Dutchman1
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Greetings from S.E. Michigan!
Well, my birthday is this month, I turn 65. If your wondering why I'm sharing this tidbit of information on a grow forum, it's because my wife loves me. You see, just after Christmas this past December, I said to my wife, honey, you don't mind if I do a little gardening this summer in the backyard, do you? And she said, no, you can have a little grow if you want, just don't go back to growing indoors. Ah, you see back in the day when I first bought the house I live in now, about 25 years ago, I grew indoors. I had a 10x15 grow room in the basement. 400MH and a 1000HPS, cabinet with T-5's for seedlings and babies. I was rocking a crop every 90 days. I grew for about 10 years and then my job took over. when your lights are on 12/12 and you go to work before the lights come on, and you don't get home until the lights are off, you really can't grow. So I traded by lights to a guy for some homegrown and I have been going to a dispensary way too much since then. So, now that my wife is gonna let me grow, whats the first thing I did, buy magic beans, of course. I'm like a kid in a candy store right now. Oh boy is this great! my wife thinks I'm crazy. I ordered seeds in January. They were delivered on 1/20/26. it was like 1 degree outside. I'm standing at the window waiting for the mailman. those magic beans weren't going in my cold ass mail box, nope, mailman's hand to mine. I'm buying dirt in January. She thinks I'm nuts. I just retired this year. I'm going crazy.
Well, my birthday is this month, I turn 65. If your wondering why I'm sharing this tidbit of information on a grow forum, it's because my wife loves me. You see, just after Christmas this past December, I said to my wife, honey, you don't mind if I do a little gardening this summer in the backyard, do you? And she said, no, you can have a little grow if you want, just don't go back to growing indoors. Ah, you see back in the day when I first bought the house I live in now, about 25 years ago, I grew indoors. I had a 10x15 grow room in the basement. 400MH and a 1000HPS, cabinet with T-5's for seedlings and babies. I was rocking a crop every 90 days. I grew for about 10 years and then my job took over. when your lights are on 12/12 and you go to work before the lights come on, and you don't get home until the lights are off, you really can't grow. So I traded by lights to a guy for some homegrown and I have been going to a dispensary way too much since then. So, now that my wife is gonna let me grow, whats the first thing I did, buy magic beans, of course. I'm like a kid in a candy store right now. Oh boy is this great! my wife thinks I'm crazy. I ordered seeds in January. They were delivered on 1/20/26. it was like 1 degree outside. I'm standing at the window waiting for the mailman. those magic beans weren't going in my cold ass mail box, nope, mailman's hand to mine. I'm buying dirt in January. She thinks I'm nuts. I just retired this year. I'm going crazy.
Been growing exclusively outside since. 
