Is it cheaper to grow.

[EastCoastGenetics420]

also depends on how much you smoke per month. I smoke around an 8th a day.. and my wife the same.. so .. we kind of need to grow.. or else we would go into debt over medicine..

 

[J.Mike]

If your looking at the cost of growing you really have to seperate the one time set up costs for lights, tents, containers... from the continuous costs of water, electricity, net pots, nutes... i grow in DWC and my initial investment was high, but i've got my supply costs low by just using 2" net pots with no medium and a one part nute so all i really pay for now is electricity because water is cheap where i live. It might look like alot of money but you will see with each grow you need to buy less stuff. If you are legal to grow, why not do it outside? its probably too late in the season now but that would probably be the cheapest way to do it next year.

Heh hits 115 avg in the summer, yield and quality suffer from what I've seen if the heat/ insects, don't. Seemed safer to me inside, and more control over temp and humidity. I have since built second dwc for a clone and more seeds hopefully early spring harvest. Initially the cost justified itself, but harvest still 3 weeks out

 

[J.Mike]

week 7 bloom, 12/12 GH nutes 2/4/6, H2o change and cleanout.
Alpha, took off this week, I raised cfl lights total of ten inches and she grew most of it. So Gamma may suffer some lighting issues as I did not figure that much more vert growth from alpha.
Gamma colas are filling in nice and she smells sweet and danky, way looking forward, trichs still crystal clear and frosty. flowers turn orange/rust, still looking for identification, .
Alpha showing fluffy flowers, I remember the smoke but not the name. I do not expect tight nuggs on her. She smells a bit green and trichs and foliage sparse but filling in. She started slow in bloom so I may let her do her thing for a couple more weeks after harvesting gamma.. Not in a hurry but am in anticipation.. heh

Seedlings and clone gamma h20 change added GH nutes 6/4/2 all look healthy cept for cabbage patch Found a bug right in the middle of day 4 or 5, so first leaves are deformed. Roots are healthy on all.. Until next week.. thanks all

 

[EastCoastGenetics420]

honestly bro.. I used those LEDS at one point. a friend ordered them off ebay.. and didn't use them. and asked me to test them out.. so I had 8 of them.. I had them on a piece of ply wood.. and had them right above the plants.. it worked for veg.. but not nearly as good as HO T5s .. honestly. big waste of cash.. there shit.. lol sorry to let you know but I figure you should know.. lol.. I wasted a full grow on them..

good luck.

 

[J.Mike]

honestly bro.. I used those LEDS at one point. a friend ordered them off ebay.. and didn't use them. and asked me to test them out.. so I had 8 of them.. I had them on a piece of ply wood.. and had them right above the plants.. it worked for veg.. but not nearly as good as HO T5s .. honestly. big waste of cash.. there shit.. lol sorry to let you know but I figure you should know.. lol.. I wasted a full grow on them..

good luck.

I knew and know, early experimentation, and they are more to light the sides of the grow, they will disappear into the pile of doesnt work, or waste of money. Thanks though, Looking into CWS solarstorm 440. But CFL's work ok

 

[J.Mike]

Week 8 bloom, 12/12 H20 added through the week and will not add nutes from here. Roots healthy, buds on Gamma filling in and turning orange Not much vertical growth, however buds thickening and sticky,
the branch laying down on the bottom budding points. trichs, still clear for the most part, but see evidence of clouding. She'll be ready soon. Still do not know strain.

Alpha, much vert growth and blooms
She is filling in nicely and has reach my lights again, I pulled her down some but box only has a few inches left. Blooms are thin and starting to fill in, not dense, like gamma, at this point, she'll need more time. Have some mites, but still polishing fan leaves and removing egg laden when seen. Smell just coming in . This is the closest my cam distorts too much.. sry no HD here.. .
Seedlings showing 2 sativa and 2 indica strains,

 

[EastCoastGenetics420]

my buddy ordered 10 LED Lights.. off DHGate .. its a Chinese manufacturer / distributor website.. basically u can get the shit the name brands buy.. without the name on it.. and there profit added in.. lol... great deal.. and they are working great for the last 2 months.. hes been going nuts on how good they work for the amount of electricity and heat they give off its nuts.

 

[J.Mike]

my buddy ordered 10 LED Lights.. off DHGate .. its a Chinese manufacturer / distributor website.. basically u can get the shit the name brands buy.. without the name on it.. and there profit added in.. lol... great deal.. and they are working great for the last 2 months.. hes been going nuts on how good they work for the amount of electricity and heat they give off its nuts.

Thanks nice site, I will keep in mind when buying