The UK Growers Thread!

mr west

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this seemed like a good thread to make a first post, being in the uk and all. been lurking on this site for over a year. and im thinking on starting a small outdoor grow this spring. ive been studying countless grow guides journals and videos so i think ive learned the basics lol. i am sorta worried about the typical british weather ruining my plants so i doubt ill spend too much on seeds. it should be a great experience whether im succsesful or not.

once u start tho it takes over and u spend more and more money on it but then u start getting buds so it all pays for its self in a few grows lol. Good luck mate, this weathesr a bitch but the suns on its ways back now so wont be long b4 u can turn ya heating off.
 

SM4RT3

Active Member
you and me both mate luckily i coverd the cup in duct tape i'm gonna go and wrap it up a bit more i only put 1 wrap around on it also found some cellotape on there aswell i must have been rat arsed lol i'm gonna have my last burn now and then the next 1 will be from my batch hopefully in about 5 wks i never knew time could go so slow while waiting on your own but hopefully should be perpetual after this hoping for a crop every 2months from this setup i've gotta crack on with my other setup next wk i just can't get over how expensive it is for the reflective sheeting i might just go for the black and white stuff i think mylar is to thin to hang like wall paper without anything behind it and the thick diamond reflective is over £5pm and i'm gonna need about 50m worth this is the only thing holding me back right now
Mylar isnt to bad, i had it hangin in my first grow n reused it in this one, its not that thick as to black all light comming out, not leaking light but showing light through it, if u get what i mean, pic in my album shows what i mean... place i get it from is £1.50 a Mtr thats the black n white 2m Wide, pretty sturdy stuff n the diamond back is £4.00 a Mtr, got mine held in place with tacks, then i gaffer taped the edges up.

but for 50M thats a lot of money for reflective sheetin, they might do you a discount for bulk, other than that get your painbrush out lol

http://www.grotec.co.uk/search.php?search=mylar 10m Black n white £10.00
 

W Dragon

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Mylar isnt to bad, i had it hangin in my first grow n reused it in this one, its not that thick as to black all light comming out, not leaking light but showing light through it, if u get what i mean, pic in my album shows what i mean... place i get it from is £1.50 a Mtr thats the black n white 2m Wide, pretty sturdy stuff n the diamond back is £4.00 a Mtr, got mine held in place with tacks, then i gaffer taped the edges up.

but for 50M thats a lot of money for reflective sheetin, they might do you a discount for bulk, other than that get your painbrush out lol

http://www.grotec.co.uk/search.php?search=mylar 10m Black n white £10.00
thanks mate much appreciated as always that'll help save me a few£ i know what you mean about the light penetration, 50m is just to start 30m for the floor 60m for the ceiling and then enough to make 2 smaller rooms 1 either side mother/veg and the other for the clones all together i think about 120m to be on the safe side it's an attic in a family members house the only thing i've put in so far is the floor i'm not gonna bother insulating yet it costs to much for me at the mo i'm thinking at the mo 1 600w hps and 4 250w flower cfl-s for the first grow and try 20 clones from about 2wks old what do you think mate? i'm gonna use some of the profits to fund all the upgrades then as i go due to limited funds just cost me £150 to put the floor in and that was me doing it all on my own
 

SM4RT3

Active Member
thanks mate much appreciated as always that'll help save me a few£ i know what you mean about the light penetration, 50m is just to start 30m for the floor 60m for the ceiling and then enough to make 2 smaller rooms 1 either side mother/veg and the other for the clones all together i think about 120m to be on the safe side it's an attic in a family members house the only thing i've put in so far is the floor i'm not gonna bother insulating yet it costs to much for me at the mo i'm thinking at the mo 1 600w hps and 4 250w flower cfl-s for the first grow and try 20 clones from about 2wks old what do you think mate? i'm gonna use some of the profits to fund all the upgrades then as i go due to limited funds just cost me £150 to put the floor in and that was me doing it all on my own

No wories mate, glad to help in what areas i can, my grow knowledge is lackin so if i can find a reasonable deal's on the net then all is well.
Mate that setup sounds pretty much spot on to me, if i had the cash i would prob build 2 rooms in the attic aswell, veg and grow and the perpetual thing goin on, but as money comes into it like always i'll make do with what i got... For now lol...

One thing always woried me bout using high ligting in the attik is the polis, they use some mad machine that energy companies use for finding faults on electric cables, or summat like that, saw it on a recent cannabis docu, n lots of polis where i am lol

n to view albums, click my name above the avatar then view profile, think its in there.
 

