The current equipment I have including room, lights, accessories are:

1. 430W Full Spectrum Light, Ballast and Hood
2. 2 Hydro Buckets with round rocks and pumps
3. 6 bottles of the chems that come with the set.
(I DO prefer to keep it simple)
4. Several power strips available or multiple plugs for timers and lights
without overload problems.
5. 4 ft flourescent with gro bulbs for starter plants.
6. Exhaust fan with 3.5 inch vent (to where I am not sure!)
7. 6-8FT akuminum type vent pipe
8.


Items I intend to purchase soon:
1. Ph Up and Ph Down
2. Water of some type other than tap
3. Chicken wire
4. Additional side lights?
5. Foil
6.

Items I intend to purchase eventually:
1. PPM Pen or ...? and solutions or whatever
(I havent studied this but have a friend who has a set, etc)
2. Humidity/Temp meter
3.

I will update these lists as I go.

For now I will add some thoughts so you know what I am wanting to produce with this Grow...

I am attemping to grow from seed to bud with a bagseed basically. What I have is 1 hydro bucket set up right now. When you look at the photo, you will see it has 3 small seedlings in it and a 4th that is struggling. (the 4th got too wet, etc...) Anyways, 3 was the number I wanted and I tossed one that was not germinating at all. (odd for my experience...) Anyways, if I end up with 4, I am going to leave it. It is the Baby...

I am told that seeds with the black lines are the females MOST LIKELY and that if not, no biggie in my opinion at this point (However, they will get yanked like a weed in the yard if they are males!) (gently of course as to not disturb their sisters!).

I have found by trial and error that the best way is to just heap the rocks over the bubblers to keep them from splashing on the plants (like Baby's problem). The kits I bought came with some rocks. IT IS NOT ENOUGH ROCKS! for each hexagon kit, I would say you need 1/2 as many MORE rocks. However, I am using MINIMAL other materials in the top of the hexagon. Anyways, the noise from the bubbles is diminished ( I can hear my fishtank again) and you can possibly leave it running 24/7 (I think!)

At this point, I just have them in the window in the bucket. I am waiting on #4 to turn its head up and dry out decent before I put too much more water. I definitly need a fan. Suggestions based on room dimensions below considering 430 light with exhaust fan and interior house intake...? would be appreciated... I should be able to buy one for 10 bucks at Walmart or Home Depot... Someone please inform. REMEMBER- it has to be household plug, not cigarette lighter plug!

I purchased the 4.5 x 4.5 or so cubes to transplant them to, but as I lifted the sprouts, I saw they had roots longer than the cubes and I believe with the chicken wire and ability I will have to train them, the roots will be bound fine. My only concern is that of the 4, if I get a male, or 2, or even 3, that when I sacrifice them for the cause, their roots are going to somehow strangle and kill my other roots... So I surrounded the cubes with the round rocks and although some would say not smart, I put a pretty good layer of rocks up the stems. 3/4 inch or so... I hope this helps discourage root rot. And nature has a way of taking care of itself.

Let me get my dates in order quickly while I am thinking about it.

I put the seedling (5) just poked into the rockwool cubes on 10/04 would be my guess...

A couple of them came up just 2 days later and the seeds stared moving upwards. The third was deeper in the cube. It had roots out the bottom before the top...but is up now too. The 4th was poked into the block, but somehow it got poked in further or something. It looked like a thick stem below, so I kept it. We will see if it makes it. (If I dont get a fan it will die due to too much water on the leaves)

For the same reason as mildew or fungus, I think I need to keep the water ON as much as the plants can take.

I really need a small oscillating fan. I prefer a clip on because I do NOT want my floor or shelf space used and I want to be able to put it at different angles. I should have plenty of clip on points...

I will post this now so I dont end up losing it!