Money to Grow

[quackcow]

ok so im pretty much getting kicked out of my house, but it isnt 2 bad seeing that my dad is helping me get an apartment. Finnally- ...ok well 5 minutes later i had an epiphany that i can finaly grow. I just want 2 grow 4 myself and a couple of close friends, and was hoping you guys/gals can tell me how much it would b to have a constant supply of green(we smoke bout an oz a week) forever!!! Im also curious about how much money/effert/risk/space is involved in the process and how much research is needed to begin growing. Thanks

[JayDoubles]

well honestly you could get that kinda yield in 2 closets. Youd have to use one for a mother and clones room and the other for a flowering chamber.As far as lights go you could use flouros for your mother and clones room but youd need a hps(high pressure sodium) light to flower with. A 400 watter would probably be sufficient (depending on closet size) but to maximize yield you may want to give a 1000 watter a try. As for number of plants id say 13 total at a time.1 mother, 4 clones, and 8 flowering. basically youll want to run a cycle. Start by growing four plants and just keep topping them so they develops many tops. after about 2 months youll want to select the largest strongest female for a mother.. whatever other females you have can go into the flowering chamber these will be your first batch.(make sure you dispose of the males properly) Take your mother and make 4 clones off her...let these grow for about a month and then ...off to the flowering room. now as it takes about two months to flower most strains youll need room for 8 (as youll have 2 batches in there at once) in your flowering room so make sure you use the bigger closet for flowering. basically 2 weeks before you move your clones to the flowering room youll want to root your next 4 clones off your mother. basically once a month youll harvest 4 plants and that should give you(strain dependent) between 4 -16 oz each harvest (once a month) hope it helps..

total cost depends on wether your trying to grow hydro or dirt....assuming its dirt
1000 watt hps with ballast and reflector 300-400 dollars
rockwool cubes (for cloning) 7 dollars
4 bulb flouro setup around 100 dollars
13 pots 25 dollars
soil 15 dollars
cloning tray with lid 10 dollars
nutes around 75 to 100 dollars total
(youll need a 3 part nutrient pack, some rockwool dip, and some rooting hormone)

approx 657 us dollars

risk depends where you live check www.norml.org (http://www.norml.org) for your local drug laws

[BudBill]

Great first post my man! Spoken like a man who has done some shopping :)

Be sure to include the monthly electric bill for living expenses -!@#!@#!!

Welcome to the board!
-B

[Naturalhi]

If you use 1kw hps for entire grow seeds to harvest you may grow 20 plants in a 5x5' space, I've had a setup like that before and harvested 3-4 times a year:>)

[JayDoubles]

your electric bill wont go up too much....I run a 1000 watt and a 4 bulb floro setup and it ads about 25-35 dollars a month to my normal electric bill.

I agree with you naturalhi i have 30 under a 1kw now but sounds to me the kid is trying to grow the bare minumum to get his 4 oz so as to be a little safer from the law honestly you could get 4 oz or more out of one plant if you tried a little lst...

for more info on lst...http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=6090

and ALWAYS remember the first rule of growing.....

loose lips sink ships....

dont tell ANYBODY and theres really no way to get caught