Personal producers: How do you grow?

[Anonymouse]

I was wondering how people are or planning to operate their garden. For instance, I use Hydroponics and will be perpetually harvesting; about 2 plants every 2-3 weeks. My intention is to be able to yield 1.5-2 zips per plant.

Love to hear how other people are operating their garden

Anonymouse Reviewed by Anonymouse on 05-31-2010. Personal producers: How do you grow? I was wondering how people are or planning to operate their garden. For instance, I use Hydroponics and will be perpetually harvesting; about 2 plants every 2-3 weeks. My intention is to be able to yield 1.5-2 zips per plant. Love to hear how other people are operating their garden :) Rating: 5

[Totah Sam]

I was wondering how people are or planning to operate their garden. For instance, I use Hydroponics and will be perpetually harvesting; about 2 plants every 2-3 weeks. My intention is to be able to yield 1.5-2 zips per plant.

Love to hear how other people are operating their garden

I plan on soil. With a 100 W HPS light and several CFL's to round out the light spectrum. I'm using Miracle Grow for ferts and a soil medium that has dolomite already mixed into the soil. I would love to use ferts like tiger bloom but I'm on a tight budget.

I plan on growing one plant at a time. I will continue to get from the producers but growing my own will give me back-up in case the producers run out. I want to be totally self-sufficient but I don't have the funding for more or stronger lights. It's just not in the cards.

addendum: I was wondering. Is it possible to start grow journals on this Forum? That way there are weekly updates and photos of growth rate and different grow areas. We can get ideas from each other and solve problems We can even post pics like Pepurr showing issues with plants and what to do to fix 'em. What do you all think?

[Totah Sam]

I was wondering how people are or planning to operate their garden. For instance, I use Hydroponics and will be perpetually harvesting; about 2 plants every 2-3 weeks. My intention is to be able to yield 1.5-2 zips per plant.

Love to hear how other people are operating their garden

I plan on soil. With a 100 W HPS light and several CFL's to round out the light spectrum. I'm using Miracle Grow for ferts and a soil medium that has dolomite already mixed into the soil. I've used miracle grow before and the plant was beautiful. I would love to use ferts like tiger bloom but I'm on a tight budget.

Oh, and I would recommend using blackstrap unsulphured molasses. The plants really love it and it promotes growth of enzymes and microbes your plant needs. A lot of nursuries and horticulturists use it to bulk up flowers and fruit. It's amazing. It makes your buds bigger. it contains significant amounts of vitamins and minerals. Blackstrap molasses is a source of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and iron; one tablespoon provides up to 20% of the daily value of each of those nutrients.

I plan on growing one plant at a time. I will continue to get from the producers but growing my own will give me back-up in case the producers run out. I want to be totally self-sufficient but I don't have the funding for more or stronger lights. It's just not in the cards.

addendum: I was wondering. Is it possible to start grow journals on this Forum? That way there are weekly updates and photos of growth rate and different grow areas. We can get ideas from each other and solve problems We can even post pics like Pepurr showing issues with plants and what to do to fix 'em. What do you all think?

disregard the first post. It wouldn't let me edit.

[MadSativa]

about 2 plants every 2-3 weeks.

I am not sure but the last time I check it was 4 flowering and 3 in Veg. I am not sure if you would be harvesting 1 or 2 a month but I am sure it is possible. If you get a Oz from each one I would like to see that grow log, I think Oz producing plants need to be at least 2 months old but I still can see it done with the right strain.

I was wondering. Is it possible to start grow journals on this Forum?

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yeah the grow logs are very popular, per has a grow log their

[Anonymouse]

Every 2 months, not 2 weeks.

My challenge has been keeping it rather short but developing good nodes but I've got it down pretty good due to some light upgrades. Due to the limited size of my tent, I can be very choosy in which plants I'm vegging to move in, my veggie garden can contain up to 12 plants and my flowering, 4.

I use very simple ebb/flow gardens, planters filled with Hydroton/Rockwool. A Hydrofarm Jumpstart to root clones/start seeds, 400w halide to veg and a 600w Hortilux to flower. For food, I use Botanicare Grow and Sweet to Veg, using Botanicare Bloom to Flower and will carefully use a bloom additive when they start growing bigger buds.

My strain is Aurora Indica a good medical grade that will put you to sleep, a very short but dense flower yielding plant that puts out large colas, the stretch has been 11-12" to 30-34" or so, very manageable in my tent.

My biggest gain has been good veg time and success with the genetic seeds. Biggest flubs have been killing two sprouts, burning once with Chlorine and learning the hard way that nutes dont evaporate and they can build up in the grow medium.


I could use a EC/PPM meter and a wall divider, but the lights cleaned me out. So I make sure water levels/ph are pristine and change every 10 days.

[MadSativa]

I like the aurora indica, nice and piney, not to Strong I thought; but nice. a sleepy bud I like is white rhino. I have heard oil from aurora indica is very nice.

[Anonymouse]

Nice that you say that, I had expected the plant to smell skunky but it's been more of a pine/lemon type smell, especially when I rub the leaves around the budsites.

It's been decent to grow, seems to be one big cola and some good branches. I just culled my garden of all my Afghan Kush (free seed pack, one female + 2 clones) because of the thickness of the plant, only grows one cola the branch nodes weren't getting any good light, even with my 600.

[coolslayer]

Nice that you say that, I had expected the plant to smell skunky but it's been more of a pine/lemon type smell, especially when I rub the leaves around the budsites.

It's been decent to grow, seems to be one big cola and some good branches. I just culled my garden of all my Afghan Kush (free seed pack, one female + 2 clones) because of the thickness of the plant, only grows one cola the branch nodes weren't getting any good light, even with my 600.

Did you try LST with them?