Hey everyone,
Since having made the decision to learn to grow for myself, I figured I might as well start my own thread where I can post all kinds of dumb nooby questions and post my progress on this experiment.
I say experiment, because it's really just that right now.
Here's my plan - please be honest and upfront and let me know if I'm just too ignorant for my own good because I honestly don't know anything.
Over the past 6 months or so I've been saving the seeds I've found in my bud that I get from a friend (yes, st weed).
My thoughts are to germinate 2 of 'em (just to get my feet wet) and then pop those little ones into a 5 gallon bucket like you would get at home depot.
This way I figure I can save myself at least one step and not have to transplant later on and risk shocking it - see, I've been reading!
I'll be growing inside and out - I live in Arizona and while it's too cold to leave 'em outside for the night right now, it does usually stay over 60F during the day.
I was thinking of keeping it inside at night, and pop it outside during the day.
Being stealthy is not really a concern in the cool little private area I'm in so not worried about neighbors etc.. Plus I'm not going to be broadcasting this experiment to anyone outside of this site.
My questions:
1. Do you think the seeds I've been collecting will germinate? I've been getting medical grade pot for years now due to health issues so these seeds should be high quality.
Before you ask, no, I have absolutely no clue what the strains of the seeds are. I never paid much attention to the names they gave them. I just figured they got high and came up with silly names. But I digress...
1a. Is there a way to tell if my seeds are clones?
2. Is it okay to put my germinated seeds in a big plastic bucket like I plan to?
3. I'm on a crazy tight budget right now, so expensive lights, fertilizer etc... really isn't an option right at this moment. But I do plan to budget for the proper equipment in the near future. But until my finances change, it's basically a budget for a bucket and dirt. LOL
What are the basic MUST HAVE necessities I should start budgeting for.
- GREAT Lights
- Nutrient stuff but what? (I need to spend more time in the nutrient threads).
4. Smell - while I'm not worried about being super ninja stealthy, I AM concerned about odor. How strong of an odor do the plant semit as their growing?
I would presume it can get very strong when they start flowering. Some of the weed I got (maybe 4 grams tops) would instantly stink up my entire house just from opening the container for a couple of minutes while I packed the grinder. The crazy part was I was on the other side of the house! Not that I live in a mansion, but I was impressed by the potent odor of it. LOL yeah, some good good stuff there... Hopefully I've got a seed from that batch!
5. Is it okay to be moving my plant from indoors to outdoors so much?
6. How do you think this might impact the growth of the plant?
And finally (for now)...
7. Be honest with me, just how bad of an idea is this? LOL
I should have started off saying that the goal of this experiment is really to go through all the steps of growing and get some bud.
But I'm keen to learn so I can grow for life (a full hydroponics set up is my ultimate goal I think) and heck, you gotta start somewhere right?
Sorry for all the basic questions, but thank you for your help and guidance!
Any links you can share is also highly appreciated as I just joined the site and am still taking it all in. So much to learn about.
Since having made the decision to learn to grow for myself, I figured I might as well start my own thread where I can post all kinds of dumb nooby questions and post my progress on this experiment.
I say experiment, because it's really just that right now.
Here's my plan - please be honest and upfront and let me know if I'm just too ignorant for my own good because I honestly don't know anything.
Over the past 6 months or so I've been saving the seeds I've found in my bud that I get from a friend (yes, st weed).
My thoughts are to germinate 2 of 'em (just to get my feet wet) and then pop those little ones into a 5 gallon bucket like you would get at home depot.
This way I figure I can save myself at least one step and not have to transplant later on and risk shocking it - see, I've been reading!
I'll be growing inside and out - I live in Arizona and while it's too cold to leave 'em outside for the night right now, it does usually stay over 60F during the day.
I was thinking of keeping it inside at night, and pop it outside during the day.
Being stealthy is not really a concern in the cool little private area I'm in so not worried about neighbors etc.. Plus I'm not going to be broadcasting this experiment to anyone outside of this site.
My questions:
1. Do you think the seeds I've been collecting will germinate? I've been getting medical grade pot for years now due to health issues so these seeds should be high quality.
Before you ask, no, I have absolutely no clue what the strains of the seeds are. I never paid much attention to the names they gave them. I just figured they got high and came up with silly names. But I digress...
1a. Is there a way to tell if my seeds are clones?
2. Is it okay to put my germinated seeds in a big plastic bucket like I plan to?
3. I'm on a crazy tight budget right now, so expensive lights, fertilizer etc... really isn't an option right at this moment. But I do plan to budget for the proper equipment in the near future. But until my finances change, it's basically a budget for a bucket and dirt. LOL
What are the basic MUST HAVE necessities I should start budgeting for.
- GREAT Lights
- Nutrient stuff but what? (I need to spend more time in the nutrient threads).
4. Smell - while I'm not worried about being super ninja stealthy, I AM concerned about odor. How strong of an odor do the plant semit as their growing?
I would presume it can get very strong when they start flowering. Some of the weed I got (maybe 4 grams tops) would instantly stink up my entire house just from opening the container for a couple of minutes while I packed the grinder. The crazy part was I was on the other side of the house! Not that I live in a mansion, but I was impressed by the potent odor of it. LOL yeah, some good good stuff there... Hopefully I've got a seed from that batch!
5. Is it okay to be moving my plant from indoors to outdoors so much?
6. How do you think this might impact the growth of the plant?
And finally (for now)...
7. Be honest with me, just how bad of an idea is this? LOL
I should have started off saying that the goal of this experiment is really to go through all the steps of growing and get some bud.
But I'm keen to learn so I can grow for life (a full hydroponics set up is my ultimate goal I think) and heck, you gotta start somewhere right?
Sorry for all the basic questions, but thank you for your help and guidance!
Any links you can share is also highly appreciated as I just joined the site and am still taking it all in. So much to learn about.
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