Nugs1
Well-Known Member
Ok, so the other night I was high and it got my headed real clear while I was thumbing through my favorite seed bank. I came across a strain that said it was cold weather resistant, and a crazy idea popped into my head....
In my area we can't put plants out until last week of May due to sunlight hours, but the temps are nominal near the last week of April, with lows dropping to mid 50's and high never getting over high 70's. So, if i was able to grab a strain that was somewhat cold resistant and it could handle the temps, what would be the next problem? Light hours.
Ok so I am doing a guerrilla grow on about 20 acres of heavily wooded land. Building a greenhouse isn't that logical and carrying all the materials would surely get me caught.
My though process goes like this, if I have a seed or clone i keep in my closet and get it about 3-4 weeks old and make sure its strong then put it outside in my plot, it should be strong enough to handle the mid 50's temps at night. So, then I get a small 100w solar panel (approx. 2ft long by 1.5ft wide) set it out attach it to a power controller with a car battery and an inverter (supply correct and enough power for longer periods) and then hook up a small LED flood light (just big enough to bath it in light). I would set the light up on a timer to just make sure it gets enough light to keep it from flowering, basically its what ppl do with greenhouses but its guerrilla and no house around it.
Now I'm thinking that the plant would already be a month old before it gets out there, then it would be approx. 3 - 4 months of growth (vegetation) before it starts flowering which around here is late July to early august. Using my own organic soil mixture and some compost teas I figure I could be looking at a monster plant, giving me the weight i'm looking for with out having to plant 10 of them.
The whole set up I have priced at about $150 US.
Please tell me what you think and any ideas... I'm super stoked about this and will be trying it this spring.
In my area we can't put plants out until last week of May due to sunlight hours, but the temps are nominal near the last week of April, with lows dropping to mid 50's and high never getting over high 70's. So, if i was able to grab a strain that was somewhat cold resistant and it could handle the temps, what would be the next problem? Light hours.
Ok so I am doing a guerrilla grow on about 20 acres of heavily wooded land. Building a greenhouse isn't that logical and carrying all the materials would surely get me caught.
My though process goes like this, if I have a seed or clone i keep in my closet and get it about 3-4 weeks old and make sure its strong then put it outside in my plot, it should be strong enough to handle the mid 50's temps at night. So, then I get a small 100w solar panel (approx. 2ft long by 1.5ft wide) set it out attach it to a power controller with a car battery and an inverter (supply correct and enough power for longer periods) and then hook up a small LED flood light (just big enough to bath it in light). I would set the light up on a timer to just make sure it gets enough light to keep it from flowering, basically its what ppl do with greenhouses but its guerrilla and no house around it.
Now I'm thinking that the plant would already be a month old before it gets out there, then it would be approx. 3 - 4 months of growth (vegetation) before it starts flowering which around here is late July to early august. Using my own organic soil mixture and some compost teas I figure I could be looking at a monster plant, giving me the weight i'm looking for with out having to plant 10 of them.
The whole set up I have priced at about $150 US.
Please tell me what you think and any ideas... I'm super stoked about this and will be trying it this spring.