Quote Originally Posted by Chronic Chrissy
1. I use a 2' 20w tube flourescent just because I had it kicking around for veg/clones you want cool white.

2. For clones pick up a small pack of rockwool cubes, I tried soil and lost my clones within a day, Now with the rockwool cubes every clone from my first batch is now rooted. You also want some rooting gel, a tray with a moisture dome, and a misting bottle. Another good idea is a heating pad or some way to keep the clones at 80 F. You also want a 16/8 light cycle here's why...http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...ut-lights.html

3. I don't know

4. check out my pics link and find the pics of my flower room. I made a 2x4 frame and went to my Grow Shop for the plastic. It is thick, durable, washable, it's white and 85% reflective, and the other side is black. It's light proof. It came 10' wide at $1 a foot! I think it's called visqueen Visqueen Plastic Black/White
My Flower room cost me

$11 for plastic
2x4s I already had
$5 a roll of duct tape
$20 bathroom exhaust fan
$10 for 10' of reflective dryer tubing

Then of course the ballast and light

Oh and if you want to keep a mother I would suggest checking this out International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - ALL ABOUT BONSAI MOMS/MUMS
I'm just starting to experiment with this and am very excited.

The book is called Indoor marijuana horticulture, the indoor bible, by Jorge Cervantes
He has a site MarijuanaGrowing.com by Jorge Cervantes.

Have you checked out the pics of my set up? Sorry I just love showing it off, since I really don't show anyone around here for security reasons.

Hate to ask man, but could you shoot just a little rep my way
i still cant see how to give you rep maybe i am still to much a noob or something.

but that bonsai mum faq was so intense i coppied it to word and printed it so i can study it better.

after listening to the grow reports (im addicted to them now) im thinking of altering the grow room a bit. im thinking of turning the whoe cabnet into a grow room and a small clonning chamber and pull clones off before flowering then later on build another mother cab. in the grow reports he talks about a dirt method that soiunds very cool that you put airstones in the dirt and in the run off waste water. he sais you get almost as good results as hydo.

like i said earlier you all have been wonderful with your advice. but now those reports are giving me new ideas and it kinda scares me i don't want to totlay screw up my first grow. hehehe i thought when i decided to grow all i needed was a light, a bucket of soil, peters fertilizer, a seed and water. hehehe boy was i wrong!! it is a true science to growing.

ok here is my problem now i can afford a soil meter for ph and moisture. but i can only afford 1 of the following water ph meter or ppm meter whats more important. for my first grow.