how easy is it to grow your own cannabis?

mikeyjames9

Strictly for personal use

Is it relatively straightforward?

Thanks

Shakespeare's Sister

/awaits the people who pretend to be outraged by cannabis

For Forks Sake

Evening officer.

Sir Arthur Daley

Very easy grow in a dry cleaners.

mikeyjames9

Is it just a matter of buying the seeds?

And then you need a grow lamp and nutrients in the soil?

Gongoozler

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

Is it just a matter of buying the seeds?

And then you need a grow lamp and nutrients in the soil?

Ah you don't need a lamp for personal use. Unless you live in a basement.

Tigger

Easy to grow hard to get to bud well
I've seen soo many leafy bud less plants it's rediciouis
But the plant is called weed for a reason (easy to grow)
However it's very bd and frowned upon

AnonoBoy

Hello and welcome to Room Outside with your guest presenters Cypress Hill!

Bongalongherb

Tigger wrote: »

Easy to grow hard to get to bud well
I've seen soo many leafy bud less plants it's rediciouis
But the plant is called weed for a reason (easy to grow)
However it's very bd and frowned upon

I think you mean Delicious.

Lalealynn

I am actually intrigued by this project and I expect it to unfold like a comedy film staring Simon Pegg.

Awaits with interest.

renegademaster

it's a weed

mikeyjames9

Tigger wrote: »

Easy to grow hard to get to bud well

What the trick with getting it to bud

Bongalongherb

A nice euphoric feeling while adjusting the telescope toward the moon for video capture. A telescope and weed are both neutral. The both of them get you high, into space maybe.

Tigger

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

What the trick with getting it to bud

Well first make sure it's female

mikeyjames9

Tigger wrote: »

Well first make sure it's female

Really?
There's he and she varieties

Bongalongherb

Good red lights for the flowering stage.

Tigger

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

Really?
There's he and she varieties

Yeah plants have gender

Tigger

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Good red lights for the flowering stage.

A little bit of blue helps but mainly red

Sir Arthur Daley

You need an REC for the wiring for the grow house.

NomadicGray

Bongalongherb wrote: »

A nice euphoric feeling while adjusting the telescope toward the moon for video capture. A telescope and weed are both neutral. The both of them get you high, into space maybe.

How much of that telescope have you bee smoking?

Grayson

Tigger wrote: »

Yeah plants have gender

yep. the females flower and turn to buds. make sure there's no nookie or you'll end up with a load of buds filled with seeds.

Karl Stein

I heard that a fella thought he could fly and so went up to the airport and tried to get over one hundred people to board him as he would be leaving shortly for Alicante... and he only looked at a cannabis plant.

Lalealynn

Grayson wrote: »

yep. the females flower and turn to buds. make sure there's no nookie or you'll end up with a load of buds filled with seeds.

That's cruel.

Tigger

This thread is doing surprisingly well
The straights must be out

Anyway as above don't mix males in with your females or the bud will go to **** if you are using lamps then it's mainly blue wit a lite red doff the first stage the. Mainly red with a little blue for the flowering stage
The time under lamp / time
In darkness thing is important so google that

Tigger

Karl Stein wrote: »

I heard that a fella thought he could fly and so went up to the airport and tried to get over one hundred people to board him as he would be leaving shortly for Alicante... and he only looked at a cannabis plant.

Quiet child; we schooling here

Shakespeare's Sister

Karl Stein wrote: »

I heard that a fella thought he could fly and so went up to the airport and tried to get over one hundred people to board him as he would be leaving shortly for Alicante... and he only looked at a cannabis plant.

You fool, it was Dunnes multi-storey car-park that he tried to fly from!

Jimmy Garlic

Grayson wrote: »

yep. the females flower and turn to buds. make sure there's no nookie or you'll end up with a load of buds filled with seeds.

Not an issue if you buy feminised seed.

Bongalongherb

Whatever you do, don't even think of growing one with low power lights, like those energy saver ones folk use in their abode. If you are thinking of growing one for personal use, then make sure you get the correct power lights for the grow or you will be just wasting your time. The correct lighting you need would be a clear white and also a blue-white or warm white. You should also have a red as well when the plant comes to flowering time, and use these three lights together and the buds will be like megaliths.

The more Lumens the better.

Karl Stein

Tigger wrote: »

The trolls, puritans, conservitards and generally uniformed must be out

You missed a few.

Shakespeare's Sister

I expect Bongalongherb to be totally opposed to this, the narc! :mad:

Tigger

Karl Stein wrote: »

You missed a few.

Why you misquote me?

Shakespeare's Sister

Karl Stein wrote: »

You missed a few.

Feminists?