SM4RT3

Active Member
Weekends go way to quick, hate the thought of gettin my ass up early for work, but if i dont, i dont get paid, and thats incentive enough...

Take it easy Dragon

Peace
 

W Dragon

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No wories mate, glad to help in what areas i can, my grow knowledge is lackin so if i can find a reasonable deal's on the net then all is well.
Mate that setup sounds pretty much spot on to me, if i had the cash i would prob build 2 rooms in the attic aswell, veg and grow and the perpetual thing goin on, but as money comes into it like always i'll make do with what i got... For now lol...

One thing always woried me bout using high ligting in the attik is the polis, they use some mad machine that energy companies use for finding faults on electric cables, or summat like that, saw it on a recent cannabis docu, n lots of polis where i am lol

n to view albums, click my name above the avatar then view profile, think its in there.
that is 1 cool setup mate and talk about discreet i would love that in my house it stresses me out having a tent it's discreet as a bright neon sign lol i think we might have seen the same programme on bbc3 cannabis britains secret farms they demonstrate the camera on there that's why i was thinking just 1hps and the cfls i think covering it up properly and venting through the chimney i should be ok and yeah cheers again mate i'll come back to this page and use hydrponics for the black and white it'll definately save me a few £
 

sambo020482

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ok so this is my plan on the next grow, i got a large double bedroom want to put 3 400hps and a good sized tent, in the tent have mothers,clones n vegging plants all on 24/7 under 2 250cfls, will be growing blueberry on a 9wk flowering period.

start flowering 4 plants from my vegging tent then 3wks later another 4, 3wks later another 4 after 3wk the 1st 4 are coming down and a new set of 4 are going in to 12/12 so will be able to harvest 4 plants every 3wks + 1wk to dry so every 4wks a 4plant harvest?
 

evilsheep

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haha, i'm on e-cheese at the moment, so no seedly needs for a long while :lol:
Wen u go cheese u dunt go back without a fight lol:weed:
got the e-cheese last night + already have B.C. and lemon haze think i'm set for life lol ;)
awesome mate. it's a fab plant :P get ready to prune though, it's a bush mother fucker!
I've got a Barney's B.C, I've only smoked the Cheese a few times but it's really nice stuff :weed:
 

sambo020482

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cheese is lovely aint had it in a while tho seems to be all about the tutti where i am in the uk, my 2 favs tho e cheese and tutti been to dam a few times and lived abroad a few times aswel so smoked weed from around the world and still imo tutti and e cheese are zee best!
 

W Dragon

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ok so this is my plan on the next grow, i got a large double bedroom want to put 3 400hps and a good sized tent, in the tent have mothers,clones n vegging plants all on 24/7 under 2 250cfls, will be growing blueberry on a 9wk flowering period.

start flowering 4 plants from my vegging tent then 3wks later another 4, 3wks later another 4 after 3wk the 1st 4 are coming down and a new set of 4 are going in to 12/12 so will be able to harvest 4 plants every 3wks + 1wk to dry so every 4wks a 4plant harvest?
that sounds really good mate thats what i want to do, why 3 400hps wouldn't 1 or 2 be better and use the other on your veging plants?
 

sambo020482

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that sounds really good mate thats what i want to do, why 3 400hps wouldn't 1 or 2 be better and use the other on your veging plants?
hi dragon, on the naughty the other night tuttut lool im just jealous lol

ive been getting some tutti the last wk or so its a uk clone only strain some top top weed gets me so stoned i can barely move let alone post on riu lol

yeah want 3 400hps cause each batch of plants will be different size's 3 wks apart, so if you got the light set for the bigger plants then the smaller 1s will stretch up to it, if i got 3 400hps then each batch of 4 can be under there own light.
 

W Dragon

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hows the chronic n g13 doing dragon?
i see mate i'm with you now i didn't think of that with the differnt heights, the g13 are looking good i'd say 2 of the chronic are definately gonna make it now the others are really not looking good i was thinking about potting them all later (the chronic that is) do you think it'll cause any probs planting them in the rapid rooters before their roots are out? they seem to burst up and keel over the 1 i planted in thelittle plastic cup the other night while mingled looks good now even though i buried most of it's stretch what do you think mate? p.s i would definately go the way your thinking with your grow, how come the change from the trees? is it because of the new arrival on the way mate?
 

W Dragon

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that tutti sounds good mate the way things are going down yer with a bit of luck my stuff will be thebest locally well fingers crossed anyway those 5 blue cheese i got going are looking lovely there's little budding sites every where and the yellowish colour of the flowering sites looks lovely the only prob is i'm leaving the top corner of the tent open to keep temps down and it's getting a bit stanky
 
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