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DubsFan · Sep 17, 2009

I'm staring at every littel pantry and closet in my house right now.

nitroman · Sep 17, 2009

DubsFan said:
I'm staring at every littel pantry and closet in my house right now.

me too!!!! lmmfao great grow seedles +rep

uriah · Sep 17, 2009

Amazing! Thank you for such an informed journal. Do you have an estimate on total cost thus far. My brother is wanting to convert some cellar space and wondering what kind of budget we need to prepare for. Truely inspirational!

DubsFan · Sep 17, 2009

uriah said:
Amazing! Thank you for such an informed journal. Do you have an estimate on total cost thus far. My brother is wanting to convert some cellar space and wondering w hat kind of budget we need to prepare for. Truely inspirational!

The real cost as always is lights, fans and tech. I mean, look at any grow room. If only PVC, wood and screws were your most expensive purchase this would be a $500 grow.

Hmmm 60+ clones can cost a few bucks to get going but is still equal or close to the retail cost of one reflector and 1k bulb. In this set up you don't need a refelctor but you know what I'm saying.

PVC and wood are cheap. Bulbs and booster fans are not. AC isn't either.

I'm looking at heat extractors for my set up.

I've seen more than a few budget grows. They all hit $1500 before I can kill a bottle of Jack...that's fast dude.

strictly seedleSs · Sep 17, 2009

tom__420 said:
I would much rather add another fan for air movement instead of hacking up the plants but that's just me. Do your thing though dude, it looks like you know what your doing so just keep up the nice work

i def. see what your saying, but my problem is the space of the closet. 3 walls of the octagon are right againts the walls of the closet. So the fan setup would have to consist of about 6 more 6-8" fans. Ive thought about it, but the system has its tricks. I would def. love to see someone else do a setup like this, and we could do a side by side grow over the net.

strictly seedleSs · Sep 17, 2009

uriah said:
Amazing! Thank you for such an informed journal. Do you have an estimate on total cost thus far. My brother is wanting to convert some cellar space and wondering what kind of budget we need to prepare for. Truely inspirational!

To say im a "thrifty" shopper is an understatement. Ive put this together for $1000 +/-. So im sure if i cut some corners (like using drainage pipe, instead of supply pipe) I could cut it down to $750. But like i said, im thrifty and spent alot of time online getting the best deals on everything. This could be done with another tier for $1500 easy. but one thing I would never buy used is bulbs.

uriah · Sep 18, 2009

DubsFan said:
The real cost as always is lights, fans and tech. I mean, look at any grow room. If only PVC, wood and screws were your most expensive purchase this would be a $500 grow.

Hmmm 60+ clones can cost a few bucks to get going but is still equal or close to the retail cost of one reflector and 1k bulb. In this set up you don't need a refelctor but you know what I'm saying.

PVC and wood are cheap. Bulbs and booster fans are not. AC isn't either.

I'm looking at heat extractors for my set up.

I've seen more than a few budget grows. They all hit $1500 before I can kill a bottle of Jack...that's fast dude.

I just moved inside for my first indoor grow. I'm going for a two room perpetual harvest. and realize how fast you can fly through a budget even when you think you had room to spare. lol

strictly seedleSs said:
To say im a "thrifty" shopper is an understatement. Ive put this together for $1000 +/-. So im sure if i cut some corners (like using drainage pipe, instead of supply pipe) I could cut it down to $750. But like i said, im thrifty and spent alot of time online getting the best deals on everything. This could be done with another tier for $1500 easy. but one thing I would never buy used is bulbs.

Thanks, and I don't think I would ever buy used bulbs. Again great post and work. +rep

strictly seedleSs · Sep 18, 2009

if your doing a veg/clone room as well, thats gonna cost even more. before you buy anyhting, get a list together of what you will be using. Then spend some time on ebay and craigslist to see what you can save $$$ on. then all the stuff you want new (like bulbs) talk to your local hydro store, most places give discounts to "regular" customers. I get %20+ taken off my bill :-P

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tom__420 · Sep 18, 2009

strictly seedleSs said:
i def. see what your saying, but my problem is the space of the closet. 3 walls of the octagon are right againts the walls of the closet. So the fan setup would have to consist of about 6 more 6-8" fans. Ive thought about it, but the system has its tricks. I would def. love to see someone else do a setup like this, and we could do a side by side grow over the net.

If I had the space and the money and I would love to grow this way. It is so efficient :clap:

uriah · Sep 18, 2009

strictly seedleSs said:
if your doing a veg/clone room as well, thats gonna cost even more. before you buy anyhting, get a list together of what you will be using. Then spend some time on ebay and craigslist to see what you can save $$$ on. then all the stuff you want new (like bulbs) talk to your local hydro store, most places give discounts to "regular" customers. I get %20+ taken off my bill .

Yeah I already got my system up and going, I wish I had seen your post first. My bother wants me to help him get started. So I showed him your system and we are putting his budget together now. Your right about the local hydro store though I got most everything from them because I wanted new equip. and they hook it up.

strictly seedleSs · Sep 20, 2009

3 weeks into flower

The first pic is before i trimmed, the is after. I didnt take alot of leaves off, just the ones that needed to come off. This is the second time ive trimmed. I will be changing the res out tommorow. I will also put some pics up of the nugs that are developing. They are smelling amazing.

nitroman · Sep 20, 2009

dude all i can say is fuckin wow!!!! +rep

strictly seedleSs · Sep 20, 2009

thank you. im pretty fond of it myself :lol:

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caddyluck · Sep 20, 2009

scribed, good set-up

Steadmanclan · Sep 21, 2009

are there no plants on the side of the lights that is always out of the pics? if not, why? would it be too difficult to access the plants if they went all the way around?

strictly seedleSs · Sep 21, 2009

Steadmanclan said:
are there no plants on the side of the lights that is always out of the pics? if not, why? would it be too difficult to access the plants if they went all the way around?

exactly, next harvest I will add another tier up top. but that one will be a complete octagon.

tom__420 · Sep 21, 2009

have you ever thought about adding some sort of reflector to try and throw some of that wasted light back at the plants? Like just on the one side where there isn't any plants, it might also help shield your eyes from the light hahaa

DubsFan · Sep 21, 2009

tom__420 said:
have you ever thought about adding some sort of reflector to try and throw some of that wasted light back at the plants? Like just on the one side where there isn't any plants, it might also help shield your eyes from the light hahaa

Picturing that in my head, that empty wall is probably a door. I don't now. He could just paint it white. That's as good a reflector as you can get in that space.

strictly seedleSs · Sep 21, 2009

I actually have panda film there.

tom__420 · Sep 21, 2009

Alright cool man, I should have figured you are on top of shit
Keep up the nice work, i'll just let you do you thing

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