Bongalongherb

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

I expect Bongalongherb to be totally opposed to this, the narc! :mad:

Opposed to what ?

mikeyjames9

Tigger wrote: »

This thread is doing surprisingly well
The straights must be out

Anyway as above don't mix males in with your females or the bud will go to **** if you are using lamps then it's mainly blue wit a lite red doff the first stage the. Mainly red with a little blue for the flowering stage
The time under lamp / time
In darkness thing is important so google that

Thanks

How many kw/hrs or electricity cost are we talking

And what's the approx time from start to finish

I'll probably Google all the info later if it seems viable

Karl Stein

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Feminists?

If they're not trying to wipe out the male of the species they're trying to wreck da bleedin' buzz.

Shakespeare's Sister

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Opposed to what ?

I am messing.

Grayson

There used to be an amazing site called overgrow.com. It's been gone years but it covered everything you ever needed to know. I think I may have memorised that site.

A nice amateur method is called SOG (see of green) google it. Even for people who don't want to grow weed there are some interesting horticultural tips. You make sure you have the right lighting (not just because it's an indoor plant. Plants decide when to flower/bud/etc based on the seasons. so you can make a plant flower by changing the hours it gets light to the same as it would be in the season it flowers). Get the right soil. Not hard to do, but if you don't bother and just chuck in peat moss the it can destroy the roots due to the acidity/alkalinity and bad drainage) and make sure it's trimmed/fimmed correctly (Fimming is clipping buds during the growing stage).

I haven't grown in years but it's a hobby you can really get into. If your interested, read about it online. There are probably a load of sites that will give you the basics. Hell, there are probably ebooks you can buy. maybe even amazon. One thing, the plants can stink. Think twice before doing it in a populated area

Shakespeare's Sister

Karl Stein wrote: »

If they're not trying to wipe out the male of the species they're trying to wreck da bleedin' buzz.

And look at how phallic a joint is. :mad:

Tigger

With decent bulbs probably 2.4 kWh per day for about 12-14 weeks

Sir Arthur Daley

Tigger wrote: »

With decent bulbs probably 2.4 kWh per day for about 12-14 weeks

That will cost a fortune unless you bypass the meter.

Bongalongherb

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

I am messing.

You had me going there for a minute

Grayson

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Whatever you do, don't even think of growing one with low power lights, like those energy saver ones folk use in their abode. If you are thinking of growing one for personal use, then make sure you get the correct power lights for the grow or you will be just wasting your time. The correct lighting you need would be a clear white and also a blue-white or warm white. You should also have a red as well when the plant comes to flowering time, and use these three lights together and the buds will be like megaliths.

The more Lumens the better.

Actually it's all down to penetration. the HPS (Sodium) bulbs have a greater penetration. You can use energy savers if 1) the place is warm anyway and 2) you have loads of them. Energy savers have a very low penetration so one plant would need a few strategically placed. the HPS is better because it's easier, but it costs a fortune.

Tigger

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

That will cost a fortune unless you bypass the meter.

How much is a kWh these days ?
It's about 40€ per cycle
Could feasibly get three plants off that
Yield of 9-10 g of bud off that
Enough to go to jail for 5 years or get high for 6 months

Shakespeare's Sister

Bongalongherb wrote: »

You had me going there for a minute

Oh yeh, paranoid smoker. :rolleyes:






:pac:

Sir Arthur Daley

Tigger wrote: »

How much is a kWh these days ?

I havent a clue, meter is bypassed at home.

Bongalongherb

Grayson wrote: »

Actually it's all down to penetration. the HPS (Sodium) bulbs have a greater penetration. You can use energy savers if 1) the place is warm anyway and 2) you have loads of them. Energy savers have a very low penetration so one plant would need a few strategically placed. the HPS is better because it's easier, but it costs a fortune.

Sure, but if you want big buds the size of basket-balls, then it's better to pay the bit extra for good lights. Those energy savers are just no good, waste of time.

I'm with these folk here...A lot of good information... http://boards.cannabis.com/forum.php#cannabis-world

Grayson

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Feminists?

If you do get a male, and it hasn't fertilised a female, you can make nice hash. See, males aren't completely useless. They have uses besides knocking up the females.

percy212

Seriously? Must learn how to do that....

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

I havent a clue, meter is bypassed at home.

Bongalongherb

Shakespeare's Sister wrote: »

Oh yeh, paranoid smoker. :rolleyes:






:pac:

No. Just highly curious.

Sir Arthur Daley

percy212 wrote: »

Seriously? Must learn how to do that....

Its piss easy, just post on the electrical or diy forum for indepth instructions.

Grayson

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Sure, but if you want big buds the size of basket-balls, then it's better to pay the bit extra for good lights. Those energy savers are just no good, waste of time.

I'm with these folk here...A lot of good information... http://boards.cannabis.com/forum.php#cannabis-world

I won't disagree. but the bulbs do cost a fortune.

Actually, after I typed that I googled it. When I went shopping years ago they were a minimum of 100 quid. They're a lot less now. They would be more expensive to run, but a cheaper outlay at the beginning