Foreword: Hey y’all, long time lurker but just made an account cause the collective experience, knowledge, and quality of this forum is unparalleled by anything close to it. Props to everybody on here who’s been doing this for however long, grown however many pounds and so forth, I salute ya - that said, I’m a young guy, almost exclusively grown outdoors, and thus want some advice and clarification to avoid any mistakes I may be prone to.
So, my background is purely outdoor guerilla in Minnesota’s deep north, now I’m doing the complete reverse - indoor closet grow in the Deep South. I have a spare mini closet that is just the right size for just the right strain.
Space: The closet is about 30 by 30 inched height and length, with about 26ish inches of depth/width. I only want to grow one plant - this is merely a test to see what I’m capable of indoors before/if I take it any further. As far as beyond basic techniques go I’ve only ever employed topping, are there any tricks to maybe shrink/conform my plant?
Strain: Being in America’s less than legal zone I’m under the impression Herbies is one of if not my only options and I’m happy with their selection. Yield wise I’d really at least 75gs+. I make BHO and plan on doing so with at least 25% of my yield, hashplants seem pretty short and was wondering if it was feasible or anyone had suggestions. I’m willing to do an auto flower if it doesn’t compromise the quality of potency or my ideal yield I live in a rental so shorter flowering is ideal. Resinous + compact + seed to chop in 4 months or less = perfect
Lights: So all I know about lights is what I could soberly retain from MN indoor growers I’ve briefly met (not many where I’m from), so if anybody can advise, answer or correct these statements/questions it’d be appreciated: 75W is the necessary wattage to grow a healthy, potent, quality plant? LED is the most energy efficient means of growing? What kind of lighting do I need to churn out 2-3 high quality ounces? I don’t want to be cheap but I don’t want to buy something that’s overkill. Also, when I put up my reflective siding and flooring is there any best kind that improves any kind of variable? Is it safe to let a cords and such lay around on the reflective? I plan on using heavy duty extension cords to my closet. Should they be taped? Anything I can do to save energy?
Stank: I’ve heard a lot of good things about vaportek via icmag. They make a passive system called the EZ-twist, it says it covers up to 2000+ sq ft of permeating malodors - but the device itself only costs 8$! - too good to be true? Are passive system in general ineffective? Can I get by on ozium gel or something? I feel like charcoal is a really expensive, albeit it almost too effective way to odor control one plant. Inline system is also complicated/overkill financially and productionally for what I’m doing. Worst case scenario are 1-3 clip fans enough? Our neighbors (apartments) are okay with me smoking, and not to say I don’t trust them but this op is between me and myself if I can help it.
Other(?): What size gallon should I grow in? I find root size = bigger plants. I’m planning on doing potting soil, whatever looks good at the nursery, I know miracle gro is a no but but anything else I should watch out for? I live in Florida and don’t know much about how humidity can be indoors, any good ways to maintain it? I’m deathly afraid of spider mites and mold, any good ways to pre-emergently prevent bad things like pests or climate from getting to your crop? I used neem oil outdoors on my buds and it worked pretty well, I also released 250 live ladybugs I ordered off the Internet into my trellis nets when I thought I had an aphid problem - granted the last effort was excessive and unproductive hence what I’m trying to avoid. Any way to keep the area ultra sterile?
I know I’ve asked probably 1000 questions, some that may not even be that necessary, but if anybody could point me in the right direction on just one of these questions you’d be helping out a future grower a lot. I miss living/growing in the bumfuck country, but with change comes adaptation. Florida’s drug dealers are less pleasant than Minnesota’s and I just plain old miss the feeling of growing. Thank you to this priceless community in advance for the all the badass information I can learn/apply here
So, my background is purely outdoor guerilla in Minnesota’s deep north, now I’m doing the complete reverse - indoor closet grow in the Deep South. I have a spare mini closet that is just the right size for just the right strain.
Space: The closet is about 30 by 30 inched height and length, with about 26ish inches of depth/width. I only want to grow one plant - this is merely a test to see what I’m capable of indoors before/if I take it any further. As far as beyond basic techniques go I’ve only ever employed topping, are there any tricks to maybe shrink/conform my plant?
Strain: Being in America’s less than legal zone I’m under the impression Herbies is one of if not my only options and I’m happy with their selection. Yield wise I’d really at least 75gs+. I make BHO and plan on doing so with at least 25% of my yield, hashplants seem pretty short and was wondering if it was feasible or anyone had suggestions. I’m willing to do an auto flower if it doesn’t compromise the quality of potency or my ideal yield I live in a rental so shorter flowering is ideal. Resinous + compact + seed to chop in 4 months or less = perfect
Lights: So all I know about lights is what I could soberly retain from MN indoor growers I’ve briefly met (not many where I’m from), so if anybody can advise, answer or correct these statements/questions it’d be appreciated: 75W is the necessary wattage to grow a healthy, potent, quality plant? LED is the most energy efficient means of growing? What kind of lighting do I need to churn out 2-3 high quality ounces? I don’t want to be cheap but I don’t want to buy something that’s overkill. Also, when I put up my reflective siding and flooring is there any best kind that improves any kind of variable? Is it safe to let a cords and such lay around on the reflective? I plan on using heavy duty extension cords to my closet. Should they be taped? Anything I can do to save energy?
Stank: I’ve heard a lot of good things about vaportek via icmag. They make a passive system called the EZ-twist, it says it covers up to 2000+ sq ft of permeating malodors - but the device itself only costs 8$! - too good to be true? Are passive system in general ineffective? Can I get by on ozium gel or something? I feel like charcoal is a really expensive, albeit it almost too effective way to odor control one plant. Inline system is also complicated/overkill financially and productionally for what I’m doing. Worst case scenario are 1-3 clip fans enough? Our neighbors (apartments) are okay with me smoking, and not to say I don’t trust them but this op is between me and myself if I can help it.
Other(?): What size gallon should I grow in? I find root size = bigger plants. I’m planning on doing potting soil, whatever looks good at the nursery, I know miracle gro is a no but but anything else I should watch out for? I live in Florida and don’t know much about how humidity can be indoors, any good ways to maintain it? I’m deathly afraid of spider mites and mold, any good ways to pre-emergently prevent bad things like pests or climate from getting to your crop? I used neem oil outdoors on my buds and it worked pretty well, I also released 250 live ladybugs I ordered off the Internet into my trellis nets when I thought I had an aphid problem - granted the last effort was excessive and unproductive hence what I’m trying to avoid. Any way to keep the area ultra sterile?
I know I’ve asked probably 1000 questions, some that may not even be that necessary, but if anybody could point me in the right direction on just one of these questions you’d be helping out a future grower a lot. I miss living/growing in the bumfuck country, but with change comes adaptation. Florida’s drug dealers are less pleasant than Minnesota’s and I just plain old miss the feeling of growing. Thank you to this priceless community in advance for the all the badass information I can learn/apply here