thinking of starting growing some marijuana not much money so

>>707523020
yeah it'll grow alright

grow some mexican brick weed...

nutrients are required

If the soil had good nutrients to start with then yes it would grow. You should use an aquarium light for better growing.

>>707523020
Lol I tried this, but with 24 HPS lights and all the shit. 25,000 bucks worth of shit.
Don't even go there, op. You best just sell crack or meth. At least you'll get laid.

>>707523228
>>707523285
is 1 cfl light enough for 1 plant?
also what are lowryders, reffering to plant or seed

>>707523020
If you had good soil sure.
If you're up to it you can make your own compost. Just go to the park and collect dead leaves, acorns etc. and crush it all up. You'll need a source of "green" material which you can just use old moldy vegetables and whatnot. You'll want like 10-20x as much dead brown stuff as fresh green stuff. If you mash it up real good you'll have compost ready in a week or two. You can plant your seeds directly into peat moss in the center of your compost mix.
I'd say add small wood chips and vermiculite to the compost as well if you can swing it. It's pretty set it and forget it though. The compost has enough nutes to last like 6-10 months if you made it right.

Also CFL's aren't the greatest, but you'd still technically get something I guess. I'd use LED's personally. Not only are they more compact, they give off more light, and you won't risk burning your place down if the plant touches the bulb.

>>707523020
Nutes and the proper spectrum of light. Halogen, do your research if you want to do it right.
Proper temperature control. Maybe a fan blowing on the plants to ensure strong hearty stems.
If you got a few bucks to burn, buy some reflective shit so you don't lose any of that fancy ass spectrum of light.

To do it right, should cost somewhere in the range of 300-500 dollars. Most of that cost is in the light.

This will ensure that you get high yields, and extremely high quality buds.
But you're poor, so you'll take your cfl and make the shittiest weed ever seen. Next to northern canada bush weed. Not sure which would be worse to be honest.

>>707523840
This is bad advise. One of the reasons weed is harsh, is because it wasn't flushed before it was harvested.
This means, that the nutrients are still present in the plant. Most GOOD growers will spend two weeks giving their plants straight water, no food, before harvest. Thus ensuring clean hits.

To get a QP off of any old plant, if grown right, will take about 3 months.
So, if you take this advise, you're going to have some seriously harsh shit, as there will be an excess of nutes in the mix.

>>707524119
You shouldn't have to flush compost since it never contains large amounts of nutrients like hydroponics or chemical nutrient soil.

>>707524234
I still see it being shitty hitting weed.
Also, the nutes aren't controlled in any way.
Sure, it'll grow. It might even turn out alright.
But if he did his research, and everything right, it would be mind blowing with very little extra work.

>>707524377
Oh, I'll add one more tidbit from my experiences with Larry the epic weed grower.

Timing the lights. Can't just let that shit run 24/7. Gotta use the light cycles to tell the plant what phase it's in.
Can't remember the specifics, but it was something like 12 on 12 off for veg (growing the plant itself), and something like 16/8 for budding phase. Numbers are probably wrong. But it's something to note. Also, have no idea conditions for germination of seeds. As I never really payed attention to that part.

Veg until the plant is large enough for your satisfaction, then go budding phase. Watching with a magnifying glass until the THC crystals are juuuuuusssttt right.

>>707523487
>is 1 cfl light enough for 1 plant?

you need at least 100 (real) watts per plant. The more the better , for 1 plant 150watts of CFLs works pretty well.

>>707524377
Proper humus has very low amounts of nutrients. The reason it has a "a lot" of nutrients is because it's extremely slow time released. So yeah it's nutrient rich, but it's not concentrated at any one time.

Proper compost should be around 0.1 to 0.5% NPK at any one time. Compared to people that add nutrients that may end up with soil around 5-20% NPK concentrations, though that does depend on your dilution and everything. But in general people using chemical nutrients will be hitting easily 5-10x the levels of compost so it's necessary to flush that excess out.

>>707525005
Good to know. Still not my preference. I like optimization.
Too many times I've bought bud and thought to myself, "This shit could have been so fucking epic if done right."

