Blowmonkey said:
Oooh, it's a cross of Durban and AK-47. Well in theory that should bring back the flowering, yeah. In reality it's often very different though, this is one of those crosses that sound like they may produce many different phenotypes.
Yeah, I imagine there would be a number of phenos if I were to produce seeds... breeding's so much work
Lucky for me my moms are all from the same clone... which is from a plant that I've already smoked (back in the fall), so all the hard work is done for me searching through phenos, haha.
skrying-e-ternity said:
Drod: my question is are you just growing one plant? How much space do you have dedicated to it? How much did you have to spend in equipment. SWIM has grown outdoors before and is looking to get something going indoors (something small). I've seen those like little plant habitat things almost miniture which looks like it could hold a plant or two. An answer is much appreciated!
I have a total of about 12 square feet dedicated to my clones and moms (two level 22" x 46" areas). Right now I have 9 moms (3 strains: AK47, Durban/AK47, NLxBigBud) which occupy one shelf (6 square feet), but I'm planning on having 90+ clones ready to go outside by Mid May (have enough space for 120 tight clones). Each mom get's just under a square foot of space to grow out cuttings, but the clones that are going outdoors only have a 4"x4" (ish) footprint.
I've spent probably $300 between lights (two digital 175W MH), light movers, fans, odor control, and the closet unit. You can get away with a smaller setup under $100 as far as I'm concerned though, cool cfl's worked fine before for me (see pics), and a couple computer fans and pinesol (odor) is like $25. The CFL's i used for vegging last year produced plants that yielded just under 6 oz a piece on avg.
Here's what I'd get for a 2'x2' footprint that would very comfortably house 16 plants:
- Six 23w cool CFL's OR one 150-175w digital MH
- two computer fans with 12V adapters (one exhaust, one for movement in cab)
- 20-20-20 nutes
- homemade carbon filter to fit computer fan (may or may not need, dependent on strain, most don't stink cuz ur just vegging... but some do -> AK47)
That's the simplest and easiet way to get some plants vegging for the spring IMO. Just pay attention to 'em to keep them unstressed and well trained (lotsa branching and strong stems/branches) and you should expect 4-8 oz a piece in the fall.
Hope that helps,
D
PS. I'm having some trouble attaching pics, I've scaled them down to under 97 kb, but the "attachment window" always times out...?
Mind letting us know and see how it goes by means of a growlog? That'd be cool.
