first time grower list of items and critique

DJSTMM

Member
[FONT=&quot]Hello Everyone. I have been reading this forum and other like it and have decided to grow medicinal mj for the first time. I will be doing this grow in my college dorm room and the school authorities will not interfere. My goal is to have all the following equipment and start my first grow September of 2011. I will grow 4 plants constantly in flowering tent and 6-12 clones at a time along with 1 mother.
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[FONT=&quot]Tents
$100 3x3x6 grow tent for flowering
$85 2x4x5 grow tent for vegging and mother
Total $185

Lights
$120 Sun Blaze 44 t5 4 ft 4 bulb for vegging
$40 Sun Blaze t4 4ft 1 bulb for clones
$110 600 w HPS bulb (hortilux) for flowering
$200 600w dimmable ballast (lumatek)
$110 Sun Systems super sun 2 6" air cooled reflector hood for 600 w
Total $580

Ventilation
$100 6” inline fan (hydrofarm 400 cfm)
$80 6” carbon filter
$30 6” ducting
Total $210

Grow Medium
$25 Canna Coco coir
$15 Godan 1 inch cubes
$15 Godan 3 inch cubes
Total $50

Nutes
Flowering
$60 Advanced Nutrients connoisseur line (A+B; 1L each )
$30 Bud candy (1L)
$65 Bud ignitor (1L)
$30 Big bud (1L)
$25 Overdrive (1L)
$20 Final flush (1L)
Total: $230

Vegging
$35 Botanicare pure blend pro gro (1L)
$20 liquid karma (1L)
$25 silica blast (1G)
$15 botanicare cal-mag+ (1Q)
$10 superthrive (4 oz.)
Total: $ 95

Misc.
$60 Seeds (white widow or tangerine dream) (5)
$20 clonex (1Q)
$10 Clone holding tub
$15 Ph meter
$10 Ph up and down
$15 Humidity meter
$15 Temperature meter
$15 Ppm meter
$10 Scalpel
$10 Duct tape
$20 3 or 5 gallon pots (4-5 pots)
$10 Modi Humidity dome
Total: $210

Grand total: $1560

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[FONT=&quot]How does everyone feel about this list? Too ambitious? Not comprehensive enough? I rounded everything up so this is the most costly everything will be. And I would also like to know if any of the above items have great substitutes or can be found cheaply anywhere as the total is $1560 and I would like to cut that down to $1000? Any other advice would be helpful and you can critique anything I have written or if the proportions of lighting to tent or if any flowering or vegging nutes will work better and cheaper. Any advice is of great help. Thanks.
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gozania

Member
I would consider getting a phantom ballast over a lumatek. You will have less issues like bulb incompatibilities and ballast failures.

Also Im sure your costs will go down when you visit a shop. I know a few that give some pretty smokin deals. Dont be afraid to go to your local shops and get some price quotes.
 

DJSTMM

Member
I am happy you suggested that. I know that there is a huge debate over which electronic ballasts are better and was going to go for nextgen, quantum or (now anyways) phantom. Guess I still have this to thing about.

What do you guys think about nutes list. Is it too much for a first timer? And I was thinking going yellow bottle as I heard that the prices are about the same with better results.

I have been looking at this guys youtube account, along with others, and trying to learn as much as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/user/sublbc

Thanks
 

makiboy

Member
dont forget tax lol i spent about that much on my first grow,

i decided to go with soil for my first grow, coco requires a little more attention to detail, good luck!!!!:weed:
 
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