Which is why I keep advocating proper research into the areas I'm mentioning.
As there's good bud, then there's bud that grabs you by the balls and drags you six feet into your couch.

fox farms ocean forest or happy frog are some good soils for cannabis if you arent making your own soil. you can get the shit at the nursery.

fox farms and easy bud from sensi seeds

Thanks for feedback so far,
anyone know a rough price of running a 300watt LED full spectrum grow lamp

>>707526875
You mean the cost of electricity? You'll need to calculate it based off how much you pay by the kWh

>>707526875
Halogen will run about the same as a baseboard heater. Or a running PC.
For a rough idea. If you want specific numbers, consult someone else.

I have no fucking clue about LED. Or even if LED would have the right spectrum for weed to flourish.

growweedeasy.com

>>707527400
You just multiply your wattage by time.
Like if you pay $0.10 per kWh and you have a 300W bulb (0.3kW), you'd be paying $0.03/hr to keep it on since you use 0.3 kW per hour.
So over a 30 day period, roughly 18 hours a day, you'd expect it to cost about $16/month

>>707523020
must be a cop
nobody would be stupid enough to ask that shit in here that was serious

>>707528549
lolwat you can find grow guides all over the internet. Plus weed is legal in a lot of places

>>707528435
Sure, you could use math and shit. But I don't even know what kind of power a halogen puts out.
All I know is it needs a ballast thingamabob to bump up the current.
Or some such.

And that it's about the same as an electric baseboard heater as far as power usage.

>>707523020
>plant

not really worth it for 1 plant

I would dedicated a room to it if you want to harvest anything, atleast a closet.

>>707528779
Sale of all items required for growing, including seeds, is legal pretty much everywhere too.

Can't arrest someone for talk! (yet)

It's only illegal when in possession of THC. As THC is the controlled substance in question.

>>707529026
1 plant is just fine depending on how much you smoke. Like if you pull half an ounce off it each time (which is probably what you'd get out of a PC grow) that's not bad for one person if you could do that every 2-3 months. I've heard some people say they've managed 1+ oz's in pc grows, just depends.

Not everyone wants to smoke 6g blunts every day.

Ignore these fags curing is everything. Cure it properly and you'll have the best weed ever

>>707529973
This is a lie.
I've gotten fried off of fresh cut.
Curing helps, don't get me wrong. But proper grow and care will yield epic results. Curing will take it one step further.

>>707529453
I only smoke 6g blunts goml

>>707523020
It's all about aiorflow, the more co2 you pump in, the more the plant has to feed on it.
Nutes are just catalyst in the plant formation, it does use some but not as much a marketing makes you think you need.
So use a 30-40 cfl, warm light, put some fans on that shit, make some L shaped ducts and paint 'em black inside so no light go out. Have some positive pressure on the enclousure. Use potato chips bag(the silver kind on the inside) that's mylar it reflects like 99% of visible spectrum.
Cfls tends to be cold so just let the plants chill and breath

>>707523487
I would not suggest taking all the risk of growing weed to only have it turn out half-asset because you could do a legitimate grow. You can get normally a 1/4 to 1/2 a oz of dried flower off a pc grow. It's will be airy and thin. To do a really good pc grow it will cost more than simply buying it and much more time.

But lowryders are a plant that naturally stays very slow and automatically begins to bud when it reaches maturation. You don't have to trigger budding by changing your light cycle. I wouldn't grow lowryder because it's bred with shitty mexican weed to get the automatic flowering response.

Seriously google search this shit, it's super easy to find.

Give you some advice...dont do it
Buying the nutes etc...red flag
Increased power use...red flag
The smell...red flag
Then if you do manage a grow you have to sell it....traffic, people knowing about ofr finding the shit. What if you have a fire or someone breaks in...BUSTED Then you have tax evasion, manufacturing...kiss your ass goodbye, all your shit taken, cars guns etc....
buy a sack now and then ...be happy

everyone I use to know that grew got busted...
all it takes is one other person knowing and they tell a secret and they tell a secret and eventually it gets to an enemy and youre BUSTED