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My mistake then, sorry :(

Great looking grow man! I hope my setup comes out a fraction as well as yours. After seeing this, I decided to seek out the fox farm soil, as so far I hadn't seen it for sale locally. By the way, I wouldn't be worried about leaves near the bottom dying, everything I have read and seen says...

No you guys cleared it up, thanks!

I have never burned one out yet, but I hadn't really planned on what to do yet. I suppose if there is somewhere close by that makes it convenient, I'll try to recycle them.

So, through more reading, I think my understanding of what I was looking for in CFL's might have been a bit off. I thought that 2700k and 6500k referred to the lumen output, and could find nothing near 6500k at home depot or the local hardware store. Last night I was reading and it appears this...

I mean, if you have a bunch lying around, why not try? I was tickled when I got my pc fans wired up so easily, as I am a total electrical newb, but its cool to see things come together. Share the results!

1. I couldn't say for sure, I am only a novice with electrical, but I think those warnings are mostly for safety reasons. Me being the big worry wort I am, I just went to the hardware store and bought some $2 light sockets that are made to be heavy duty as far as I can tell. Would push you...

Ya we also tossed around thoughts on tacks and 2 sided tape. I'm sure I'll be able to figure out something semi-affordable.

Just got done cutting the holes in back on alternate sides for intake and exhaust. One is bottom left, other is top right, I'm hoping that will create a nice flow. Electrical taped up my case fans, and now trying to sit down and think of *exactly* what I still need before germinating these bad...

That sounds good too. So you figure whatever it advertises it uses, that's per hour?

I was just thinking back to my time tinkering on computers, and people hooking theirs up to little wattage meters or something, basically you would plug your main computer power cord into this little thing about the size of a light timer, and then that little meter had another plug on the back...

Thanks for the great advice guys! Yeah, more and more people are saying I should stationary my lights, thats probably what I will end up doing. As far as paint, I was planning on it, but alot of people have also suggested just getting a walmart emergency blanket, which, now that I have mostly...

I am doing a similar and planning on probably 3 6500's during veg, and then 6 2700's during flowering. Watching to see how this turns out.

Right on. I was planning on trying to get both 6500k and 2700k cfl's, and switching to 6 lights when i switched to the 2700's, flowering. But I considered leaving 3 as 6500k's alternated for multi spectrum. But yeah, budget wise, I am pretty close. I am hoping Living Earth Organic Potting Soil...

Great recovery! I am soon to start my first test subjects, hoping for a smooth road, this gives me a little hope that I might be fine.

Thanks! I had an $80 budget, went to Home Depot, and spent $120 :p But unlike my roommate, who was shopping with me, I wanted nice looking things, not just cheapest available. So the hinges, door handles, a few other things I picked, are a little fancy for a grow box, but that will hopefully...

Eye's put in to hold chain Hinges Hinges Light Rack - Probably gonna bring it in a little closer, Dont like the gapping right now but it shows where my heads at Light Rack Timer Thermostat

I have a lot of updates to post, short version: built light rack, got chain setup, put on hinges for doors, and got wood cut for the doors as well. Right now my predicament is finding the 6500k CFL's local (if possible) and then getting dirt and etc.

Mine is meant to be a test yield more than anything, this is about furthering my knowledge of green thumbery, getting in a little light carpentry, and seeing if I can offset my extra curricular costs a couple times a year. I have modified my idea for my light setup, but eventually I will be...

Thanks for the comments. I am looking at some "Living Earth: Organic Potting Soil" at the moment, I think its semi-local organic stuff, I might just have to see what its nutrients are like. I dont want to use miracle grow just because I am worried about having any chemically taste, I would just...