Any tips for low budget growing?

Just to be clear, I advocate using two soils. A seed starting mix and an established plant potting mix. Don't simply skip the seed starting mix. It's lighter in nutrients and is more sterilized. The established potting soils are heavier, have more organic matter, and sometimes include slow releasing fertilizers that you may or may not want depending on how you choose to feed.

Bakatare666 said:

Damn, you're right, LOL.
Otherwise, they might not be thieves...........

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Lol i'm not a "thief". I'm 18 and live alone. I don't have a whole lot of spending money.

And another thing, I'm not looking for a huge yield. I just want the damn thing to grow. Even if it's a male i'll still keep it as a house plant or dry the leaves and melt crayons on them and frame it. If it turns out to be a female and gives even a little bit of bud i'll take that as a victory considering I don't plan on spending a whole lot of money.

Sometime in the summer I plan on getting serious and growing a few in my back yard on the southern most side of these massive shrubs I have. OR saving up money and turning my closet into a grow room.

iGsus said:

Lol i'm not a "thief". I'm 18 and live alone. I don't have a whole lot of spending money.

And another thing, I'm not looking for a huge yield. I just want the damn thing to grow. Even if it's a male i'll still keep it as a house plant or dry the leaves and melt crayons on them and frame it. If it turns out to be a female and gives even a little bit of bud i'll take that as a victory considering I don't plan on spending a whole lot of money.

Sometime in the summer I plan on getting serious and growing a few in my back yard on the southern most side of these massive shrubs I have. OR saving up money and turning my closet into a grow room.

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it dont matter if its your neighbors potting soil or the brooklyn bridge if u steal your a thief.........living alone and being broke is not an excuse

If you dont got apot, put it in a recycle bin. Then things huge lol

If you just want to do a small experimental grow for now keep goin with the flourescents on the sprout but u do want some starter soil to supplement a little what you lack in nutrients if u arent wanting to buy any yet . This will get it a coupleweeks until the plant will tell you it has used up all of its stored nutrients....with flouros keep them within 4 inches of the top of the plant so it wont do any stretching( always check for burns though because even tho flouros arent very hot, they put off enough to burn fragile sprout leaves. With that you want a fan to keep circulation to replenish oxygen that leaves hold around them like a little aura. With that you need some humidity( young sprouts love it) of at least 40 to 50(30s willworkif youcant afford a small humidifier. 15 bucks at dollar store. Just will have slow growth during veg.)do make sure,however, that they get 18 to 24 hours of light a day to stay vegging. But if you only want to see ur chances with one seed right now, just wait until its big enough ( after roughly a month or a bit more depending on your rate of growth) so that you can take clones from it and once the clones are rooted ( read threads on clones/cuttings) you can throw them to flower and with the first week to two weeks it will tell u if its male or female. Now with thatyou will have the possibility of being disappointed witha male plant but it will get you familiar with growing itself. Its a good little dry-run course to get your feet wet without committing too much .

Ok dude. These people are flooding you with info that you didn't ask for. You are asking for the CHEAPEST way to grow some good smoke, yeah? 1 bag miracle grow 6 month potting soil for $8. 1 box miracle grow tomato food for $5. 1 box miracle grow bloom booster for $5. 1 4ft florescent shop light from walmart for $10. cool white bulbs and warm bulbs. both bulbs are around $10 also for a two pack. It is POSSIBLE to build a full grow room for under $100 bucks if money is well invested, Check my signature. That little room cost me $83. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

nanookofeclectic said:

Ok dude. These people are flooding you with info that you didn't ask for. You are asking for the CHEAPEST way to grow some good smoke, yeah? 1 bag miracle grow 6 month potting soil for $8. 1 box miracle grow tomato food for $5. 1 box miracle grow bloom booster for $5. 1 4ft florescent shop light from walmart for $10. cool white bulbs and warm bulbs. both bulbs are around $10 also for a two pack. It is POSSIBLE to build a full grow room for under $100 bucks if money is well invested, Check my signature. That little room cost me $83. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

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THANK YOU. Whether it be some for some nice art or decent smoke I don't care. Sometime during the spring months I'll probably do this. Cheers.

The cheapest way to grow is to grow outside.