Hey!
There’s some things I am planning on ordering, and I’d like to get them delivered without my parents knowing.
The things in question are some 23w CFL bulbs, e27 sockets, PC fans and a power strip.
I was originally planning on just buying them in person, but literally no shops near me have them.
I can’t actually find them anywhere but the american version of amazon – my country’s (Ireland) version of amazon doesn’t have them.
I asked a few friends if I could send the things to their house, and get it through them, but all of them said no.
If you are not in a position to do it properly, it’s not worth doing over just buying weed.
It’s not just about yield, even if you’re comfortable with a very low yielding harvest, but your quality will suffer and the genetics will not reach their full potential without the right things.
The CFLs don’t have enough of a broad spectrum to support a lot of good growth, and you’ll end up with low quality results with a low yield. Not to mention any tent is likely to make some noise, from the extraction fan and a fan for circulating air around, and even with an extraction fan for good bud if you’re trimming outside of the tent it WILL stink up your house something fierce.
Not to mention your parents would get suspicious of the constant visits to your room, as your learning to maintain good VPD etc.Airflow being important if you don’t want mold.
Anyone can grow weed, but it takes some effort to grow good weed. It would be wise to consider this once you have your own place to do so, it’s worth the wait and you can easily pull 3-4+ ounces per plant (in dry weight) under a 200w LED with the right gear, but the CFLs will be weaker and probably net you under an ounce in dry weight.
Making me wanna grow weed over here.
It’s quite satisfying. I grew a very colourful cultivar this time around, and I’m sampling it right now (Blood Diamonds 2.0).
Once you have things dialed in, environment wise, there is great benefit in being able to choose genetics (be wise to find reputable breeders however, and steer clear of white label seeds as well).
There are just so many flavours and variations people growing for an illegal market do not have the patience for. I mean I had to push these until 11 weeks in flower until they were ripe enough to chop! Well worth it though, and I recommend anyone in the position to try it to give growing a shot.
Sounds like a good time to start collecting orchids.
I ORDERED AN XBOX CARD
Mother: It looks like a bong
There’s no way to guarantee a delivery date so there’s no way to guarantee your parents won’t be home. Getting a PO box might work.
But I just wanna say I think what you’re trying to do is a bad idea. Not judging, just don’t want you to get in trouble.
I’d say no too. I don’t fully know your situation, but based on what information you’ve provided, I worry you’re blindly following a guide without thinking through the possible end game. If that’s true, I worry that you’re going to get caught and you’re going to get in a hell of a lot of trouble.
LOL your parents’ house is going to reek of weed. You will get caught. Grow outdoor in a hidden place or wait until you get your own apartment.
And here I was being confused why some person’s parents would get so angry at them for buying computer parts from their own money. I see I was not cultured enough to understand the true question at hand.
Growing outdoors is near-impossible here.
I don’t plan on keeping the thing indoors.
Um, indoors and outdoors are the only options available.
Hahahah
Don’t try growing weed at your parent’s house or with a 23w CFL bulb.
Really? that’s what the guide I’m following told me to do (on the bulb)
Must be an old guide, then. LEDs have surpassed CFLs a while ago. Also don’t underestimate the smell when it starts flowering. Even if you grow it outside, it will stink up your whole neighborhood. Is weed legal where you are?
Yeah, CFLs work but you should go with LEDs if you have the money. They are superior and safer.
It is possible but the stank will fill the whole house and they will notice the spike on the electric bill. Hiding the package is the easy part.
I’m not going to keep the thing inside.
Just looked it up and weed is still illegal in Ireland. Don’t try growing at your parent’s house; you will just end up fucking them and yourself over when law enforcement inevitably discovers your grow. You can’t hide the smell of a spacebucket, especially when you’re growing it outside. On the off-chance you’re a minor, you will end up fucking over your parents even more.
I just hope it’s legal where you are. Weed grows are incredibly easy to spot and smell.
Recreational weed is illegal in Ireland.
The user is correct that it’s illegal in Ireland. Did you misread the post?
The smell is gonna give you away. You’d be better off growing mushrooms.
I was thinking of growing those, but couldn’t find a good guide.
Crumble ‘em up, put’ em in some shitty soil (good dirt with poop nutrients), keep 'em moist and in the dark.
They’re mushrooms. Don’t really need much to grow. I imagine growing them would be similar to growing any mushroom.
fuck, thats pretty easy.
Don’t you have to sterilise the soil and stuff?
