Nopalito
New member
Hey everyone - I've been loving lurking on this site and soaking up everything there is to read.
Here's my situation-
I'm going to be moving in about 3 months to a new house. Currently have a yard, this one is going to be a town house so I'll lose my awesome raised beds outside. I'm still pretty new at growing, I've only done 2 grows before this, one years ago, outdoor, questionable dispensary clone and laughably small yield and one indoor with an hps light in a closet, grew in soil, was coming along beautiful, then I went out of town and my friend who was taking care of my plants messed up the nutes and it was kind of a bummer what happened to the plant but I count it as a good learning experience. I'm a medical patient, but since it is legal in California, I would much prefer to grow my own meds than to pay insane prices for the quality meds.
As of now, I'm throwing some auto blueberry in a plastic covered raised bed full of fox farm and I'll feed them guano and try to eke out a couple jars worth in the last weeks before I move.
In my new spot, I'll most likely have to stealthily stick a 2 x 4 tent somewhere, probably in my garage. After what seems like days of reading here's what I've settled upon. I'd like to ask for your input on things I may be able to improve:
-I'm thinking of going with an LED. Based on what I estimate, I think a 400 watt equivalent (Advanced LED P300) would serve my purposes well. I want to save money on electricity and since I live in a place with a semi arid mediterranean climate and it gets in the 90's temp in the summer, I want to keep heat levels down during the day. And keep it quiet, I want to be a courteous neighbor.
-I want to grow in super soil, specifically Kind Soil mixed with coco loco. I want to do this because I go out of town a lot and I like the idea that there are no nutrient schedules. Water only seems to be the lowest maintenance as long as you aren't baking it yourself. I prefer soil to hydro. Nothing against hydro I just really like growing things in dirt. I would use 10 gallon root trappers.
- I want to grow 2 plants per grow and grow them into bushes. 2 is only for variety, otherwise i'd just grow one tree. I read a whole bunch about topping, mainlining, etc etc and I think I might end up doing scrog. Still not sure about it, seems like people have success with all of these. Also saw someone just tie the colas to a round tomato cage and that seemed like an easy way to do it as well.
-I'm also considering getting the starter kit blumat drippers. Might seem like overkill but, you might be noticing a pattern here, I'm out of town for 3-4 days at a time sometimes and I'd love it if all someone would have to do while I was gone would be to fill the reservoir with pre PH'ed water. Low maintenance.
I'd love it if I could pull at least 8 oz off them per grow at some point, that would more than cover my needs. Not sure if that's realistic or what to expect from this type of setup.
Are there any things I should consider that I might be missing?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Here's my situation-
I'm going to be moving in about 3 months to a new house. Currently have a yard, this one is going to be a town house so I'll lose my awesome raised beds outside. I'm still pretty new at growing, I've only done 2 grows before this, one years ago, outdoor, questionable dispensary clone and laughably small yield and one indoor with an hps light in a closet, grew in soil, was coming along beautiful, then I went out of town and my friend who was taking care of my plants messed up the nutes and it was kind of a bummer what happened to the plant but I count it as a good learning experience. I'm a medical patient, but since it is legal in California, I would much prefer to grow my own meds than to pay insane prices for the quality meds.
As of now, I'm throwing some auto blueberry in a plastic covered raised bed full of fox farm and I'll feed them guano and try to eke out a couple jars worth in the last weeks before I move.
In my new spot, I'll most likely have to stealthily stick a 2 x 4 tent somewhere, probably in my garage. After what seems like days of reading here's what I've settled upon. I'd like to ask for your input on things I may be able to improve:
-I'm thinking of going with an LED. Based on what I estimate, I think a 400 watt equivalent (Advanced LED P300) would serve my purposes well. I want to save money on electricity and since I live in a place with a semi arid mediterranean climate and it gets in the 90's temp in the summer, I want to keep heat levels down during the day. And keep it quiet, I want to be a courteous neighbor.
-I want to grow in super soil, specifically Kind Soil mixed with coco loco. I want to do this because I go out of town a lot and I like the idea that there are no nutrient schedules. Water only seems to be the lowest maintenance as long as you aren't baking it yourself. I prefer soil to hydro. Nothing against hydro I just really like growing things in dirt. I would use 10 gallon root trappers.
- I want to grow 2 plants per grow and grow them into bushes. 2 is only for variety, otherwise i'd just grow one tree. I read a whole bunch about topping, mainlining, etc etc and I think I might end up doing scrog. Still not sure about it, seems like people have success with all of these. Also saw someone just tie the colas to a round tomato cage and that seemed like an easy way to do it as well.
-I'm also considering getting the starter kit blumat drippers. Might seem like overkill but, you might be noticing a pattern here, I'm out of town for 3-4 days at a time sometimes and I'd love it if all someone would have to do while I was gone would be to fill the reservoir with pre PH'ed water. Low maintenance.
I'd love it if I could pull at least 8 oz off them per grow at some point, that would more than cover my needs. Not sure if that's realistic or what to expect from this type of setup.
Are there any things I should consider that I might be missing?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
