Alright, so the economy is flying down the crapper fast. I figure the only safe field is things what keep ppl's mind off of they're problems. I myself might lose my job in the next few months. Once I get out of a DOT sensitive position, I'd like to get into some good smoke again.
I smoked a grip when I was younger, even tried to growing a few times. Plants always came up too spindly... too much water,feed, light. Too much... 'babying'. Plus my damn cat ate a few of my sprouts.
Since then I've grown several vegetable type plants for cooking and my herps (reptiles). Had much luck with 48" Fluorescents. But just recently I picked up some HPS lamps and bulbs. Designed for streetlight usage, but easily converted.
Placed an order with Attitude last night. Some Buddha dwarfs I think... hell if I know. But apparently I get some free seeds too. Don't know much about breeds and crap, but I figure the free seeds are probably less important then the purchased ones. So I'll start with them.
I've had luck with wet paper towel germination and small greenhouse box sprouting before, so I think I'll start there. Probably with some of those jiffy cup thingies. Going to use fluorescents for sprouting, 18hour cycle. Used that with the majority of my veggies, had good luck.
Plan on using soil, as I tend to tinker too much with hydroponics... Killed a whole crop of tomatoes... Irritated me.
Going to start small, hopefully all five of those free seeds sprout. Wife doesn't know yet, so I wanna take small bites at her till she complies.
Fin to make a small single area grow box, like the 'grow closet' I saw here somewhere. Utilizing tracks and rails, I plan on making the lights raise and lower depending on the current cycle. As I said before the HPS will be my main gun, but I plan to rig up some CFL's to put out some blues in the mix.
I'll put up some pic's when I get to that stage. Plan to use this thread as a diary following my progress and as an area to catch suggestions.
Anyhow, Mundane real life crap calls to me.
Later
I smoked a grip when I was younger, even tried to growing a few times. Plants always came up too spindly... too much water,feed, light. Too much... 'babying'. Plus my damn cat ate a few of my sprouts.
Since then I've grown several vegetable type plants for cooking and my herps (reptiles). Had much luck with 48" Fluorescents. But just recently I picked up some HPS lamps and bulbs. Designed for streetlight usage, but easily converted.
Placed an order with Attitude last night. Some Buddha dwarfs I think... hell if I know. But apparently I get some free seeds too. Don't know much about breeds and crap, but I figure the free seeds are probably less important then the purchased ones. So I'll start with them.
I've had luck with wet paper towel germination and small greenhouse box sprouting before, so I think I'll start there. Probably with some of those jiffy cup thingies. Going to use fluorescents for sprouting, 18hour cycle. Used that with the majority of my veggies, had good luck.
Plan on using soil, as I tend to tinker too much with hydroponics... Killed a whole crop of tomatoes... Irritated me.
Going to start small, hopefully all five of those free seeds sprout. Wife doesn't know yet, so I wanna take small bites at her till she complies.
Fin to make a small single area grow box, like the 'grow closet' I saw here somewhere. Utilizing tracks and rails, I plan on making the lights raise and lower depending on the current cycle. As I said before the HPS will be my main gun, but I plan to rig up some CFL's to put out some blues in the mix.
I'll put up some pic's when I get to that stage. Plan to use this thread as a diary following my progress and as an area to catch suggestions.
Anyhow, Mundane real life crap calls to me.
Later
