Prepareing for first Grow

I recently became a caregiver for 2 people: I have the ability to grow up to 12 plants! I plan on turning a entire room into a my op! Bubbleponics seem to a great option for my situation. I want something lower on maintenance and not to complicated for its my first grow. I have looked at the pre-made bubbleponic kits and i think i am going to make my own, seems cheaper. any one have any suggestions! my biggest concerns are lights and heat... Since i plan on using a entire room I planned on using individual buckets instead of using a larger 30 gal tote for multiple plants, I'm pretty sure this will enable me to grow larger plants with less crowded plants, am i right?

So i have one question about bubbleponics i read somewhere that the water line should go up to bottom of the netting pot, is this correct? I've seen videos of the water line below the netting pot which is right?

I have lots of questions hopefully everyone can help me out!

thats great news man!! congrats! yes you will need the water level to be at the end of the net cups until your roots are in the water then it can get a lil lower but not to recommended. yea i would go with a dwc setup, bubble bucket setup! they work very nicely from what ive read and seen! also i would get a mh/hps conversion lights and ballast for both veg and flowering for heat get a aircooled or cooltube light reflector anything else just let us know.

Thanks man I'm hella excited! thanks for the tips of the types of lighting systems. Is a 5 gallon bucket going to be to big for that system and how large will the pants grow! Would it be better to go will smaller plants and harvest faster?

newb101 said:

thats great news man!! congrats! yes you will need the water level to be at the end of the net cups until your roots are in the water then it can get a lil lower but not to recommended. yea i would go with a dwc setup, bubble bucket setup! they work very nicely from what ive read and seen! also i would get a mh/hps conversion lights and ballast for both veg and flowering for heat get a aircooled or cooltube light reflector anything else just let us know.

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are you lookin for a quick harvest? if so a autoflowering strain would be the best. 5 gal is the best for this particular type of setup. if your not lookin to harvest real quick and have about 3 to 4 mnths bout a 1ft a gallon. if vegged for a month

No i'm not necessarily trying to harvest quick if i can get enough out my harvest to satisfy my card holders. So your saying 5 gallon bucket can support up to 5 foot plants? and your saying it will grow roughly 1foot per month during the veg cycle ...(5 foot plant would put out more than 3 oz per plant won't it?)...maybe i won't need to grow that large then. if I am growing lets say ten 5 foot plants. will a single 600w light satisfy them or will i need more because of the height?/

newb101 said:

are you lookin for a quick harvest? if so a autoflowering strain would be the best. 5 gal is the best for this particular type of setup. if your not lookin to harvest real quick and have about 3 to 4 mnths bout a 1ft a gallon. if vegged for a month

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thanks newb101 for your quick reply's btw.