First time grower needing help to finish first grow setup!

Kbro1988 said:

Well we had already decided to use just one room and interchange bulbs for the first grow. so we can have some experience under our belts before utilizing the other room. And we just don't have the cash to get the items for the other room. Also with that we decided to not use co2 untill the second grow. (Bills are a mother$*%&er huh?) Lol. Or is co2 a must???

So were going the ol' intake/exhaust technique for now. Earlier this morning we picked up the duct work and adapters. An oscillating fan. Some miracle grow starter soil for the seedlings. A grow dome that can hold 50 seedlings, a couple timers and a Ph meter.

Were still missing a few items I know. But were mainly focusing on the items to get the veg room operational. I figured we still have a couple months before they go to flowering to buy the rest of the stuff. Were only a month in and we have already got the majority of what we need. And we can pick more up weekly when needed.

But a couple questions, first tell me if this sounds right. I'm going to mount the filter towards the top inside the tent, have piping run out of the tent from the filter into the fan, drawing air out. Then cut a hole and mount an intake fan on the opposite side of the room towards the bottom. Now correct me if I'm wrong but you said I could run piping from the intake fan to the air cooled hood (cooling the bulb right?) And having it exhausted back out. Does that sound okay? I've got a setup in my head mapped out lol.

Also, whats black and white poly???

Another question. About nutrients, we don't have any veg nutrients. We only picked up starter soil for the seedling until they are far along enough to transfer into their own pots. Now when we get to that point what would be the best soil to get? Or soil/nutrients for veg stage?

Hopefully next payday (next week) we should be up and running, or at least have the rest of the items we need ordered. Veg side anyways. Any tips or items you think I may need let me know. Any info is good info to me lol.

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Kbro1988 said:

I had figured to use soil with no nutes. We have some more things to order so we will get the veg nutes then. But what kind of soil do you reccommend? Should i go for the 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 mixture? And add the nutes with the water? Because thats looking pretty promising lol. Right now were using the seedling starter soil with nutes in it. Untill we transplant into bigger pots, then do what you said.

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