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How long have you been growing? Whose the top person you look up to grow wise? Better yet whose your mentor if u have one, and have you been given good grow advice from anyone well known and if so what was the advice? Who would you consider the top grower in yoir opinion? Were all going to have different opinions so lets keep this civil and respect what others have learned and their opinions. We can all learn something from everyone even if it's just to not be like them!
Been growing for 40 years outdoors, 20 years indoors under first mh and now led, for the last 8 years have been growing only autoflowers, this is because cultivation is illegal here and autoflowers tend to smell less or if they do stink its for a lot less time, this sux as i like doing decient photo grows but this is impossible as i live in a large apt complex in the middle of a city, so 8 years ago i started running autos on an assembly line basis so i most allways have my own weed, i allso quickly found out autoflowers are not photos and i had to figure them out with little or no help, on the upside i myself bealive that i me has a hell of allot of experience growing autos and i am probably in the top 5 on this site with this knowledge as most people dissmis autoflowers as a fad, or worse, well friends there here to stay and over the last 8 years some strains have improved dramatically to the point where in my opinion they are now legitimate, or rather we have some very inovative auto breeders, i was taught to grow outdoors by my first cousin a nam vet, he taught me everything, when i started under lights i allready had the knowledge to grow outdoors, but had to figure out for myself how lights work, and all that, thats when i met a guy who owns a hydro store, this guy can take one look and tell whats wrong, he helped me out a great deal with his advice and it has allways been spot on, has to be if he wants return buisness, so on this site i am nowhere near the best grower by a long shot, but i do okay i dont ask for advice beacuse i dont need it, however like i said i do have allot of knowledge on how to grow autoflowers self taught and have grown 100s of different stains by different breeders, i know who has good beans and who does not, i know the stuff you need to have to grow autos and in what quantity, yea i can help trouble shoot and all that, so yea i do think i am one of the most experienced autoflower growers on this site, but no way am i the best grower, not by a longshot, but i do ok! enough not to have to ask for help.
Congratulations on starting your 1st grow bruh! I use ffof soil but for seedlings I use peat/perlite for the 1st week or so after they pop. The ocean forest tends to be a little hot for seedlings. I have always grown photos, so not sure about autos but I dont think the general things (other than the obvious) would be much different than photos. I dont have any experience with coco, ive always been a soil person. That being said, i use the paper towel/ziploc baggie method to germinate. As far as led's, someone else maybe better to answer that for ya, as ive always been a mh/hps person too. I put seedlings & clones under mh (600) right after they pop but always make sure to tune into how theyre feeling and always make sure to give them enough distance under a light that strong. Good luck & never be afraid to ask questions its how we all learn & there's no dumb questions when it comes to keepin the girls happy!I'm a MMJ advocate. That being said trying to finish getting what I need for a first grow.
Do you use Fox Farms Ocean soil for the autos? Also should I plant the seeds directly in the soil of germinate in coco coir? Also would go with Mars Hydro LED or what LED's do you use.
Thanks for the help.
Thats awesome I wish I had some OG's around to show me tips & tricks! I only have my own/close families experience so yes this board has been awesome to browse and to see such a variety of what works for so many. I've been growing bout 20 years but by no means do I consider myself experienced, ive only found what works for ME. Now somebody whose grown 40 or 50+ years inna variety of circumstances, thats what I would call experienced. I completely agree with your view on there being a shift from quality towards profit. I STILL (not intentionally) aggravate people with my 3 or 4 month plus veg times and 1 month plus cure times. But nobody complains after cures finished haha! Glad to hear from ya bruh (and everyone else whose posted) thank you 4 yer post!I tried growing in 69 outdoors, but it was a dismal failure. I was pretty young and there was nobody around to give advice for growing the Mexican crap of the time.It was in the later 70s that I was shown how to grow indoors, which was 1000X more successful than any outdoor grows I had. The fellow who showed me the way had a very simple setup which I still use today with very little variation... mostly some added amendments and better HID light bulbs.
I don't really consider anyone as an ultimate grower as there aren't many in my area that have grown for as long. On this forum, this isn't the case as there are many knowledgeable growers. I'm fortunate because I have found a growing style and method that works great for me, without needing too much attention or having any real problems. I grow exclusively in Promix, but there are as many ways to grow as there are members here, so be prepared to look at a bunch of different methods from different areas and types of growing.
The whole growing issue has changed greatly over the last few years, with the main goal nowadays seeming to be profit oriented instead of just providing some decent buds for use by yourself and a few close friends. For decades, growing was a taboo subject and it is hard to divorce those old paranoid feelings. It is just now that some of the old guys are coming out of the grow closet!
i guess I started growing in 1968 with seeds from Mexican dirt weed. plants got to be about 10" tall with 6 or 8 leaves lol. that was it couldn't wait any longer, dried overnight on register and smoked 1 joint of shit cough grass almost puked. Took a few more years then We grew some outdoor stuff that got pretty big 6-7' but still shit leaf (what's bud ).Started growing in about 97 or 98 outdoors, and been growing indoors half seriously since early 2000's. Known a lot of commercial cash croppers in BC and worked for quite a few over the years from about '05-15... That's probably where I picked up most of my bad habits.
Cant say I know too many "famous" growers but I'm good friends with some very successful ones who trickle info down to me from time to time.
Inspiration, That would have to be Franco Loja. That guy had a passion for cannabis that was palpable. When you watch the strain hunter series you could see his excitement anytime he found a new field.. cannabis was his life. RIP.
I was afraid of attracting attention just driving into a grow shop. No way would I get Amazon deliveries with anything to do with pot.
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