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enjia2000 · 05-09-2010, 03:05 AM

Right off the bat i'm going to say that I'm a total newbie at this but it just seems to me that it can't be that complicated to grow a weed. With the 10 different ways to grow (hydro, soil, drip-feeding, 100 different soil mixes, nutrients, etc...). Is it really that complicated? What I think is that it's easy to grow it, but to grow it well takes care. Am I in the ballpark?

frikn squirrel · 05-09-2010, 03:25 AM

It's as complicated as you make it. People grow top notch weed in dirt without measuring any ph or adding liquid nutes throughout the grow cycle. Other people measure ph in and out, ppm in and out, etc and try to "dial it in."

Indoors your first obstacle is room design and creating a suitable environment for the plants to grow. Then, you can get respectable results with almost any nutrient line that is properly applied.

Bottom line, it's as complicated as you make it.

Admiral Canna · 05-09-2010, 03:28 AM

To grow top shelf herb takes know how, a brain that functions, some common sense, some great genetics and high quality ingredients all around.

growclean · 05-09-2010, 03:36 AM

Yeah, it really is pretty complicated to do it well on a somewhat larger scale, or so I have found. There is alot to think about and alot to dial in. It takes persistence and dedication. It is hard to kill and hard to grow perfectly. You are in the ballpark....

Genetics are easy with the bay and boo. In fact too easy, all it takes is a credit card! Screw your local shit, that is how we got mites the first time around. Plus everyone has the same old stuff. Growing from seed is exciting and rewarding. We started from scratch with no knowledge but what we gained from this site. It has been a long road, but this site helped even it out!

Good luck and have fun!

B. Friendly · 05-09-2010, 03:38 AM

eazy to grow, complicated to get great results. dude if you hit 1 gram per watt of light you're awesome, everything else needs work. and only a 5 week veg

smokeymacpot · 05-09-2010, 03:40 AM

it is very easy as long as you do it right. doing it right doesnt have to be expensive either, cheap compost, amend it with what you like and liquid feed every now n then and you can grow it in with perfect health.
do it wrong, over or underfeeding, over flushing, overheating, inexperience e.t.c and thats when it becomes hard.

imo if you can grow any plant, like maybe a tomato or other veg and generally know how to take care of a plant, you will have no trouble growing canabis.

Lazyman · 05-09-2010, 03:56 AM

Nah, growing is simple. The only thing you have to do is cope with bad water, high and low temps, high humidity, pests of all sorts, security, odor, air circulation, power bills, nutrients, disposing of trash, hiding evidence, trimming, gene selection, nutrient selections, lighting concerns, reservoir maintenance and health, cleaning, foliar spraying, light leaks, sagging branches, re-ordering supplies, and about a hundred other things.

Piece of cake, I'm sure it doesn't cost more than $23.

05-09-2010, 04:04 AM

yes it is hard. been going about 5 years and still have alot to learn. enjia2000 you have the wrong view on it already. save your money and buy form the guy that takes it serious.

ericcalif · 05-09-2010, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by enjia2000

Right off the bat i'm going to say that I'm a total newbie at this but it just seems to me that it can't be that complicated to grow a weed. With the 10 different ways to grow (hydro, soil, drip-feeding, 100 different soil mixes, nutrients, etc...). Is it really that complicated? What I think is that it's easy to grow it, but to grow it well takes care. Am I in the ballpark?

My take (as a relative noob too) is that it's like alot of things. If 100% = the best stuff ever... getting to 90% or so is easy. It's the last 10% thats that hard part. Most anything I can think of is that way. Building a race car.. athletics.. that last 10% will cost way more time and money than than the first 90. With weed, that first 90% is much better than alot of stuff out there, so go for it.

jd4083 · 05-09-2010, 04:17 AM

it's as hard as you make it

there are members on this board growing top shelf budds from elite genetics that nobody else has...in miracle grow organic choice, some perlite, and maybe a lil tomato food

that kinda thing is what I grew up with and all my old hippie buddies that brought me up in my circle taught me that way too. A pot, some soil, water, and a seed...add some light and you're on your way to a healthy harvest. If you want to get more technical than that later on, dive right in.

