Legalization - I can grow again!

Hello Brothers and Sisters!!

Long time lurker here, tried growing about 15 years ago (with some success using the advice found and provided by forum members.) but things changed in my life, and I could no longer take the risk! So, I've created a new account since I couldnt change my username, and here I am!

So, tonight weed's being legalized in my stated, with a provision to allow for home growing! Dec 7th, when the law takes effect, Im starting a new grow. Im sure lots has changed as far as growing. I'm familiar with HPS, MH, and CLF growing. I have no idea where to start with the new, state of the art L.E.D's these days. heh.

I plan on growing the max allowed per household (6-12 plants). I plan on growing in a locked area of the house, and would like to use those "tents" you can just put up to contain everything and reflect light.

Being that Im so new to all of this stuff, again, I was hoping to get some of your guys' opinions on which tents, leds, etc to start with. I do realize I can research around the forums, and I do plan to do so, but I'm very excited about tonight, and well, I'd also like to use this post to hopefully open up some conversations with people directly as well, as "picking your brain" is the best way for me to learn. haha!

Anyway, thanks for reading, and responding. Tonight, we celebrate!

Congrats to all of Ohio !!!!

LEDS have come a long way, do some reading in the LED forum

ChemDogLover said:

Congrats to all of Ohio !!!!

LEDS have come a long way, do some reading in the LED forum

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on behalf of 56.5% of Ohio, Thank you! lol. And Thanks for the tip. I am indeed in there reading.

Congratulations for legalized cannabis. If you decide on a grow light look at www.ledrowlightsdepot.com. they usually have some good deals on lights. Me I prefer GROWERS CHOICE. check them out I think you will find them worth.

Congratulations! Do the research and decide what's best for you!

Congratulations you lucky person..

So you've a max 12 plant count?

Think about how you'd like to grow?

You could have multiple tents (room size dependent) with various plants in various stages..

Or just have one big tent to pop 12 beans from start to finish..

Have a think about how often you want to crop and what works best for your needs and then the size of your space, how your going to keep it in optimum environmental range..

Try and think ahead and buy once instead of what most of us do which is go small and then change tactics multiple times.

It's a good time to be growing as far as equipment goes..

Great news! Your timing is perfect with Black Friday coming. Check out the Best Deals thread on this forum, check out holiday sales. Corey makes a good point - try to think ahead and buy once. Start thinking about your seeds since they'll have sales for them soon too.

O H I O ! !

Glad to see more fellow ohioans getting actively involved

Congratulations.

My advice, since you're just getting back into things.
Start easy with just two or three plants, I'm liking pro-mix mycorrhizae hp for the grow medium.
I still use the bargain tent that I got more than 10 years ago, so IMO don't drop a shitlaod on the tent itself.
LED's - an approximation is 35w led/sq ft of grow, if you shop around a bit you can find some good deals. When looking at LED's you'll see "chips & drivers", look for Meanwell or Inventronics drivers and Samsung (lm301b/h) chips.
Remember ventilation & air-circulation are a must.

Have fun

fellow ohioan here and i'm so relieved that folks did the right thing!!!!! i started my girls a few weeks ago and i plan on getting a few more going in december and then next summer i'm hoping for an outdoor grow.

only advice i have: try to find as much used equipment as you can. i look through fb marketplace almost daily and was able to get some really good lights for a steal. there are grow tents, vents, etc all on there. after chatting with different sellers, i'm finding that most stuff on there has only been used once or not at all.

Congratulations Ohio! l am moving to Virginia at the end of this month though but am happy for Ohio.

Nice, why not start 'em now and get a month's head start? Can't imagine anyone's interested in busting a home grower a month out from legalization.

Heres my advice... Anywhere in Ohio north of Canton is a nightmare to grow outside. The wet season and cold comes too soon, mold is always an issue

Well done, Ohio.

tree beard said:

Heres my advice... Anywhere in Ohio north of Canton is a nightmare to grow outside. The wet season and cold comes too soon, mold is always an issue

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Shorter flower strains as well as mold resistant strains work best

coreywebster said:

Congratulations you lucky person..

So you've a max 12 plant count?

Think about how you'd like to grow?

You could have multiple tents (room size dependent) with various plants in various stages..

Or just have one big tent to pop 12 beans from start to finish..

Have a think about how often you want to crop and what works best for your needs and then the size of your space, how your going to keep it in optimum environmental range..

Try and think ahead and buy once instead of what most of us do which is go small and then change tactics multiple times.

It's a good time to be growing as far as equipment goes..

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Is the 12 plant max if a person has a medical cared or is that for anyone living in Ohio? 12 plants equals way more than this lightweight would know what to do with!

congrats Ohio from Pittsburgh.now PA needs to legalize

farmingfisherman said:

Is the 12 plant max if a person has a medical cared or is that for anyone living in Ohio? 12 plants equals way more than this lightweight would know what to do with!

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its 6 plants per adult,12 max for home if 2 adults live there,no medical card needed.hoping PA does same thing

farmingfisherman said:

Is the 12 plant max if a person has a medical cared or is that for anyone living in Ohio? 12 plants equals way more than this lightweight would know what to do with!

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Yeah, not only is 12 plants a whole ton...but the grow complexity and care multiplies out with that too. I'd start a run with something like 4 or 6 then upscale from there. That would also allow for some modularity. Doing 2 tents, so you can either do parallel grows or have rotating grows, have different conditions in each tent, etc.

I'm still not that excited. I would rather be a outlaw still