Cannabis
Related: About this forumAs promised...My very low-cost grow.
In about a week or two my first very low cost cannabis grow will be harvested. Without going into much detail this grow will cost NOTHING.
Only real money being spent is electric for lights and fans which is minimal.
Getting costs down this low has been a dream Ive had for about a decade.
Little background, Ive been growing cannabis for about 20 or so years first illegally, now legally in Michigan. Started with photoperiod in hydroponics, now Autoflowers in soil. Been a farmer/gardener most of my life so this comes kinda easy to me.
The soil and grow bags have been used before and will be used again. Soil is refreshed each grow its a mixture we have that is used in the garden boxes and other grow bags we have for veggies. That took care of one cost.
The next costly thing is nutrients, I used no store bought nutes, everything was grown in-house. I used comfrey and field horsetail, both supply tons of minerals and the comfrey delivers long term nitrogen.
Used both two ways
chopped & dried and liquid tea. The chopped & dried was mixed into the soil before the seedlings were planted and as a side dressing throughout the grow. The liquid tea was made this fall and used in the waterings throughout the grow. The NPK of Boking 14 or russiancomfrey is N 1.80, P 0.50, and a whopping K of 7.09.
Both are growing sustainably by our garden where they are used in the same manner.
Anyway heres a picture.

Evolve Dammit
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ShepKat
(492 posts)Good job
republianmushroom
(20,719 posts)Martin68
(26,191 posts)Akacia
(648 posts)MiHale
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Martin68
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judesedit
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catrose
(5,296 posts)I use them with tomatoes.
MiHale
(11,931 posts)Theyll go into the veggie garden this spring.
catrose
(5,296 posts)KS Toronado
(21,060 posts)They don't look very tall, how long have they been growing?
MiHale
(11,931 posts)with LST (low stress training). Tent height is 84 then I try to keep the lights at about 18 to 24 inches above the canopy. This strain expresses toward the Northern Lights side of its genetics which foxtails badly if too close to the light (heat) source.
rubbersole
(10,132 posts)Have you given them a name?
MiHale
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rubbersole
(10,132 posts)Like Lassie and Lucy...
SCantiGOP
(14,550 posts)Living in the feudal state of South Carolina, those few containers could get me 10 years of free room and board at my nearest Correctional Facility.
getagrip_already
(17,767 posts)Nice touch for ipm......
MiHale
(11,931 posts)Getting them going for veggie garden this spring.
multigraincracker
(36,007 posts)Did you pluck them off?
MiHale
(11,931 posts)Hi there.
No didnt pluck off any except for light blockers.
4 of the same seed family each expressed differently. Kinda long seed story.