AzureGrower
420 Member
Hello Everyone!
I have been lurking here for a while, soaking in as much as I can and learning a lot. I finally made an account and decided it was time I introduced myself to what seems to be a wonderful community.
Hi, I am AzureGrower, but just Az is fine.
I am an avid lover of marijuana and I have done a couple micro-grows back in the early 2010's. I've kept a small "victory garden" (if that doesn't show my age...) since my mid 20's. I just love to grow, but I have this undeniable pull towards marijuana since my teens, and now that my state is legal (Missouri), I no longer have the responsibilities nor the fears that I had in my earlier years and I am now ready to get this ball rolling.
I love marijuana so much that being in my 40's I am back in school for a Horticulture degree and I am about two semesters away from graduating, depending on how my schedule and class schedules allow. I want to grow marijuana for the rest of my life, and if I could, I would walk into the "good night" through a door in my garden.
Presently, I am working on a few different things to get some much needed experience, as well as looking for a mentor to help fast track my knowledge and experience. As such, I plan to use this place as a means to network, get my ideas and goals put down and organized, and do some journaling to help keep track of my growth in this endeavor of mine.
First goal is in two parts.
Second goal is once in again two parts.
Third goal is again in two parts. (Are we seeing a theme here?)
I have a few others but those are the top priority ones. Items that I am very interested in looking into are:
Happy growing, to you and your plants!
I have been lurking here for a while, soaking in as much as I can and learning a lot. I finally made an account and decided it was time I introduced myself to what seems to be a wonderful community.
Hi, I am AzureGrower, but just Az is fine.
I am an avid lover of marijuana and I have done a couple micro-grows back in the early 2010's. I've kept a small "victory garden" (if that doesn't show my age...) since my mid 20's. I just love to grow, but I have this undeniable pull towards marijuana since my teens, and now that my state is legal (Missouri), I no longer have the responsibilities nor the fears that I had in my earlier years and I am now ready to get this ball rolling.
I love marijuana so much that being in my 40's I am back in school for a Horticulture degree and I am about two semesters away from graduating, depending on how my schedule and class schedules allow. I want to grow marijuana for the rest of my life, and if I could, I would walk into the "good night" through a door in my garden.
Presently, I am working on a few different things to get some much needed experience, as well as looking for a mentor to help fast track my knowledge and experience. As such, I plan to use this place as a means to network, get my ideas and goals put down and organized, and do some journaling to help keep track of my growth in this endeavor of mine.
First goal is in two parts.
- Gather equipment necessary
- Get the flower train chugging
Equipment: I have a mars hydro ts1000 for Mothers-to-Be, clones and initial veg. When money allows, I plan to use the ts1000 for clones and mothers only and get a light specifically for the veg cycle. @Budget LED I'm looking at you guys. I have the BudgetLED v3 RSpec+ for my flower cycle and I am VERY excited to get some plants under that marvelous lighting creation.
Second goal is once in again two parts.
- Figure out which ones are my females
- Order fem seeds of genetics that I know I want
Females: So, i put most of my initial money into lights as I believe they have priority over most things when it comes to indoor growing. With that said, to get the ball rolling I have planted 4 bag-seeds, taken clones and awaiting the initial veg of the clones before I throw them into flower. Obviously any males that show up will be sentenced to death and culled immediately. I have already done this to one plant as it presexed and showed me his banana's. I was sad that I had to take him out of the garden but he didn't have to be so vulgar about showing his nuts off.... sheesh, some plants have no dignity. smh
Third goal is again in two parts. (Are we seeing a theme here?)
- Bonsai all chosen females that will be Mothers
- Start pheno-hunting from the fem'ed seeds that I will order
Bonsai: Fairly straight-forward and easy. I did this during my micro-growing adventures.
Pheno-hunting: Because of plant limitations and restrictions, this is going to be a slow lengthy process, but I am up for the challenge.
I have a few others but those are the top priority ones. Items that I am very interested in looking into are:
- LOS (Living Organic Soil)
- MegaCrop
- Vulx (@Vulx I'm looking at you)
- and more, always learning and trying to keep up with what's new in the industry
Happy growing, to you and your plants!