I was reading a thread that was posted a few days ago about having homeless people grow "Dumpster Weed".....

so now i start thinking i should try making something along these lines...

unfortunately im not anywhere near an accessible Dumpster so im downsizing, "Trash Can Weed" i have a nice new 20 gal plastic trash bin, and a 32 gal aluminum one, and since im all about experiments im attempting to grow my two females(or possibly clones) one in each, with a 50w HPS and about 6 cfl's each...i like the aluminum one for the high reflectivity though i feel heat may become an issue.

As of right now my two vegging females are sitting 2 in one bucket (AHHHHH TABOO!!!!) under 8 100w CFL's, at a comfy temp of 76F and about 24% humidity at 24/0, growing and progressing nicely about 2 weeks from flowering.....

now the thought of making it grow in a trash can seems so cool, im sure it's been done before and i'm not the first but yes i have som new ideas for the soil, previously i used an 80% sand 10% worm castings and 10% organic soil mix, ow that i saw how bad the sand worked for letting the roots develop( i thought they'd easily move through loose sand...they didn't).

I'm now using 100% worm castings on top of about 500 marbles lol all mixed into the sand, the thought is that it will improve drainage, and the smooth edges will allow roots to spread easily...probably a very stupid idea, and if anyone can let me know an idea before the 2 weeks is up, please don't hesitate.

I'm not setting it up yet so i'll skip pics for now ,

thanks-

Storm

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Sand eh?
Intresting

sand was a terrible idea after 2 weeks.....stopped all plant growth...completely

after i transplanted it, it shot back up, though the sand did make it look pretty damn cool, like a palm tree in a desert, but bad idea for growing unless you just want a plant to stay the same size forever...maybe make your own lowriders...there's an idea, take a clone and get it about the size you want in your normal medium and plant it in mostly sand, stop growth and have your favorite strain made into an instant lowrider....yields would probably suck and expect to water it more than usual, but maybe it would work who knows?

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Could start a strain you can grow under your bed low yields per plant but grow 300 mini plants under a double bed and you are on a winner for space.

Started writing this to take the piss, but the idea is sinking in now. I like :P

like me, i wasn't really thinking this would be a great idea either...actually all of my ideas are usually not real ideas but they start sinkin in quick and i eventually try them, anyway i like the idea of mini plants under the bed...if you don't do it maybe i will lol....

either way have fun with growing, if you're not in it for biz and even if you are, it shouldn't be about doing things the same as everyone else, be unique.

Storm

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