easiest way to grow some homegrown?

[wake and bake]

this would be my first grow but i woud lvoe to get some experience so i ant to know what advice you guys can give me on the easiest way to grow some homegrown, i dont mean like some high end strain jsut some basic stuff and maybe some ways to keep the smell on the downlow, peace

 

[Nocturn3]

The recommended way is to pick your grow area, measure it, get a light that will adequately cover the space (HPS light, usually), and get a decent fan that can push through a carbon filter to vent the heat and eliminate the smell.

Of course, this setup will cost some money to implement. There are ways to cut corners and DIY things if you don't want to sink too much cash into the project, but you only get out what you put in with growing.

If the above setup sounds too much, you can grow with just a few CFLs in a small space. Just don't expect fantastic yields with this method.

 

[wake and bake]

you mean theyre wont be as much bud or jsut low quality?

 

[sgr42o]

Like Nocturn3 already mentioned it all depends on your budget but if you want a simple way and don't want to invest a lot of money just yet CFL's are the way to go. Also, while CFL's often don't compete with HPS/MH if you do enough research and/or have a natural talent for growing you'll be able to prove otherwise.

Unfortunately for me I've only done the research part and the two closets I grow in aren't the best areas to grow. My last grow I got a little over a half ounce on a plant and thats all I grew. This grow I'm doing three plants and have added a TON of 42watt CFL's to the mix so hopefully my yield will be improved. Keep in mind my grows lack several things and still get me homegrown such as:

Proper ventilation
Poor soil (Miracle grow... I've sworn I'll get Ocean Forest next grow)
A decent grower (I'm learning though )

 

[sugaryDAVE]

yeah man, i went the cheapest way i could an i have 2 sic ass looking plants , froms seeds of some reg shit i had smoked not the top of the line, but if you your self grow it , it going to be so fresh and no one else has touched it you kno, you never kno how many hands the bud you buy out in the street have touched and how far it has travled, just amagine fresh grown bud... my point is check out my thread pretty cheap set up i have.

 

[richjames]

Look for ur first grow, would it be at all possible to do it outside? I mean, to put it plain and simple, if u just picked a spot in the bacyard or wherever, plant ur seed, and just remember to water it, u can get some pretty good results, without worrying about spending all the dough on lights and all the other stuff that comes with indoor growing.... Of course it may not be plausible in ur situation, but just an idea. Imo, outdoor would be the way to start out, I've found it to be very forgiving. Check out one of me and my buddy's first grows, outdoors of course. He even used miracle gro nutes like crazy and never had any probs.... Cept he was losin sleep at night cuz he thought someone was gonna steal it, LOL.... but noone else knew, and it all worked out sweet!

 

[wake and bake]

ahha not bad man ill keep that in mind when the summer comes around rite now tis winter thats why i was looking for some indoor tips, but in the summer i definitly plan to grow some outfoor stuff.

 

[richjames]

SGR, How big of plants are u growing? Also, is adding an hps out of the question? If u want to improve ur yeilds, a major part is ur plants environment, I've found temps to be the most key of all. If u can keep it aroud 76ish in there, then ur golden. An hps will put out way way wayyy more than any amout of cfl's u could manage to setup, and would greatly improve bud density as well. I'm growing 3 plants as well as urself, and I got a 400w HPS blastin em with 50,000+ lumens as well as CFL's at various points for bushiness. Don't get me wrong, cfl's are great for veggin, but if u wanna put that veggin to good use, then get an HPS in there, more lumens=more yield(if used correcltly of corse) but naturallym, the high power HPS creates high heat as well, just amatter of keep it close, and keepin it cool.

 

[richjames]

ahha not bad man ill keep that in mind when the summer comes around rite now tis winter thats why i was looking for some indoor tips, but in the summer i definitly plan to grow some outfoor stuff.

Its winter where I am too, winter as fuck! Cant wait till summer already! I don't grow outdoor myself, but someone on this site once gave me some great advice I'd never thought of, simple as it may be, but I figured i'd share it with ya, kinda what this is all about right? Anyways, I posted that pick and someone was sayin if we wanted to get a bigger plant in a shorter summer, around HERE spring+summmer= about 4-5months.... All u do is just start ur plant indoors, and time it so that when the snows gone, and the days are gettin longer, u transplant the biatch from inside, where it has been quietly vegging, to ur spot outside in early spring. Su for example, u could veg a plant indoors till it was a foot, or two, or whatever really, during the winter then put it outside in the spring!

