Jeffdt1966
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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 ![Weed :weed: :weed:](/styles/smilies/weed2.gif)
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![Blunt Smoke :blsmoke: :blsmoke:](/styles/smilies/piped.gif)
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 ![Mr. Green :mrgreen: :mrgreen:](/styles/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Sad :sad: :sad:](/styles/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
On a positive note though .. its amazing what can be done without making any risky orders ..
![Razz :-P :-P](/styles/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
![Weed :weed: :weed:](/styles/smilies/weed2.gif)
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
![Blunt Smoke :blsmoke: :blsmoke:](/styles/smilies/piped.gif)
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 ...
![Red Eye :eyesmoke: :eyesmoke:](/styles/smilies/redeyesmoke.gif)
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 ..
![Weed :weed: :weed:](/styles/smilies/weed2.gif)
![Mr. Green :mrgreen: :mrgreen:](/styles/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
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