Quote Originally Posted by SnSstealth
Someone really pissed you off huh. You wanna grow cheap? Then grow cheap! My first grow was miracle grow, and a hand me down 600HPS. My circulation was a fan that i moved around...thats it....If you are growing for just you, a few 23w CFLs will do the trick...Is this gonna be a rant thread? Or are you gonna log your grow?
whiskeytango

you managed to get stinky's attention, so while you got her, I would ask anything you need to know...She is one of the most knowledgeable growers I have met...or typed to....lol
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I have felt very privileged to read many of stinky's how-tos and pieces of advice. They are great, and I appreciate the tidbits I get from her info more than full-blown how-tos that I have seen in 90% of the other online "guides". I'm not sure I have a lot more questions, she's put most everything I need out there already.

And it isn't "someone" who pissed me off... it is the whole thing in general. We're trying to do this for some medicine for my illness, which causes me to have extreme fatigue and pain. The more I read, the more exhausted I get because it doesn't matter if I move my body or use my brain, it all uses up energy I don't have. I want medicine so I can have enough energy to deal with my own OUTDOOR gardens instead of staying in bed... and instead I'm using it all up on this indoor planting of just a few seeds. The wife was originally going to grow these seeds for me - she ordered them and everything, but after reading so much contradictory info she didn't know what to do. Since I am the "lead gardener" in this house, so to speak, it fell to me to figure out why different people say completely different things for something that is relatively basic for most beginners. Her big conspiracy theory is that people are making it sound complicated so you won't want to grow yourself, you'll have to buy it from them.

Yes... this is a rant thread! My grow log is in the grow logs section. I have 4x27W 6500K CFL bulbs shining down on my little semi-retarded-looking seedlings right now as we speak. And EVERY time I try and find some little specific morsel of info so I feel like I know what I am doing, I have to wade hip-deep into the sewage pond on the WWW in order to retrieve that little tiny gem of truth. It's smelly, tiring, time-consuming and frustrating. Well, except maybe the smelly part (sniffing armpits). Nope, not actually smelly... yet.

No matter what it is, I tend to lose it when someone tries to push some product of some kind on you claiming it is the perfect solution to your woes. Pile on top of that the number of people with opposing views for something as simple as growing a plant and you have a recipe for me pulling a Linda Blair routine.

This site is the one site where it seemed like the "you can't do that" - "yes you can" crap was at a minimum (still exists, but it is much, much less than most forums) and so I signed up so I could post. Doesn't mean I'm not still experiencing things in my google web searches that make me spew pea soup while my head spins around.

Like I said in the title of the post:

Whiskey.
Tango.
Foxtrot.
PottyBear Reviewed by PottyBear on . Contradictions! Seriously - WTF!? I swear to dog I am going to lose it. Those of a sensitive nature may wish to skip this post and move on to something else. Also, I mean no offense whatsoever to those who have actually grown these plants and have had experience with certain things that have worked or not worked - it is just that I am fed up with running in circles with information. So, I am going to have a real good rant now. As a complete newbie to growing this sort of plant, but not being new to either gardening or Rating: 5