Growing for dummies: a simple, semi-comlete guide for growing your own cannabis

thanks dude, glad you liked it.

haha thanks token, that's a nice compliment. it's great to see that some people are getting some use out of it. makes the time it took to write it worth it.

 

that is absolute horeshit dude. you found it somewhere else because someone saw it here and linked it. did that ever occur to you? i wrote that whole thing, word for word.

as proof, notice the pictures in the grow guide are EXACTLY the same ones that are in my grow journals linked in my sig. you'll notice the week by week set of pictures at the end of the grow guide are from my blueberry grow, which, as i said, is linked below in my sig. look for yourself. i mean shit, even look at the color of the carpeting and the size of the closet space in my grow journals and the grow guide...they're exactly the same. even the style of writing is the same. and lastly, look at the date of the link you found this guide from; i can 100% guarantee that date is after the date this thread started on GC. 100%.

i spent quite a bit of time writing that not to have someone insult me by calling it a shameful and lazy attempt at copying someone else's work. i have never claimed it to be a perfect piece of writing, in fact i'm happy to take input and update as necessary, but you need do a little research before you shoot out such strong accusations like that.

where did you even see it linked? i'd be annoyed if someone else was taking credit for this guide as their own...but then again it's the internet what else would you expect.

 

yeah man...the more knowledge you can gather the more successful your first grow will be. before my first grow i read two whole book cover to cover, which was the best thing i did.

 

that plant at the end yielded just under 3 ounces dry. not my best yield, but still very reasonable.

to be honest, it would be difficult for me to comment on hydro because i have never done it, and only know as much as what anyone can learn simply from reading books and this site. as i understand it, yes it's a bit more of a hassell to get setup initially, but once you've got a working, trustworthy system with all the kinks worked out, it's a more convenient way to grow. you should go to the advanced growing techniques forum and ask them what they think of hydro vs soil.

sure, cloning is definitely they way to go, and is way more convenient than starting from seed every time, especially since you can keep mother plants for years as long as they are healthy. but like many people, i don't have the space to run both a veg and flowering room at the same time, nor do i have the need to continually produce that much bud because my wife and i don't smoke that much. so while you're right about the cloning, it just isn't practical for me and many other growers who grow for the same reasons I do.

hope that helps.

 

i uploaded a slightly improved version (v3) of the guide that fixes a few typos and couple of language things that were bothering me. nothing critical, but just thought i'd give the heads up. you can now download both this newer version (v3) and the older one (v2) from the same link in the original post on page 1.

 

Glad to see some more people finding this guide useful. I updated a few things on the guide and re-posted it (v4), hopefully it adds a few more useful things.

Thanks for the kind words dude. I'm really happy you were able to find answers to your questions. I tried to make sure to cover all of those details that confused me so much when I was first learning to grow. It can really be confusing and overwhelming trying to learn all this stuff your first time, especially with all the lingo and acronyms. And thanks for suggestions. I'll add some suggestions about reading up on SCROG and FIMing, as well as elaborate a little more on harvesting. Unfortunately, I've never done a DIY scrubber, so it would be hard for me to write about it confidently in the guide if you know what I mean...anyways, glad it was useful. take it easy.