Bunnings have what I need to start a hydro grow?

[gramin]

I was getting some stuff from Bunnings today and I wasn't able to locate any water pumps (except ones for ponds) and I didn't see any clay balls or rockwool. Do I need to go elsewhere to find these things?

[resinate]

for pumps an aquarium shop will suffice, and as for RW and clay balls any hydro shop mate

[Reverend]

Don't know which part of Oz your at but over here in the West they have rockwool hydro nutes and clayballs, sometimes they put them in odd places. Pumps are either at hydro shop or aquarium shops.

[DarkSpark]

Yea, bunnings in SEQLD have everything you would need to build and run a soilless fluoro hydro grow. Besides centrif fans and carbon filters etc.

 

Should be able to get coco bricks easy, perlite easy... and i haven't seen rockwool but there are two hydro shops not far away so i like to give them a bit of business on some stuff too.

[gramin]

Seems my local Bunnings is a bit lacking. I had several staff all give me blank looks when I was asking for Panda Film. Had staff looking for it and they couldn't find it. I guess my local don't sell it.

 

Going to try another Bunnings over the weekend but I won't hold my breath.

 

Hopefully my local Hydro store have some. I only need 1x1M to make some circles to cover the top of my buckets. I guess I could use foil, since it's more for light proofing than reflecting the light back.

Edited August 24, 2010 by gramin

[buzzo]

Fuck Bunning's most of the crap they sell is absolute rubbish.

 

Go to a hydro shop or online.

 

Personally I use my credit card and park out front of the hydro shop.

While I don't advocate such practices..

 

no one I mean no one including close family members know I grow.

 

The only thing that will bring you unstuck is someone else that knows you grow!

(IE telling close mates, who will one day on the piss tell some God Bothering wanker...or Selling the MJ and risk being ratted on by some 16 year old that got busted by a Copper in the local park)

 

I believe this web site is secure as are all Hydro shops.

Coppers need a warrant in order to seconder IP Address's and Credit card records.

The State will not give a warrant without HARD EVIDENCE.

 

P.S. if you do use the Bunning's Coco bricks......flush them well with PH'ed water before using.

[gramin]

Actually I noticed my Hydro store has about 16-20 cameras and I was "encouraged" to park in their car park which is an easy way to identify my rego number.

 

I paid in cash and luckily parked well away since the car park was full (it's very tiny).

 

I've heard rumours that they've ratted out people to the cops and partly stay in business/get overlooked because they can provide info on anyone who comes through buying lots of stuff for a big set up. Of course this could be all bullshit, but best to be on the safe side.

 

I will go back tomorrow to grab some net pots, and I'll enquire about some Panda.

[uka]

gramin....

 

WTF!!!

 

dont tell me you went back mate...if i heard that the place had a bad rep, and had shit loads of cameras and suggested to me to park in their carpark...my whole PO~PO!!!! alarm would be going nutz and ild look like the road runner on crack just tryin to leg it away....

 

wow...

[iatd]

I've ebayed all my panda film and water pumps. I like my hydro store guy, but with certain things, i can get it at least half the price he sells it for.

 

I got my growlush 600w HPS ballast off of ebay for $60. He wasnt very happy considering he can't even get them for that.

[Sylar420]

Bunnings may have enough for you to jimmy rig a basic hydro set up but in the end some stuff a hydro shop will be the only place to get them. If its just water pumps and gear like that i would just go ebay , i have been eying some off and they are much cheaper than store prices. Panda, Mylar, nutes, hid's and medium are usually only bought from hydro shops so i would go there for them.

 

As for hydro shops i never park out front of them or in their car park , i have found one 30min drive away so no chance any one i know is gonna be cruising by and sees my car out front and always use cash, if the shop i went to had 15 cameras there i wouldn't be buying anything from them, what do they need so many cameras and im sure shoplifting isn't a huge problem for them. I did a hydroponics course for work, more of an introductory thing but they guy who ran it had a chain of hydro stores and was telling us that when the cops do a bust and confiscate all the gear he gets a call and goes over and buys it back for 1/4 of the sale price then puts it back on his shelves as used gear at 3/4 the retail price, we wasn't lagging ppl in but if u went to a hydro store and they had a huge amount of s/hand gear i would be very careful.