The Official Ghetto Growers Group

haha its cool.. theyre still nice and big and they look good.. I need to get a camera from a friend so i can take better pictures of my buds and upload them. well here's the main one in the back of them all

ok, so i did a little experiment today with rain water and tap water here in florida, its cold, about 48 and it has rained all day. so i had my sister (she has really been a big help taking care of me with hip injury, just unreal) stick a 3 1/2 gal pail out and fill it up with rain water to use for my next grow attempt. then i tested the ph and it read 6.2, then i tested the tap water and it tested at about 7.8, i was like WoW!! so rain water it will be, something to think about. still havent decided whether to do a soil grow or my new 4 net pot, 10 gal hydro tub. either way, i will use the gravity drip watering system. if i go with soil, these are the 2 i have narrowed it down to. the screen pic is the rain water pail, LoL. more later.

looking good bro

CD, do a soil grow. Its definitely much easier to control, and I heard a few good things about the african violet soil

Concord Dawn said:

ok, so i did a little experiment today with rain water and tap water here in florida, its cold, about 48 and it has rained all day. so i had my sister (she has really been a big help taking care of me with hip injury, just unreal) stick a 3 1/2 gal pail out and fill it up with rain water to use for my next grow attempt. then i tested the ph and it read 6.2, then i tested the tap water and it tested at about 7.8, i was like WoW!! so rain water it will be, something to think about. still havent decided whether to do a soil grow or my new 4 net pot, 10 gal hydro tub. either way, i will use the gravity drip watering system. if i go with soil, these are the 2 i have narrowed it down to. the screen pic is the rain water pail, LoL. more later.

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I'll be watching that one, lot of conflicting info. on rain water (and i'm an information addict).

good stuff right there.

yes prebs, im gonna, i will just leave the hydro stuff put away for now and do the 2 plant soil grow, i have it and it isnt goin anywhere, LoL. gidget used the other stuff and she's done pretty dam good on her grow for sure, but i just have a feeling about that african violet stuff because of what it contains, so i i think i will use it. jay, the rain water just seems so much better on the ph deal, i guess we'll see, now i coild just to home depot and get that dirt, LoL

so if ph is low, will tap water raise it, if no ph up is available? how long would it take for 5.5 to get to 6.4 using 7.4 tap water. thx n adv.

Sup guys new to the thread. I'll try to post some pics of my grow. Its basically 3 cfl's and some cups lol.

Concord Dawn said:

jay, the rain water just seems so much better on the ph deal, i guess we'll see, now i coild just to home depot and get that dirt, LoL

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I'm guessing your area has alot to do with that too, pollution variables and whatnot.
(areas in general, not just your area)

igrowdro said:

so if ph is low, will tap water raise it, if no ph up is available? how long would it take for 5.5 to get to 6.4 using 7.4 tap water. thx n adv.

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bro, all i can tell you is test them different ways and see what you come up with, maybe you can come close to what you want.
the rain water and potting mix im gonna use will end up right around 6.0

heres a ph chart anyways, LoL

elfweed said:

Sup guys new to the thread. I'll try to post some pics of my grow. Its basically 3 cfl's and some cups lol.

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hell yeah, get some pics up and i'll put 1 in the ghetto photo album and welcome to the ghetto, LoL

https://www.rollitup.org/members/concord-dawn-203070/albums/offcial-ghetto-growers-club-10399/

getting my ghetto home made micro grow set up right now! this thread has sparked some good ideas!

prebs said:

haha its cool.. theyre still nice and big and they look good.. I need to get a camera from a friend so i can take better pictures of my buds and upload them. well here's the main one in the back of them all

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how long into flowering prebs???what strain?

just about to enter 4th week of flower and idk, it's bagseed, but I think its a cross breed of indica and sativa

man, found this strain, thinking about trying it for this next grow, its autoflowering, very short grow period, and very tasty looking, all i have to do is make sure it doesnt dry out, sounds simple enough, LoL. heres the link, this place sells single seeds, could make 1 hell of a mixed up grow.

http://www.thesingleseedcentre.com/products/lowlife-automatic-blueberry?6b39a220

I chopped the rest of my buds this morning (was finishing up the lower popcorn buds)

So wanted to post a "Ghetto" update having added up the totals

the harvest last week is in the jar curing now and came out to 35.9 grams dry (1.2 oz) which was .37 grams per watt of light

Plant was 21 inches tall, had 6 colas, 97 watts of light

Harvest this morning was 28.8 grams wet that brings the wet total to 121.2 grams (or exactly 4 ozs)

I expect dry total to be right at (or slightly over) 1 and 1/2 ozs

more details & pics in journal

riddleme said:

I chopped the rest of my buds this morning (was finishing up the lower popcorn buds)

So wanted to post a "Ghetto" update having added up the totals

the harvest last week is in the jar curing now and came out to 35.9 grams dry (1.2 oz) which was .37 grams per watt of light

Plant was 21 inches tall, had 6 colas, 97 watts of light

Harvest this morning was 28.8 grams wet that brings the wet total to 121.2 grams (or exactly 4 ozs)

I expect dry total to be right at (or slightly over) 1 and 1/2 ozs

more details & pics in journal

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hell yeah, good job, good info, way to go

Lol these set ups are so bad it almost makes me sad. Just the simple nutrient deficiencies that are visible in many of the pictures makes me cringe... lol
but w/e

theweedguy said:

Lol these set ups are so bad it almost makes me sad. Just the simple nutrient deficiencies that are visible in many of the pictures makes me cringe... lol
but w/e

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Well its cheap and still works. So whatever. Possibly first grows also. Are you just here to criticize?

And nice riddleme, you got a really nice yield from that baby

I can't wait to get a new power cord for my camera. I'm currently building boxes #3 and #4. They are two different types of rubbermaid boxes. One has a 90w UFO that I might add 2 CFL's to except the temp is already high. The other will probably have 6, 100w equivalent CFL's. They are perfect for LST'ing. I got 2-2.5 oz off 1 plant a few years back from a box similar to the second one I mentioned. Looked like an upside down octopus with 19 arms, and that was after I topped it and removed about 10 branched a few weeks before flowering because I was worried the lack of air flow would cause mold. With the extra room in the new 6 light box I bet I can get a quarter pound off one plant. Only problem is it has to veg FOREVER. Your gonna love this ghetto rig though. It's something Macguiver would be proud of. I also post pics of my homemade carbon filter when I make it. Gonna wait until my seedlings are bigger so I don't waste the activated carbon.