well i just got the demensions today and the truth is the room is bigger than what i need it for...its about 5' by 6' and about 7 to 8 feet tall... all i really wanted to do is grow some for my personal use and mayb have a little bit extra to sell to a good freind or just stash away for hard times. Like i said i thought about getting 2 or 3 black decent sized buckets and using pvc piping and setting up an ebb and flow out of that... u know what im saying? so in the event of anything i just to set up a table and drill and make the right holes and proper fixtures and close the section off with some black and white poly which would keep in light.the table wouldnt be big but just enuff to cover the area i need... so the rest of stuff i need some guidance on. i dont know what pump im going to need to keep 2 or 3 buckets going and all that or what the proper lumens i would need or anything so if any1 could actually explain to me how that works in the process of telling me what i would need so i can learn as i go would be great.Ive never worked a timer in my life....not even the little circle cooking one...i dont know if a single 400 watt light is going to do for 2 or 3 plants ( i KNOW it wont ) or if i need a fixture or what...the guys at the light store gave me a HARD time about what i needed an hps for...told me i should get a flood light if i was going to light a backyard or get metal halides rather than hps and all the while im telling them i need an hps not a mh so if they could just help me out and sell me what i need and not preach to me what they think i need i would appreciate it.....things r going VERY smoothly....
for right now im more focused on the more expensive things which would be the lights and nutes.... i have a local hydro store just need to go find the damn place....its out in the middle of nowhere so idk ill have to look it up some time...as for a pump, if i get more output than i need will the pump be like a gyser?like water on the ceiling lol?....idk i think im just overly paranoid...im the type of person that more focuses on the plant rather than the growing medium so in hydro i know the basics of how all systems work but dont know much of anything on the specifics...
so a couple of questions at the end of a LONG story :
1.what should i look for in a hps other than quantity (other than how much i need to make sure the plants will get enuff lights)
2. what pump would work for me ( im talking about getting black buckets that hold mayb a gallon or 2 of water, making an ebb and flow outa them, growing in rockwool then xfer the rockwool to hydroton...any suggestions here r open
3.what can i do for ventalation since i cant modify walls (want to minimize smell and just wana make sure theres air flow)
4. when it come to lights what do i need? i know i need bulb(duh) a ballast(yep)a fixture?(not sure).
im just idk i guess overly paranoid like i said. ive always grown outside and just cared for the things but now that isnt an option since cops r seriously starting to get suspicous of us here in this city period and r cracking down. theres inspections here every couple months and i just wanna keep everything down on a minimum in the case of suspicion.I know stoney wont be able to help me with all of this but hell be able to give me the basic hydro setup info ill need and as for ventalation i think imma need some1 else to help....
well guys thanx for listening to my whining and bitching...ill be checking this every morning and every night so provide as much info as u can be asking questions since i need to make that money lol...night shift sucks...
ill be check out stoney's DIY but id like some personal chatting to get a more specific to me type of setup...thanx guys!