ahh thank you. and not sure how much I wanna spend. I don't have a lot of money. Don't get mad but I plan on building this after I move.( I say this cause you have been very helpful and now your probably thinking oh, this guy isn't even gonna build it, hes bullshitting, which im not) Right now I cannot grow where Im at because dad thinks its too risky. which I agree. I would feel much more comfortable growing in a basement. Which I dont have here. So after he gets his credit card down and I save up a good amount of $ we can search for a new home, in a less urban part of the state and the home will have a basement. I'm looking to spend as little as possible, then again who isn't. A minimum wage job wont make me that much, plus I dont have a college degree. This is partly why I plan on doing this. I did the math and at $5,000/ lb(realisticly 4,000lb) and 2oz's per plant at 25 plants I would have $16,500 worth of product every 4 months. which is $45-$50k a year. So by doing a 10x10 I can make more than what my dad makes working 6 days a week. And like I said he's getting old and I will need to be able to take care of him within the next 5-8 years. I came up with this idea through nessecity. I have no other way to really support myself and my dad by any other means.
hey bro, sounds like you've got a good plan. i'm game to help in anyway i can so when you are ready just let me know. couple things i spotted and wanted to mention.
first and foremost...make sure you can get rid of that amount before you just start growing it. you said you were gonna move to a new area; usually that means you don't know too many people. just something i noticed...you may have that figured out already.
i wouldn't worry about that type of electrical draw alerting anyone. especially if you are in a med state. it's really a myth that power companies report you. even if you are in an illegal state i don't think that kind of usage will sound any alarms on a large property like that.
don't be dead set on 25 plants. figure out how many lights you want to run, then figure out what style of growing you will do (i.e. hydro, soil, SOG, SCROG, trees, etc...); this will determine how many plants you can fit under each light.
if you are doing this for profit then look into a perpetual harvest. will run a lot smoother in your scenario. use half the room for 1 cycle and the other half for another cycle. that way you offset the plants by 4-6 weeks and get a harvest every 30-45 days depending on the strain you are growing. always helps to grow the same strain or ones with similar flower periods when doing a perpetual. if you do decide to do a perpetual then you should have a veg room. even if you don't you should still have a veg room. that way you aren't vegging plants in your flower room which reduces the amount of harvest you get in 1 year. you could even use a tent or build a smaller room and just use some 4' T5's and keep 2 moms in there and some vegging plants. much more efficient than how you are thinking of doing it.
that's all i got right now. lol.
