Hi all,
I'm not really new to smoking, since I've been smoking hash for about 2 years, but last month I spent a week in Amsterdam and discovered the pleasure of smoking pure bud, the likes of which couldn't be found within a hundred miles of where I live, given that the only thing I can find here is hash. So I've decided I would try and start growing.
Obviously I know nothing about growing, I've never even seen a plant and I have no idea about the kind of space you need. I've read through a few guides, and an idea that interests me is that of the "perpetual harvest". I smoke from one to two joints a day and at the Dam I used about a gram per spliff, so the ideal would be about two ounces a month (not to say that I need a harvest every month, I would just like to have a yearly total of about 25 ounces) for me as well as close friends. The space I have for this grow is limited to a corner in my room with a height of about 2,50 meters (sorry if you guys use feet, I'm not very good with that since I live in France) same for the width and a depth of about 50cm. I was thinking of seperating that into 3 different horizontal spaces:
-Bottom 50cm for seedlings and rooting clones (fluorescent light with modifiable height)
-Middle 1m for the vegetative cycle (250W MH light)
-Top 2m for the flowering cycle (400W HPS light)
The first thing I want to do is build my grow box, get the lights and install the ventilation, and although I have many other questions, I'll ask those once I've gotten this taken care of. Just as a side note the strain I'm interested in is a Flying Dutchmen Feminized Blueberry Skunkhttp://www.everyonedoesit.co.uk/online_headshop/Blueberry_Skunk_Feminized.cfm?iProductID=5076.
Now that I've explained the situation, here are my questions:
-The measurements I gave are the max. that I can use, is it possible to make it smaller and still be able to get about 25 ounces a year?
-Which growing technique should I use? Perpetual SOG, SCROG or just simply grow a few huge ones?
-Are the lights I mentioned good for this sized box?
-Is it really useful to have three separate parts, or can I put the seedlings and rooting clones directly in the vegetative cycle?
Well that's about it, sorry for the long read, hope I didn't forget anything.
Thanks for your help!
I'm not really new to smoking, since I've been smoking hash for about 2 years, but last month I spent a week in Amsterdam and discovered the pleasure of smoking pure bud, the likes of which couldn't be found within a hundred miles of where I live, given that the only thing I can find here is hash. So I've decided I would try and start growing.
Obviously I know nothing about growing, I've never even seen a plant and I have no idea about the kind of space you need. I've read through a few guides, and an idea that interests me is that of the "perpetual harvest". I smoke from one to two joints a day and at the Dam I used about a gram per spliff, so the ideal would be about two ounces a month (not to say that I need a harvest every month, I would just like to have a yearly total of about 25 ounces) for me as well as close friends. The space I have for this grow is limited to a corner in my room with a height of about 2,50 meters (sorry if you guys use feet, I'm not very good with that since I live in France) same for the width and a depth of about 50cm. I was thinking of seperating that into 3 different horizontal spaces:
-Bottom 50cm for seedlings and rooting clones (fluorescent light with modifiable height)
-Middle 1m for the vegetative cycle (250W MH light)
-Top 2m for the flowering cycle (400W HPS light)
The first thing I want to do is build my grow box, get the lights and install the ventilation, and although I have many other questions, I'll ask those once I've gotten this taken care of. Just as a side note the strain I'm interested in is a Flying Dutchmen Feminized Blueberry Skunkhttp://www.everyonedoesit.co.uk/online_headshop/Blueberry_Skunk_Feminized.cfm?iProductID=5076.
Now that I've explained the situation, here are my questions:
-The measurements I gave are the max. that I can use, is it possible to make it smaller and still be able to get about 25 ounces a year?
-Which growing technique should I use? Perpetual SOG, SCROG or just simply grow a few huge ones?
-Are the lights I mentioned good for this sized box?
-Is it really useful to have three separate parts, or can I put the seedlings and rooting clones directly in the vegetative cycle?
Well that's about it, sorry for the long read, hope I didn't forget anything.
Thanks for your help!