 

[sgr42o]

Richjames, I guess what I meant to say is CFL's can produce damn good yeild if you're a great grower. (Look at the buds4less book.. 8 oz's off three plants!) But HPS definitely makes it much easier to produce similar yeilds. With CFL's you could have the perfect grow setup and simply not rotating the plants or placing the CFL's in the right area can DRAMATICALLY decrease yeild.

My plants stay small. I flower them on the 16-20th day of veg if they are looking healthy. You're definitely right about temps, my last grow saw 85F+ and 70-75 lights off. I'm sure the plant suffered because of it. Unfortunately my current grow is the exact opposite, perfect temps during lights on but 50-60F depending on the weather outside when lights are out. Also MG soil sucks bad. You'd think I would have learned last grow. Next time I'll get FF soil but it costs a ton via shipping because no where here sells it:\

 

[richjames]

ya know what? On my firstgro i used the mg moisture control and ya it sucked, but probly not as bad as I did at the time, LOL... I still don't got the cash to buy the F.F.O.F. stuff so I've been using the scotts potting mix. Even though it's made by the same company as miracle gro, the amount of nutrients in the soil itself is minimal. It is high in nitrgen, but soon I've noticed the ack of phos, and potassium, which of corse make this soil good for vegging, and can easily be supplimented with the required P and K nutes in mid to late vegging dependiung on plant/pot size etc...

 

[sgr42o]

ya know what? On my firstgro i used the mg moisture control and ya it sucked, but probly not as bad as I did at the time, LOL... I still don't got the cash to buy the F.F.O.F. stuff so I've been using the scotts potting mix. Even though it's made by the same company as miracle gro, the amount of nutrients in the soil itself is minimal. It is high in nitrgen, but soon I've noticed the ack of phos, and potassium, which of corse make this soil good for vegging, and can easily be supplimented with the required P and K nutes in mid to late vegging dependiung on plant/pot size etc...

Ahh awesome that scotts potting soil is everywhere. I always assumed it'd be just as bad as MG since it says it feeds for 9 months but looks like I should give it a try. I'm trying to just take the hit and get FF soil and nutes but at least I got something to fall back on if all else fails. MG just ain't cutting it.. one of my WW's is burnt to hell and the other is only slightly burnt but may get worse. (I even added 1/4 perlite too to try to dilute it with no luck)

Thanks for the advice man!

 

[richjames]

Scotts is even the same company as miracle gro, and it is pre-nuted as well, but not to the extent that mg soils are. Like the mg moisture control i started out with in the beginning had an NPK of 18-18-21, the scotts stuff i use now has a ratio of like 0.9-0.7-0.6(not exact, but u get the idea). Never had it burn any seedlings or nothin. But u will need to add some perlite to it, since it doesn't drain very well without it, but other than that, it works well.

 

[The sim's Bob Newbie]

RIGHT!!! A BASIC HOW TO GROW...

1. Germinate the seeds (run a paper towel under the tap, wring it out and stick the seed in it, then stick somewhere warm for a few days)
2. Plant them half an inch deep in flowerpot
3. Water

BAM! - you'll have a seedling in a few days, your under way! Lights should be on 24 hours a day and 3-4 inches away from the tops of the seedlings

4. Keep checking the soil to see if its still moist on top, when its dry add water until a little water comes out the bottom of the pot and keep repeating this

5. After 3 and a half to 4 weeks start feeding (I've personally had good results with bio-grow...only use 1 ml per litre of water) also, change the light cycle to 18 hours light 6 dark

6. Keep this up til they get to half the height you can handle - then switch to 12/12 lighting

7. Changing nutrients - bio-bloom once you've switched

8. Keep this up and you'll see the buds form!

9. Once you've decided when your gonna harvest after however long...usually about 8-12 weeks...you need to flush them - simply give them about as much plain water as you have compost in the pot, MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE YOU PULL OR ELSE IT WON'T SMELL RIGHT, and possibly not taste right!

10. Cut the plants and hang somewhere dark for a week-week-and-a-half then you can start smoking!

Look around on youtube for videos...

 

[richjames]

Doesn't get much more basic than that! Might wanna add that the germinating seeds should be in TOTAL DARKNESS as well.

 

[wake and bake]

thanks for the replies guys its helping alot i think i can put them all together and come up wiht a pretty basic way to grow some mean green ahah , peace

 

[KP2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW5Vz0HgRE