Any Cannabis-like plant I can PRACTICE growing with?

I am a bare amature grower.

My biggest obstacle besides lack of experience seems to be lack of privacy.

I want to go out and buy the equipment I'd need for a purely indoor setup but before I spend all that money, I want to be able to PRACTICE growing something with hydroponics, hopefully something with growth behavior and requirements as close to cannabis as possible.

Is there a 100% legal herb or vegetable that would be good PRACTICE to grow hydroponically before I went and spend good money on feminized seeds? I'm afraid that me buying all that equipment will trip all kinds of red flags with local law enforcement, I want to pretty much get the setup together and do practice crops in case cops or nosey meter readers get in my face my very first time.

Sorry for the rambling post but you get the idea.

Hops possibly.

Tomatoes

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Originally Posted by ostropolier

I am a bare amature grower.

My biggest obstacle besides lack of experience seems to be lack of privacy.

I want to go out and buy the equipment I'd need for a purely indoor setup but before I spend all that money, I want to be able to PRACTICE growing something with hydroponics, hopefully something with growth behavior and requirements as close to cannabis as possible.

Is there a 100% legal herb or vegetable that would be good PRACTICE to grow hydroponically before I went and spend good money on feminized seeds? I'm afraid that me buying all that equipment will trip all kinds of red flags with local law enforcement, I want to pretty much get the setup together and do practice crops in case cops or nosey meter readers get in my face my very first time.

Sorry for the rambling post but you get the idea.

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I don't know, but when you ARE ready, don't buy feminized seeds. The way they guarantee a high likelyhood of female is by stressing the "donor" plant to the point that it hermaphrodites and the resultant seeds are likely female ("feminized") however they also carry the hermie trait.

So get some real seeds, grow them all out, clone for sex and destroy your males, pick your best female and she's your new mother.

I asked my uncle how to grow pot and he said "Just like you grow tomatoes"
He had some nice 15' sativas and some great afghani.

I have a better idea, don't grow if your so paranoid that you think buying grow equipment will alert local authorities to you.

If you can grow anything you can grow weed its that simple. I agree with socialistpete if you are already worried you shouldnt do it as it will drive you nuts. Why not move to better location before starting this project.I wish you the best of luck. Peace

tomatoes :thumbsup: ... they're even related to cannabis, in some distant manner ... plus, they taste good :D ... I sometimes grow the exotics, seeds are available here: Tomato Growers Supply Company: Tomato seeds, Pepper seeds, Eggplant seeds. More than 500 varieties. Hybrid tomato seeds, Heirloom tomato seeds, hot chiles, sweet peppers, tomatillos and eggplants, plus garden supplies, garden books, and posters. ... cheap seeds, too ... you're smart, ahead of the curve, for choosing to try something else, first :thumbsup:

P.S. ...... being a WEED. cannabis is amazingly easy to grow :thumbsup: (I still can't grow tomatoes worth a damn :()

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Originally Posted by socialistpete

I have a better idea, don't grow if your so paranoid that you think buying grow equipment will alert local authorities to you.

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Paranoia is a cardinal virtue in this line of work and anyone who suggests otherwise belongs in a taxable profession.