antoine dodson
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You guys are something else. PK, you are young and full of enthusiam, I remember those days. Trueno, you are on a high horse, though I agree with you. PK, you should not do this grow in your parents house. Way too much risk, and with the penalties it is not worth it for the little return you will get with a 600w (too large for your space without ventilation) and 40 degree swings in temperature (MJ does not grow in the desert). What I did when I was 18 and wanted to grow was this. I got my parents to buy a trailer out in the middle of nowhere 6 miles from where I went to college, and lucky for me in a different county. I sold them on this by running numbers and showing how the mortgage would be cheaper than paying rent on a dorm. The down payment on the trailer and an acre of land was only $3500. That was way more capital than I could raise at the time and they helped me. The rent on the dorm is just wasted money, the mortgage on a trailer is equity-show your rents how this makes sense. I am almost done paying off the trailer (two more months on a ten year mortgage) that I have since sold to someone else for 92% of what I paid for it-albeit a loss, but more than made up for that and mobile homes do not have a good resale value. So if it is true that you have a good source of income maybe this is something to consider, or you could make an attempt at educating yourself and use that as a reason they should help you. I certainly have no idea what their financial situation is, but since you say that you have someone living above you I assume that they may not be able to help. No offense, just guessing here. Although if it is true that you have a business and have some money I guess you could ask your parents to co-sign on a mortgage. If their credit is bad and cannot help you out with this I propose this-Rent a HOUSE, not an apartment, not a duplex, not anything with neighbors sharing walls, and go to town. If you were thinking of buying a house, you surely have enough money to pay rent for the 4-5 months it will take to get a return, shit, less if you just clone the plants you have now and start those at a new venue, I think with good timing and careful planning you could see a return in 10-13 weeks depending on the strain. I have not seen a post from you (PK) that makes it seem as though you do a lot of preplanning or do any real thinking about your setup. I will add this, since I was once an 18 year old, with a grow under his belt at a friends apartment and all the idealism and energy in the world, I think you should really think about what you are trying to do. Growing 4 ounces for your personal smoke is not worth the risk of going to jail-just pay for your shit. But, if you love the plant and would like to smoke your fill and make some cash to make it worth your while then you have a whole lot of research and thinking to do.
As to your original post- My personal opinion is that you are fucked here. I agree that unless you can block the HPS light coming out of your windows (which is enevitable, unless you light seal all of your windows) you are running a ridiculous risk. Cracking the door of your closet is the problem here, but since you have temp problems this is your option. This is not a viable option. Also, the plants are going to stink, are you going to run a carbon filter in there? That will get you caught almost as fast as HPS light coming out of your 3 windows will. It's a unique color and I could see it immediately glancing at a window, houses don't have that color in the windows ever-well, unless it is a grow operation. I'm not trying to preach here as it is certainly not my place, but I think you need to rethink what you are doing.On another note your 1 gallon pots will be too small to grow 9 plants under a 600w unless you are inducing flowering at a really small height. Your current plan is set up to fail. If you are going to continue this grow at least get a smaller light and black out your windows. The 600w is no joke, it is a hell of a lamp and is the only lamp I run. It is also the most efficient lamp on the market in terms of lumen/watt(you are welcome to try out LED or any other light out there on the market) . I am not inviting anyone to argue the points of light-this is not the thread.
Good luck to you PK, do a little research and think hard about what you are doing and how to do it.
As to your original post- My personal opinion is that you are fucked here. I agree that unless you can block the HPS light coming out of your windows (which is enevitable, unless you light seal all of your windows) you are running a ridiculous risk. Cracking the door of your closet is the problem here, but since you have temp problems this is your option. This is not a viable option. Also, the plants are going to stink, are you going to run a carbon filter in there? That will get you caught almost as fast as HPS light coming out of your 3 windows will. It's a unique color and I could see it immediately glancing at a window, houses don't have that color in the windows ever-well, unless it is a grow operation. I'm not trying to preach here as it is certainly not my place, but I think you need to rethink what you are doing.On another note your 1 gallon pots will be too small to grow 9 plants under a 600w unless you are inducing flowering at a really small height. Your current plan is set up to fail. If you are going to continue this grow at least get a smaller light and black out your windows. The 600w is no joke, it is a hell of a lamp and is the only lamp I run. It is also the most efficient lamp on the market in terms of lumen/watt(you are welcome to try out LED or any other light out there on the market) . I am not inviting anyone to argue the points of light-this is not the thread.
Good luck to you PK, do a little research and think hard about what you are doing and how to do it.
