tehInfidel
Active Member
First, let me just thank you for stopping by one of my only portals into my personal world. I also owe this entire community for the wealth of information they make availI'm not much of a journaler and I've never grown anything before but this was something I felt I had to do.
I watched Prohibition by brwndirtwarrior (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXHfkXds0E0) and I was just completely moved. He basically put into words what I thought about the War on Drugs and even beyond that how I feel about my job, my life, society. I gained a clearer perspective.
Just a little about me personally; I have a full-time job, single, no kids. I live in a one bedroom apartment and the more I think about it, the more it feels like a prison cell. I'm tired of waiting in lines, paying taxes on the entirety of my income - sometimes two to three times on the dollar - and generally being an all-around cog in the machine. So, I'm gonna grow me some weed and smoke it
Ok, on to the setup. I should add a disclaimer here that I don't actually *have* the seeds yet... I have them on order from nirvana (thanks, rollitup forums!) and they should be here soon. They are Snow White - feminized. In the meantime, I'm establishing my grow setup.
It's a small setup for 5 pots / 5 plants. It's basically panda film duct taped to my bulb hood and to the wall of my closet. No structural reinforcement. For now, I plan on keeping it like this we'll see if the girls can dig it.
Pic 1
Pic 2
Don't mind that random pot in the corner in Pic 2. I plan on using it as a 'control pot.' I.E. I will fill it with soil and leave it dry so that I know by weight what a dry pot feels like. I figure, this way, I wont overwater my babies. The potting soil you see in Pic 1 (lower right) is Fox Farm Ocean Floor. The guy at the 'ponics store told me it was good so I bought it. Anyone ever used it? You like it?
Pic 3 shows a 18'' Hydrofarm Active Air carbon filter that has a 2.5'' thick carbon wall. It's currently getting sucked on by a fan from the other side (properly so according to the mfg's recommendations). The fan is supposed to cycle about 240 CFM.
Pic 3
I found out later that the wall was a bad place for my thermometer probe. It now dangles mid-air.
Pic 4
I realize I will need saucers under the pots and proably some more film too. Don't worry, got it under control. They are 1 1/2 gallon pots if I remeber correctly, I was in a hurry when I bought them. I will use a paper towel to germinate my seeds, then, I will plant them in 16 oz solo cups and put 'em in the oven. Couple weeks later, I'll bring the big pots back and transplant into them.
Which brings us to the oven.
Pic 5
I can't seem to get the thing to stay below 83 or so. I'm working on a solution and i think I may try the DIY AC thing but I may not need to. We'll see.
Folks, I'd appreciate whatever feedback you have for me. Thanks again for lookin'
"You see, the war on marijuana is really a war of attrition between the idealogues and the realists. The idealogues think they can change the world by legislating morality. And the realists just wanna live and let live; letting self-determinism be the guiding hand of fate. Me? I just wanna grow my weed." - brwndirtwarrior, prohibition, ep 2.
You're an inspiration to us all!
I watched Prohibition by brwndirtwarrior (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXHfkXds0E0) and I was just completely moved. He basically put into words what I thought about the War on Drugs and even beyond that how I feel about my job, my life, society. I gained a clearer perspective.
Just a little about me personally; I have a full-time job, single, no kids. I live in a one bedroom apartment and the more I think about it, the more it feels like a prison cell. I'm tired of waiting in lines, paying taxes on the entirety of my income - sometimes two to three times on the dollar - and generally being an all-around cog in the machine. So, I'm gonna grow me some weed and smoke it
Ok, on to the setup. I should add a disclaimer here that I don't actually *have* the seeds yet... I have them on order from nirvana (thanks, rollitup forums!) and they should be here soon. They are Snow White - feminized. In the meantime, I'm establishing my grow setup.
It's a small setup for 5 pots / 5 plants. It's basically panda film duct taped to my bulb hood and to the wall of my closet. No structural reinforcement. For now, I plan on keeping it like this we'll see if the girls can dig it.
Pic 1
Pic 2
Don't mind that random pot in the corner in Pic 2. I plan on using it as a 'control pot.' I.E. I will fill it with soil and leave it dry so that I know by weight what a dry pot feels like. I figure, this way, I wont overwater my babies. The potting soil you see in Pic 1 (lower right) is Fox Farm Ocean Floor. The guy at the 'ponics store told me it was good so I bought it. Anyone ever used it? You like it?
Pic 3 shows a 18'' Hydrofarm Active Air carbon filter that has a 2.5'' thick carbon wall. It's currently getting sucked on by a fan from the other side (properly so according to the mfg's recommendations). The fan is supposed to cycle about 240 CFM.
Pic 3
I found out later that the wall was a bad place for my thermometer probe. It now dangles mid-air.
Pic 4
I realize I will need saucers under the pots and proably some more film too. Don't worry, got it under control. They are 1 1/2 gallon pots if I remeber correctly, I was in a hurry when I bought them. I will use a paper towel to germinate my seeds, then, I will plant them in 16 oz solo cups and put 'em in the oven. Couple weeks later, I'll bring the big pots back and transplant into them.
Which brings us to the oven.
Pic 5
I can't seem to get the thing to stay below 83 or so. I'm working on a solution and i think I may try the DIY AC thing but I may not need to. We'll see.
Folks, I'd appreciate whatever feedback you have for me. Thanks again for lookin'
"You see, the war on marijuana is really a war of attrition between the idealogues and the realists. The idealogues think they can change the world by legislating morality. And the realists just wanna live and let live; letting self-determinism be the guiding hand of fate. Me? I just wanna grow my weed." - brwndirtwarrior, prohibition, ep 2.
You're an inspiration to us all!
They are these seeds: 
