Growin the ganja in the dorm :D

[Andreyy]

Ok, let`s get straight to the point. Me an my roomie want to get our growing going. Now we`ve recently ordered 5 feminized Bubblelicious seeds complete with growing kit from nirvana-shop.com

I`ve gone about this forum back and forth an have found plenty of good advice and new info.

HOWEVER... we only want to grow a single pot, maybe 2. As in 1 or 2 plants, nothing more. So i`m looking for advice on how to grow a small scale operation such as this and in our dorm room nonetheless


Worth mentioning, we have a big, big room, lots of space, just the two of us inside, other than the cleaning ladies that come every thursday, no one we don`t want in comes in.

My plan was pretty basic really. Buy the seeds, the nirvana growing kit, 2-3 pots, GROW THE GANJA. Seems like it`s a bit more complicated than that though, so if you would, i`d very much appreciate some help and tips here.


EDIT: once i get things together and start growing, i will post step by step how i went about setting my plant up and if it is successfull -as in my plants grows healthy and pretty- i will separate it into a post of how i did it, in hope that if someone else needs a small scale stealth build like i do, it may come in handy. So please, let`s all work together and make this project into a success

Ja ja bless my brothers

 

[valjean]

build it into a cabinet, needs air flow. do you have any specific questions? what medium are you planning on growing in?

 

[Wordz]

do you really think growing in your dorm room is smart? is an oz or 2 of bud worth more than a college education?

 

[Andreyy]

do you really think growing in your dorm room is smart? is an oz or 2 of bud worth more than a college education?

it`s safe man, i live in a super luxury dorm so i have all the privacy i need. I`ve been going over this all summer.


"valjean build it into a cabinet, needs air flow. do you have any specific questions? what medium are you planning on growing in? "

ok, i can do that. I have tall, rather roomy closets. I plan on growing into soil. Also worth mentioning is that we`re working on a budget and with rather limited resources. We don`t have a ton of money nor do i live in a country where i can easily find much of what is posted as necesary kit on other weed growing threads

Specific questions...

• what light cycles should i use/ are they absolutely necesary?
• I understand a soil ph of about 6 is necesary, but what should i ask for at the store? A clay, dark soil, what kind?
• how often should i water
• Can i just use non-bubbling mineral water/ can i use it in all stages of growing w\o sacrificing quality?
• can i make do with ordinary light bulbs? If not what cheap alternatives do i have?
• Other than filtering the smell, do carbon filters have other use?
• What should i do about ventilation? how do i set that up because this is maybe my biggest problem. I have no skills in this matter (setting up electronics, wiring, voltage etc.)

This would be it for starters i think. What i am most confused about is what exactly do i need to get my plant up and going right at the start. I don`t want to wake up with my seeds at the reception and waste time and valuable seeds doing it wrong.

I also want to end up with a healty, well yielding plant in the end, so even if i don`t have all the cash in the world i still want to get good results on a budget

 

[InsaneInTheBrain]

Is the cleaning lady have an association with the college? I would be worried about her stumbling across it. I personally wouldn't do it, but to each their own.

You will definitely want a carbon filter for smell. Sounds like a CFL grow would make sense for you guys. Information about the space you're growing in (dimensions, setup, etc) would be helpful.

How much reseach have you done? Are you familiar with vegging/flowering stages, etc. There are other examples on the forum of stealth set ups you can use as reference.

 

[Homegrown4203]

Seriously a terrible idea.If anyone gets word of what you're doing, or if they have any reason to search your dorm they will and can at a moment's notice. Your rights are severely limited in a dorm, and being caught means no more college and probably jail time.Running what it takes to even grow even 1-2 plants adds considerable noise, and the possibility for odor, both of which can be easily detected (even in your 'luxury' dorm).

 

[InsaneInTheBrain]

Specific questions...

• what light cycles should i use/ are they absolutely necesary?
• I understand a soil ph of about 6 is necesary, but what should i ask for at the store? A clay, dark soil, what kind?
• how often should i water
• Can i just use non-bubbling mineral water/ can i use it in all stages of growing w\o sacrificing quality?
• can i make do with ordinary light bulbs? If not what cheap alternatives do i have?
• Other than filtering the smell, do carbon filters have other use?
• What should i do about ventilation? how do i set that up because this is maybe my biggest problem. I have no skills in this matter (setting up electronics, wiring, voltage etc.)

This would be it for starters i think. What i am most confused about is what exactly do i need to get my plant up and going right at the start. I don`t want to wake up with my seeds at the reception and waste time and valuable seeds doing it wrong.

I also want to end up with a healty, well yielding plant in the end, so even if i don`t have all the cash in the world i still want to get good results on a budget

Light cycles in veg are typically 18/6 and then 12/12 in flowering. They are absolutely necessary. Some people veg under 24/0 lights, but some people say that causes too much stress.

