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can anybody help me....me and my girlfriend are solo smokers, we like to smoke by ourselves alot of the times, and im looking to grow just a couple of plants using the SoG method. What im planning for is 1 mother, and only about 2 or 3 clones to supply us. Can anybody help us with what we might need to get the op off the ground... To help any questions, I have a 70 watt hps ballast, and a 100 watt hps ballast. I've heard that Hps can make a plant stretch if used from the beginning. Now keep in mind that im pretty broke, and this is the reason for the grow. my question(s) are these

are Cfl's good for the mother?
how many and what wattage?
any good cheap soil at walmart or lowes?
Do i really need ferts?
how long before i can clone the mother?
Does anybody have a step by step instruction guide for SoG?

Start with the growfaq and search the forums. Enlightenment is out there. Seek and ye shall find!

shop lights work good in the beginning. maybe add a bunch of cfl's to veg then throw them under the HPS's to flower.

one 4 ft shop light from walmart will do 4 mothers and one 4ft for clones. hps just for veg. that will save you some cash on da bills. walmart soil is ok but you will need some ferts later on in flowering. grow on playa, grow on