Hello all, and thanks for helping out us new growers. I certainly qualify, since I’ve never grown anything but garden veggies and I usually left those to my wife to do. 
I am interested in really small yields - I don’t smoke that much/often, and I don’t have any intention of selling anything. I live in a state where it will be legal to grow in a few months, but it turns out that I live within 1000 feet of a school so it’s still illegal for ME to grow. :-( So I have to do it at a friend’s house; he has kindly allowed me to use his basement in exchange for a bit of herb now and then. Like me, he doesn’t smoke a great deal either so I think this arrangement will work. But it does mean that the plants are not where I can watch them 24/7although it is pretty close to my house.
Anyway, I have a couple of questions (of course).
First of all, there’s the whole issue of what to grow. I don’t like the really strong THC stuff I’ve tried at all. I started smoking in 1967 and the stuff we had then was so different from a lot of what is available now - I don’t know where to start. (BTW, I spent a long time not smoking and didn’t really get interested in it again until our state passed its legalization law last month, which kind of explains why I’m such a blank about the more recent crops. I had some Grapefruit Diesel from a dispensary which I HATED - I was zonked 12 hours later and it was pretty unpleasant. So I’d like to find something that is autoflowering (to remove the whole “Oops, I turned on a light” problem since it’s going to be in someone else’s basement), preferably with feminized seeds, and also something that doesn’t get too big. I had thought about Barney’s Seeds Tangelo Rapido (CBD doesn’t bother me at all - I actually like it, but my favorite stone is the kind that makes me think and do things - I HATE being zonked and incapable of moving. Tangelo Rapido is supposed to be a fairly low THC/high CBD strain compared to the Grapefruit Diesel I referred to.) I had some Northern Lights from the same dispensary which was much lower in THC (and much higher in CBD) and I liked it a lot more.
Does anyone have any recs for an autoflowering strain that doesn’t get real big (I don’t mind small yield) and produces more of an energetic high than a couch-locked one? Like I said, so far I have not liked the really potent stuff I’ve tried at all.
i have my light - it’s a Mailliard T5, 2 foot, 8 tube, and I have a good stand system for it that makes adjusting it a snap. The room is heated in the winter (I’ve been checking the temp and it is always between 70 - 75 during the day since the furnace is in the basement), cool in the summer, and if necessary we can vent to the outside via a fan/carbon filter, but since I have never done this before...Question #2: how much of an odor problem do you really have if you only have one or two small plants?
I am planning on starting really simple, growing in dirt and I’m not going to use a tent, at least not at first. I will be using simple white reflectors (I’m a professional photographer and this is something I think I know a bit about) to bounce light back to the plants from the sides and still allow air circulation to the plants. This setup can be infinitely adjusted as the plants mature and for now I’m not locked in to anything except the light, which is why I’m attracted to doing it this way. I know I will make mistakes and I’d prefer that they not cost me too much money, and I can’t afford to waste it. Just like the rest of you.
I guess that’s enough to go on for now. I’ll see if anybody has any suggestions before I ask more questions and attempt to reinvent the wheel. But next time I won't put them in the Introduction forum, LOL.
Thanks!
I am interested in really small yields - I don’t smoke that much/often, and I don’t have any intention of selling anything. I live in a state where it will be legal to grow in a few months, but it turns out that I live within 1000 feet of a school so it’s still illegal for ME to grow. :-( So I have to do it at a friend’s house; he has kindly allowed me to use his basement in exchange for a bit of herb now and then. Like me, he doesn’t smoke a great deal either so I think this arrangement will work. But it does mean that the plants are not where I can watch them 24/7although it is pretty close to my house.
Anyway, I have a couple of questions (of course).
First of all, there’s the whole issue of what to grow. I don’t like the really strong THC stuff I’ve tried at all. I started smoking in 1967 and the stuff we had then was so different from a lot of what is available now - I don’t know where to start. (BTW, I spent a long time not smoking and didn’t really get interested in it again until our state passed its legalization law last month, which kind of explains why I’m such a blank about the more recent crops. I had some Grapefruit Diesel from a dispensary which I HATED - I was zonked 12 hours later and it was pretty unpleasant. So I’d like to find something that is autoflowering (to remove the whole “Oops, I turned on a light” problem since it’s going to be in someone else’s basement), preferably with feminized seeds, and also something that doesn’t get too big. I had thought about Barney’s Seeds Tangelo Rapido (CBD doesn’t bother me at all - I actually like it, but my favorite stone is the kind that makes me think and do things - I HATE being zonked and incapable of moving. Tangelo Rapido is supposed to be a fairly low THC/high CBD strain compared to the Grapefruit Diesel I referred to.) I had some Northern Lights from the same dispensary which was much lower in THC (and much higher in CBD) and I liked it a lot more.
Does anyone have any recs for an autoflowering strain that doesn’t get real big (I don’t mind small yield) and produces more of an energetic high than a couch-locked one? Like I said, so far I have not liked the really potent stuff I’ve tried at all.
i have my light - it’s a Mailliard T5, 2 foot, 8 tube, and I have a good stand system for it that makes adjusting it a snap. The room is heated in the winter (I’ve been checking the temp and it is always between 70 - 75 during the day since the furnace is in the basement), cool in the summer, and if necessary we can vent to the outside via a fan/carbon filter, but since I have never done this before...Question #2: how much of an odor problem do you really have if you only have one or two small plants?
I am planning on starting really simple, growing in dirt and I’m not going to use a tent, at least not at first. I will be using simple white reflectors (I’m a professional photographer and this is something I think I know a bit about) to bounce light back to the plants from the sides and still allow air circulation to the plants. This setup can be infinitely adjusted as the plants mature and for now I’m not locked in to anything except the light, which is why I’m attracted to doing it this way. I know I will make mistakes and I’d prefer that they not cost me too much money, and I can’t afford to waste it. Just like the rest of you.
I guess that’s enough to go on for now. I’ll see if anybody has any suggestions before I ask more questions and attempt to reinvent the wheel.
But next time I won't put them in the Introduction forum, LOL.Thanks!
