DaKindbuds
Well-Known Member
So it's my first grow, besides a half assed attempt in my early teens. It was almost a spur of the moment type of deal deciding to grow. I had spoken offhandedly about getting started previously because the cost of meds can get quite high(no pun intended) with a tolerance like mine. Even though I live in the state onhf Washington, where our MMJ tends to be cheaper that most places in the U.S.A., and above standard quality just about anywhere you go. Still $30-$35 every 2-3 days gets to be pricey, especially when you're low to no income like me. Fortunately for me an immediate family member has decided to help me get my own Grow started. I am TRULY BLESSED, my life may be far from perfect... Hell let me be honest my life lately has been down right shitty. I'm in pain all the time from multiple broken bones and injuries and I've got some depression and bad anxiety and that has been putting a strain on my relationship with family at home. Making matters worse the prescriptions for anxiety and depression I've gotten from doctors haven't been very affective, plus the pain meds are addictive and they make me very irritable. Let me tell you these issues make life at home difficult to say the least. Then one day at my local safe access point while making a typical purchase of an 1/8, I decided to splurge and get a gram of some hash. Now I'm usually in and out, I walk up to the counter choose my flavor, or flavors of the day and I'm on my way. The shop had made some additions to its lineup of meds so now I'm looking at these new additions, while waiting the few seconds for my order to be put together. I remember the talks me an the aforementioned family member have had about cultivating my own meds. After seeing the small supply of clones in a case. I decide on the healthiest looking one. I now realize it was probably just the oldest one as it was taller than the others and had some nice big fan leaves on it. The strain of the clone was Jedi Kush and I've named it Obi1-Cannobi I know, I know our flowering friends are ladies and that's a guys name(I think). But I'm not a Star Wars fan so I don't know the names of any female Jedi, It's kinda surprising I know there ARE female Jedi. Now on the way home I'm sort of rethinking my decision to get Obi1 seeing as I have zero grow equipment at home. Now I'm hoping I haven't liberated this poor girl from her meager (but stable) existence under fluorescent lights only to bring her home to die a pointless death by my hands. I put her on a windowsill in combination with a desk lamp. To my surprise she did just fine. That was the snowflake that caused an avalanche, because since then I've gone on to bring home 14 more!! This has had a surprisingly good dominoe effect on the quality of home life. My LOVE of the Sacred herb has been a huge factor in this. Cultivation has become my therapy, and after many hours of therapy I'll hopefully get some righteous meds to accompany future therapy sessions. Now the family member that has helped make this possible, either felt sorry for me being miserable all the time or just felt the holistic approach was better seeing as how they have made the observation that when using MMJ my mood is improved along with better pain management. Now to my setup, I am lucky enough to be able to dedicate an entire room to my cause. The room is not sealed but I'm in veg. I figure I can get away with it for another week or so. It's also getting hotter and I don't have A/C yet. But my highest temps have only been up to 80f for a very short time usually stays at about 75f. I'm getting an A/C this weekend that's actually supposed to be for indoor gardening as there is no need for exhaust supposedly, Im not a 100% sure about it. I got a recommendation for it from a commercial grower. Either way I'll have A/C just in time for the heat its April and the temps are quickly climbing. my first purchases where a batwing and a 1000w mh. The batwing is good for a couple of plants but definitely not 15. Even the XXXL hood I bought a couple days ago isn't going to be enough to bring 15 plants to maturity. The light quality has DEFINITELY improved since switching to the XXXL. But not enough to support 15 plants flowering. So when the time comes I'll either suspend about half in veg or get another light put up. Although I'm truly blessed to have this setup for a first grow a XXXL hood, 1000w mh and a hps for flowerIng special A/C, a WHOLE ROOM to work with. I've had some very minor errors (I wouldn't call them setbacks) on my part from lack of research. I was using mirrors initially to reflect light(LOL) , I'm pretty sure I purchased the soil version of the Foxfarm trio when I'm growing in coco. (The bottles don't say which they're for) The unhelpful salesman at the hydro store could have said something. and my clones were rooted in soil. I didn't even get a ph meter till 2 or 3 days ago.Now these aspects are all manageable especially for a veteran or at least a grower that has all the fundamentals down. Well I'm not a veteran grower and my knowledge on growing is limited, but I'm really picking this up quickly. When you're passionate about something that's the way it tends to be. I'm also lucky that they're are communities like this where I can express my love for cannabis and receive growing and artificial environment tips for my room from the vets. As well as brag about my ladies. Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think.