Hello from New England

Hello, everyone,

Total noob, here; actually just got into smoking recently and fascinated by the culture and science revolving around growing and smoking. I have been more focused on the consumption aspect, via attempting to make my own pipes and vapes, but I've been thinking of broadening my horizons towards growing. I've got a secluded 5.5' x 4.5' x 7' area in the basement that seems like it was designed for such a purpose. I'll probably be on the sidelines for a while as I develop the space, but as soon as I get going I plan to post progress (and of course ask for help).

This is a great site, and I look forward to picking some brains and basking in the wisdom of veteran growers and smokers alike.

Welcome to RIU SixStringStoner hope you enjoy stay, yeah lots of good Folks and Helpful as well.

What Strain you thinking of growing? and what kind of Light setup you thinking of going with?

Soil/Compost is a very forgiving medium for 1st timers...

Peace

Thanks, CC!

Don't know what strain(s) I'll be growing yet, though I've had some good experiences with Jillybean. Looking for a hybrid heavier on the stavia side. As for my grow room, I started a post ( https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/773338-basic-set-up-lighting.html) but I may have jumped the gun and not totally explored the fullness of the site. What can I say? I'm a n00b.

Welcome SixString!

Jillybean is one of my favs.

Def check the stickies in each sub-forum, and be ready to spend some time reading. Lots of good info here.

I'm in New England myself. Small world.

Welcome to RIU,Six!

Welcome! As a fellow newbie, I can tell you this site has tons of info. Do a lot of reading!

Great another grower that fucken asome !!!!!!!!

Curious can you purchase beans locally? In my state you can, if not I would recommend not settling for what everyone is growing and branch out beyond TGA. I think you would find Cinderella 99 or C99 to be a great sativa leaner, you can find a thread or 2 here debating who has the best C99. Breeders I would recommend checking out:

Serious Seeds
Dj Short
Spice of Life
Rare Dankness

just a few you'll find plenty of options, here are a few I feel are hit or miss (but gems are there to be found for sure)

Cali Connection
Emerald Triangle Seeds
TGA - pay attention to his crosses almost all consist of either Spacequeen or Jack the Ripper male, thus many of his strains produce similar phenos (space queen phenos)

welcome aboard