lovingthegreen
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Hi! Posting this to get my ass in gear, I'm really tired right now but I wanted to post.
MJ really agrees with my personal body chemistry, it makes me feel "normal" for lack of a better word, I'm kinda unemotional/down without it, not to a pathological degree, but I sure feel better when I've got even a little of it around, it's my natural antidepressant I guess. I liked it since I first tried it and I'm tired of having to hunt down a supply, so I'm going to take the plunge and start a grow soon. The people on this board seem to be on average really nice and helpful, so I'm joining up.
I'm gonna start a stealth grow soon, going to order from Attitude when their June 4-7 special is on, too good to resist. It's hard to focus right now, fatigue from work plus allergies I think, but here's some random info, I might repost this to a separate thread once I get more organized.
Strain: Probably "Master Kush", says it's a good beginner strain, also short, which is good as I'm going to probably grow inside some sort of cheap tub from Walmart etc
Lights: CFLs, they are cheap and available. This is going to be a cheap sort of grow. Gotta learn and start somewhere.
Grow medium: Soil. Probably some regular stuff from Canadian Tire etc. I've also got some basic liquid and solid houseplant fertilizer, should be fine for the herb as well.
Current equipment: Some plant pots, lots of power strips, some extension cords, an old PC that doesn't work but has a working CPU fan etc, fertilizer as noted above, brita water filter pitcher for making nice clean water.
Plan: Ideally I'd like a continous permanent grow. Small-scale, as it's for personal consumption, cheap, as I don't have a lot of money, and stealth, for the obvious reasons. I've read a fair bit from the various threads and have basic understanding of lights, the plants biology etc. Since the flower period is about twice as long as the vegging period, I'm thinking of maybe 3 boxes, call them Veg, Flower A and Flower B. Gonna start with seeds in Veg, then clone, move the clones to Veg, the mature plants to Flower A, and so on. Should allow a harvest every 5 weeks once the cycle is fully running.
Not going to obsess over details on this first grow. Going to water the plants with Brita filtered (carbon filtered) ordinary water, as needed, adding a small amount of liquid fertilizer every so often. I'll see how the plants respond and up or down the amount of water and fert accordingly. Going to let them veg for as long as they want under 20/4, hopefully get them nice and strong, then put them in the flower box for some 12/12 until hopefully I get some nice fat buds.
Issues: Main issue is just the handyman stuff with lights, cutting holes in the boxes etc. I'm not particularly good at that stuff. I'm fine with plants and planning etc though, so it should work out. I'm not too worried about smell, as this is going to be small scale, with a non-super-smelly breed, in a closed room in my apartment, possibly in a closet if the boxes fit. With some odor killer chems it should be fine.
That's about all I can think of right now. Once I've made a bit of progress I'll post my grow journal thread. I figure the next step is strolling around a few stores and seeing what I can buy for cheap. I'm thinking I need CFLs, probably a cutting knife of some sort suitable for the type of box I buy, some sockets or whatever to connect the CFLs to the power strips, some sort of glue to glue the strips to the top of the box, potting soil, probably some fans, 1 intake and 1 outtake per box, 1 timer per box, maybe a PH sensor, moisture sensor etc, if they are cheap.
Comment and suggestions are welcome. Happy growing everybody.
MJ really agrees with my personal body chemistry, it makes me feel "normal" for lack of a better word, I'm kinda unemotional/down without it, not to a pathological degree, but I sure feel better when I've got even a little of it around, it's my natural antidepressant I guess. I liked it since I first tried it and I'm tired of having to hunt down a supply, so I'm going to take the plunge and start a grow soon. The people on this board seem to be on average really nice and helpful, so I'm joining up.
I'm gonna start a stealth grow soon, going to order from Attitude when their June 4-7 special is on, too good to resist. It's hard to focus right now, fatigue from work plus allergies I think, but here's some random info, I might repost this to a separate thread once I get more organized.
Strain: Probably "Master Kush", says it's a good beginner strain, also short, which is good as I'm going to probably grow inside some sort of cheap tub from Walmart etc
Lights: CFLs, they are cheap and available. This is going to be a cheap sort of grow. Gotta learn and start somewhere.
Grow medium: Soil. Probably some regular stuff from Canadian Tire etc. I've also got some basic liquid and solid houseplant fertilizer, should be fine for the herb as well.
Current equipment: Some plant pots, lots of power strips, some extension cords, an old PC that doesn't work but has a working CPU fan etc, fertilizer as noted above, brita water filter pitcher for making nice clean water.
Plan: Ideally I'd like a continous permanent grow. Small-scale, as it's for personal consumption, cheap, as I don't have a lot of money, and stealth, for the obvious reasons. I've read a fair bit from the various threads and have basic understanding of lights, the plants biology etc. Since the flower period is about twice as long as the vegging period, I'm thinking of maybe 3 boxes, call them Veg, Flower A and Flower B. Gonna start with seeds in Veg, then clone, move the clones to Veg, the mature plants to Flower A, and so on. Should allow a harvest every 5 weeks once the cycle is fully running.
Not going to obsess over details on this first grow. Going to water the plants with Brita filtered (carbon filtered) ordinary water, as needed, adding a small amount of liquid fertilizer every so often. I'll see how the plants respond and up or down the amount of water and fert accordingly. Going to let them veg for as long as they want under 20/4, hopefully get them nice and strong, then put them in the flower box for some 12/12 until hopefully I get some nice fat buds.
Issues: Main issue is just the handyman stuff with lights, cutting holes in the boxes etc. I'm not particularly good at that stuff. I'm fine with plants and planning etc though, so it should work out. I'm not too worried about smell, as this is going to be small scale, with a non-super-smelly breed, in a closed room in my apartment, possibly in a closet if the boxes fit. With some odor killer chems it should be fine.
That's about all I can think of right now. Once I've made a bit of progress I'll post my grow journal thread. I figure the next step is strolling around a few stores and seeing what I can buy for cheap. I'm thinking I need CFLs, probably a cutting knife of some sort suitable for the type of box I buy, some sockets or whatever to connect the CFLs to the power strips, some sort of glue to glue the strips to the top of the box, potting soil, probably some fans, 1 intake and 1 outtake per box, 1 timer per box, maybe a PH sensor, moisture sensor etc, if they are cheap.
Comment and suggestions are welcome. Happy growing everybody.
