TCortese
Well-Known Member
Hey guys!
I find myself preparing for my first grow. I don't particularly smoke a lot these days due to heart valve problems (bit too much of an interest/obsession with organic chemistry and following in the footsteps of the good Dr. Shulgin...paying dearly for it now.), but I've always held a serious fascination with this amazing plant since we were first introduced in my early teens. I'm no stranger to cultivating psychoactive plants (I have an extensive ethnobotanical garden that I'm quite proud of), and I figure that at 27 years old a cannabis grow is LONG overdue!
I'm gonna start with one, possibly two plants grown DWC (5 gallon bubblebuckets). I do already own a 250w HPS, but plan on buying another light, I'm leaning towards an "Apollo" MH/HPS grow light system found on EBay, either 600 or 1000w (still deciding on wattage, as I do plan on expanding after my first grow). Strain will most likely be LSD which I plan on scrogging. Nutrients will be Floranova grow/bloom, a cal-mag supplement, a silica supplement, and something for beneficials (Orca perhaps? Maybe one of you old hands can recommend a good brand). Everything sound about right so far?
Now, my grow room is where I run into problems. I have an unused bedroom, not particularly large, but certainly overkill for one or two plants and I'm somewhat concerned about the two windows in the room. I had originally planned on covering a corner of the room in mylar and using that area (willing to lose some lumens on the areas open to the rest of the room), but try as I might I'm having serious issues keeping all light out from those windows during the day. Should I be concerned about herms? I'm a piss poor unemployed student who already has a bundle tied up in this venture, but would it be worth it to shell out another $200 on a grow tent just to be safe? As far as the rest of the room goes I have a small AC unit, space heater, and dehumidifier to control the environment.
I'm also curious about some of these more advanced nutrients. Are products like koolbloom, floralicious, big bud, etc. worth the money? Lots of conflicting reports from what I've read, just looking for your guy's personal experiences.
....I had a few more questions which currently escape me and typing all of this on a kindle is getting tedious, so I'm sure I'll add to this later on, but in the mean time any help/comments/criticisms would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!
Edit: Oh I remembered something else! I've been stockpiling information from tons of different sources and I watched a few of GHS company's grow videos (yes, Arjan does some like a true asshole from what I've read about the man, but information is power regardless of the source) and I was wondering about this "drying out" technique they use. They mention that they, well, dry the damn lady out for five days at certain times during flowering, does anyone else actually do that? It seems to me that taking a hydro grown plant out of water for five days would do serious damage. Anyone have any experience with this?
T.
I find myself preparing for my first grow. I don't particularly smoke a lot these days due to heart valve problems (bit too much of an interest/obsession with organic chemistry and following in the footsteps of the good Dr. Shulgin...paying dearly for it now.), but I've always held a serious fascination with this amazing plant since we were first introduced in my early teens. I'm no stranger to cultivating psychoactive plants (I have an extensive ethnobotanical garden that I'm quite proud of), and I figure that at 27 years old a cannabis grow is LONG overdue!
I'm gonna start with one, possibly two plants grown DWC (5 gallon bubblebuckets). I do already own a 250w HPS, but plan on buying another light, I'm leaning towards an "Apollo" MH/HPS grow light system found on EBay, either 600 or 1000w (still deciding on wattage, as I do plan on expanding after my first grow). Strain will most likely be LSD which I plan on scrogging. Nutrients will be Floranova grow/bloom, a cal-mag supplement, a silica supplement, and something for beneficials (Orca perhaps? Maybe one of you old hands can recommend a good brand). Everything sound about right so far?
Now, my grow room is where I run into problems. I have an unused bedroom, not particularly large, but certainly overkill for one or two plants and I'm somewhat concerned about the two windows in the room. I had originally planned on covering a corner of the room in mylar and using that area (willing to lose some lumens on the areas open to the rest of the room), but try as I might I'm having serious issues keeping all light out from those windows during the day. Should I be concerned about herms? I'm a piss poor unemployed student who already has a bundle tied up in this venture, but would it be worth it to shell out another $200 on a grow tent just to be safe? As far as the rest of the room goes I have a small AC unit, space heater, and dehumidifier to control the environment.
I'm also curious about some of these more advanced nutrients. Are products like koolbloom, floralicious, big bud, etc. worth the money? Lots of conflicting reports from what I've read, just looking for your guy's personal experiences.
....I had a few more questions which currently escape me and typing all of this on a kindle is getting tedious, so I'm sure I'll add to this later on, but in the mean time any help/comments/criticisms would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!
Edit: Oh I remembered something else! I've been stockpiling information from tons of different sources and I watched a few of GHS company's grow videos (yes, Arjan does some like a true asshole from what I've read about the man, but information is power regardless of the source) and I was wondering about this "drying out" technique they use. They mention that they, well, dry the damn lady out for five days at certain times during flowering, does anyone else actually do that? It seems to me that taking a hydro grown plant out of water for five days would do serious damage. Anyone have any experience with this?
T.
