Hi all,

This is my first time growing. I'm looking to learn a lot this first time around, and hopefully at the end of this to harvest some quality bud.

So, It's been MONTHS since my last smoke, I've moved recently and I've got no connects where I am now. Even if I don't have a huge harvest, I think my tolerance has gotten so low, that I can stretch even a wimpy yield for a long while. So long as the plant doesn't completely croak, it'll be a success as far as I'm concerned.

Adding to that: I'm broke; so I'm doing this the cheapest way feasible with what I have available to me, which, in this case, is:
  • a 4ftx4ft closet with an irregular ceiling that slopes from 4ft to ~7ft high.
  • Some Dutch Passion's feminized "Shaman" seeds, which are a sativa dominant strain - so growing with my ceiling limitations may be tricky.
  • Biggest compact fluorescent bulb I have ever seen. It's a 65 watt, 2700k beast. Check pic. I put a sharpie marker in the shot for scale. I haven't come across any grow logs of people using such a bulb(I'm sure I'm not the first, though), which makes me curious about how this will turn out - in its description online it states it puts out the equivalent of 385 watts. It'll be installed once I can fashion a big enough reflector for it. For the moment I'm vegging with an el cheapo 23w cfl.
  • adjustable ghetto light suspension using laundry cable and other stuff I could scrounge.
  • 80mm pc fan in the wall with a ghetto-rigged activated carbon filter for ventilation and smell control. haven't done this yet.



Here are some first pics from day 4:
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Anyone have any suggestions how I should train this girl as she grows, considering my ceiling situation - or any other constructive criticisms?

Trekkie
Trekkie Reviewed by Trekkie on . First grow: Dutch Passion's "Shaman"(sativa) in closet. low budget. Hi all, This is my first time growing. I'm looking to learn a lot this first time around, and hopefully at the end of this to harvest some quality bud. So, It's been MONTHS since my last smoke, I've moved recently and I've got no connects where I am now. Even if I don't have a huge harvest, I think my tolerance has gotten so low, that I can stretch even a wimpy yield for a long while. So long as the plant doesn't completely croak, it'll be a success as far as I'm concerned. Adding to Rating: 5