hello everyone 
sorry for not being active on these forums but i had a lot to do(school etc); hopefully in the future i'll have more time(and maybe i'll make a grow journal too).
a bit of info on myself: i'm 18 and from italy; i grew last year outdoors because indoor growing looked really complicated (it still does btw lol) but this year im growing indoors for many reasons (mold getting out of hand during harvest time, better quality, less pest problems etc).
on the legal side, i wanted to assure everyone because im gonna be getting a prescription soon this summer (we actually have those in italy since february 2013, but they are fairly hard to get because doctors are still ignorant on the subject)
so even though this is not a completely "regular" grow its still much closer to being legal than last year's grow, so thats definitely a plus (and indoors should be stealthy if set up correctly right?).
(for those wondering, there are no dispensaries in italy so you still have to grow your own)
Ok lets get to the point. first of all i need to decide where to actually grow, and thats not easy. this year my aim is to make RSO so i need a decent yield too;
i have 3 options:
-a bathroom in the basement, would that be good? the window looks like this:
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i could turn the entire bathroom into a growing room (it aint that big anyway), and it has a lot of vertical space so the plants can grow big but i'd have to put reflective material on the walls. well its not a big deal but i guess it has a cost.
the second option is this little plastic house:
but im afraid of the humidity in the last weeks of flowering...
the third option is a grow tent in the basement, though im fairly clueless about how those work(also much less vertical space).
Grow lights: i'd definitely go for LEDs, since electricity costs are very high in italy(if i had to guess they are 4x what they are in the US, but they are probably even higher). Leds also because yield and potency is important to me so i'd not go with CFL(but if you feel like i'd be better off with CFLs tell me).
not exactly sure which lights i should get, feel free to tell me but remember im in italy so i dont have access to all kind of lights(there are grow shops that sell led lights but im not sure about the quality)
my budget: im not poor but im not rich either, so costs are important (but not absolute #1 priority, id rather have a good product.)
then the hard part: i have no idea how to set up the grow room(mainly because of my poor english skills when it comes to specific air flow term and whatnot. if you know an easy tutorial feel free to link). i know i need reflective material and air circulation but im not exactly sure how to set those up; i guess i also need a light trap to prevent stress.
growing medium will be soil (biobizz soil and nutes) but if you think you have a better choice feel free to tell me.
this thread is a WIP, i will be adding things, but feel free to start telling me all you think i should know because this won't be easy! but im sure i'll be able to do this with your support guys
sorry for not being active on these forums but i had a lot to do(school etc); hopefully in the future i'll have more time(and maybe i'll make a grow journal too).a bit of info on myself: i'm 18 and from italy; i grew last year outdoors because indoor growing looked really complicated (it still does btw lol) but this year im growing indoors for many reasons (mold getting out of hand during harvest time, better quality, less pest problems etc).
on the legal side, i wanted to assure everyone because im gonna be getting a prescription soon this summer (we actually have those in italy since february 2013, but they are fairly hard to get because doctors are still ignorant on the subject)
so even though this is not a completely "regular" grow its still much closer to being legal than last year's grow, so thats definitely a plus (and indoors should be stealthy if set up correctly right?).
(for those wondering, there are no dispensaries in italy so you still have to grow your own)
Ok lets get to the point. first of all i need to decide where to actually grow, and thats not easy. this year my aim is to make RSO so i need a decent yield too;
i have 3 options:
-a bathroom in the basement, would that be good? the window looks like this:
i could turn the entire bathroom into a growing room (it aint that big anyway), and it has a lot of vertical space so the plants can grow big but i'd have to put reflective material on the walls. well its not a big deal but i guess it has a cost.
the second option is this little plastic house:
but im afraid of the humidity in the last weeks of flowering...
the third option is a grow tent in the basement, though im fairly clueless about how those work(also much less vertical space).
Grow lights: i'd definitely go for LEDs, since electricity costs are very high in italy(if i had to guess they are 4x what they are in the US, but they are probably even higher). Leds also because yield and potency is important to me so i'd not go with CFL(but if you feel like i'd be better off with CFLs tell me).
not exactly sure which lights i should get, feel free to tell me but remember im in italy so i dont have access to all kind of lights(there are grow shops that sell led lights but im not sure about the quality)
my budget: im not poor but im not rich either, so costs are important (but not absolute #1 priority, id rather have a good product.)
then the hard part: i have no idea how to set up the grow room(mainly because of my poor english skills when it comes to specific air flow term and whatnot. if you know an easy tutorial feel free to link). i know i need reflective material and air circulation but im not exactly sure how to set those up; i guess i also need a light trap to prevent stress.
growing medium will be soil (biobizz soil and nutes) but if you think you have a better choice feel free to tell me.
this thread is a WIP, i will be adding things, but feel free to start telling me all you think i should know because this won't be easy! but im sure i'll be able to do this with your support guys
dogno!
