LOWNskater52
New Member
WELL guys I am super excited to say that after many months of planning and saving, I have everything I need to start my first Grow. My setup is in my single apartment and I have to say that I have worked pretty hard to keep it stealth.
CONSTRUCTION: I started by heading to Goodwill and picking up a used cabinet/entertainment system for 50 bucks even. Drove it home half hanging out of the back of my RSX type S and put it in my bed room. I then lined the walls with styrofoam and screws with washers. This provides decent light reflection and helps to lightproof the cabinet. I then had buy a bunch of deadlock bolt sets so I could get those circular hooks to attach the inline fan and light to the ceiling. SO I cut some holes for the circ ceiling hooks in the styrofoam and attached everything to the ceiling. (WAYY easier said than done with only a drill) The inline fan is on bungee cords to cut down on vibration noise and the fan is on chains with emergency/removing bungee cords. The cords on the light help when taking the light off to readjust the height and they could help prevent a disaster if the chain broke. I then had to tackle the light leaks at the doors with some weather stripping and Gorilla glue. This too was a pain in the ass and not a cool part about growing pot. This completed the preliminary construction but I was soon to realize that there was a problem. The inline fan made my room sound like an airplane hanger. So I went ahead and took the liberty and cut a hole in my back wall of my apt (the other side is my living room so its cool.) and am now venting my hot/used air into the crawlspace of my wall. Noise is virtually eliminated and my intake does not recycle air which helped drop temps into the mid 70's which is ideal. I also connected my passive intake to my A/C vent so I am getting super duper fresh, cold air from outside with perfect humidity. Worked out pretty well.
Esposito's Hydro Store: After construction, I began to collect the proper supplies in order to start my grow. I went to my local and super helpful hydro store and purchased two 2.5 gallon pots which I plan to use the entire grow, Fox Farm Ocean Forest with the Fox Farm Nute trio, dolomite lime, a heavy duty timer, a pH scale, thermometer, a mesauring glass, and a small fan for circulation. I highly doubt I have everything I need but I think this will suffice for now.
The Attitude: I then decided to order my beans from the highly acclaimed The Attitude Seedbank. I purchased 5 Big Buddha- Cheese Feminized seeds which came with 2 free DNA seeds (Sour Cream and LA Woman!). Just as the reviews have stated, it was super fast (got to Florida is seven week days) and was super stealth. Gotta love when a business comes through for ya. Guess you gotta go outside the U.S. to get service like that.
Germination: Today, I began germination. I picked out one Big Buddha seed and my only Sour Cream seed and I put them in a shallow glass of water to soak for three hours. I then took them out and put them into a wet paper towel and put them in the dark where they lay right now.
What do you guys think? How am I doing? Criticism welcome.
CONSTRUCTION: I started by heading to Goodwill and picking up a used cabinet/entertainment system for 50 bucks even. Drove it home half hanging out of the back of my RSX type S and put it in my bed room. I then lined the walls with styrofoam and screws with washers. This provides decent light reflection and helps to lightproof the cabinet. I then had buy a bunch of deadlock bolt sets so I could get those circular hooks to attach the inline fan and light to the ceiling. SO I cut some holes for the circ ceiling hooks in the styrofoam and attached everything to the ceiling. (WAYY easier said than done with only a drill) The inline fan is on bungee cords to cut down on vibration noise and the fan is on chains with emergency/removing bungee cords. The cords on the light help when taking the light off to readjust the height and they could help prevent a disaster if the chain broke. I then had to tackle the light leaks at the doors with some weather stripping and Gorilla glue. This too was a pain in the ass and not a cool part about growing pot. This completed the preliminary construction but I was soon to realize that there was a problem. The inline fan made my room sound like an airplane hanger. So I went ahead and took the liberty and cut a hole in my back wall of my apt (the other side is my living room so its cool.) and am now venting my hot/used air into the crawlspace of my wall. Noise is virtually eliminated and my intake does not recycle air which helped drop temps into the mid 70's which is ideal. I also connected my passive intake to my A/C vent so I am getting super duper fresh, cold air from outside with perfect humidity. Worked out pretty well.
Esposito's Hydro Store: After construction, I began to collect the proper supplies in order to start my grow. I went to my local and super helpful hydro store and purchased two 2.5 gallon pots which I plan to use the entire grow, Fox Farm Ocean Forest with the Fox Farm Nute trio, dolomite lime, a heavy duty timer, a pH scale, thermometer, a mesauring glass, and a small fan for circulation. I highly doubt I have everything I need but I think this will suffice for now.
The Attitude: I then decided to order my beans from the highly acclaimed The Attitude Seedbank. I purchased 5 Big Buddha- Cheese Feminized seeds which came with 2 free DNA seeds (Sour Cream and LA Woman!). Just as the reviews have stated, it was super fast (got to Florida is seven week days) and was super stealth. Gotta love when a business comes through for ya. Guess you gotta go outside the U.S. to get service like that.
Germination: Today, I began germination. I picked out one Big Buddha seed and my only Sour Cream seed and I put them in a shallow glass of water to soak for three hours. I then took them out and put them into a wet paper towel and put them in the dark where they lay right now.
What do you guys think? How am I doing? Criticism welcome.
