ok so I've got a bunch of seeds and I've taken a few out for germination and I want to try a little experiment with them, I'm wondering what the bare minimum that can be used to grow a single plant. I'm planning on using nutrient rich compost (As I don't have a garden for soil and am not wasting money on standard compost for a single experimental grow) and water, nothing more, then just treat it as a standard house plant, it will only be receiving any light that comes through the window, if that happens to be less than "set number" of hours I'll shine a standard household lamp on it for an hour or so just to keep it topped up on like (despite the low quality). This is all purely to experiment out of curiosity, I'm not looking for a 1000g highly potent plant with huge buds, I just want to see how it would hold up compared to a plant with full equipment. Has anybody else ever tried this, and if so what were your end results?
my whole goal in mind when i grew my 1st plant was simular to yr approach:
How can i grow a plant with the VERY least amount of $? ...and minimal effort at that, as well.
I found that yes, it can be done, but if you are anything like me, you will get it started, see some results, enough to make you think you can do it with ease, (whats the big fuss?!? seems simple enough, plant seed, water said seed, wait, then reep benefits) then BAM!!! A deficency develops and so to remedy you start shelling out cash, time, and last but not least, effort.(the very. things you set out to avoid)
...fast forward 2 years
now you find yourself a couple thosand bucks into your full time hobby (as i did)
you got a good light because sitting in the window just didnt cut it,
you got a box FULL of good nutrients because the compost was decent, but you knew you could improve it by not cheaping on one of the most important ingredients to the recipe for GOOD enjoyable smoke (good medium\good nutrients)
ya, yr window weed was cheaper, but it was schwagy and the time and effort alone would had been worth the $5 you could had spent on some mexican brown brick weed, and that'd take 5 minutes to score rather then the 3+ months you burnt thru growing window weed.
also now you got a small grow tent to keep a good light\dark schedule, because the window weed got light to it in dark periods and hermed on you. (that mexy brick weed is starting to sound pretty good, in comparison)
oh, and cant forget the jars and hygrometers and ph testers and adjusters, because you said "noone needs that shit" and yr hermed plants ph was outta wack so it locked out and couldnt uptake any nutrients.
when it was time to chop, you dried it qwikly and it tasted shitty, so now you use jars and meters....
did i answer your question?
the answer is YES. it can be done, but anything worth doing, is worth doing right.
if you think you could see yourself hooked on growing, like the rest of us, do yourself a favor and skip over the bullshit man. its not worth it IMO
at any rate,
good growing amigo.
-J
