After weighing pros and cons of growing I decided to try out a small 5 plant, personal grow in my closet. I'm a heavy marijuana smoker to help cope with depression and insomnia and the daily hassles of life. As that is, I am also a college student without a job, so bud can become a very expensive thing, especially living in a town with a small number of dealers with less than attractive prices. Thus birthed the idea of a small personal grow. I started looking for information on Reddit which eventually led me here. RIU was a life saver. It gave all the information I was looking for conveniently on one site. I began planning and studying, which led to re-planning and more studying and more re-planning. I decided on a CFL grow since the power costs are low. I scoured the internet comparing prices and finding what I needed for as cheap as I could get it. I ordered seeds from seaofseed.com which worked wonderfully. I placed an order for 5 Crazy Miss Hyde feminized seeds after heavily considering auto's. I chose feminized seeds over autos purely for the fact that autos are unclonable. So, in the order came 5 freebie seeds (1 The Doctor, 1 Special Kush, 1 Auto AK, 1 Cheese, and 1 Kandy Kush) which I decided to spread out over 2 harvests. I chose 2 CMH's, 1 Special Kush, 1 Auto AK, and 1 Cheese for this first grow, I germinated all the seeds in under 32 hours and got my soil (Hyponex Organic potting soil from K-mart hand mixed with Perlite) in my pots. I have MG Tomato Plant food (I chose this for it's relatively even spread 18-18-21). I plan to feed very lightly as I don't want to burn my plants with MG as I know is easy to do. For bulbs I went over to 1000bulbs.com and ordered 3 105 watt 2700k CFLs and 2 105 watt 6500k CFLs. I plan to further add 3 more of the 2700k's and 2 more 6500k's when the funds become available. Without further to-do however, here is the part everyone wants, pictures.
The preparation of my closet




Starting to look like a grow space here



Covered to keep out unwanted eyes, though of course the door will always be locked, but what's a little extra precaution?


While waiting for my bulbs to come in within the next couple of days I went ahead and planted the germinated seeds to jump start the process.



So, in conclusion, I am very excited for my first grow. I plan to update this journal often so check back. Please, feel free to respond with any tips, advice, criticism, help, jokes, joints, 1/8ths, etc....
The preparation of my closet




Starting to look like a grow space here



Covered to keep out unwanted eyes, though of course the door will always be locked, but what's a little extra precaution?


While waiting for my bulbs to come in within the next couple of days I went ahead and planted the germinated seeds to jump start the process.



So, in conclusion, I am very excited for my first grow. I plan to update this journal often so check back. Please, feel free to respond with any tips, advice, criticism, help, jokes, joints, 1/8ths, etc....