midnight_toker
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Since I came up pretty empty handed while searching on Dr. Earth and since I'm pretty fresh off the boat as a "farmer," I'll be starting this journal to entertain at least myself and perhaps a few others and hopefully some good information will come of it. My Russian Rocket Fuel (non feminized) auto-flowering beans (cost: 50.00) arrive in about a week. I'm super excited.
My grow so far:
My most important ingredient: Sensible Simplicity and Frugality. I want to spend as little as possible and make it as easy on myself as possible. I'm the queen of cheap, so I'm enjoying the challenge I've given myself.
I'll be using a small room in my basement. Right now, I have not done anything to it yet, but my plans are to paint it white (already have from a home improvement project), seal it off from another room by installing a door (scavenged), and rig up my lights. Later I will seal it better and use a air purifier (freebie from friend) and step up the air cleaning if needed.
My space is 3x3 ft and about 5 ft of height. Since these are lowryders, that shouldn't be an issue.
I'm using CFL's purchased at Lowe's for the vegetation stage: Bright Effects Daylight, 100watt equivalent (26w) They are 6500k in color and each is 1600 lumens. I may not use CFLs for flowering.
Cost: 9.00 for a 4 pack (will purchase as many as needed, but need to determine that first )
To position them over the plants, I have cup hooks (scavenged) in the ceiling and from these I hang a lamp kit from Walmart (with attention paid to wattage load) with a dual socket adapter screwed into the socket of each. To raise and lower them, I make a loose knot in the cord at the height I want to hang them and then twist tie this knot so it doesn't slip out, then I hang the knot on the cup hook. I can adjust these easily by untying and making a new loose knot. These lights will be plugged into a surge supressor and that will be plugged into a timer purchased from Walmart to turn the lights on and off at specific times.
Cost: lamp kit- 6.00 each, socket adaptor- 2.00, timer- ? 6.00? (I have all these from my first grow)
I will be using 3liter soda bottles purchased at the Dollar Store, painted so no light will get through to the roots.
Cost: 1.00 each
I found some great looking premixed organic soil by Dr. Earth. It is completely and truly organic and has lots of great stuff in it: bat guano, sea kelp, etc., etc. I'm not going to add anything else to it, except maybe some perlite for drainage, just to see how it does right out of the bag. I can adjust for future grows.
Cost: 12.00 for 1.5 cubic ft
I will be installing a temperature and humidity meter from Lowe's.
Cost: 10.00
For air circulation, I will be using a window box fan.
I'll plant 3 first and then 3 more 1 month later for a rotational harvest. I'll separate the males collect the pollen, then selectively pollinate so I won't have to buy more RRF beans .
My task list before seeds arrive:
Figure out how I want to start the seeds- direct, peat pellets, peat pots...etc..
Test the water ph level of my new/ancient house
clean and paint the grow space
install lights, timer, temperature and humidity gauge.
I'll be growing at least one or two of the freebie beans I got with my order, but those will be more just to see what happens because I don't have the height for them- they aren't lowryders. So, they'll have some friends to talk to. I'll have to move them somewhere else to flower them, of course since I'll be running the autos at 18/6 or 20/4.
My grow so far:
My most important ingredient: Sensible Simplicity and Frugality. I want to spend as little as possible and make it as easy on myself as possible. I'm the queen of cheap, so I'm enjoying the challenge I've given myself.
I'll be using a small room in my basement. Right now, I have not done anything to it yet, but my plans are to paint it white (already have from a home improvement project), seal it off from another room by installing a door (scavenged), and rig up my lights. Later I will seal it better and use a air purifier (freebie from friend) and step up the air cleaning if needed.
My space is 3x3 ft and about 5 ft of height. Since these are lowryders, that shouldn't be an issue.
I'm using CFL's purchased at Lowe's for the vegetation stage: Bright Effects Daylight, 100watt equivalent (26w) They are 6500k in color and each is 1600 lumens. I may not use CFLs for flowering.
Cost: 9.00 for a 4 pack (will purchase as many as needed, but need to determine that first )
To position them over the plants, I have cup hooks (scavenged) in the ceiling and from these I hang a lamp kit from Walmart (with attention paid to wattage load) with a dual socket adapter screwed into the socket of each. To raise and lower them, I make a loose knot in the cord at the height I want to hang them and then twist tie this knot so it doesn't slip out, then I hang the knot on the cup hook. I can adjust these easily by untying and making a new loose knot. These lights will be plugged into a surge supressor and that will be plugged into a timer purchased from Walmart to turn the lights on and off at specific times.
Cost: lamp kit- 6.00 each, socket adaptor- 2.00, timer- ? 6.00? (I have all these from my first grow)
I will be using 3liter soda bottles purchased at the Dollar Store, painted so no light will get through to the roots.
Cost: 1.00 each
I found some great looking premixed organic soil by Dr. Earth. It is completely and truly organic and has lots of great stuff in it: bat guano, sea kelp, etc., etc. I'm not going to add anything else to it, except maybe some perlite for drainage, just to see how it does right out of the bag. I can adjust for future grows.
Cost: 12.00 for 1.5 cubic ft
I will be installing a temperature and humidity meter from Lowe's.
Cost: 10.00
For air circulation, I will be using a window box fan.
I'll plant 3 first and then 3 more 1 month later for a rotational harvest. I'll separate the males collect the pollen, then selectively pollinate so I won't have to buy more RRF beans .
My task list before seeds arrive:
Figure out how I want to start the seeds- direct, peat pellets, peat pots...etc..
Test the water ph level of my new/ancient house
clean and paint the grow space
install lights, timer, temperature and humidity gauge.
I'll be growing at least one or two of the freebie beans I got with my order, but those will be more just to see what happens because I don't have the height for them- they aren't lowryders. So, they'll have some friends to talk to. I'll have to move them somewhere else to flower them, of course since I'll be running the autos at 18/6 or 20/4.