What exactly do I need to start the grow?

Hi guys, wondering if someone could list everything and the specifics I need start a grow that can cover 1-2 autoflowers.

I was thinking 2x2 tent with a hps light as it’s cheap but unsure how powerful?
Also what size of in-line fan? Would 4” do? Do I need to buy ducting separately?
So many questions lol

I’ve bought ph up, down and a ph meter - is there anything else I should buy that I NEED?

I would buy some small containers to grow your seedlings in. Then buy a few 2 gallon containers to transplant your seedlings into once they are large enough. Then buy a few 5 gallon buckets (if they will fit in the tent) as your final transplant containers. Buy some decent soil. My favourite is Black Gold, but anything will work. Some soils you can find have slow-release nutrients already in there that your plant will use for it's entire lifetime. I've used such soils with much success with absolutely no issues nutrient-wise. A few normal fans to blow air around would work. You could skip the inline fan if you can keep the tent door open with a regular fan blowing air in. I'm sure others could chime in here.

I just posted this in a different thread today:

You will need at a basic level:

- Tent
- Light
- Exhaust fan (and ducting, along with a variable switch)
- Carbon filter
- Nutrients
- pH pen/meter (best to get calibration solution too)
- pH Up/Down
- Hygrometer (for the tent)
- Pots
- Medium
- A good understanding of the temperature/humidity of the room the tent will be in
- A possible way to exhaust hot air from the tent to either outside, or a different room than the tent is in

Will you be using tap water? If no, buy a bottle of calmag.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things, but that's pretty much the most basic indoor setup using a tent that comes to mind.

spek9 said:

I just posted this in a different thread today:

You will need at a basic level:

- Tent
- Light
- Exhaust fan (and ducting, along with a variable switch)
- Carbon filter
- Nutrients
- pH pen/meter (best to get calibration solution too)
- pH Up/Down
- Hygrometer (for the tent)
- Pots
- Medium
- A good understanding of the temperature/humidity of the room the tent will be in
- A possible way to exhaust hot air from the tent to either outside, or a different room than the tent is in

Will you be using tap water? If no, buy a bottle of calmag.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things, but that's pretty much the most basic indoor setup using a tent that comes to mind.

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Ak96 said:

Hi guys, wondering if someone could list everything and the specifics I need start a grow that can cover 1-2 autoflowers.

I was thinking 2x2 tent with a hps light as it’s cheap but unsure how powerful?
Also what size of in-line fan? Would 4” do? Do I need to buy ducting separately?
So many questions lol

I’ve bought ph up, down and a ph meter - is there anything else I should buy that I NEED?

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3x3 with a 400 watt MH/HPS. It's the tent that got the ball rolling fir me after a couple shitty grows. That was a good while back and I got what I could afford. Someone here might be able to get you an LED equivalent. I picked 3x3 because 250 watt was too weak and 400 fit me just fine at that time and a 3x3 was a good footprint for that light

Spek9 and srh88 got you pretty well covered but I'll elaborate a bit.

For 2 autos I'd definitely go with a 3x3 tent. You can't control the size of autos as well as photos so there's a decent chance one will fill a 2x2 completely. 2 would be a crowd.

The 400hps is a great lamp but I'd also suggest considering a 315CMH, I run on in a 32"x32" tent and love it.

I know BucketGrower says he has had great results with time release soil, which usually means miracle grow, but that would make him the exception to the rule. I've definitely seen people do great with that stuff, but I've seen far more fail. It tends to burn young plants and the salt build up often causes problems as the grow progresses. Growers who do well with it are ... miracle workers!

I'll see myself out now.