i did see that episode ! funny stuff!!Yeah, roses are pretty similar to grow, I trim up my mom's rose bushes for her, and fertilize... You should see her buds!
-Have you seen the King of the Hill when Bobby and Hank grow roses in their closet and are sponsered by the hydro shop?
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I HAD TO SNIKER...Damn I knew running an energy trading desk would come in handy one day....
1000 watts per hour... 24 hours a day.... 30 days a month = 720,000 watts a month. or 72% of a MW.
Now the tricky part is power is charged in on and off peak 16/8 with off peak being 10pm to 6 am weekdays and all day sunday. Off peak is MUCH cheaper so always better to do 12 hours of light overnight. Summer power is also crazy more expensive than winter power. And power prices and transmission taxes vary tremendously by state. My guess is you probably burn about $100 a month on 1000 watts.
So far my start up cost are around $500.00. Got a 600 watt hps digital light with cool tube for $300 from htg supply.Sp fan 6 inch is 137 bucks,vent tubeing another 20.$32.00@ 4ft cfl light fixtures.Already had all the wood to make the room and wireing.Still need soil,buckets,nutes,apple juice AND 1 more timer.If I can keep it under a grand for my small set-up I'll be happy.It's adding up fast.I have a couple 500 watt m/h lights that I hope to veg with if those dont pan out its back to the buyin store.Hell this shit is almost as bad as fishin,,,MORE,,,MORE,,, I NEED MORE STUFF.
And where abouts are these perfect conditions you speak of?Absolute pleasure to help out. What you are doing here sharing your expertise to such an extent is phenomenal.
After 20 years of kind being an 800# call away I am stuck smoking brick weed here in Rio surrounded by the most incredible growing conditions I have ever seen anywhere. I am just reading and learning (you should see my basil plants I now have LST'd they are massive bushes already and I germinated my hot pepper plants in paper towels. Even purposefully nute burned my Jasmine plant to see how it would handle it). I will have questions about some stuff as Monday I start an outdoor grow that hopefully gets me some nice kind to last til next year for my planned 8-9 month veg. So since you asked people not to post crap here where can I ask one or two questions without ruining your thread? Grow will be at my buddies house (mountain streams.. banana,cocoa,guava trees everywhere) and him and I can barely communicate due to the language problem but I am translating everything I learn to him. I can barely order food at a restaurant or buy toilet paper to wipe my ass but I can talk all about plants and roots in Portuguese already. Priorities!!!
BTW.. you said it perfectly "YOU WILL SEE STUFF " I swear I look at the trees growing around here and they all look like big giant buds to me. It's like Homer Simpson in Chocolate Land - just better since it's buds!!!
If you want more detail http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html
Sending you and your plants some good wishes
You are awesome!!!
Hope Dirtbag doesn't mind me responding on his thread. If so I'll gladly take it down. Look at the pic near my name. Rio de Janeiro. Got down here a couple of months ago and my Jasmine (loves water) was almost all branches. Some water and 3 weeks later it was flowering again. No frost... great soil... never saw a plant dying here, just thick and crazy lush. Going to link in a pic of me standing in my to be grow area. You tell me what you think. Was planning on fencing it off with some of the bamboo that you can make off in the background. THe other 2 pictures are the two sides of the grow area with one side being the water source from the mountains. Best part is with this site now I know where to go for help. I love you guys!!! The BEST!!! God do I love weed!!!And where abouts are these perfect conditions you speak of?
What are the drug laws like down there ?And if you think that looks good you should see the asses on the chicks down here