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And the mods have many, _many_ years of cultivating cannabis as well, unlike RIU.
Thanks!! Yeah, I ended up with about 28-30 oz. trimmed, cured, and jarred, plus another 10 oz of bud trim/larfy bud for bubble hash. Which yielded about an oz of hash. I don't smoke much, but I have neighbors that I trade with, one has chickens (eggs) and the other is a bee keeper, (Honey), so it works out well! My tent is 6.5x6.5x7ft. I've got an HLG 550 watt, and a couple older Bestva 200 watts with veg/bloom, unfortunately as the grow was finishing up both the old Bestva's lost their veg circuits, so I'm looking at picking up another HLG in the 350-450 watt range, I really only use about 5x5 the rest I leave open to move around in.. Most years I do an outside grow, but this year I have a construction project going on with contractors and inspectors, so I didn't want to advertise my grow, so I skipped this summer. I grow both autos and photos (at different times), but I've found that with the height restrictions, it really doesn't matter which, they both fill the tent nicely. Just have to be careful with photos not to let them veg too long, or they can get too close, then I have to HST them. I love being retired, I had to take a 30 year break due to my job (drug testing).
I noticed that, the core group is fine, but there's a lot of kids, with little experience, that believe everything they see on U-tube, or what their brothers girlfriends cousin said (LOL), and then want to tell you how to do it, most of it is "Broscience". I have a decent background, both experience and education. For a while I was the head groundskeeper at a college, I also have a science degree and a minor in Botany (albeit it was around 45 years ago).Glad to see another old geezer!
I think you'll do much better here on ICM than RIU. Many more experienced "heads", rather than smartass Millennial know-it-alls.
I tried autos out of curiosity, but they grew fine and yielded well (4-6 oz/plant). They have good taste and potency. With only really 3 1/2 feet of actuall grow space (pot is a foot high, lights need to be a10 inches from the roof, and then 12-25 inches from the top of the plant), autos fit well, but so do photos if you time the flip right. These days there's not a lot of difference between autos/photos from a consumable standpoint, early on auto potrncy was not good, but they've pretty much fixed that. Only thing with autos is they have to get a good start, if they stall, you're screwed! That said, I've only had that issue once, when I had to go out of town and had a friend taking care of them and he brutally overwatered. Unfortunately for me the testing was random and unannnounced, so there was no choice but to take a break. I wasn't going to jeopardize a 6 figure income and great retirement (which I'm thoroughly enjoying).
