Sinse_Farmer
Member
Hi everyone!
I was very fortunate to have been given a Nextgen 400w electronic ballast & decent hood to use with it! Along with those I already had a couple of 400w mh bulbs laying around and an old street light which would have somehow been my grow light had I not been lucky enough to get the hood & ballast from a friend!
I am waiting on my GrowLab (Horticulture) 80L grow tent, which is 2'7" x 4'11" x 6'7". This will house my entire setup and I decided on the tent because it will keep my setup enclosed/contained, also get rid of the problem of where and how to hang my light - now I can just hang it in my grow lab
I decided to go with an Aeroponic setup which I got out of a somewhat recent High Times issue - the Stinkbud Jr. system! I bought the required parts (pvc tubes, pvc connectors, 18-gal container, pvc fence post, etc.) and some tools (2" hole saw, pvc primer and cement, epoxy, hacksaw, drill bits, etc.) that I needed to complete the job at Home Depot, and a few of the parts I grabbed at a local gardening shop (pump, timer, sprayers, net pots, etc.).
Just to give a breakdown and also give an idea of what I have and how much it all costs, maybe this can help someone else who is contemplating doing something similiar...
Equipment
GrowLab Horticulture Growlab 80L $269.99
Nextgen 400w electronic ballast $188.00 (free)
Medium-sized hood w/ cord, etc $120.00 (free)
CAP ART-DNe adjustable timer $75.00
PVC + parts + tools (Home Depot)$150.00 (roughly)
396 ECO submersible pump $20.00
T5 lighting (2x3500K;2x21W) $80.00
Water Control
distilled water $7.50
nutrients (Botanicare) $92.75
electronic tds meter $40.00
ph tester kit $7.00
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TGA seed pack (5 seeds - nonfem) $45.00
Space Jill (aka Space Queen)
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Ultimately I can't wait until I have everything set up the way I have planned - I think with what I have, the potential for a serious grow is there! Right now the babies are under the T5 lights until the tent gets here and then I will move the set-up and hook up the 400w MH & @ that point use the T5 to take care of any cuttings along the way.
The Stinkbud Jr. system has places for 6 plants; right now I have the 5 Space Jills and the sixth plant is a Lemon Haze seed that I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to get.
Sorry for rambling on, please let me know what you think! Or even better if you have any questions or critizism!!
-SinSe
I was very fortunate to have been given a Nextgen 400w electronic ballast & decent hood to use with it! Along with those I already had a couple of 400w mh bulbs laying around and an old street light which would have somehow been my grow light had I not been lucky enough to get the hood & ballast from a friend!
I am waiting on my GrowLab (Horticulture) 80L grow tent, which is 2'7" x 4'11" x 6'7". This will house my entire setup and I decided on the tent because it will keep my setup enclosed/contained, also get rid of the problem of where and how to hang my light - now I can just hang it in my grow lab
I decided to go with an Aeroponic setup which I got out of a somewhat recent High Times issue - the Stinkbud Jr. system! I bought the required parts (pvc tubes, pvc connectors, 18-gal container, pvc fence post, etc.) and some tools (2" hole saw, pvc primer and cement, epoxy, hacksaw, drill bits, etc.) that I needed to complete the job at Home Depot, and a few of the parts I grabbed at a local gardening shop (pump, timer, sprayers, net pots, etc.).
Just to give a breakdown and also give an idea of what I have and how much it all costs, maybe this can help someone else who is contemplating doing something similiar...
Equipment
GrowLab Horticulture Growlab 80L $269.99
Nextgen 400w electronic ballast $188.00 (free)
Medium-sized hood w/ cord, etc $120.00 (free)
CAP ART-DNe adjustable timer $75.00
PVC + parts + tools (Home Depot)$150.00 (roughly)
396 ECO submersible pump $20.00
T5 lighting (2x3500K;2x21W) $80.00
Water Control
distilled water $7.50
nutrients (Botanicare) $92.75
electronic tds meter $40.00
ph tester kit $7.00
+
TGA seed pack (5 seeds - nonfem) $45.00
Space Jill (aka Space Queen)
----------------------------------------------------------
Ultimately I can't wait until I have everything set up the way I have planned - I think with what I have, the potential for a serious grow is there! Right now the babies are under the T5 lights until the tent gets here and then I will move the set-up and hook up the 400w MH & @ that point use the T5 to take care of any cuttings along the way.
The Stinkbud Jr. system has places for 6 plants; right now I have the 5 Space Jills and the sixth plant is a Lemon Haze seed that I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to get.
Sorry for rambling on, please let me know what you think! Or even better if you have any questions or critizism!!
-SinSe