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enjia2000 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 82	Is it really that complicated? Right off the bat i'm going to say that I'm a total newbie at this but it just seems to me that it can't be that complicated to grow a weed. With the 10 different ways to grow (hydro, soil, drip-feeding, 100 different soil mixes, nutrients, etc...). Is it really that complicated? What I think is that it's easy to grow it, but to grow it well takes care. Am I in the ballpark? Last edited by enjia2000; 05-09-2010 at 03:05 AM.. Reason: formatting..
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Admiral Canna Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 464	To grow top shelf herb takes know how, a brain that functions, some common sense, some great genetics and high quality ingredients all around. __________________ Genetics are the key.
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05-09-2010, 03:38 AM	#5
B. Friendly "IBIUBU" Sayeith the Dude Join Date: May 2009 Location: dudeism.com Posts: 3,848	eazy to grow, complicated to get great results. dude if you hit 1 gram per watt of light you're awesome, everything else needs work. and only a 5 week veg __________________ Puff and "B.Friendly" "It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under" When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. Thomas Clarkson "The world runs on the initiative of about 5% of the people; the rest need orders. The consensus of the other 95% on the subject of one's relatonship with: government-banks-tax agencies-courts and corporations (all separate realms) is defective in that such inert abstractions have been accorded superiority over living beings. Governments are transitory mental contrivances set up by the clever few for the purpose of living off the efforts of the trusting many - a generalization, yes, but also the TRUTH." Cracking the Code, 3rd edition
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05-09-2010, 03:56 AM	#7
Lazyman Overkill is under-rated. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,186	Nah, growing is simple. The only thing you have to do is cope with bad water, high and low temps, high humidity, pests of all sorts, security, odor, air circulation, power bills, nutrients, disposing of trash, hiding evidence, trimming, gene selection, nutrient selections, lighting concerns, reservoir maintenance and health, cleaning, foliar spraying, light leaks, sagging branches, re-ordering supplies, and about a hundred other things. Piece of cake, I'm sure it doesn't cost more than $23. __________________ I'm fairly busy so please excuse my absence or slow responses to PM's! All about Growroom cooling:* Keepin' it cool man (my 1st published article) How to automate reservoir top offs or most anything water-related The only UV-B lighting thread worth a damn CO2 for dummies Big grow: The 36KW medical/perpetual basement
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05-09-2010, 03:25 AM	#2
frikn squirrel Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 140	It's as complicated as you make it. People grow top notch weed in dirt without measuring any ph or adding liquid nutes throughout the grow cycle. Other people measure ph in and out, ppm in and out, etc and try to "dial it in." Indoors your first obstacle is room design and creating a suitable environment for the plants to grow. Then, you can get respectable results with almost any nutrient line that is properly applied. Bottom line, it's as complicated as you make it.
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05-09-2010, 03:40 AM	#6
smokeymacpot Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,925	it is very easy as long as you do it right. doing it right doesnt have to be expensive either, cheap compost, amend it with what you like and liquid feed every now n then and you can grow it in with perfect health. do it wrong, over or underfeeding, over flushing, overheating, inexperience e.t.c and thats when it becomes hard. imo if you can grow any plant, like maybe a tomato or other veg and generally know how to take care of a plant, you will have no trouble growing canabis.
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05-09-2010, 04:04 AM	#8
danimarie193 Guest Posts: n/a	yes it is hard. been going about 5 years and still have alot to learn. enjia2000 you have the wrong view on it already. save your money and buy form the guy that takes it serious.
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05-09-2010, 04:17 AM	#10
jd4083 Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains Posts: 2,309	it's as hard as you make it there are members on this board growing top shelf budds from elite genetics that nobody else has...in miracle grow organic choice, some perlite, and maybe a lil tomato food that kinda thing is what I grew up with and all my old hippie buddies that brought me up in my circle taught me that way too. A pot, some soil, water, and a seed...add some light and you're on your way to a healthy harvest. If you want to get more technical than that later on, dive right in.
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