You can order shroom spores online in most US states, they are not considered controlled substance since they contain no psilocybin. Get yourself plastic bag of sealed instant rice at the grocery store and get some micropore tape at the pharmacy. Then, inject the spores into the instant rice package (the spores should come in a syringe, shake it up well before injecting), seal the injection hole with micropore tape (it keeps out bacteria while allowing the growing mushroom mycelium to get the oxygen it needs to live, feel free to poke multiple holes and seal them with micropore tape as well for better gas exchange). It might take a week or two to start seeing mycelium growth in the instant rice bag, but as soon as you do, shake the bag vigorously to help distribute the mycelium around the bag (this helps it establish itself faster and outcompete any bacterial/fungal contaminants that may be present). Then wait another week or so (until the contents of the bag are firm to the touch and your view through the clear plastic part of the bag is entirely filled with white mushroom mycelium).
Next, buy some coco coir from a store that sells gardening supplies (it’s ground up coconut husk, apparently the mushrooms love it, and I’ve had success with it). Boil it in way more water than you think you’ll need (it nearly overflowed💀), and let it dry/cool down then pour that shit into a plastic tub. Get your fully colonized instant rice bag, open it up, and inspect it for contamination (anything blueish, greenish, or generally different in texture or color from the firm, white mycelium of the shrooms). If anything looks weird, cut it out from the block of mycelium. Then, break the mycelium into small chunks and bury the chunks in the tub of coco coir. You’re gonna want to get the ratio of coco coir to mycelium/rice in the tub no greater than 2 or 3 to 1 (if the mycelium has to travel too far between nutritious clumps of rice it won’t colonize the whole tub and contaminants will fill the empty space). Once you’ve got that done, you can pretty much just wait. As long as it’s in the 70s F and moderately humid in the tub, it’ll grow mushrooms within a week or two. You can shine a light on them during the daytime once the mycelium has colonized the whole tub to make it fruit slightly faster if you want.
Once it’s fruiting, harvest it, and don’t hesitate to mist more water into the tub if the mycelium starts to look dry. You can actually get like 4 or 5 harvests out of a tub and for a large enough tub, that can be a substantial amount of mushroom. Once you’ve harvested about that many times (or sooner if it gets contaminated or starts to look unhealthy), bury it outside on dirt and check up on it occasionally, sometimes it’ll fruit a few more times in the dirt.
Mushrooms grow in shit. How sterile do you want it?
I mean, I’d get a bag of the same stuff you’d get for a vegetable garden. Also, be choosey with any fertilizer. You don’t want to be adding chemicals to something you’re gonna ingest.
I’m betting you can find some good books on gardening and mushroom farming at the local library (if those exist where you are). You’re gonna get a MUCH better result in anything you do if you learn about it instead of just winging it.
The hardest part will be hiding the light/smell/sound.
As an aside, one of my housemates was dealing out of our house (unbeknownst to me) and we wound up getting raided.
It was awful, Id seriously reconsider growing secret plants at home unless you’re okay with the possibilty of pigs fucking up your parents/siblings rooms.
I’m not planning on selling it.
I’m planning on keeping it outside.
Do you have collection lockers for parcel firms near you
Besides P.O. Box, think those Amazon Lockers.
How are you going to hide the increase in power consumption? Water too to an extent.
Here in California, I rent a mailbox and get all my mail and packages there.
CFL bulbs?! No one buys those any more. LED bulbs have displaced them.
You should be able to get either type of bulb, plus the E27 sockets, at any hardware store. Maybe not PC fans but maybe you can use a small desk fan.
You might also want an activated charcoal canister air filter so your parents don’t smell whatever you are growing with those lamps.
Oh yeah. I never expected them to smell so strong.
Have your parcels addressed to Poste Restante; ie: care of the post office. Should be a free service. Go in once a week with ID and ask if they have mail for you.
*General Delivery in the US.
[Name]
GENERAL DELIVERY
[City, State ZIP]Be certain the post office you select provides general delivery services.
I use this a lot.
This is the way. I do this for expensive/big items I don’t want left by my front door at the mercy of porch pirates. Called Flex Delivery here but same thing.
Does Amazon have the same kind of delivery boxes at grocery stores and such over there as they do here in the US?
Not that I’m aware of, or any that were surfaced by google.
It’s a delivery option during checkout.
“Free local pick up” and then you can select a locker location. These are Amazon branded lockers.
Are you aware of the difference in mains voltage between Ireland and USA?
Start ordering stuff from aliexpress and hide the packages in the onslaught.
