Tony Urban
Well-Known Member
Salutations people, welcome to my little corner of the cannabis revolution, I am here to be as lazy as possible but still deliver some fine content. Follow along for some happy fun time.
This will be a legal Canadian 4 plant recreational grow. I will show you that you don’t need to be a pro, or work hard, just to grow some personal
cannabis. Just give it a shot.
I recognize that other methods produce more yield, bigger buds, vigorous growth, and possibly with less effort. It’s important to appreciate those methods and their results. People grow to suit their situation. I wanted to make less of an impact on my environment, with less effort, while maximizing the natural result. So I landed on living organic soil, with LEDs, and no bottled nutrients. Choose carefully the method you want to grow, so that it suits your needs and lifestyle.
Grow Space:
A 3 foot by 3 foot tent that is 6.5 feet tall in the basement. Basement weed.
Strains:
Seedsman - Skunk #1, a total of two feminized seeds. A classic strain and one I have been wanting to try for a while. These strains were sent to me as part of a contest win prize. Thanks Seedsman!
Crop King Seeds - CB Dream, a total of one single feminized seed, got plans for this little beauty. Only paid $35 for these, $7 a seed.
Crop King Seeds - Crown Royale, one feminized seed, heard great things about this strain, these were sponsor donated seeds for a photo contest win. I lost two of the seeds in my kitchen. That’s not the first time. I lose more seeds to my kitchen than I do with poor germination....
I placed the seeds in paper towel, inside of a sandwich bag, added some bottled water to moisten, and placed the package in a warm dark place. I will leave them there for 24 hours and check on them. Then they will be moved to the peat pellets.
Grow medium:
I am using living organic soil, based off of Clacksmus Coots recipe, and tweaked to meet my local available stuff.
Sphagnum Moss, Perlite, Earth Worm Castings, Alfalfa Meal, Crab Shell Meal, Rock Dust Mix (glacial rock dust, volcanic basalt dust, local clay powdered, oyster shell powder, azomite), Diotomecious Earth, Neem Meal, Kelp Meal, and biochar. That was a year and a half ago. Most has been sitting in a big garbage bin. When done with a grow I would mix the used soil back into the big bin.
Since then I have added more black earth, some recycled shredded paper, leftover uncooked rice, trimming, veggie scraps, and anything that could be thrown back into soil. Took it all outside and mixed it back up. Then back into the garbage bins and totes and down into the basement.
This soil gets better each round. One of these days I will take the last step to vermincomposting.
I also use these for my mycos when transplanting.
Grow Container:
I am using large 32 gallon storage bins. 2 plants per bin. Until they are large enough, they will be grown in peat pellets and 6” planters.
I left my harvest trim on top of the soil, added water, and put a lid on the bins. I think I will add some fish tank water to the soil to keep it moist until the babies are ready to be transplanted into the main bins.
Grow lights:
Perfect Sun Dwarf Star, pulls about 235 watts from the wall
I am also using a FusionPro400 that pulls 200 watts. A 6” fan and carbon filter works to keep the dank as low key as possible.
I am preparing peat pellets for the sprouts. Got a few extra for my clover that I will be adding as a companion/cover crop.
I think that’s all we need to start. Pretty excited about this round.
This journal is an ode to our sponsors. I appreciate the work involved with being a sponsor while trying to be a business. I was the recipient of free seeds from @SeedsMan and CKS, and to show some love I want to grow these and show off their genetics. After all, it won’t be nutrients, hydroponics, CO2, or massive lights in this grow making the plants look good, the only thing in this journal putting in work is the genetics.
This is in theory the bare minimum you could grow for your personal, recreational home grow.
Cheers,
Urb
This will be a legal Canadian 4 plant recreational grow. I will show you that you don’t need to be a pro, or work hard, just to grow some personal
cannabis. Just give it a shot.
I recognize that other methods produce more yield, bigger buds, vigorous growth, and possibly with less effort. It’s important to appreciate those methods and their results. People grow to suit their situation. I wanted to make less of an impact on my environment, with less effort, while maximizing the natural result. So I landed on living organic soil, with LEDs, and no bottled nutrients. Choose carefully the method you want to grow, so that it suits your needs and lifestyle.
Grow Space:
A 3 foot by 3 foot tent that is 6.5 feet tall in the basement. Basement weed.
Strains:
Seedsman - Skunk #1, a total of two feminized seeds. A classic strain and one I have been wanting to try for a while. These strains were sent to me as part of a contest win prize. Thanks Seedsman!
Crop King Seeds - CB Dream, a total of one single feminized seed, got plans for this little beauty. Only paid $35 for these, $7 a seed.
Crop King Seeds - Crown Royale, one feminized seed, heard great things about this strain, these were sponsor donated seeds for a photo contest win. I lost two of the seeds in my kitchen. That’s not the first time. I lose more seeds to my kitchen than I do with poor germination....
I placed the seeds in paper towel, inside of a sandwich bag, added some bottled water to moisten, and placed the package in a warm dark place. I will leave them there for 24 hours and check on them. Then they will be moved to the peat pellets.
Grow medium:
I am using living organic soil, based off of Clacksmus Coots recipe, and tweaked to meet my local available stuff.
Sphagnum Moss, Perlite, Earth Worm Castings, Alfalfa Meal, Crab Shell Meal, Rock Dust Mix (glacial rock dust, volcanic basalt dust, local clay powdered, oyster shell powder, azomite), Diotomecious Earth, Neem Meal, Kelp Meal, and biochar. That was a year and a half ago. Most has been sitting in a big garbage bin. When done with a grow I would mix the used soil back into the big bin.
Since then I have added more black earth, some recycled shredded paper, leftover uncooked rice, trimming, veggie scraps, and anything that could be thrown back into soil. Took it all outside and mixed it back up. Then back into the garbage bins and totes and down into the basement.
This soil gets better each round. One of these days I will take the last step to vermincomposting.
I also use these for my mycos when transplanting.
Grow Container:
I am using large 32 gallon storage bins. 2 plants per bin. Until they are large enough, they will be grown in peat pellets and 6” planters.
I left my harvest trim on top of the soil, added water, and put a lid on the bins. I think I will add some fish tank water to the soil to keep it moist until the babies are ready to be transplanted into the main bins.
Grow lights:
Perfect Sun Dwarf Star, pulls about 235 watts from the wall
I am also using a FusionPro400 that pulls 200 watts. A 6” fan and carbon filter works to keep the dank as low key as possible.
I am preparing peat pellets for the sprouts. Got a few extra for my clover that I will be adding as a companion/cover crop.
I think that’s all we need to start. Pretty excited about this round.
This journal is an ode to our sponsors. I appreciate the work involved with being a sponsor while trying to be a business. I was the recipient of free seeds from @SeedsMan and CKS, and to show some love I want to grow these and show off their genetics. After all, it won’t be nutrients, hydroponics, CO2, or massive lights in this grow making the plants look good, the only thing in this journal putting in work is the genetics.
This is in theory the bare minimum you could grow for your personal, recreational home grow.
Cheers,
Urb
