gcvt420
Well-Known Member
Am I the only one with a friend like this? Somehow I doubt it, but here's my story...
My friend of 14 years recently spent a lot of money to set up a two-chamber grow room in his basement. He's got two rooms that are 10' x 7.5' each for veg and flowering, three 600w HPS lights, one 250w MH light, fluoros for clones, passive intake, large exhaust fan, etc.
He apparently has no idea what he is doing and refuses to take the advice of any of a number of friends who have done multiple grows in the past going back 20 years. He's doing it all wrong and refuses to listen to anyone to the point of it being almost comical.
Five days ago, he bought 17 extremely healthy clones and had them under six 2' fluorescent tubes...no proper cloning tray with clear canopy..not bad but not perfect. I go over there tonight and notice that the clones are no longer in the Rubbermaid container under the fluoros and notice amber light leaking out of his flowering room. DOH! Instead of keeping the clones in the cubes under fluoros as he should, he planted each one in cheap plain unsterilized soil in five gallon buckets, put them under the multiple 600w HPS lights, and started feeding them 18-18-21 Miracle Grow fertilizer meant for tomatoes. He also never cleaned the grow rooms to get rid of any bugs that may be present in the 100-year-old building.
Now, obviously, he's having big problems. They've had to constantly raise the lights due to heat and have yellowing leaves dropping off their once perfect clones. He's burning them to death with lights and over-fertilization and refuses to do any research or listen to anyone who's done this many times with great success. I predict major failure across the board.
Who else has friends like this? It's so frustrating trying to help him. He just has the "everyone thinks they're an expert" attitude but will not research on his own or listen to anyone who's trying to help him make this a success.
My friend of 14 years recently spent a lot of money to set up a two-chamber grow room in his basement. He's got two rooms that are 10' x 7.5' each for veg and flowering, three 600w HPS lights, one 250w MH light, fluoros for clones, passive intake, large exhaust fan, etc.
He apparently has no idea what he is doing and refuses to take the advice of any of a number of friends who have done multiple grows in the past going back 20 years. He's doing it all wrong and refuses to listen to anyone to the point of it being almost comical.
Five days ago, he bought 17 extremely healthy clones and had them under six 2' fluorescent tubes...no proper cloning tray with clear canopy..not bad but not perfect. I go over there tonight and notice that the clones are no longer in the Rubbermaid container under the fluoros and notice amber light leaking out of his flowering room. DOH! Instead of keeping the clones in the cubes under fluoros as he should, he planted each one in cheap plain unsterilized soil in five gallon buckets, put them under the multiple 600w HPS lights, and started feeding them 18-18-21 Miracle Grow fertilizer meant for tomatoes. He also never cleaned the grow rooms to get rid of any bugs that may be present in the 100-year-old building.
Now, obviously, he's having big problems. They've had to constantly raise the lights due to heat and have yellowing leaves dropping off their once perfect clones. He's burning them to death with lights and over-fertilization and refuses to do any research or listen to anyone who's done this many times with great success. I predict major failure across the board.
Who else has friends like this? It's so frustrating trying to help him. He just has the "everyone thinks they're an expert" attitude but will not research on his own or listen to anyone who's trying to help him make this a success.
. you did your part as his friend now let him lie in his own mess. he'll come cryin later!!!!!
