First grow list of things and critiques

[DJSTMM]

[FONT=&quot]Hello Everyone. I have been reading this forum and other like it and have decided to grow medicinal marijuana 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 a 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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[Feminiseed]

If it were me I might spend a bit more on seeds and a bit less on all the other stuff (or just spend a little less on stuff). Its your first grow and I know you want to get it all right but that's down to experience and care as much as buying all the right equipment. Like 60 bucks for Bud Ignitor I think you can do without.

 

[pokesalotasmot]

If it were me I might spend a bit more on seeds and a bit less on all the other stuff (or just spend a little less on stuff). Its your first grow and I know you want to get it all right but that's down to experience and care as much as buying all the right equipment. Like 60 bucks for Bud Ignitor I think you can do without.

I tend to agree. For a first grow you have quite a list of items there, and its more than likely it will make things harder for yourself until you get more experience. The last thing you want to do is spend a lot of money like that, and spend your first year pulling your hair out trying to get it figured out. The big one I would suggest is eliminate all those nutrients and just go with a simple 2 part nute combo, one for veg and one for flower. Get a quality ph meter, so that will probably be more than $15. Also I might suggest doing without a dedicated clone/veg area until you get situated with a flowering chamber and have all the kinks worked out, then you can expand. On the other hand if you have a buddy or two who have real experience growing and can help you along the way, and the money isn't too big a deal....then go for it. Either way good luck.

 

[DJSTMM]

Thank you for your replies. I can agree with cutting down the nutes for saving cost, but if I were to keep them, will it really complicate things all that much? it seems that you just take measurements of the items and cycle them through, eliminating one for the other during certain weeks of growth. What am I not getting here?