So, I been meaning to ask you about a home setup. I wanted to start simple and build up over time. Like, how simple can I start and still expect a yield? I'd be growing inside pretty exclusively. I've got a bunch of grow lights for starting seeds and equipment to match. Could I just drop a seed in a pot and mind my light timing?

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you can grow tomatoes you can grow cannabis, very similar reactions to stress, lots of people use them for analogs for testing.

You want simple? I don’t think it gets simpler than a Space bucket .

With soil you can definitely do that, some people even initiate 12/12 from germination for fast quick harvests. Usually you veg it on an 18 on 6 off schedule for a month of growth first.

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now this is perfect. Thanks, dood. And that's good news, I grow tomatoes like a mother fucker

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I just let my outdoor plants mainly go wild. I need to dial things back sometimes.

There’s 5 tomato plants in that 3’x4’ area. Learned my lesson yolo.

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol, I did that last year. I put 13 vines in the ground like an idiot. I had the space (questionably) but I did not have the stomach. I wish I woulda picked up canning by now

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oh jeez I wish I had that problem, I know I’ve mentioned it many times….

Sept 6

Oct 6

I did get some jaleponos and other ones, but I think those were a milder one, never ripened before the first got her. You can see the anthocyanins on some of the peppers from the cold starting to creep in on the sept one.

And yes I know probably shoulda of cared for them better, I’m learning.

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I thought I was suffering in 7 watching everyone below me dancing around their citrus trees. Three is just crazy. Lotta beans and greens

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

https://imgur.com/a/mzKtIox

My harry pothead setup. We all start somewhere.

https://imgur.com/a/80oiRDo

Just watering into a mat, I upgraded over time to an auto draining system, an auto watering system, still needed to hand mix, but it pumped the water to the pots and back out by itself.

https://imgur.com/a/S4LskGV

What the final setup was before moving to tents. Tents I just moved the plants to the tub to water and back. You should water to a 15% runoff, so the extra needs to go somewhere. Theres plenty of other ways to water soil, and even more other ways to grow as well, coco, hydro, aero, kratky etc.

[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol, I dream of having a place with an aquaponic setup for veggies and fish. Don't see why I couldn't add a block of something smelly

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I love self sufficient setups like that. Everything working in harmony chefs kiss sometimes though, money and technology prevail. I dunno if I just had a brown thumb for soil indoor, or I was overthinking things, but my aero results speak for themselves.

Sometimes, some people just can’t do something, no sense dwelling on it, just move on.