Im new and I have no idea what to do....help

[weasel20]

I am new to growing indoors and I have only seen one indoor setup that has worked before and it was a few plants in small pots, inside a ice chest that was covered w/ cling wrap and under shop lights, and it was working well. I want to start and i have some seeds i have saved over time and want to try it out. I was thinking of building a box to grow them in and I have no idea where to start all the internet sites I have looked make it seem very complicated but i have seen a very inexpensive set up work and I was wondering where i need to start. Basically i am asking or a good step by step way of doing this and I am turning to all of yall for some help. any information you could give will help greatly. thanks

[Goldie]

Hello! Go over & introduce yourself!

For your questions:

First of all, how much space do you have to grow in? Must they be stealth or out in the open? Thanks.

[brainwreck]

welcome, Goldie asked the right question, we need measurments. How do you want to grow: soil, hydro, coco, mapito, denish bottom?

greetz

[notthecops]

Ya......what they said

[weasel20]

okay i have a cooler with the dimensions 16.5 inches X 8.5 inches. I was thinking of using this to grow and build a box to go over top that I could hang lights on. My reason for using the cooler is that everything I read about indoor growing says to have the side of a box either painted white or use tin foil to maxamize the lighting. I want to try to grow in soil first and then if i can do well w/ that i would like to try to expand my horizons. Currently I do not have a ton of space to work with but i am am very interested in growing and if i need more room i will make it somehow, for the most part it will probably be grown in my cloest. I am not trying to set up a business with this by any means i am doing this for a hobby and only for my own supply so I am not looking to grown a ton of plants so if yall could give me a good idea about how much space i need for say 4-6 plants (hopefully i can grow that many). I want to grow indoors so that nobody who lives around me will be suspicious. The seeds that i have right now are just left over from old bags that I bought months ago. I would like to try to get these to work first before i go buying any b/c i will be honest ordering seeds through the mail concerns me a little but if any of you have tried it and there have been no major problems (police) i would definately consider going the mail order route.I guess thats it for right now, I would like to know about building a grow box of some sort and i am open to all ideas, as well as a good plan of action about planting and growing. Thanks again and look foward to hearing from all of yall.

[Goldie]

I think you would do better to go find a large, sturdy box to grow in. I don`t think you will be able to manage with something that small.

[mikey]

dude just act like they are regular plants and everything will go fine thats how i started dont try anything special your first time growing it will all end up in disaster just act like they are any other plants

[weasel20]

what would be a good size box to go with?

[notthecops]

For 4-6 plants, I would recomend using the entire closet. The more room the better. If you have the space, use it. Your plants will love you for it