What Bigs is asking, and telling you ses, is: And I am going to cut to the long and the short of it (check out the links in his signature and Dutch Pimps), that may give you plenty of answers.

You want dirt or water?

Perpetual grow or one crop at a time?

Many strains, several rooms..like for babies, veg and flower.

There are formulas for calculating the lights and your needs. I can see, you are a bit stuck with electricity, as I was. I am certain, knowing how many holes in the walls, is not as important as, the load you can put on them. And, in my situation, I cannot go above, a certain # of Amps~without creating a mess~I cannot deal with, emotionally, right now. You can just click on the links in Bigsby's signature. That will be a start. There is a thread here by a member of the name, heck, I forgot, he is a horticultorist, an old thread, I'll go hunt and come back with it, if I can find it. If not, I'll try another time.

I've been reading this stuff, for a few years. In as much as, I tossed some seeds, in with my annual vege garden, many years ago..it was fun to grow and I loved growing anything, that would. Now, with a medicinal need, it makes it a very serious affair, of which, many patients, will not take lightly.

You will need to consider which kind of lighting you will use for each stage of growing. All those things are covered in that thread.., filters. I started by reading grow logs and the indoor growers that seemed to be a bit relaxed in their approach to writing to people (in all forums) and a bit courteous (it costs nothing to give)..They generally tell you why they do what they do and how, in a grow log. Ask the grower a question and I am sure, you will get an honest answer.

I am stuck on, exactly how many plants I need to grow for my needs. I've read plenty too! Yield, has more to do with lights and the plant, than the grower-often. Still learning.

That maybe why you are getting the response's you are.
Plus, on equipment, you are going to need meters..I think if you read Emilya's grow log, it had some pretty good information on what was used, for R.H., temps, pH among other things.
And now, we are moving into the smartphone age and I've seen gadgets to control your room from an iphone, if you can imagine that! So, you are going to need to look at and read the threads, decide on your budget, google prices..we are not allowed to provide links here, so again, we cannot do it all for you. Once, you narrow down your needs..and desire, you'll get help.

I believe getting confused, is still OK, here, if you have to remind someone, you are a patient...just do it. Some get pretty stable with their medication and a bit impatient with people that haven't searched about, a bit. Like I said, my search thingy doesn't work. And I look for threads I remember, or try to go to each forum and click on it, look for a sticky..if it says sticky, say for instance in the section for Lighting: read it. The stickies have plenty of value. When you get frustrated, again, come back here, and do, as you have! :jointsmile: pr