iceman77776
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hello all,
i have been planning for some time, like 6 weeks or so, of starting my first grow.
I have a 4ft wide x 4ft long x 6ft high grow area with a further 1ft 9 x 4ft slightly higher next to it for carbon scrubber and nutes etc..
My budget is £700 but i want to be able to produce about .7g per watt by my 2nd grow so i will most likely be purchasing a 1000W HPS for my flowering. I can only afford the magnetic ballast atm. A few people have told me that they think i should get a 600W for my 1st but im not sure if its worth it. I dont want to have to upgrade ALL of my equipment straight away. I have heard that digital ballast arent worth the money anyway.
i havnt yet decided on what light i am going to use for vegging, i am stuck to decide what will be better for me because i am vegging in a tent, how many 2ft or 4ft tubes do u think i would need to provide adequate lighting for 8 plants in a tent. Or would i be better of in price and space getting a CFL for the tent, or even MH. What wattage do you think i would need?
for cooling i am going to use an cooltube 6" + oscillating fan to keep stem healthy and strong.
As this is my 1st grow i am a little unsure of a few things like if the cooltube will reduce the heat output im my sealed grow room to 70-80f or if more ventialltion and cooling is needed?
My Medium i will use will be soil, at first i planned on doing hydro but after adding up some prices and extras i figured i am going to have to start off in soil for my 1st and maybe purchase a table for my 2nd.
I am open to suggestions on Nutes as im going for max yield but so far i have been recommended Foxfarm nutes + liquid light spray.
For smell i have decided to get a 250+ Cfm inline fan and carbon filter combo.
Because my area is'nt the desirable size for vegging and flowering i have decided to have a seperate vegging room which will be in a tent in my garage. it will be big enough to hold 8-10 plants in soil under my 400W MH light.
Can anyone recommend me any fairly cheap hydro systems that they may have built or bough, that work well? it could still be a possibility.
I understand that the carbon filter has to have air pulled through it to negate the smell, but how does this work in conjunction to aircooled lights, I have looked for an answer but i cant seem to understand how the ducting works. Is it 2 seperate ducts? or the Lighting and the carbon filter together?
Some pics of my Space:
(the shelf and bar will be taken out ofc)
i have been planning for some time, like 6 weeks or so, of starting my first grow.
I have a 4ft wide x 4ft long x 6ft high grow area with a further 1ft 9 x 4ft slightly higher next to it for carbon scrubber and nutes etc..
My budget is £700 but i want to be able to produce about .7g per watt by my 2nd grow so i will most likely be purchasing a 1000W HPS for my flowering. I can only afford the magnetic ballast atm. A few people have told me that they think i should get a 600W for my 1st but im not sure if its worth it. I dont want to have to upgrade ALL of my equipment straight away. I have heard that digital ballast arent worth the money anyway.
i havnt yet decided on what light i am going to use for vegging, i am stuck to decide what will be better for me because i am vegging in a tent, how many 2ft or 4ft tubes do u think i would need to provide adequate lighting for 8 plants in a tent. Or would i be better of in price and space getting a CFL for the tent, or even MH. What wattage do you think i would need?
for cooling i am going to use an cooltube 6" + oscillating fan to keep stem healthy and strong.
As this is my 1st grow i am a little unsure of a few things like if the cooltube will reduce the heat output im my sealed grow room to 70-80f or if more ventialltion and cooling is needed?
My Medium i will use will be soil, at first i planned on doing hydro but after adding up some prices and extras i figured i am going to have to start off in soil for my 1st and maybe purchase a table for my 2nd.
I am open to suggestions on Nutes as im going for max yield but so far i have been recommended Foxfarm nutes + liquid light spray.
For smell i have decided to get a 250+ Cfm inline fan and carbon filter combo.
Because my area is'nt the desirable size for vegging and flowering i have decided to have a seperate vegging room which will be in a tent in my garage. it will be big enough to hold 8-10 plants in soil under my 400W MH light.
Can anyone recommend me any fairly cheap hydro systems that they may have built or bough, that work well? it could still be a possibility.
I understand that the carbon filter has to have air pulled through it to negate the smell, but how does this work in conjunction to aircooled lights, I have looked for an answer but i cant seem to understand how the ducting works. Is it 2 seperate ducts? or the Lighting and the carbon filter together?
Some pics of my Space:
(the shelf and bar will be taken out ofc)