First Time - Before I start...

I read a whole ton off these forums a few years ago about growing with an Aerogarden. I was hellbent on trying it...but never got around to it... Now I want to try a BASIC, LOW COST grow using soil...

Before I even start...I want to spend as little as possible. I do not expect amazing results.

What I have already...

Evergreen potting soil, no fertilizers. Organic miracle gro.
one 8.5" planting pot.
One floor lamp with 5 bendy arms. Not sure what it can put out...kinda new with figuring this out...

I plan to stick 5 18 watt flourescent bulbs in it...

The plant will sit on a mid level shelf, in a corner, where I can put tinfoil around the walls...so the standing lamp works for that...

I KNOW it is not going to be very good....but just HOW BAD will this crop be, if it actually buds and I can harvest something?

say, will it be... SHWAG...REGz/MIDS...Barely/Basic good bud...?

How much of that depends on the seed's genetics? It comes from a bag of super-compressed low end crap...super dense...probably mexican or something.

Honestly, even if I get half an ounce of smokeable stuff, its fine...I just want to know what to expect.... and is it possible to go through the vegetative and flowering with only a floor lamp with flourescent bulbs?




I have 4 bagseed seeds germinating in a paper towel, sitting between two paper plates.

2 look like they are starting to sprout, after less than 24 hours.
The other two are immature looking and probably won't sprout.

Read the stickies. If you have a question that applies to your specific circumstance then come back and we'll tackle it!

yeah dude, research research research. your growing not there not us.

well your gonna get good bud. its always somewhere between good -> amazing bud.

4 seeds, 1 pot? that might be an issue. get more pots. keep in mind, you plant 10 seeds. 8 germinate. those turn into 8 plants, one dies cuz you put in too much fertilizer, or bugs, or mildew, or rot. you have 7 plants. you go to flower them, 4 of those are male (chop them down), from the 10 seeds, you have 3 females.
^ this might be a lil pessimistic, sure, but ive had 11 plants and 7 were males. it happens.

youll get decent nuggz using CFLs, i am using them now, no its not like HPS for flowering, but for vegetative, you wont notice any difference, except for less electric bills.

Seed genetics are a LOT. they matter. sure. but the difference is gonna be in taste, quality, and quantity.
i use seeds from midgrade herb i get, crappy crappy herb, and i pull off GREAT BUDS from it. its all about how you treat them, and if your doing it right or not.

i like bagseeds, you clone all the plants, toss the clones that belonged to a male, keep the female clones, grow them, clone the shit outa the ones ya liked / had a high yield, veg more, flower again, harvest, smoke

the key thing here is your starting out, CFLs are fine, get more pots, get fertilizers, PH testers. and get a big ass reservoir for water (or a lot of empty 2 liter bottles, or whatever) so you always have fresh water available.
youll be ok. start a journal, kick back, and dont rush it

nick17gar said:

well your gonna get good bud. its always somewhere between good -> amazing bud.

4 seeds, 1 pot? that might be an issue. get more pots. keep in mind, you plant 10 seeds. 8 germinate. those turn into 8 plants, one dies cuz you put in too much fertilizer, or bugs, or mildew, or rot. you have 7 plants. you go to flower them, 4 of those are male (chop them down), from the 10 seeds, you have 3 females.
^ this might be a lil pessimistic, sure, but ive had 11 plants and 7 were males. it happens.

youll get decent nuggz using CFLs, i am using them now, no its not like HPS for flowering, but for vegetative, you wont notice any difference, except for less electric bills.

Seed genetics are a LOT. they matter. sure. but the difference is gonna be in taste, quality, and quantity.
i use seeds from midgrade herb i get, crappy crappy herb, and i pull off GREAT BUDS from it. its all about how you treat them, and if your doing it right or not.

i like bagseeds, you clone all the plants, toss the clones that belonged to a male, keep the female clones, grow them, clone the shit outa the ones ya liked / had a high yield, veg more, flower again, harvest, smoke

the key thing here is your starting out, CFLs are fine, get more pots, get fertilizers, PH testers. and get a big ass reservoir for water (or a lot of empty 2 liter bottles, or whatever) so you always have fresh water available.
youll be ok. start a journal, kick back, and dont rush it

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I am germinating four because they all looked like bad seeds to me. Two have surprised me, and I will plant those two in plastic cups... I will probably only plant one in the pot though...I know its kinda dumb but I don't have the means for multiple pots/plants. I have a fan but I am worried it might be too powerful.

I did plenty of reading...I browsed these forums for a year straight... Recently I wasn't able to find any posts pertaining to my specific question. How much of a plants quality comes from the genetics, and how much comes from the way you raise it? Would it be 50/50?

If this bagseed that I have turns out to be better than the herb it came from, considering MY lowly setup, does that mean this weed was grown even worse than how I am doing it?

I will probably start a journal once I plant them.