Hi Guys,
Thank you for all your time and effort. We have all been where I am, I would appreciate anything that will help me do this quickly and efficiently as possible, with as much success as possible.
I've just started smoking again after a 2 year hiatus, and I simply can't afford to keep buying it. Also I can't handle relying on someone else for quality that just isn't there.
Quality and cost are important to me.
I live in Australia, so this has to be a stealth indoor grow. I've done some basic research and i'd love to lay it all out for you and ask for you to pick apart what i'm doing, make sure i'm doing it right.
The reason I've decided to list the below products is due to the cost of buying everything separately, if anyone can point me in the directions of a list of items/design of a box I could build, and if I can save money doing it, I will be beyond grateful. I'm trying to balance a budget with future needs, spending money where necessary on quality, so I won't need to upgrade for a while, and have a good chance of success, first time.
I only have a single grow space, so your advice on how i'd grow clones and seeds etc would be great, I will be starting with a cloned plant.
I'm looking at getting a grow tent to put in a shed. I was hoping (still depends on the size of the shed) that if I went for this tent, it would allow me to expand if i need to in the future.
This will be for personal use only, from my basic understanding, I will need to grow a plant, get it to flower by changing lights (12 hours on and off) and nutrient balance. I'm hoping that if I can grow a single bushy plant, harvest a pound, then start the process again, harvesting about the time I run out of the initial harvest.
Here I've linked The packages I am looking at. Would You mind helping me choose the best one I can Get away with? To grow enough consistently for one person?
http://hydroexperts.com.au/hydroponic-grow-kits
Here
http://hydroexperts.com.au/hydroponic-grow-kits/ultimate-hydroponic-grow-light-tent-kit
are their ultimate kits.
My budget for the entire project is $1000 Australian.
The above packages include, tent, ventilation fan, ducting, lights, reflector, ballast, carbon filter and hanging tools.
The pot I was thinking of using is a simple self feeding pot, with an attached reservoir, that gravity feeds water and nutrients to the potted plant in a perlite mixture.
I'm worried that the self feeding pot
http://www.h2grohydroponics.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=845&category_id=117&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=108
will over feed the plant as it grows and mess up the "Nutes"....although from what i gathered from the supplier the plant is supposed to self regulate how much it needs....but if that was the case why are people so fussy with hand watering their plants? there's a reason.
The reason I chose this pot, is for ease of use, I need something that does as much of the process for me as possible.
In terms of humidity control I live in Australia, humidity is always reasonable, so are the temperatures. Does this mean that i can get away with not monitoring humidity and temperature? but instead provide good airflow and exhaust, and concentrate on keeping PH right? I read about a PPM meter. Does this check ph and nutrients?
Anyway I'm so sorry guys. I know you all get hammered by questions, and I bet the answers are all here already. I'm just so overwhelmed.
Ideally I'd like to have a Blooming Cupboard, a Vegetative Cupboard with a tiny cloning shelf as seen on this page:
http://www.growingclosets.com/getting-started/65/step-3-setting-up-your-growing-area
But for now I only have the one space to do the lot. I think I have about 2 metres wide x 1.2m deep x 2m tall, space to work in, inside the shed. If I could Design the box myself, I could Create 3 spaces to do the above.
PLEASE LEARN ME GOOD!
Thank you so much in advance.