need some help

[pauley]

I have been smokeing for some years and I thought up this idea. This would be my first grow

 

If I mixed up sand,soil,blood&bone compost-zing and some other goodies

Watered this with diluted worm wee but still keep it at ph 6.5

 

No I don't want to do hydro!!!

 

Then put a clone in each pot. will be getting clones from a local grower. Then put the plants inside in a room that gets a good amount of sun may need to do a test to see how meny hours.

 

Here's my Q's

 

1) How offten should you water the plants and how much water?

2) How close do they need to be to the window?

3) Best way to kill bugs/mold?

4) Is glass best for the window or something different?

 

All help is very grateful

 

 

Thank you from a novice

[bufo marinus]

I love these multi choice ones

1) When the pots feel dry, by weight, or get a moisture meter and soak till it runs off a little into the drip tray

2)The more full sun they can get the better, but they will get thirsty

3)Don't overwater

4)Yes, or a 600watter just kidding

[pauley]

Thank's for your help have been doing a bit more thinking and I'm going to need to see if you can get one way glass and if so how much as the less risk the better.

 

Once I've worked out most of my problems I'll post a drawing of how my room will look.

[WantDaChronic]

I'll save you years of screwing around, spending god knows how much money trying to grow pot with this very message if you follow the directions.....

 

1) bite the bullet and be willing to spend a fair amount to get growing. the more you invest initially the greater the return will be...

2) buy atleast a 400w hps or preferably a 600hps light kit. they are around $120-150 from pawn shops and you just need to replace the globe and you're good for lighting

3) get a wardbrobe from st. vincent de paul or what ever other charity sells cheap wardrobes. if you can get 2 identical ones you can take the backs off, push them together and you have an instant grow room for around $150

4) get a cheap 40cm oscilating fan from a super market

5) buy enough panda film to line the inside of the wardrobes and to cover any windows in the bedroom you will grow in

 

that will give you a basic system which has worked for me for many years. it will make you a room that will be large enough to experiment in using different growing methods, growing different strains, etc. and best of all its cheap. you can literally set up a room like that for around $500 including your first pack of seeds.

 

if you actually have some money to spare though, say $1500 i would recommend building your own grow room. you can pick up wood and most of the growing equipment from bunnings such as pots, tubs, water pumps, timers, etc. for other things such as the lighting, air filtering and a decent fan to move air out of the room you'll need to go to a hydroponic shop.

 

if you study up on here for a few weeks and have a look around shops to see what you can locally get you'll be able to build a perfect indoor grow room. by that i mean one that doesn't leak light or smell and generates a minimal amount of noise, probably even less than a what a computer makes. provided you never tell anyone that you grow it will look like a wardrobe that you can put in everyone's face and you will never get ripped or raided.

 

PS: dont get fooled by the propergander about hydoponically grown cannabis. it is no more dangerous to your health than 100% organically grown outdoor cannabis and it can be infact a much healthier option. hydroponically grown cannabis is stronger because the grower can harvest at the peak maturity and there isnt any environmental issues like rain or cloud cover to block the light. in other words all it does is allow the grower to get the best possible product for all their time and effort. thats not even to mention the fact you can actually grow 100% organically using hydroponics, its all upto the nutrients you use to water the plants

 

PPS: you can always grow outdoors for next to nothing. all you need is a shovel, plot of land to grow on, couple bags of soil per plant and some water crystals which aren't required, but will make your life so much easier they are worth the $15 investment. provided you find a decent spot to grow in each plant can cost you less than $50 in total to grow and can yield over a pound each. but the old saying with great risk comes great reward rings true for outdoor growers because you have to deal with theives and theives wearing badges that can also throw your arse in prison

[pauley]

Yea I did belive the propergander about hydoponically grown cannabis. But now I'm thinking it's more about what you feed the plant that makes it not as healthy as if you was growing outside. So I think I will Spend the $$ and Go for a good set up but I still want to grow in soil. I know that I have a higher chance of problems but it will be growin the way I want it to be. Yea I need to do alot more reeding befor I start growing.

[Home_Grown]

Good to see some of WDC's advice has been absorbed.

 

If you want to grow in soil I would strongly suggest you grow in Coco-Peat. It's grinded coconut husk. Unlike soil, it will aerate your roots and in return the growth rate is tremendously better then soil. You can still get common soil pests like aphids, spider mites, flies..etc. It's 100% organic.

 

You'll find alot of indoor growers here use Coco. Most like to mix there coco with perlite for better drainage and aeration.