Regular light bulbs won't do anything for you. You can use CFL bulbs with the appropriate spectrums (6500k for vegging/2700k for flowering). I'm not sure if they are easily available where you are, but I can get them here for about a $1 (for the 26w actual bulbs).

You can set up ventilation however you want. You will probaly have some combo of an inline fan + tubing. Basically, you want to take the hot, smelly air from inside your grow area and force it out (through the filter) to the air outside. You can have a passive intake.

There's a ton of info on here... I find that if you go to google and do a search agains the site, you can usually find what you want.

For example, for your watering question, go to google and type (or paste) the following:

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site:rollitup.org how often should I water?

 

[Billwill]

Seriously a terrible idea.If anyone gets word of what you're doing, or if they have any reason to search your dorm they will and can at a moment's notice. Your rights are severely limited in a dorm, and being caught means no more college and probably jail time.Running what it takes to even grow even 1-2 plants adds considerable noise, and the possibility for odor, both of which can be easily detected (even in your 'luxury' dorm).

Yeah dude, its not worth it at all. It would just be a waste of money "IF" you get caught,go to jail, and didn't even grad. Then you have to pay back whatever money you borrowed to go to college. PLUS if you get caught that goes on your record and most good schools look down on that thing..

Your best bet in my eyes are outside, (but it is prob to cold) or have someone else grow it in there dorm. But if you think you guys can get away with it, more power to ya guys and I will try to help ya out as much as I can.

Good Luck buddy

 

[Andreyy]

Thanks for that info Insaneinthebrain, i`ll keep my mind on that. The setup is one big, big roo, by my eye it's... about 6x5 meters and a decent hallway with 2 bathrooms. The rooms are separated by wall and door. I know of the flowering\vegging stages, i`m down with that. my biggest headache is how to setup the instalation. I`ll post some pics of my room and the dresser where i want to set things up tommorrow.

Also, on the smell issue i was thinking air freshners like Glade or whatever. Those concentrated perfumes. Bubblelicious i understand doesn`t have avery specific weed smell so i think that combined with some air fresheners i could do ok on the scent front. Carbon filters are just too expensive for our setup, and especially for 1-2 plants :-s

Thanks Billwill for the good wishes, as well as everyone else helping, i`m glad i posted here

You have a good point homegrown, several good points actually, but i`ve allready decided i`m going through with this and as long as i do it smart and keep discrete, i reckon it will be fine. Thanks for your input, i`ll keep what you said in mind throughout the growing process, i`ll make sure to be careful mate

*have to think how i will ventilate it still... *ponderponderponder ><*

 

[valjean]

well if you are in an open room and not a cabinet any circular fan directed at an upward angle through the plants towards the lights. in a cabinet, which is definitely stealthier, you need to buy 120mm computer fans and appropriate converters and cut holes in the back of the cabinet lower ones that blow in with a passive outtake on top or ones on top that blow out with passive intake on the bottom, personally i like passive outtake because more wind is on the plants.

 

[GrizzlyAdams]

I'd advise you not to do this. The fact that you are saying you are going to buy some glade rather than a carbon filter? Good luck I guess but I'd advise to wait a couple years, weed will still exist

 

[KBkiller42]

This sounds very risky. You really need to decide if its safe enough and if 1-2 ounces in 3 months time is really worth getting kicked out of school and being arrested. If i felt my setup was stealthy enough and i knew i wasnt going to get caught I would go through with it. But you never know what could happen.First off NEVER TELL ANYONE your growing make sure your roomates does the same, people cant keep there mouth shut. I would recommend buying either a big tupperware box or even card board box maybe if your only growing 2 plants and are keeping them short(or whatever size you need). You need atleast two fans one oscilating inside the grow box and one sucking air out of the top of the box and if you can get one for intake that would help too. you will need atleast 3 26 watt cfl's per plant for flower (depending on plant height) Veg you need 5500-6500 k bulbs and for flowering you need 2700 k. You will need a temperature gauge as well. You going to need a timer some extension cords and light fixtures to house you bulbs.I dont know if you have walmart near you or home depot but most any hardware store would probably have light socket fixtureshttp://www.geniedoor.com/uploads/light-socket-a-1.jpg This is what you need.

You need to keep your temperature between 70-85 for optimal growth. Growing is way more advanced than what i have listed but this will get you started.

 

[Fditty00]

Morons!! Jus buy some weed! Ur already on campus. You guys r why smokers like us always seem to look bad. 'where did u graduate?' Oh, I didnt, I got thrown out for a half O of smoke. Community college here they come!!!

 

[Fditty00]

Air fresheners!! Wtf?? Hee hee...

