Jeffdt1966
Active Member
Ok to start with - I am a true paranoid about growing my own stash ! Because of this I wont order any good genetic seeds , grow lights , high end soil or nutes ... to sum it up .. If I cant get it at wal-mart , Freds , or the rural King - I just cant use it 
This leaves me very limited to supplies - so I have become very fond of cheap ghetto growing .
On a positive note though .. its amazing what can be done without making any risky orders ..
Me and a younger buddy of mine ( jmanchronic on RIU ) set about finding the best way for us to get the dank on the cheap 
We started with a bunch of bagseed from the dankest of the bags we would get throughout the year . We germinated 25 of the healthiest looking seeds and grew them in 40 oz. polarpop cups from fountain sodas ( seemed a shame to waste em ) Vegged em a bit then cut to 12/12 to sex em out. Out of the 25 original we narrowed it down to 7 healthy looking females and transplanted them into a plastic tote and used miracle grow potting mix ( cheap at wallyworld ) and just let em flower . We used a retrofitted pizza pan and household light fixture with 26w cfls .... 5 softwhite with a few daylight bulbs mixed in for a broader spectrum ... 7- 26 watters total for each tote . We used the clip on directional reflectors ( also cheap at Freds and wallyworld ) and the cheap lamp timers ( 4 dollars ea. at walmart ) to keep the lights and minifan on a 12/12 schedule . Now im not saying it's ideal by far .. we got a little nute burn from the MG slow release nutes but it was minor and passed quickly with a good flush - no real harm noted to the final product . We did also have one hermy out on us out in the first run and was down to 6 for final flowering stages .
Currently we have staggered the harvest as some finnished before others , this was expexted with the unknown strands . Most looked indica except for one that looks like a pure sativa . The ones that we have tried and liked we just clipped the buds from them and trimmed the plants down to reveg for mother material and eventually reflowering . By using the numbers and keeping only the best .. we are getting our good genetics ghetto style
We are currently enjoying some really tasty indica that puts us to mind of some kinda diesel with a heavy dankness that almost seems to coat your throat and tougue ( in a good way ) and it has a good long lasting buzz to it ( its a keeper ) We will eventually start our own strain by breeding our (keepers ) for traits and effects we like . We currently have another tote in veg. mode that has 14 healthy looking plants in it . We are using the same set up but with mostly daylight 26w cfl's and a few softwhite mixed in . We are ready to start germinating the next set now . The idea is to get enough good females in a perpetual grow rotation - that we dont run out of good fresh stash - all ghetto style ...
I will upload some pics of the newest tote and post them in the next post . We also use the ph nutralizing tabs from the wallyworld fish dept. You put these in your water and they nutralize the water . This seems to work as we had no ph issues throught the veg. and flower stages .
Sooooo , heres what im after .... If you have any tips , suggestions or thoughts that doesnt include having to order anything ( or spend much money ) I would love to hear them . Dont bother dissin our system ..we fully understand how ghetto our grow is ... but we also understand that we are enjoying our own fresh nugs without investing a lot of money . No shame here .. ... nope , none at all 
This leaves me very limited to supplies - so I have become very fond of cheap ghetto growing .On a positive note though .. its amazing what can be done without making any risky orders ..
Me and a younger buddy of mine ( jmanchronic on RIU ) set about finding the best way for us to get the dank on the cheap We started with a bunch of bagseed from the dankest of the bags we would get throughout the year . We germinated 25 of the healthiest looking seeds and grew them in 40 oz. polarpop cups from fountain sodas ( seemed a shame to waste em ) Vegged em a bit then cut to 12/12 to sex em out. Out of the 25 original we narrowed it down to 7 healthy looking females and transplanted them into a plastic tote and used miracle grow potting mix ( cheap at wallyworld ) and just let em flower . We used a retrofitted pizza pan and household light fixture with 26w cfls .... 5 softwhite with a few daylight bulbs mixed in for a broader spectrum ... 7- 26 watters total for each tote . We used the clip on directional reflectors ( also cheap at Freds and wallyworld ) and the cheap lamp timers ( 4 dollars ea. at walmart ) to keep the lights and minifan on a 12/12 schedule . Now im not saying it's ideal by far .. we got a little nute burn from the MG slow release nutes but it was minor and passed quickly with a good flush - no real harm noted to the final product . We did also have one hermy out on us out in the first run and was down to 6 for final flowering stages .
Currently we have staggered the harvest as some finnished before others , this was expexted with the unknown strands . Most looked indica except for one that looks like a pure sativa . The ones that we have tried and liked we just clipped the buds from them and trimmed the plants down to reveg for mother material and eventually reflowering . By using the numbers and keeping only the best .. we are getting our good genetics ghetto style
We are currently enjoying some really tasty indica that puts us to mind of some kinda diesel with a heavy dankness that almost seems to coat your throat and tougue ( in a good way ) and it has a good long lasting buzz to it ( its a keeper ) We will eventually start our own strain by breeding our (keepers ) for traits and effects we like . We currently have another tote in veg. mode that has 14 healthy looking plants in it . We are using the same set up but with mostly daylight 26w cfl's and a few softwhite mixed in . We are ready to start germinating the next set now . The idea is to get enough good females in a perpetual grow rotation - that we dont run out of good fresh stash - all ghetto style ...
I will upload some pics of the newest tote and post them in the next post . We also use the ph nutralizing tabs from the wallyworld fish dept. You put these in your water and they nutralize the water . This seems to work as we had no ph issues throught the veg. and flower stages . Sooooo , heres what im after .... If you have any tips , suggestions or thoughts that doesnt include having to order anything ( or spend much money ) I would love to hear them . Dont bother dissin our system ..we fully understand how ghetto our grow is ... but we also understand that we are enjoying our own fresh nugs without investing a lot of money . No shame here ..
... nope , none at all 
