A coffee addict finds fresh purpose

[Boob McNoob]

Sticking with my anonymous bag seed but making use of recycled containers to reduce my footprint and veg cycle with eighteen started and fifteen up in this new system. Mentioned elsewhere, I maintain seven different stations in an attempt to stage a perpetual garden indoors due to the sad reality that my State remains in the Dark Ages of personal freedom. I've had modest reliability but continual frustration with my previous approach going from 1/2 gal to 2 gal then up to 5 gal with a two month veg period. The appearance of males after this generous allocation of time and space has proven a bit disheartening so I'm giving this routine a run which should see a potential harvest window by the end of July. Have eight going 12/12 from seed in my main space (2 x 4 closet with a Mars Hydro SP3000) but the remaining ten spread out among the other lighting configurations to provide a backup and failsafe for any potential shortfalls.

 

[Boob McNoob]

Rotated the best and the brightest onto the main dance floor to set a potential harvest window around the end of July; have ten additional seeds down in a greenhouse outdoors to provide an uninterrupted flow of fresh faces in the event of the unfortunate.

 

[CosmicGiggle]

love the recycled coffee cans!

 

[unregistered190]

nice, I have seen folks using the cat litter containers and now coffee containers. pretty cool, good vibes for an awesome grow!

 

[Boob McNoob]

 

[CosmicGiggle]

Very nice Boob, not bad for a bag seed grow.

I'm still fixated on those cans. Is that Folgers 100% Colombian coffee, I hope?

If it's the 24.2 oz at 210 cups, that means about 1,680 cups were consumed to accumulate your collection.

If it's the 32 oz at 315 cup size (My bet), that's about 2,520 cups.

I won't ask over what time period, but I know for a fact that pot goes very well with coffee.

.......... how many joints per cup will tell the tale?

 

[Boob McNoob]

These are the big boys - 400 cup version. I'm good for about two pots a day; 12 cups per. Pulling out the calculator that's under a year to accumulate all eighteen but I've probably been gathering them for two or three years - other brands occasionally and my OCD tendencies force the similar ones into this configuration. I've got a bunch of Maxwell House and generic ones out in the yard handling ornamental efforts.

A few weeks away from full growth for the bulbs breaking ground in the blue and black containers - this is what will brighten the yard when they pop open.

 

[CosmicGiggle]

These are the big boys - 400 cup version............

I'm impressed, 48oz/380 cups, that size is very hard to find, I only have 1 in my obsessive/compulsive Folgers can collection.

 

[Boob McNoob]

My compulsions are maddening (especially since I'm hyper aware of how ridiculous they are); labels need to be turned the same way and patterns adhered to - moving things from one spot to another requires this attention to detail even during temporary placement.

 

[Breadwizard]

Love the reuse of containers! I love those 24oz yogurt containers for seedlings, and gallon size pots are usually available for free behind your local garden store!

 

[Boob McNoob]

 

[gizmo666]

very nice looking grow

 

[Boob McNoob]

The originals from this experiment that ran 12/12 from seed have been shuffled to the alternate cabinets and this group has had the benefit of 18/6 for approaching the normal two month veg period. Six fresh beans down to form the coming wave should have at least four to six weeks on long hours so I seem to have found the groove that I've envisioned for years now to run my operation as a perpetual. As the early batch reaches maturity the new kids will inherit the mid range boxes to allow for a gentler transition and winnow out any males.

 

[AlphaCentaury78]

Hi. Great work!
Beautiful garden.

Bye

 

[Boob McNoob]

Although I've switched back to my previous strategy (start in small containers and progressively upgrade) indoors, the viability of the Sea of Green cannot be overlooked or cast aside. I organized 20 of the Coffee Club containers for use outside and dropped a generous 3 beans each in order to work in a clandestine effort testing the waters of how workable this method is in the relative obscurity of a small greenhouse in the back yard.

With a shift to adding clones to my arsenal inside I've squandered the first trimester of this year taking cuts from indeterminate sprouts which frustratingly revealed themselves as male before taking the step of revegging a partially harvested female to serve as a dedicated Mother plant. The first wave of cuts taken from her were of older growth (established woody stems) have proven futile as they struggled to produce roots but fresh branches are nearing the point of enough bulk to offer themselves for the task.

Bonus shot of my above ground vegetable garden freshly planted and ready for a run through Spring, Summer, and Fall.

 

[Boob McNoob]

 

[Boob McNoob]

Outdoor efforts (at least in the semi shaded greenhouse) are far behind those indoors.

 

[Boob McNoob]

A burgeoning crop of Flaming Dragons and a Sea of Watermelons are keeping my coffee containers in use outdoors.

 

[Boob McNoob]

As long as she stays in a vegetative state I plan on using her for the main matrix; cuts are also being taken from her clones as they are big enough to offer samples.

Currently sharing this 3 X 1.5 X 5 ft cabinet, she has about 20 inches of headroom. Almost all of the old growth has been removed at this stage and she's showing a wealth of potential from the two new main stalks and their offshoots. With her first cuts now in flower she's proving the wisdom of investing almost four months in this project so far.

 

[Boob McNoob]

Roughly a third of my coffee klatch filling in as ornamental containers.