out and spend 400$ on your first attempt at a grow is only good if your lazy and buy a grow tent/kit then yeah who cares but you have done nearly nothing. your just waiting... where is the fun in that? if your all about production and sales i guess then thats what your after. i just think everyones first grow should be filled with errors plant problems and shit going wrong lol makes you use your head and you can be proud of what you have grown and enjoy every second of it.
but i guess this could just be me. also could be rambling
most of us grow for our self and might share with a couple of friends but your most likely growing a product u will want to smoke and enjoy. so a 20$ grow isnt capable of giving you the quality you should be striving for. you might aswell stick to chin-dro. I grow my own so I know theres no chemicals used on what i'm smoking, I know its flushed properly, I select what strains I want to smoke, And I wanna smoke the best quality weed I could possibly grow. And I wanna do that from the start. My first grow was hard enough with the right equipement. you don't need to complicate things even more. follow the trend it works. if u want a small grow get a small tent like 2x2x4 throw in a 150w to 250w hps some computer fan or maybe a suncourt 4" fan there pretty cheap 2 to 6 pots some organic soil some organic nutrients some cheap ph testers a ppm stick will save many rookie errors and your small grow sounds like it can produce something decent. little cheap dollar store fan will do also etc.. I think a rookie would appreciate this knowledge as a start off alot more. because you're sending him in the right direction from the beginning. now he just has to upgrade as he feels the need to and it wont be all new to him when he switches to a bigger system. it will be alot more similar and easier to apply the previous knowledge.
GreenNerd420
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You are speaking purely from your own personal preference. You clearly never smoked from a decent CFL grow. The quality of the bud this kit produces is much better than any schwag or reggie out there. So, if you're wanting to learn to grow on a ridiculously minimal budget, and you want something better than Reggie, but not as potent as BC Bud, you have found the right thread. If you think you're going to grow some thick dank, you shouldn't be looking at a thread that exaggerates the minimal cost of growing. Obviously, this kit is the cheapest thing you can get, but I guarantee that people have spent far more money than what I have on this kit, and their bud didn't come out like this. I'm not saying it is some heavy dank, but it's def. no schwag.
Yea, I see your point, and I agree with you! BUT You and I both know that a vast majority of the first time growers will try to use shit they've already got, they will buy shit that is cheap, and they are uncomfortable buying equipment that is OBVIOUSLY used for growing bud. People are paranoid when they first start, and a lot of them want to use equipment that isn't suspicious. My god, start your own thread and show a newbie starter kit using HPS. I'll sub. Until then, please fuck off. No offense, but you're preaching to the choir. I'm simply not trying to show how to grow using HPS or MH. CFL is what a majority of the new guys use, so I came up with an effective and cost efficient way of doing that. If you have a problem with it, you can start your own thread and I will be sure to come in there and tell you how most of the new people growing won't use HPS, and we can go round and round, but that'd be fucking stupid. Because it's all about each person's situation and how they intend on growing.
I agree with you, so don't write me back and continue this. I will consider starting a new grow in this pod and I will try to get some better pics next time around. I apologize that I didn't keep the thread up to date.
For the record, I also have a 600W CAP Nextgen ballast, hood, and 600W Digilux bulbs (MH and HPS). This thread was made as a challenge given to me on a chat forum. I'm not trying to be the pioneer of growing with CFLs........
Fuck I need to smoke. Typing too much... Peace.
Michael Pitts
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I think a good answer would be to do the cfl grow first, then move on to what datpiff feels should be the first set-up. The cfl is like Try-outs, datpiff's is like exhibition games, then you move onto bigger things. You can do datpiff's without the try-outs, but might as well do them anyway, if you've got the time. Give you time to save some money for the exhibition season.
Do any of you remember OverGrow?? Also, you'd be surprised how much of a waste HID's are considering they aren't even in the correct light spectrum for veg/flowering. CFL's, believe it or not, when use correctly can overdo a HID grow hand's down. It has been proven on OverGrow. But if you want, waste you money on a $1500 grow room... You are putting your money in the business man's pocket and out of yours lol.
To the OP. Keep it going.. If you have your mind set you will blow loads of buds over these people who have no idea or a clue on anything and just like spewing shit...
I guarantee you can get over a OZ a plant if you cover the whole plant with CFL's
To the OP. Keep it going.. If you have your mind set you will blow loads of buds over these people who have no idea or a clue on anything and just like spewing shit...
I guarantee you can get over a OZ a plant if you cover the whole plant with CFL's