Green Smoke
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I think Red has hit it on the head. Anything so small that it requires you to alter the natural growth of a plant.
I'd say any grow that is done in a restricted space like a closet, cabinet, rubbermaid tubs or a PC case with a minimum of lighting.
Micro growers use advanced growing methods to manipulate and shape the plant within the limitations of the restricted growing space. You'll see agressive pruning, topping, bending, training under screens to maintain plant height and to maximize yield.
Micro growers use light schedule manipulation and methods like 12/12 from seed to promote flowering on the smallest of plants. Bonsai methods are used to keep mother plants and to grow micro plants by restricting root size in the smallest of pots.
A Micro grow is all ya need to be self sufficient...
Hah, grouchy, not trying to define micro growing, we're (or at least I'm) trying to describe micro growing!
You are certainly correct in that it is impossible to define. Micro grows mean too much to too many people in too many different situations to be solidly categorized. But that doesn't mean it can't be characterized. As different as micro growers are from one-another, as unique each micro grow is, as mad and unconventional as some micro setups are I think we all have a common spirit.
Things like striving for efficiency, hiding in plain site and growing for personal use are factors that nearly all of us have in common. That's why my response is filled with flexibility. Some 400 watt HPS grows could be considered micro, some couldn't.
You could never define micro gardening but I think you could definitely describe its spirit. As different as micro gardeners are we're all banded together by certain values. We carry a torch for purity and even though we may drop it occasionally we are warriors; guardians of a simple faith: Our Bud
anything less than one light, 1000 watts
I hope it was outdoorsI tried a grow with less than one light once, wasnt anything to write home about
I'd say any grow that is done in a restricted space like a closet, cabinet, rubbermaid tubs or a PC case with a minimum of lighting.
Micro growers use advanced growing methods to manipulate and shape the plant within the limitations of the restricted growing space. You'll see agressive pruning, topping, bending, training under screens to maintain plant height and to maximize yield.
Micro growers use light schedule manipulation and methods like 12/12 from seed to promote flowering on the smallest of plants. Bonsai methods are used to keep mother plants and to grow micro plants by restricting root size in the smallest of pots.
A Micro grow is all ya need to be self sufficient...
A room is a room, a small room is a small room, a cab is a cab, a small cab is a small cab, a tent is a tent.