The best and cheapest light fixture is a DIY. When you buy ready made fixtures you are paying extra for labor. If you can do it yourself why would you want to pay for labor? You pick out the components you want to use, not what a company wants to use.
I personally would never buy a ready made...
Facts. My whole family is in the construction business and own multiple companies. I've been building and repairing things since I was 15. I can't say I'm book smart but give me tools and a blue print and I'll build whatever you need at a high level. I have framed drop ceilings on my own so many...
Wassup monkey. I'm in the process of moving into my new place. Should be done in 2 weeks then I will start the build. I purchased most of the parts already. I will update the thread once I start building. Looks like I'm going with the 4x2 tent after all.
That works too but you still have to drill your own holes. Cutting it down to size is the easy part. Dry fitting everything together and marking up the holes to drill takes more effort but it's still fairly easy.
Who knows. It's not a big deal, just a bit strange. It's never happened to me before.
What I do is mentally visualize everything first and then I try fitting everything together. First cut the aluminum down to size. Then dry fit the frame and mark every spot where you need a hole. Drill holes on the marks you made and then assemble everything. You can literally build a frame...
My comment got deleted for some reason but oh well...
Research is the key to everything. Without it we would all be like a chicken running without it's head.
C'mon man. You should have known you're going to have to cut and drill holes when making your own frame. It shouldn't have came as a surprise to you. Always know what you're up against before you take on a task. You def don't need a table saw to cut the aluminum. You can cut it with a hand saw...
I'm leaning towards compost, peat moss and perlite as @Rasta Roy suggested. The more I research, the more I see many products aimed towards cannabis growing as gimmicks. It seems like organic is the way to go.
Does soil mix play a part with nutrients? I'm starting to lean away from FFOF soil the more I listen to you guys. Clearly some of you know what you're talking about and I'm taking your inputs seriously. I really appreciate all the help.
Thank you for the tips. Money is not a problem. I just want to use high quality nutes because I feel it does make a difference in grows. I read many people claim nutes are nutes but I don't feel that way.
What soil do you recommend for seedlings?
Is FF that bad during the early stages? I knew it was strong and wouldn't need to add nutes until late in veg but I never seen people complain that the soil itself hurt their plants.
The gorilla tent comes with a free 12" extension kit and you can get an additional 12" extension on top of that. I'll have more than enough height. Looking at the assembly of the tent it seems to have a zipper all around it starting from the center of the rear and zips all around to the center...