First Time Grower - Needing someone to hold my hand :-)

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African Shaman

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OK, so I have decided that I want to grow for my first time and eventually make a little income out of it too. I have purchased a LED light from dormgrow.com as I have heard good things about them, next light I'm getting is the Pro Gro 550 or X5 for sure. Firstly I have to say that I am not extremely rich at all, BUT I want to rather spend some cash and get a good setup going and then once I make some money, to increase my grow. At the moment I have a Dormgrow G8-LED 240W light (power draw 160W) although they say it is an equivalent to a 400W HPS, I believe its unlikely. I also have a spare room so space is not a problem either. I would love to grow bubbleponics, its easy to maintain and relatively easy to setup. First I thought about starting with a DWC setup and then expanding. I have some questions for all you who have gone before me. I would love to grow about 6 plants so my veg time is less (quicker turnaround) and the light can penetrate through the plant canopies too, I want to keep my plants short. Do you think this is a good idea? Preferably I want short grow cycles and I want another Veg room with a Mother so I can have a perpetual cycle. What size should I make my growroom with the size light I have? Also is having 6 DWC buckets ideal? And would I have to make them recirculating? I am a complete novice and have no idea what I am doing, so ANY advice would be so much appreciated. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help another clueless grower. Peace and Love – African Shaman
 
DWC is a good way to go but can become problematic because it is susceptible to root rot. That is the reason I have only one in dwc because I lost a few to pythium root rot. The one I have going seems ok, but to be honest, my hempy bucket girls seem to be going much better (for me anyway), although I can't comment on yield yet.
 
Thanks for your reply LetsGetCritical, much appreciated. I am growing with LED which keeps the temperature down 9hopefully helping with that). Im pretty set on DWC unless Its not advisable to grow more than 6 plants. Im quite keen on an active system. But those hempy buckets seem cool. Keep us posted on your harvest, keen to see what those hempies can do.
 
African Shaman said:
Thanks for your reply LetsGetCritical, much appreciated. I am growing with LED which keeps the temperature down 9hopefully helping with that). Im pretty set on DWC unless Its not advisable to grow more than 6 plants. Im quite keen on an active system. But those hempy buckets seem cool. Keep us posted on your harvest, keen to see what those hempies can do.
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no worries Shaman, yes DWC is great if you can keep the temp res low, best of luck my friend!
 
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