I was doing some spring cleaning in my "sophisticated marihuana lab" and noticed I have a bunch of stuff that's readily available, cheap and really helps with weed chores.
If you use dry nutes (maxi series + dry pH up/down save a fortune), a scoop is very helpful.
Glass stir rods are useful for small time stirring, like dissolving pH up/down. For large projects I just use a PVC pipe.
Beakers are immensely useful! I use pyrex because I have them laying around but polypropylene beakers don't break and are inert (won't react with nutes.) Go with poly over glass since you won't be heating up your nutes.
Any chemist knows that beakers aren't accurate for precise measurements (they're OK for growing though,) so if you want more accuracy, go with a graduated cylinder.
Funnels of course are damn useful for the clumsy stoner, especially because a lot of these nute containers "burp" when pouring out (like botanicare's calmag):
Test tubes may be useful because some have a little etched area you can write on with a pencil (and later erase.) Great for soaking seeds (though I don't recommend soaking seeds that aren't old) where you need to label things specifically.
Various containers. I have a lot of little containers of every shape and size. Little glass amber jars are perfect for seeds, pollen and bud. Air tight with some protection from light. I contact a dozen container companies and say I'm starting a candy business and would like some samples of various containers (works well with tin/plastic, not so much with glass) and usually get at least 6-10 little pieces free here and there.
Probably the most useful thing here would be a notebook. In marketing we say "always be testing" and in growing you should always be testing and tweaking for efficiency, yield, flavor, whatever. When selecting keepers, I use 1 page per plant (back and front) that I fill with notes here and there. "week 4, some resin, no significant aroma, short plant, responds well to topping, ..."
Do you NEED this stuff? of course not, but they're only a few bucks each, and you don't have to clean them thoroughly after each use, as you would with culinary ware.
If you use dry nutes (maxi series + dry pH up/down save a fortune), a scoop is very helpful.
Glass stir rods are useful for small time stirring, like dissolving pH up/down. For large projects I just use a PVC pipe.
Beakers are immensely useful! I use pyrex because I have them laying around but polypropylene beakers don't break and are inert (won't react with nutes.) Go with poly over glass since you won't be heating up your nutes.
Any chemist knows that beakers aren't accurate for precise measurements (they're OK for growing though,) so if you want more accuracy, go with a graduated cylinder.
Funnels of course are damn useful for the clumsy stoner, especially because a lot of these nute containers "burp" when pouring out (like botanicare's calmag):
Test tubes may be useful because some have a little etched area you can write on with a pencil (and later erase.) Great for soaking seeds (though I don't recommend soaking seeds that aren't old) where you need to label things specifically.
Various containers. I have a lot of little containers of every shape and size. Little glass amber jars are perfect for seeds, pollen and bud. Air tight with some protection from light. I contact a dozen container companies and say I'm starting a candy business and would like some samples of various containers (works well with tin/plastic, not so much with glass) and usually get at least 6-10 little pieces free here and there.
Probably the most useful thing here would be a notebook. In marketing we say "always be testing" and in growing you should always be testing and tweaking for efficiency, yield, flavor, whatever. When selecting keepers, I use 1 page per plant (back and front) that I fill with notes here and there. "week 4, some resin, no significant aroma, short plant, responds well to topping, ..."
Do you NEED this stuff? of course not, but they're only a few bucks each, and you don't have to clean them thoroughly after each use, as you would with culinary ware.
