as some of you may know, i was in the running for a job as facility manager at a grow op in wv. just got the email that i didn’t get the job. i did however get a tour and it gave me some hellacious ideas. since i live in an illegal state, i’m not allowed to grow, but as i have in the past, i can share my knowledge and skills with folks who are willing to take the chance. this is how it was done for me, although he grew also, and this is how i have done over the past 20 years with five friends who now know how. since getting some love from the veterans seed giveaway i have popped some and sent them to their forever home, waiting on spring to spring and go into the ground, after giving up some cuts of course, for seed replenishment purposes. i plan on kicking in some this year if all goes well. thanx to everyone involved in that, you guys rock! i can’t wait to give back!
i got a lot of help from the first overgrow back in the day, and some of these pictures were posted on the old servers. i thought it would be refreshing for some of the old timers to reminisce and for some of the newer growers to see what sorts of things we had to go through, although it wasn’t nearly as bad as 15 years before that, but that was all outside growing and not much thought to it besides camping out at the patch to catch the males. the fewer trips to the girls, the less likely to leave a trail and have them stolen. anyway, enjoy.
homemade cabinet. not by me, but a friend.
150w hps. didn’t have much of a reflector, but for $100 for the whole setup, i can make do. besides, i’m a hacker and love modifying things.
didn’t take much to improve that one. i also learned to shade the thermometer.
not sure how old, but getting there.
this is actually the last picture of this grow, and the yield was miserable, but we smoked it, learned from it, and made some changes.
40"x40"x48" since i was a carpenter at the time.
400w hps.
but the smell. and you can’t just order odor control without arising suspicion, but i’m a hacker so…
but i digress. back to the contents…
i don’t have a lot of pictures because i didn’t really document it for a grow diary, that wasn’t safe at the time, but statute of limitations says it’s ok now federally and i’m legal medically in the state, so…
they were a little spindly after the first trim, but rebounded. i may have the order backwards on some of them, but it finished. looks like some issues but the smoke was fantastic.
we didn’t trim it too close, it all got you high.
some modifications to the light as it was hot as hell, but after this you could touch the glass and it was warm. also, i think the buds got some light burn and made a reflector, not my idea but i got plans from here.
and the final setup altogether.
thanx for taking a trip down memory lane. happy growing everyone!
no one can stop you from growing a plant
i often give one of each to friends and encounters
