The 420fied Plan
Hello everyone,
Some of you know me from my prior journal. I've decided to journal my personal quest over the next year. This will be an ongoing journal and it's going to explain the who, what, when, how, where, and why of one Man's quest to prove that if you have enough brains, heart, and balls,....a single person can pull off a sizeable outdoor grow (200 plants+ ). We'll call it The 420fied Plan.
To properly execute any endeavor you must have a business plan and this is no exception. The reason that I am starting this journal now is because much of the planning is taking place now and I feel it's imperative to share my thoughts and ideas as I go in order for someone to truly grasp what I'm doing here.
Those of you that know me know that I will document the process as I go. However, I do want to mention that security is priority 1. Do not be surprised if you wake up one day to find that myself and this entire journal has vanished like a wisp of smoke in a strong wind. I imagine that things will get really spooky when trying to pull something like this off.... especially when doing it alone. Hopefully, there will be no worries.
Most folks are asking themselves.. "This guy is starting his 2010 grow journal in October of 2009?" Seems odd doesn't it? However, NOW is the time when all of the planning is done and in reality, the money made.
This operation will be a solo grow. My goals may or may not change throughout the process but looking at it now I can see 2 different scenarios playing out when it comes to goals. Let me explain:
If I run (200) auto flower AK-47 I will have a harvest goal of 160 ounces or 10 pounds by August 1, 2010. That's taking into account 20% attrition due to critters, mold, etc.
If I run regular Northern Lights I will have a harvest goal of 3 ounces per plant or 480 ounces(30 pounds). If I run NL, I won't transplant the plants outside until the middle of June because I want them to finish at 3 feet or less.
I'd gladly trade the NL for the auto-flowers for the simple fact that I can avoid the copters and most likely, the mold. Can you imagine harvesting on July 29?
There are problems here with the Auto's though:
It would take 3k to order the feminized Auto-AK seeds needed to pull this off and I won't do that. I've thought of growing 9 auto AK's in my aero unit and letting the males pollinate the females in the room to get beans. I could get 1-3,000 beans out of 4 fully seeded moms. The problem is that I've never bred plants and I don't know if I can pull it off. Even if I did I have no way of making sure that the seeds were feminized which is what I really need because after I put these plants out in June I do not want to visit them again until I harvest them. If I make my own seeds I will still have to sex the plants in the ground and pull the males. To get 200 fems I'd have to plant 400 plants and I doubt that will be an option in the end.
So either I find a way to get 200 fem'd Auto AK-47 seeds or I'll clip clones from a NL mother and do it that way.
Truthfully, as appealing as the fem'd auto AK's are, for budget reasons I see myself growing NL mothers and cutting clones from them to complete the job........More on that later.
........anyway, I'm going to start documenting things now. Depending on how things go, I may or may not run an indoor grow during the next couple of months. I was growing my old strain but have since decided to scrap plans and start fresh with a small remodel of a veg room and some fresh genetics.
I must go now but tomorrow I will start explaining the plan in great detail to give you an idea of where this is headed.
Hello everyone,
Some of you know me from my prior journal. I've decided to journal my personal quest over the next year. This will be an ongoing journal and it's going to explain the who, what, when, how, where, and why of one Man's quest to prove that if you have enough brains, heart, and balls,....a single person can pull off a sizeable outdoor grow (200 plants+ ). We'll call it The 420fied Plan.
To properly execute any endeavor you must have a business plan and this is no exception. The reason that I am starting this journal now is because much of the planning is taking place now and I feel it's imperative to share my thoughts and ideas as I go in order for someone to truly grasp what I'm doing here.
Those of you that know me know that I will document the process as I go. However, I do want to mention that security is priority 1. Do not be surprised if you wake up one day to find that myself and this entire journal has vanished like a wisp of smoke in a strong wind. I imagine that things will get really spooky when trying to pull something like this off.... especially when doing it alone. Hopefully, there will be no worries.
Most folks are asking themselves.. "This guy is starting his 2010 grow journal in October of 2009?" Seems odd doesn't it? However, NOW is the time when all of the planning is done and in reality, the money made.
This operation will be a solo grow. My goals may or may not change throughout the process but looking at it now I can see 2 different scenarios playing out when it comes to goals. Let me explain:
If I run (200) auto flower AK-47 I will have a harvest goal of 160 ounces or 10 pounds by August 1, 2010. That's taking into account 20% attrition due to critters, mold, etc.
If I run regular Northern Lights I will have a harvest goal of 3 ounces per plant or 480 ounces(30 pounds). If I run NL, I won't transplant the plants outside until the middle of June because I want them to finish at 3 feet or less.
I'd gladly trade the NL for the auto-flowers for the simple fact that I can avoid the copters and most likely, the mold. Can you imagine harvesting on July 29?
There are problems here with the Auto's though:
It would take 3k to order the feminized Auto-AK seeds needed to pull this off and I won't do that. I've thought of growing 9 auto AK's in my aero unit and letting the males pollinate the females in the room to get beans. I could get 1-3,000 beans out of 4 fully seeded moms. The problem is that I've never bred plants and I don't know if I can pull it off. Even if I did I have no way of making sure that the seeds were feminized which is what I really need because after I put these plants out in June I do not want to visit them again until I harvest them. If I make my own seeds I will still have to sex the plants in the ground and pull the males. To get 200 fems I'd have to plant 400 plants and I doubt that will be an option in the end.
So either I find a way to get 200 fem'd Auto AK-47 seeds or I'll clip clones from a NL mother and do it that way.
Truthfully, as appealing as the fem'd auto AK's are, for budget reasons I see myself growing NL mothers and cutting clones from them to complete the job........More on that later.
........anyway, I'm going to start documenting things now. Depending on how things go, I may or may not run an indoor grow during the next couple of months. I was growing my old strain but have since decided to scrap plans and start fresh with a small remodel of a veg room and some fresh genetics.
I must go now but tomorrow I will start explaining the plan in great detail to give you an idea of where this is headed.
