420patient
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Hello everyone - brand new user to this forum, and brand new grower! I have spent hours/days scouring many sites and am going to attempt my first grow, but I need to setup my environment first. I certainly would appreciate your collective knowledge to help me get off on the right foot 
Initially I was looking at supercloset because it is just plain ready to go. However, since this IS my first attempt, I am going to try to set it up myself and keep the cost *cough* *relatively* low. Some of the stuff I am looking at will be able to be used should I ramp things up, or at least that is the plan. That in itself is keeping this from being a budget setup. Still cheaper than supercloset, and more room to expand.
I will try to grow in soil first as that seems to be the best approach for a noob. I am attaching a zip file that contains a web page with links that shows what I've got listed out so far - I'm SURE I am missing things, but I will hope that you will be able to help fill in the blanks If the column is blank, it is there for reference only, as something else I was looking at.
My goals? 2oz a month of product, and no waiting in between. For this reason I am looking at the Secret Jardin DR90T, which has a cloning chamber as well (I assume this will help with the continuous production). I am hoping that this tent would hold maybe 4 plants and that (assuming all goes well), this is capable of supporting my goals. If not - do let me know what I need to adjust! I am looking at Heavy Indica's as this is primarily for pain. So that means shorter plants. I don't have a LOT of height in this thing, so I am guessing that maybe a SCROG would be the way to go - I'm all ears.
I have two different lighting options in here, one an air-cooled 600W dimmable HPS, and the other going all CFL's. Given that I've found a good price (I think) on the HPS setup, it may be the way to go for the extra few dollars. Of course, the HPS may involve more fans/ducting; not sure on that.
I was thinking I could redirect the out-sock of the bottom chamber into the top, thereby pushing air from the veg/flower chamber into the cloning chamber (this is to save $$). Was thinking the ducting would start with a filter at the top of the bottom chamber, ducting connecting it to the right side of the light, left side of light going to the fan and then out the left side of the tent, connecting to the in-sock of upper chamber, then venting outside on right side. Right side of tent would be closed off at the top of bottom chamber, bottom right sock would be intake, I'll just put a piece of ducting in there to hold it open. Kind of like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVqu4oz2EbM
Would I want a booster fan maybe in the upper chamber to help vent out? I am thinking with just the sock open on the bottom right, this will keep negative pressure inside the tent.
As it sits - I'm looking at right around $1000 + any shipping - which I think is pretty decent given what I've got listed out. Most of what I've found on Amazon has free shipping so shouldn't be much additional there.
This is all VERY new to me - I think I've put quite a bit of research into this so far - I look forward to your comments!
Initially I was looking at supercloset because it is just plain ready to go. However, since this IS my first attempt, I am going to try to set it up myself and keep the cost *cough* *relatively* low. Some of the stuff I am looking at will be able to be used should I ramp things up, or at least that is the plan. That in itself is keeping this from being a budget setup. Still cheaper than supercloset, and more room to expand.
I will try to grow in soil first as that seems to be the best approach for a noob. I am attaching a zip file that contains a web page with links that shows what I've got listed out so far - I'm SURE I am missing things, but I will hope that you will be able to help fill in the blanks
If the column is blank, it is there for reference only, as something else I was looking at.My goals? 2oz a month of product, and no waiting in between. For this reason I am looking at the Secret Jardin DR90T, which has a cloning chamber as well (I assume this will help with the continuous production). I am hoping that this tent would hold maybe 4 plants and that (assuming all goes well), this is capable of supporting my goals. If not - do let me know what I need to adjust! I am looking at Heavy Indica's as this is primarily for pain. So that means shorter plants. I don't have a LOT of height in this thing, so I am guessing that maybe a SCROG would be the way to go - I'm all ears.
I have two different lighting options in here, one an air-cooled 600W dimmable HPS, and the other going all CFL's. Given that I've found a good price (I think) on the HPS setup, it may be the way to go for the extra few dollars. Of course, the HPS may involve more fans/ducting; not sure on that.
I was thinking I could redirect the out-sock of the bottom chamber into the top, thereby pushing air from the veg/flower chamber into the cloning chamber (this is to save $$). Was thinking the ducting would start with a filter at the top of the bottom chamber, ducting connecting it to the right side of the light, left side of light going to the fan and then out the left side of the tent, connecting to the in-sock of upper chamber, then venting outside on right side. Right side of tent would be closed off at the top of bottom chamber, bottom right sock would be intake, I'll just put a piece of ducting in there to hold it open. Kind of like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVqu4oz2EbM
Would I want a booster fan maybe in the upper chamber to help vent out? I am thinking with just the sock open on the bottom right, this will keep negative pressure inside the tent.
As it sits - I'm looking at right around $1000 + any shipping - which I think is pretty decent given what I've got listed out. Most of what I've found on Amazon has free shipping so shouldn't be much additional there.
This is all VERY new to me - I think I've put quite a bit of research into this so far - I look forward to your comments!