 

[andy appleseed]

Air fresheners!! Wtf?? Hee hee...

You are going to stink up the building, I guarantee you.....You must do everything you can to prevent that unmistakeable smell. So you will have to spend some money on some good gear.

I dried out about 5 grams in my house the other day to sample and it stunk up my entire house. Even after I sprayed freebreeze everywhere my wife still bitched about the smell.

 

[cerberus]

when consequetive pot heads say its a bad idea, its a bad idea.. any drug related charge will exclude you from any financ. aid. Dorms don't have the same rights as even apartments.. just a bad idea, move off campus.

you don't think your roomy will tell anyone? its a college campus, rumor mills abound.

but

good luck to ya, the world always needs more college drop outs! who else is gonna dig my ditch?

 

[mared juwan]

The responsible thing to do is to tell you not to do this. I was busted for smoking weed in my college dorm room and it made life suck hard for quite a while. And I was just smoking, not growing. After being busted, I was kicked out of my dorm and no longer allowed to live on campus, my full-ride scholarship was gone, and I had to take drug tests once a month and meet with a "counselor" for the rest of my college career. This was at a college which I had foolishly considered to be tolerant of marijuana. With that being said, you seem pretty intent on doing this. So please do yourself a favor and make it completely undetectable. Look at what this guy did and go from there ----->
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/255577-well-i-built-myself-grow.html It is well worth spending the extra effort to build something like that in your situation. Notice the guy's grow cab has a lock on it which would be a VERY good idea. But the biggest potential problem I see for you is who will know about this grow. You better be 200% confident that neither you nor your roommate will ever get drunk and let it slip out what you are doing. Because then you are officially fucked. It sounds like you have a pretty nice dorm but the college environment is always a difficult place to keep secrets, especially one like this. Best of luck. -/\/\ared

 

[Jerry Garcia]

The responsible thing to do is to tell you not to do this. I was busted for smoking weed in my college dorm room and it made life suck hard for quite a while. And I was just smoking, not growing. After being busted, I was kicked out of my dorm and no longer allowed to live on campus, my full-ride scholarship was gone, and I had to take drug tests once a month and meet with a "counselor" for the rest of my college career. This was at a college which I had foolishly considered to be tolerant of marijuana. With that being said, you seem pretty intent on doing this. So please do yourself a favor and make it completely undetectable. Look at what this guy did and go from there ----->
https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/255577-well-i-built-myself-grow.html It is well worth spending the extra effort to build something like that in your situation. Notice the guy's grow cab has a lock on it which would be a VERY good idea. But the biggest potential problem I see for you is who will know about this grow. You better be 200% confident that neither you nor your roommate will ever get drunk and let it slip out what you are doing. Because then you are officially fucked. It sounds like you have a pretty nice dorm but the college environment is always a difficult place to keep secrets, especially one like this. Best of luck. -/\/\ared

Sucks about your college experience mared...hopefully people can learn from your mistakes!

 

[mared juwan]

Sucks about your college experience mared...hopefully people can learn from your mistakes!

Thanks Jerry. If nobody else learns from them at least I have. I didn't even mention the 150 hours of community service I had to do

 

[Mattithius]

So everyone I think needs to chill out a lil to start..... Andy, my man..., I think you are a little excited yourself. If you are serious about growin, you should use the dorm time as Research and development time not sceptical time.... by that I mean, why not WAIT. wait till you have the ability to live off campus... and you will not have to be so worried all the time. I assume you are a younger student being forced to live on campus....

Just lookin the situation... you Could... start... have your one or two plants... be sketched out by possible maids or friends...

why not get that cool apartment next year you guys were already thinking about getting, giving you a place that is 10000% more safe than any dorm. Also if you wait..... you can SAVE YOUR MONEY on lower quality items.. such as cfls over an hps or mh (which would give you much better buds)

By not doing something somewhat supid (ive known people that have grown in dorms) you will be able to buy much better tools to help you grow MUCH better quality and quantity buds in a MUCH safer location...

Overall dorms=Bad (not yours) House = Good (really safe) Apartment= somewhat safe (people might smell it .. they might not...)

So yeah it will be fun and you will probably get some bud out of it.. its just not worth it...

you can make much better product, only spending money once, and have security handled in a much better way.

Lookin forward to seein what you do come up with in that dorm though.. pics would be nice.. like I said before... its not that its a horrible idea... its just not the best place to grow...

You are going to stink up the building, I guarantee you.....You must do everything you can to prevent that unmistakeable smell. So you will have to spend some money on some good gear.

I dried out about 5 grams in my house the other day to sample and it stunk up my entire house. Even after I sprayed freebreeze everywhere my wife still bitched about the smell.