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MiHale

(9,800 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 04:56 PM Jan 2023

As 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 I’ve had for about a decade.

Little background, I’ve 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 “russian”comfrey 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 here’s a picture.


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As promised...My very low-cost grow. (Original Post) MiHale Jan 2023 OP
Need some tinsel and a couple ornaments! Nice work Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #1
very nice ! ShepKat Jan 2023 #2
very good grow like it republianmushroom Jan 2023 #3
I just grow mine in the garden. Don't need lights, water, or anything else. Martin68 Jan 2023 #4
exactly what we do. Akacia Jan 2023 #9
Winter, Michigan, indoor now...outdoor comes later. MiHale Jan 2023 #18
Virginia is kinder to the plants. Martin68 Jan 2023 #21
Awesome buds. Good job. Wish I could have a toke lol judesedit Jan 2023 #5
Marigolds are good companions here too? catrose Jan 2023 #6
They're just for fun... MiHale Jan 2023 #17
Okay. I can't remember the mites they're supposed to fight; glad it's not a problem for cannabis. catrose Jan 2023 #20
Harvest in a week or two? KS Toronado Jan 2023 #7
Purposely keep them shorter... MiHale Jan 2023 #16
Sweet. rubbersole Jan 2023 #8
Total organic grow #3 MiHale Jan 2023 #15
I thought something like pets. rubbersole Jan 2023 #19
That wouldn't be 'low cost' for me SCantiGOP Jan 2023 #10
Marigolds for pest control? getagrip_already Jan 2023 #11
Just for fun... MiHale Jan 2023 #14
I don't see the usual yellow leafs. multigraincracker Jan 2023 #12
Fade should be coming ... MiHale Jan 2023 #13

catrose

(5,079 posts)
20. Okay. I can't remember the mites they're supposed to fight; glad it's not a problem for cannabis.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 02:30 AM
Jan 2023

MiHale

(9,800 posts)
16. Purposely keep them shorter...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 10:14 PM
Jan 2023

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.

SCantiGOP

(13,878 posts)
10. That wouldn't be 'low cost' for me
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 07:33 PM
Jan 2023

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.

MiHale

(9,800 posts)
13. Fade should be coming ...
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 10:06 PM
Jan 2023

Hi there.

No didn’t pluck off any except for light blockers.

4 of the same seed family each expressed differently. Kinda long seed story.

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