Some important questions on Growing!

[tibbus]

Hi,
Okay here's the deal... I have 'Nirvana Big Bud' seeds which i hear are quite good and now I am planning to grow them. Im gonna start out with the usual stuff like putting in large enough pot, having good soil, enough light and water etc. but once the plant is a few inches tall and actually starts looking like the marijuana it is, i will have to move it to continue growing in an unused chimney!! I know- it sounds weird but I have to do it that way for the reason that no one can find it in my house.
Do you guys think that if I have a light, in the chimney, shinning down over the plant 12 hours a day and i continue to feed it etc, that the plant will actaully grow kinda succefully enough to eventually smoke?? And how tall do these plants get cus hopefully it aint tall at all... are there ways to limit the height but still have the plant grow well- i want it to be as short and fat as popssible, like 2 feet hopefully?? And can I trim the bottom leaves off without harming the plant if i feal the leaves are getting too spread out? And can I smoke the weed even if it turns out to be a male plant? Sorry people for all the questions but im in a tough situation having no where to grow it in my house but the chimney... thanks for taking your time to read all this and replies would be much appreciated!!

Thx agen,
tibbus

[tibbus]

Ill also clean the chimney out and sterilse it with spray and stuff... hopefully coat it with aluminum foil too...

[Weedguru Gooster]

Hi,
Okay here's the deal... I have 'Nirvana Big Bud' seeds which i hear are quite good and now I am planning to grow them. Im gonna start out with the usual stuff like putting in large enough pot, having good soil, enough light and water etc.

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What is large enough pots? 5 gallon? What soil are you planning on using? Fox Farm? Light should be minimum of 400w HID (high intensity discharge - Metal Hallide or High Pressure Sodium), water should be fertilized with good quality fertilizer, this means NOT miricle grow, instead go to the hydroponics store and get organic fertiziler, I reccomend Sweet Carbo Boost, B'Cuzz Grow, and B'Cuzz Bloom, and a root stim as well at the least, and get a ph tester, ph should be 5.8 to 6.4 or so, nothing lower or higher, and check your TDS (total dissolved salts of your tap water if you are using that, and dont forget to remove the chlorine, either filter or let the water sit out for at least 24 hours before using it so the chlorine can dissipate).

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Okay, is Nirvana a sativa or an indica? I dont find that strain in my books. If its a hybrid, as MOST (90%+) strains these days are, then you might not have to worry about growing it in a chimney - ie. you can get a good harvest from the plants at a height under 10 feet plus - and they prolly wont get that tall anyways. These days for indoor growing - the majority by far of the growing done in most areas - Holland, (though the laws just changed there, and things havent quite shaken out, as I understand it indoor growing has been technically made an infraction if it is for the purpose of growing for quantity sale to the cafe's, but the LEO's (Law Enforcement Officers) have continued their policy of finding better things to do - if only the USA adopted this policy instead of the ridiculous "war on drugs" resulting in a huge number of minor offenders, potheads growing for their own use ending up in prison for YEARS under the mandatory minimum sentencing laws - another topic, sorry... Where was I, oh yeah, MOST seeds and strains are hybrids of indica and sativa or straight indica because they are shorter, stockier plants which dont grow much over 5 feet tall, and dont need to to produce mass buds under PROPER conditions. So I doubt you have a sativa which will grow tall enough to warrant a chimney.
BUT, I like the idea. Maybe two plants, grow them in there, (clean the thing first, well, and hang your lights on a mobile easily raised setup that you can raise as needed) and enjoy. If you think that the natural light from the sun comming down the chimney will do, you are as wrong as can be, they wont grow for crap in a normal chimney.
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but once the plant is a few inches tall and actually starts looking like the marijuana it is, i will have to move it to continue growing in an unused chimney!! I know- it sounds weird but I have to do it that way for the reason that no one can find it in my house.
Do you guys think that if I have a light, in the chimney, shinning down over the plant 12 hours a day and i continue to feed it etc, that the plant will actaully grow kinda succefully enough to eventually smoke??
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18 hours a day until you force budding, which is when you go to 12 on 12 off, and NO light can seep in during the dark cycle, hang a completely light proof tarp over the chimney - even a normal reading bulb from 10 feet away will totally ruin your bud weight, disrupting the plants dark cycle can either completely halt bud production, or fuck it up so bad you get nada, as opposed to ounces from each plant...
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And how tall do these plants get cus hopefully it aint tall at all... are there ways to limit the height but still have the plant grow well- i want it to be as short and fat as popssible, like 2 feet hopefully??
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yes, top them early, and prune them to force bushy short growth. If you are new get a book, preferably Van Patten's "Gardening Indoors" its the bible of indoor growing. Buy this NOW. Dont start anything until you get this book. Its a 15$ investment which will result (if you follow it) in paying for itself hundreds of times over.
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And can I trim the bottom leaves off without harming the plant if i feal the leaves are getting too spread out?
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yes, again see the Van Patten book
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And can I smoke the weed even if it turns out to be a male plant?
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Sure, but you wont get high
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Sorry people for all the questions but im in a tough situation having no where to grow it in my house but the chimney... thanks for taking your time to read all this and replies would be much appreciated!!
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Thats why we are here!
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Thx agen,
tibbus

Guru_Gooster

[tibbus]

Oh my goodness - thank you so much Goo, for that amazing reply to my post!! It should prove to be very helpful! Oh and one more question.. you know when I asked about limiting the height of the plant and trying to make it bushy... you told me to top it early and then prune it to make it bushy... When you say "top it" do you mean cut off the top of it when i think it is tall enough...like say 2 to 3 feet - would that be okay? And by prune do you mean like making sure that once I have cut the top off... i continue to cut it off until it doesn't grow taller anymore but fatter... is that what u mean? Hopefully you will see this to answer the question.

I just wanna say thanks again for the time you put into writing a great response.


Tibbus

[tibbus]

I told you guys about having it in a chimney and i am wondering how badly the plant will smell?!! I will cover up the base of the chimney with a layer of cardboard... is it potent enough to get through that and even if i didn't cover the base fireplace up... does it smell that bad?

[Weedguru Gooster]

Oh my goodness - thank you so much Goo, for that amazing reply to my post!! It should prove to be very helpful! Oh and one more question.. you know when I asked about limiting the height of the plant and trying to make it bushy... you told me to top it early and then prune it to make it bushy... When you say "top it" do you mean cut off the top of it when i think it is tall enough...like say 2 to 3 feet - would that be okay? And by prune do you mean like making sure that once I have cut the top off... i continue to cut it off until it doesn't grow taller anymore but fatter... is that what u mean? Hopefully you will see this to answer the question.

I just wanna say thanks again for the time you put into writing a great response.


Tibbus

Hey Tibb,
topping is removing the very top set of leaves, the primary bud site where the plant has a small group of leaves growing up and outward. You remove this, using sharp snippers. Only take off this top set of leaves. There is a hormone which is produced at this area which promotes upward growth, and also effects overall growth. By removing this top set of leaves, you reduce the level of this hormone, and effectively tell the plant to grow bushier and less tall. You also can produce more colas this way (colas are the big bud at the top of the plant). Pruning is removing leaves or branch sets where nods grow outward from the main stalk of the plant. It promotes more potential bud sites. Sorry Im late in answering and using poor terminology, Ive been up too long and cant concentrate.

Hope it helps,
Goo