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Hi everyone, as the title says I am a penny pinching newb. Allow me to introduce myself. I have started my first successful sprout. I am located in the NW of the US. I have no more than 30 dollars left out of 180 I started with. I am currently unemployed. I am starting a perpetual sog. I will be using a soil based medium and organic nutrients under cfl's the entire grow. The soil is a compost from a local worm farm. My fixtures are from the Goodwill, nutes off of Ebay, lights from 1000bulbs.com, and some odds and ends from Walmart, Lowes, and the Dollar Store.
Please chime in with any thoughts or suggestions you have along the way. Also if you know of cheaper places, products, or ways to grow, post it here for all to know!
Here is what I have planned so far. I will be using an old entertainment center for my grow box. It is roughly 3ft by 1.5ft by 2.5ft. It will be covered in an unused room I have, out of the wifes way. (I have kept her in the dark thus far) It will have two chambers seperated by reflective material I found laying around. (Flower and Bonsai) This is like a mylar coated blanket or something, not really sure what it is, but I know what it will be used for. It is not a emergency blanket. I plan on adding some sort of carbon scrubber that is cheap yet effective. I have a couple cpu fans to move air. I also have a seperate cloning chamber. It is 12 x 12 x14inches. I have lined the inside with a dog food bag that has been cleaned with soap and water followed by a bleach solution. It's mylar, remember i am unemployed. Fed my dogs and lined my crib. There is also a duplicate chamber like this I intend on using for a pollen chamber later.
My first attempt to start my garden was with 7, 7 year old bagseeds I found in a box I had from my old room at my parents house. It inspired me, but was not successful. I remember saving those seeds from various bags I had during my adolescent years. I still love the ganja, although now for more medical related reasons.
After my first attempt, I found a site and bought 6 single seeds. LA Woman and Super Lemon Haze ferminised. Also Red Dragon, Chocolate Chunk, Sensi Star, and Connie Chung regular. Hoping I get a couple females from the regulars but they all will be kept. SUCCESS! I have successfully sprouted the RD and have the SLH girl is in the process. To germ them, they were put into a shot glass with warm distilled water and a couple drops of an organic root inoculant, soaked until a light tap had sunk the floating seeds. Once they had sunk they were placed into a moist peat pellet, and placed in the mini greenhouse that was provided with pellets. This was placed on the top of my cable box in the dark. Temps there range from 74 to 78 degrees.
Next the RD will be going in cloning chamber until clones can be taken. The SLH will follow within the week. Aiming for 2 clones per week per mom. Now I will be adding one more strain to the mix in another week. This is up to all of the readers who made it this far! Please chime in, I look forward to all of the opinions. Last but not least, If you know of anything that can help us growers, new and experienced alike to save money. Post it here links are welcome.
Please chime in with any thoughts or suggestions you have along the way. Also if you know of cheaper places, products, or ways to grow, post it here for all to know!
Here is what I have planned so far. I will be using an old entertainment center for my grow box. It is roughly 3ft by 1.5ft by 2.5ft. It will be covered in an unused room I have, out of the wifes way. (I have kept her in the dark thus far) It will have two chambers seperated by reflective material I found laying around. (Flower and Bonsai) This is like a mylar coated blanket or something, not really sure what it is, but I know what it will be used for. It is not a emergency blanket. I plan on adding some sort of carbon scrubber that is cheap yet effective. I have a couple cpu fans to move air. I also have a seperate cloning chamber. It is 12 x 12 x14inches. I have lined the inside with a dog food bag that has been cleaned with soap and water followed by a bleach solution. It's mylar, remember i am unemployed. Fed my dogs and lined my crib. There is also a duplicate chamber like this I intend on using for a pollen chamber later.
My first attempt to start my garden was with 7, 7 year old bagseeds I found in a box I had from my old room at my parents house. It inspired me, but was not successful. I remember saving those seeds from various bags I had during my adolescent years. I still love the ganja, although now for more medical related reasons.
After my first attempt, I found a site and bought 6 single seeds. LA Woman and Super Lemon Haze ferminised. Also Red Dragon, Chocolate Chunk, Sensi Star, and Connie Chung regular. Hoping I get a couple females from the regulars but they all will be kept. SUCCESS! I have successfully sprouted the RD and have the SLH girl is in the process. To germ them, they were put into a shot glass with warm distilled water and a couple drops of an organic root inoculant, soaked until a light tap had sunk the floating seeds. Once they had sunk they were placed into a moist peat pellet, and placed in the mini greenhouse that was provided with pellets. This was placed on the top of my cable box in the dark. Temps there range from 74 to 78 degrees.
Next the RD will be going in cloning chamber until clones can be taken. The SLH will follow within the week. Aiming for 2 clones per week per mom. Now I will be adding one more strain to the mix in another week. This is up to all of the readers who made it this far! Please chime in, I look forward to all of the opinions. Last but not least, If you know of anything that can help us growers, new and experienced alike to save money. Post it here links are welcome.
