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How cheap can I go in terms of equipment and what do I need?

avillax

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Here's the deal: I have recently started somoking weed, I smoke very little, perhaps 2 times per week on a one hitter, So I smoke a small ball of weed, it is a tiny trumpet-like pipe.
My interest in Marijuana is that I never thought it was anything special, I didn't really like the "mental-creative" effect of feeling retarded during being high.
In Mexico, the quality sucks and sometimes it doesnt even get you high and it always has some sort of hangover effect.
In L.A. I tried "Medical marijuana" and it was just strong but the same mental retardation effect during the high.

Until some people rolled the joint with me in Prague, Czech Republic and the stuff they had was a dream for me:
Just a very strong feeling of wellness in my body as well as laughter and happiness and still be able to think straight and not retarded.

What kind of variety were those? Is that Indica? Anyways, these guys who rolled it were never found, asking around nobody knows anything. I tried to find dealers and even though Czech Republic has a reputation, these dealers just turn out to be shady scammers that scared the shit out of me (meet me at the Chinese restaurant, I might pass by) that kind of shit.

And finally I buy weed at a bar and the quality is just OK (weak mental retardation effect, OK wellness) but nothing like the other stuff I tried, so I came to the conclusion I might need to grow it.

I consume like 1 gram per month, maybe less.

My growing space is a storage room that is 3.5 meters in height X 1.5 meters wide x 1.5 meters wide, it receives good natural light through 2 small windows, I'm on the 3rd floor, closest neighbor is the flat above. Above my storage room, the neighbor has an identical storage room, and then his room is next to this storage room and has window.

I have visitors who come for free meditation classes so I cant afford my apartment to smell like weed, the storage room has a window but the door is not hermetical.

Do I need a tent? Do I need a filter?

How many plants do I need for my small consumption?

What cheap equipment do I need for them?

Do I need the tent and the smell filter?

I heard the smell filter consumes like 100 watt, is it on all the time or what? that seems too much energy consumption for a damn filter. Do I need it?

I just need this feel good, happy, laughing, body feel good varieties with little mental effects.
 

hotrodharley

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You would be wise to invest in a tent and a carbon filter setup.Then naturally you will need the light and the rest. 1 plant a year should fill your stated quota that you might smoke.You should have no problems. You state in meters - are you where you can visit and buy seed? The filter uses no electricity but the fans do. No idea what the power rating is on the ones you might buy. Look at growing low odor strains such as Northern Lights or Cinderella 99.
 

avillax

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What do you think of this?
I'm just a beginner, I just want to see if I can do this, if I like it, etc. So what if I just buy 1 of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Galaxyhydro-TM-180W-UFO-LED-Grow-Light-60x3W-Full-Spectrum-9-Band-IR-3W-Grow-/321826417848?hash=item4aee596cb8

and hang it from a shower adjustable rod at the storage space and open the small window for ventilation. As far as temperature, right now the temp stays at 25c during the day and 20 c the night, this is Czech Republic, winter is coming but I have gas heating in the apartment. For odor neutralizing I can just use scent neutralizer.

So, We're talking about $120 Total cost or something like that, can I really go that cheap?

And what are the minimum fertilizers and starter growing pots and stuff that I would need? Est. total cost of that?
 

GrowUrOwnDank

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$200. Def need a filter or a O3 gen. Light. Get a 150 HPS. Hempy/Lucas. Look it up. Dinafem autos. Amnesia kicks ass. Fan. Don't even need a thermo. You can walk in there and tell if it's too hot or cold.
 

avillax

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$200 total including the lights and the starter growing fertilizers and supplies? or $200 on top of my est. $120?

Please mention or link to a simple/cheap filter setup (preferably, wouldnt be buying a tent to save costs), can't I just use one of those Cans with neutralizing substance or something?
 

GrowUrOwnDank

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$200 total including the lights and the starter growing fertilizers and supplies? or $200 on top of my est. $120?

Please mention or link to a simple/cheap filter setup (preferably, wouldnt be buying a tent to save costs), can't I just use one of those Cans with neutralizing substance or something?
There are more ways to control odor. I mentioned O3 as an option. I've never tried that Ono or whatever it's called. A tent is not completely necessary. Just use your space and make it stealth. Be ninja. 150 HPS or LED is adequate. Well under $100. Bucket and perlite. Cheap GH nutes, PH control and a meter. Yeah, I could
Do it for under $200. Fan from the dollar store. You don't have to build a frickin Battlestar Gallactica like Star Wars. You just need to set up for what the plant needs. Light, food and a breeze. Be adequate and save the perfecting for when you know what your doing. Otherwise, you will be shelling out dough every other day on stuff you think you need and eventually it's collecting dust somewhere.

O3 gens come and go. I think I paid like $100 for the last one. Before that I think I had a $50 one. Both from eBay. A 4" can/fan would prolly also work. eBay. $100.
 

MorroN

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Depending on how much you want to grow get a small-large tent. For a beginner I'd say get a Cfl/ tent/fan/filter kit. These can be bought very cheaply and will allow you to grow more than enough bud for personal use.

Something like this includes pretty much everything you need: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Best-Complete-CFL-Hydroponic-Grow-Room-Tent-Fan-Filter-CFL-Light-Kit-80x80x180-/252061148665?var=&hash=item3ab003e5f9

Other things on your shopping list - Thermometer/Hygrometer, Small oscillating fan for air circulation, Pots, Soil, Seeds, Nutrients and you're good to go.
 

GrowUrOwnDank

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Thanks, and what do you think of this light, good for how many plants and is it good for the whole process?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GreenHydro-300W-10bands-Full-Spectrum-LED-Grow-light-For-Medical-Flower-Plants-/171260201496?hash=item27dfe74a18
I am not familiar with that light/name. I would search google and th forums to find someone who has used that light. Blurple LED works just fine tho. Maybe not the greatest. But it's very low heat compared to HPS and CFL.
 

avillax

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By the way, since I just want to give it a try to this hobby, I think I will just buy the lamp and wait for the tent or fan/smell filter.
The reason is this: Buying the tent and the fan/smell filter is for the purpose of hiding the smell, but that's not a huge priority for the moment and would increase the startup cost 2x, why?

I'm living in Czech Republic, here it's legal to have up to 5 plants per person for legal consumption, the police don't really care about people smoking on the street, I don't think people could file a complaint for a search warrant or anything like that in here. When I was living in another apartment I would sometimes smell marijuana and couldn't tell if it was somebody smoking it or the plant blooming. It is sort of normal here to smell marijuana from time to time.

The marijuana room is facing the garden, and the city has normally good air circulation/windy, closest neighbor is one floor above and the roofs are tall, there's good privacy.

People come to my place to meditate twice a week, for whenever they come I could just buy one of those special smell neutralizers, also we use incenses for meditation.

What do you think?
 

BLVDog

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I would grow sum auto flowers in 2 gallon pots next to the window on a shelf or sum in sum soil
 

BLVDog

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That's pretty cool u meditate twice a week. Cannabis has always helped me in stretching and materials arts
 
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