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Saved this comment from a fella in micro grocery to start my set up

These are suggestions - feel free to ask more questions if you need anything.

Read this guide - I wish I had had something like this when I started: http://homegrow-pro.com/quantum-board-build-grow-tent/ Read this guide too: http://homegrow-pro.com/the-3x3-grow-tent-setup/

Essentials

• ⁠Grow Tent: 3 ft x 3 ft x 6 ft is the size you'd probably want. This is the one I bought: https://www.amazon.ca/VIVOSUN-Hydroponic-Observation-Window-Growing/dp/B01DXYMKIO
• ⁠Light: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Kingbrite-240W-samsung-lm301h-288v3-quantum_62120261175.html?spm=a2700.7803241.0.0.31d73e5fhFxf6a This light is a fantastic LED quantum board that is very easy to assemble - I got the 3000K one with the epistar
• ⁠Fabric Pots: Head to Amazon and grab yourself a 5-pack of 7 gallon fabric pots https://www.amazon.ca/VIVOSUN-Gallons-Thickened-Nonwoven-Handles/dp/B00TF9E9PY/
• ⁠Also get yourself a saucer (you can get this at any garden store) and a pot elevator for each pot (pot elevator example: http://amazon.ca/Gro-Pro-725675-Level-Elevator/dp/B01J37FHF8/)
• ⁠Soil: Get yourself a bail of Pro Mix HP with mycorrhizae (it's cheap, reliable, and hard to overwater) from Canadian Tire, Rona, any store really and get also a bag of earthworm castings. Cover the bottom of your fabric pot with the castings (2-3 inches deep) https://www.homehardware.ca/en/20l-organic-worm-castings/p/5025712
• ⁠Nutrients: Gaia Green Dry Amendments (All Purpose and Power Bloom) Mix the All Purpose in with your Pro-Mix HP and then top dress your "soil" every month, changing it to Power Bloom during flowering https://www.canadiangardensupply.com/gaia-green-all-purpose-4-4-4.html https://www.canadiangardensupply.com/gaia-green-power-bloom-2-8-4-power-bloom-2-8-4-2kg.html
• ⁠Ventilation: Get the AC Infinity Cloudline T4 - it's absolutely worth it. Then purchase a 4-inch carbon filter and 4 inch tubing from Amazon (branding doesn't matter for these two things) https://www.amazon.ca/AC-Infinity-CLOUDLINE-T4-Ventilation/dp/B06ZXWN3BG https://www.amazon.ca/AC-Infinity-Dual-Layer-Aluminium-Ventilation/dp/B071LHCFZ8 https://www.amazon.ca/VIVOSUN-Australia-Charcoal-Pre-filter-Included/dp/B01DXYMBU6
• ⁠Timer: You can go cheap on this, but also consider a smart timer (like a Wemo) https://www.amazon.ca/Insight-Switch-Enabled-Compatible-Amazon/dp/B00EOEDJ9W
• ⁠Seeds: Jahseeds.ca - Canadian breeder, amazing beans, amazing price! Go with feminized seeds for your first round. https://jahseeds.ca/shop?olsPage=t%2Ffeminized-seeds

Extra accessories

• ⁠Pruning shears (seperate ones for trimming live plants and ones for harvesting) https://www.amazon.ca/Pruning-Gardening-Straight-Stainless-Precision/dp/B076HL5JJM
• ⁠a lighter (for sanitizing)
• ⁠a set of tweezers, for planting your sprouted seed
• ⁠some garden gloves
• ⁠rope ratchets for your lights
• ⁠zips ties for protecting things
• ⁠binder clips (for low stress training)
• ⁠plant ties (soft rubber and wire kind)
• ⁠watering can
• ⁠two pairs of measuring spoons for dry amendments
• ⁠a clip on fan and rotating fan (for air circulation over and under the canopy)
• ⁠markers and a pack of tag plant markers for identifying plants
• ⁠soil moisture https://www.amazon.ca/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Meter-Hydrometer/dp/B014MJ8J2U
• ⁠paper towels (for germination)
• ⁠Bucket Head Wet Dry Vacuum Powerhead Lid for 19 Litre (5 Gal.) Multi-Use Buckets great for gathering up the excess water and tipped soil) https://www.homedepot.ca/product/bucket-head-wet-dry-vacuum-powerhead-lid-for-19-litre-5-gal-multi-use-buckets/1000666690
• ⁠3 five gallon buckets (1 for the buckethead vacuum and 2 for extra water reservoirs) and two lids
• ⁠3 surge protector power bars
• ⁠Various AC power extension cables
• ⁠1 trellis net (for ScrOG training)
• ⁠USB microscrope (used to check the trichomes at harvest - if you want you can also get an adapter so it plugs directly into your smartphone, as opposed to plugging it into a computer) https://www.amazon.ca/Jiusion-Magnification-Endoscope-Microscope-Compatible/dp/B06WD843ZM
• ⁠62% Boveda packs for curing
• ⁠Mason jars for curing and storage
• ⁠hanging rack for drying (you can substitute this for a hanger and some plant ties)
• ⁠Duct tape

It's a little more expensive at the start, but this setup will pay for itself within two harvests. With this setup you can expect to yield between 8 to 12 oz every run, once you grow accustomed to the cycle.

I would cut back on the water a little bit. For my seedlings I use a spray bottle and mist it a few times a day. To help alleviate ph issues, I would start using a balanced water of around 6.2-6.5ph. Test kits can be found cheap on amazon along with a ph up/down kit. $30 for everything and you’ll be able to use it going here forward and help you diagnose future plant issues. Links below for items:

ph tester digital:

Cakie Digital Meter, Quality Tester Design with 0-14 PH Measurement Range for Pool, Aquarium Water with ATC, Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TY8C5J4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tTcHDb9DEP35J

ph adjustment kit:

General Hydroponics pH Control Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BNKWZY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_AUcHDbW73YT1J


Happy growing!

You could get some of these flush mount fixtures with some lamp cord. Then you could use LEDs or CFLs or a mix and mount a couple to the sides of the cabinet as well as the top so you get better light dispersal

https://www.amazon.com/Blumat-Classic-Automatic-Watering-Stakes/dp/B0001IOZ98

There are a couple good YouTube videos you can search to get started.

Boil some water and let it cool completely- this will remove the dissolved oxygen bubbles. Soak the blumats in the water for an hour+.

I will suck a little bit of distilled water through the little plastic hose to get it primed. Then you assemble the two pieces together underwater (to avoid air bubbles), push the blumat into moist soil and drop the plastic line in a bottle and you're done.

As long as the bottle doesn't go dry your soil will be kept at the optimal level. They say you can use water soluble nutrients with it, but I just use a watering can whenever I want to feed her and it doesn't interfere with the blumat system.

If you forget to add water to the bottle you can just repeat the process and you'll be good to go again

Yeah I’ve been to spacebucket.com. Seemed like the strips were more for side lighting than anything, but I’ll have another look.

This was the unit I found

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PFMLZVT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_s3HLDb55MGAPF

Can’t find a lot of info on it though

I think this is the same or similar product:


https://www.amazon.com/Luster-Leaf-STT100-Twist-Black/dp/B002LAS7CA/

You ever heard of Ona Gel?



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ona-Gel-Pro-1-Liter/dp/B00AC1N4DM



Apparently it works wonders.

I’ve grown a plant under this lamp socket splitter
with regular 14w led bulbs from Costco

Although I haven’t tried them personally, I hear nothing but good things about air pots Superoots