Quote Originally Posted by atari
Wow.. thank's for all the information..
So Ski.. you think I should get my whole growing area set up.. and get all my bulbs and equipment.. and then start thinking about what seeds to buy etc?
Sounds like a good idea..
Do get maximum light I think I'll have to construct an enclosure in my attic seeing as it's a large space.. How big do you think I should make it? I'm trying to think of the best stuff to do it with..
Something like this..?
Yeah, you wanna make an enclosure, or you lose tons of light. You can, of course, grow in a big, open room, but you'll waste lumens all over the place. I'd probably hang white shower curtain material, or something that would give the same results.

That's what every step of growing is about...making choices about degrees to maximize efficiency.

Say, for example, there are 50 steps in growing MJ. That means there are 50 different things you have to decide how far you want to go.

Some people grow using only CFL's, from veg through flower. It works okay, but you'll tend to get light, popcorn buds. So you have to decide if you want to spring for, say, an HPS light for flower. Uh, then you might also want to add an MH light.

What jake suggests is smart and good, but it's also okay to get yourself started and learn as you go. For me, growing is easy---growing GOOD is the hard part.