Need Expert Advice ONLY. Sorry.. Just want the best people. (:

Helpppp! I'm an aspiring cultivator, tried reading on the correct ways to ensure high quality buds & less money spent.
(Money is an object to me, so i'm not even going to pretend like I have it like that)

I germinated 10-15 seeds, hand picked the ones I wanted to grow.
So now I have 3 seedlings each in a 6in. metal flowering pot.
I have them sitting on the floor directly away from the window.
Since my current job doesn't pay me enough, I can't afford horticult. bulbs and such.. Natural lights where it's at for me.
The soil i'm using is, "Miracle-Gro Potting Mix". From what I've read it's decent potting soil.
So. The question is, will my babies grow properly with natural light & choice of soil?
....Or will I be putting time & effort towards FAILURE. (we don't want that)

Plants are about 2-3in's in height at the moment.

Hints & Tips NEEDED.
What can I do to make sure they remain healthy & grow with optimum results under the circumstances of income?
 

delvite

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...................................................................please take a seat in the waiting room :)
 

scroglodyte

Well-Known Member
just us riff-raff here. MG sucks for young plants. you will need artificial light. or put them outside.
 

missnu

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it will grow, but not well, and when you are growing something in a window it is sometimes less stealthy than we would want...So, you are more likely to get caught growing it in your window, and you can't grow a decent plant that way..so you could get in trouble for a sick window plant...and that is what makes it not worth it.
 
security isn't an issue for me, but yahh a sick window plant wouldn't worth anything. What's an efficient, but cheap setup I could use. let's say.. under $70..?
 

missnu

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There isn't one...not when you factor in lights and what not...it is expensive to start, but worth it in the end, unless the end has to do with a lot of bars and groups of people wearing jumpsuits.
 

missnu

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You need lights...some people say CFLs work, and they do, but not when compared to an HID...anyway you need lights, and a fan, and soil and water and pots, and some form of nutes...so get to googling and you can find all kinds of info, and all kinds of people on here to emulate....if you pick someone that grows the same way you think yours will be, or how you would like yours to go and just copy what they do...read their journals and what not and then try it out...use what they use and so on and so forth..this will help you learn by skipping your own mistakes by watching someone else's...Find someone on here with a CFL grow that has kept a journal and just read it...see what they used...lots of people are growing and broke...I just couldn't make it work the way I imagined it working without some more startup cost...or rather through various upgrades...I also couldn't afford the expensive things right in the beginning, but once I got hooked on gardening it all became worth it to save the necessary money to get the proper equipment to get better results, so I can enjoy my time in the garden even more.
 

missnu

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Check your local classifieds like craigslist...there are a surprising amount of grow equipment that passes through mine...usually right after I buy something expensive and new...
 

MrNash

Active Member
I guess all the experts use more pricey equipment...but hey... you need expert advice! New growers that have started cheap and upgraded with every grow is who you should be asking!
 
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