///growing when your broke///

O.k. so ive helped on numerous grows and have been for a few years now. I think im ready to do it on my own.

I have a FUCKTON of cfls because im a cheap bastard and ive been using them for like 6 years now so i have alot of them. What i dont have are the clamp light fixtures, i left them with a buddy of mine that runs a reptile rescue and the herps needed em more than i do. Ive got miracle grow which is a ph of 6.5 so im thinking water with a ph of 6.0? lemme know if ne one knos different. ive got 2 26 watt daylight cfls goin right now, the seeds havent fiished germinating, im doing some experiments with germination methods.

im doing a soil/cfl grow. i dont have pix yet (theres nothing to see). The whole point of this grow is its my first grow all by myself and i want to experiment with some different methods and techniques ive heard about that i havent seen anyone do yet, and a couple of ideas that i myself have.

im probly going to end up doing betwen 3 and 5 plants for my mad experiments and 1 plant for regular growing (kind of like a constant) just for my own personal useage.

The seeds are all bag seed from a dub of regs that i went trough with tweezers and a magnifying glass grouping them into 4 categories as follows: grabage (self explanitory), unlikely (seeds that i dont think will grow), average (the biggest pile), and excellent. for the first 20 or so days of growth they will be in small peat based pots, then when i feel its time i will select 5 plants for the experiments and have them isolated from each other.

since the grow is in my laundry room i have hot/cold running water, drain pipe and the ability to vent to the air outside via the dryer duct. I will be using shower curtains to make the individual "tents" that my babies will require and im fashioning a crude carbon filter out of some car parts and activated carbon.
 
5.8 ph i guess is best for the water, not the 6.0 that i thought.

Ill have to look more into the LST, ive never partook in any of it so ill have to do some research...
 
6.5... i shall prepare the water.

i think (my own opinion) that distilled water is less than desirable. I had a friend of mine that had copper coils from when he ran a still, and he makes his own distilled water.

im not even sure about what i should do with the water. i mean ive got a light proof container to keep the water that ive already balanced but i dont know if nutes are needed or if the soil provides enough (miracle grow potting soil w/micromax (0.21-0.07-0.14 and .10 iron)). any suggestions, please do bare in mind its soil im using.
 
ok so i cant decide on the light scheme. should i go for 24 hour non-stop light or some sort of long light schedule for veg, and im thinking 12/12 for flowering, but i have a ways to go before that...
 
I can afford up to 2500 kilowatts a month before i have to worry about paying for it. so ill do continuous on setup.

Mirical grows PH is off a lil.

the casualties suck balls

dont fake the punk lolz
 
I dont think im growing anything at this point its been almost a week and no sprouts.

I wanna order some seeds but as the title suggests im broke and i cant afford it.But i should be getting a batch of already germinated seeds from T-bone and he said he may have some clones for me in the next couple of days...
 
I dont think im growing anything at this point its been almost a week and no sprouts.

I wanna order some seeds but as the title suggests im broke and i can afford it.But i should be getting a batch of already germinated seeds from T-bone and he said he may have some clones for me in the next couple of days...
That sounds good.If you get your hands on some more bagseeds try again.
 
I should have some in a few hours, Im not gunna quit on this one. I wanna grow as cheap as i can. My girlfriends mom has this surge protector that tells you how many watts your using and shes letting me borrow it for the grow.

The good part is if i can get a decent yield she said i can grow in her gigantic attic (3000 sq ft with the highest point at 9 feet), but she doesnt have any solar panels or wind mills or anything. but as long as i can produce and give her a cut of both the profits and the dried/cured harvest shes cool with it.

so in summation, seeds were bad: getting new seeds, Need more lights: getting more, getting a watt monitor.
 
Sounds good but you should get a grow under your belt first before you go trying to split shit.You dont know what you will get from the first grow it will be more of a learning experience.
 

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I should have some in a few hours, Im not gunna quit on this one. I wanna grow as cheap as i can. My girlfriends mom has this surge protector that tells you how many watts your using and shes letting me borrow it for the grow.

The good part is if i can get a decent yield she said i can grow in her gigantic attic (3000 sq ft with the highest point at 9 feet), but she doesnt have any solar panels or wind mills or anything. but as long as i can produce and give her a cut of both the profits and the dried/cured harvest shes cool with it.

so in summation, seeds were bad: getting new seeds, Need more lights: getting more, getting a watt monitor.
Did you put your seeds right in the MG soil? I have seen so many people have problems with MG I would stay away from it! For your seeds get a seedling soil that has no nutes or anything in it. They don't like that when they are little sprouts. GL on your next grow, I know you are on a budget but you will get what you put into your plants so keep that in mind.
 
Did you put your seeds right in the MG soil? I have seen so many people have problems with MG I would stay away from it! For your seeds get a seedling soil that has no nutes or anything in it. They don't like that when they are little sprouts. GL on your next grow, I know you are on a budget but you will get what you put into your plants so keep that in mind.
Yeah its somewhat true.I started using the mg soil seedling mix for new seedlings from that ill switch to foxfarms,roots organics or make my own mix.
 
the miracle grow is leftover from my pepper farm (i like to grow my own peppers and make my own hot sauce). Its all i have as far as potting soil. But i can grab some soil from outside or i can snatch up a scotts seed starter from t-bones job, theyre on clearance for like 2.75 (it was like 15 dollars) and with his discount i can get it for about 2 even, or i can get the greenhouse kit for the same price (a 24 sapling tray with a clear top. but either way ive seen him use the seed starter and it looks pretty legit, it uses those lil peat pellet things that you put water on and it expands, the cool thing is its contained in this netting, so when your ready to transplant to a big girl pot, its real easy.
 
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