[HerBnGorE(illa)]

This thread is dedicated to all the self-sufficient growers out there.

I, for one, do not grow for profit of any kind. I see no need to. I chose to start growing because i was tired of paying to much for a medicinal herb. Always searching for a bag of some overpriced mediocre "fire..."

So i decided to begin growing for myself. I am a micro grower. I smoke "a lot" but only small amounts at a time. So there is no need for the monster bulbs and big tents. I grow in a pc case under a few cfl's.

I don't have big jars of weed laying around all over the place just because i grow. there are times i run lower than i want to....times when i have to smoke my trimmings that i was trying to save for some edibles, just so i can let my jarred nugs cure a little better...

THAT BEING SAID..... I want to see more examples of "non-profit" growers. And I know that some people smoke more than me, so they need more/bigger plants.....or maybe they just do a couple large plants in their yard to last them the season....

....Here size doesn't matter.....Just looking for those who are self-sufficient. I want to hear the why's and how's.

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

As previously stated, I grow in a pc case. As far as how and how much I grow, it varies. I am always trying different techniques with the different genetics. From all types of hydro to soil. From multiple 2-3 gram budcicles to doing a single, "large" plant. I experiment with different techniques such as defoliation, lst, super cropping, etc.

I run "perpetual" for the most part, and try to keep a good variety of fresh genetics going through. I keep 2 keeper mother plants, one indica-leaning and one sativa leaning. Then I run fresh genetics in an attempt to "knock out" the old mom and replace with better. As of right now, my only keeper is a barneys farm lsd plant. I'm currently working some ace gear (Malawi) in hopes of finding the sativa mother keeper.

[bigganjabud]

I run 16 on a regular basis but I smoke about a quarter oz a day and I rarely sell anything ,I do however donate a little to my neighbor who has been going to chemotherapy for the past 23 months i used to make her some bubble hash or bag method ice hash ,if your not familiar with that comment.

But now very excited about my near future concentrate extractions

For me and her ,also me and my other half are bi-polar so we heavily medicated over here

Good luck with your PC grow il be looking in to see how you get them nuggs nice and dence
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[HerBnGorE(illa)]

I just finished a zamal-hashplant from ace. Hoping its a keeper . I have barneys farm tangerine dream, dinafem critical jack, and dinafem bubba kush all working their way into the mix in the search for something special. My next order will be mostly ace gear, destroyer from cannabiogen, and serious bubblegum (because it was highly recommended)

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

Now, let's meet some of the ladies.

For starters, ill post a couple of the barneys farm lsd. The first real keeper I have found. She is truly some good smoke. She is quite a hardy plant, and easy to grow. Very skunky smell and taste. The harvest window goes from about 60 days to 75 days. However, I usually like it around day 65. By day 75 the buzz starts to become a little heavy/draining. Which is good if you want to sleep or be "stupid" for a couple hours! She is the plant I have the most experience with, and I have grown it in all kinds of setups. I prefer the budsicle method with her. The branchy pic of this lsd plant was from testing effects of defoliation on her. It really branched her out, but final weight was about the same as leaving her budcicled. The leaves purple off as she nears the end. Truly a beautiful plant.

[ReikoX]

I'm still on my first grow, but I started it for the very reason stated on this thread.

I'm very fortunate to have a medical card. I do not have to deal with the black market, I can rely on quality and selection, and I don't have to meet under shifty circumstances. All that being said, the cost is still the same.

I don't smoke much, so am also doing a Mico cabinet grow. If I can pull 2+ Oz per grow I will be self sufficient.

[MicroRoy]

Got to love the micro grows.

[hush]

Here are a few examples of some micro grows I've done in the past, entirely for personal consumption:







I'm a huge fan of micro gardening. It absolutely demonstrates that if you are able to keep a perpetual garden going, you only need a tiny space, with barely any lighting, and you can stay medicated all day long.

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

You hit the nail on the head there, hush! Using a perpetual system in micro keeps me harvesting about once every week or so of a nice variety of strains. Mind you, it is usually only a few grams or so, but that is all the more I need for my rate of personal consumption. If I needed to yield more, I would just cut back on the longer flowering plants and add a couple fast finishers for a couple rounds. It gets me back to having a "cushion" in the jars. Then once I get ahead again, I pick back up on the long flowering varieties.

These are a couple pics of my ace malawi. It is grown from seed. In this pic (from yesterday) it was at day 84 since showing pistils. Its been a little more challenging keeping control of the malawi in such tight quarters, but I think from clone it will behave a little better. You can see in the pics that I tried using root restriction and depriving nitrogen during stretch to keep this monster under control. If you look at all the empty stem space you will see that the nodes on this plant were extremely tight, averaging about 1/2 inch. Not what I was expecting. Just hope it smokes as good as the smoke reports on here! Guess ill find out in a few more weeks! Lol

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

Thanks everyone for chiming in. Its good to know there are others out there like me. I feel that many people who grow for others end up maybe using genetics/practices that id not prefer for my personal consumption. Maybe they want weight, bag appeal, smell.....those things mean so little to me. Because Ismoke small amounts at a time, I want the highest quality!