Looks like you are kicking ass for your first grow for sure bud!
I used to run roots organic and enjoyed it as a medium. Started out same as you, in a 5x5 tent. Then upgraded to two 5x5 tents. Now I finally achieved my dream. I have an underground setup that allows me enough room for a 6ft x 18 ft area. Height is only 6ft and 3 inches tall but in a couple of months in going to fix that.
Yeah man the opioid epidemic is banging here in Ky. The doctors get everyone hooked and give you a reason to screw up your contract and send you to the streets to suck you dry of every penny. I don't resort to that myself personally, and ill be damned if I let it take me under. I have bad back pain and Lyme disease from guerilla growing for 15 years. Had more ticks than you could ever imagine and that shit is no joke. Thanks for the support bro! Keep up what your doing it looks great!
What kind of smells are you getting out of the deputy??
Here is my first ever grow in a 5x5...
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That was back 6 or 7 years ago. I remember worrying myself to death the entire grow I would not get much return but ended up with ago a little over 18 ounces, a northern lights #5 pheno out of one pack of Sensi Seeds Northern Lights (got extremely lucky) and some solid purple bud that no one around this hillbilly town had ever really seen before. Yup, that put me in business right there... Lol. Got me to where I'm at today.
Hey, PDB, thanks a lot for the positive words and encouragement! Much appreciated, my friend!
I hope to upgrade my setup in the future, but for now I will work with what I have. Very budget oriented, and stealth as well. I was worried too about not getting a decent return, but after a couple successive grows, I believe I will be in good shape. My only real goal is to be able to provide myself with quality meds, without having to go elsewhere to look for them. I'll be ecstatic with just harvesting enough to get me by until the next is ready. Fun hobby of course, too.
I see the same down here in the sunshine state, regarding the pill mills. It's a sad state of affairs, for sure. I hope you are able to get away from that life altogether. I know it is needed by many people legitimately, but I would love to see more people accept and try alternatives, including the herb and general lifestyle and most importantly diet changes. I have a number of compounding disabilities, but the root or main one is Ankylosing Spondylitis, so I feel your back pain, lol. Bamboo Spine, in layman's. More than 20 years now, have had serious problems with my spine and surrounding joints. Total hip replacement 10 years ago and so on. I've tried and had access to pretty much any or all of those pain management options myself, but stay away completely. I should get checked for lyme, as I spend a lot of time outdoors and in the woods. Ticks love me, unfortunately. Have never been checked for it though.
Back to the tent; when I open the tent, it reeks of smelly, dirty diapers. Not sure how else to describe it. As I said, 3 of the plants are the Deputy, and only one CNC. In the pic I posted above, the two in the back are the taller, lankier pheno and they have the strongest smell, with the back left, being by far the strongest. Stem rub is pure funk, reeking of burnt rubber. Followed by a faint, sweetness, a little bit fruit like. Hope this helps. Cheers friend, and thank you for the support as well.