Noobus
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Lets date this back to the beginning , just before I left my student house to return home for the festive period I noticed a small dark brown seed in my bag of buds, as a joke I planted it in my household plants pot.
Before leaving the house I threw the plant outside for the bin-men to collect as it was mostly dead anyway.
HOWEVER! this part gets really strange upon my return 2 1/2 weeks later after -5 tempretures, heavy winds, frosty nights and heavy rain I go out the back to have a cigarette and my friend ( who didn't know about me planting the seed ) points out a weird plant that has sprouted in the pot.
I suddenly remember what it was and was astounded at how it germinated and grew 2-3 inch's tall with 2 embryo leaves and 2 tiny leaves sprouting from the middle in these conditions. I brought the sapling inside and planted on the window edge so it
got daily sunlight, at this point I had no money for any such equipment or had even considered ever growing a plant!
I made my mind up to start looking into it as it would save me flood loads on buying my weed from dealers ( 2-3 Gram per £20 ) I eventually was told about a no-heat low-electricity LED setup, so I ordered £20 grow lamp and had it under 18/6 hour darkness using a plug timer, wooden frame and bedsheets to cover at night.
My problem is the grow started to my knowledge around 30th of december-ish but after trial and error I can't seem to speed the slow slow growing process up and im nervous it may turn out to be male ( although it has tiny pistile shape's on the corner of each stem/node ) It is now 16th of febuary and heres is pictures of comparison ( Top image is present time , bottom is 8th January )
Iv been using a large cardboard box lined with tinfoil ( until I removed the tinfoil as it causes heatspots I read )
- 30W desktop fan attached to the side blowing indrect air through a cloth material
- 14W led blue % red 194 LED grow lights
- 28W energy saving bulb
- 15W lightbox to add warmth ( house is always freezing )
- I put blankets over to keep warmth in
- Use a mix of baby bio NPK 10.6-4.4-1.7 diluted in a rainwater & aged tap water mixture for a PH balance as I cannot afford anything other than what I have. ( eg. ph testers )
- I let the soil dry out before watering , usually every 3-4 days I give it 6-7 sprays on the above mixture
- Im using miricle grow soil mixed with 25% perlite
- 1 gallon plastic sterilized pot with airing holes at the bottom
- 18/6 hour lighting on timer.
I do need to mention I check the plant everyday and it has never looked unhealthy , just very lazy and doesn't grow quick. In the past two weeks its gone from having 4 leaves to having 24 however its 8 weeks after first planting is it doing too bad? Iv seen alot of others grow quicker.
any opinions? Ideas? help?
Thanks
Before leaving the house I threw the plant outside for the bin-men to collect as it was mostly dead anyway.
HOWEVER! this part gets really strange upon my return 2 1/2 weeks later after -5 tempretures, heavy winds, frosty nights and heavy rain I go out the back to have a cigarette and my friend ( who didn't know about me planting the seed ) points out a weird plant that has sprouted in the pot.
I suddenly remember what it was and was astounded at how it germinated and grew 2-3 inch's tall with 2 embryo leaves and 2 tiny leaves sprouting from the middle in these conditions. I brought the sapling inside and planted on the window edge so it
got daily sunlight, at this point I had no money for any such equipment or had even considered ever growing a plant!
I made my mind up to start looking into it as it would save me flood loads on buying my weed from dealers ( 2-3 Gram per £20 ) I eventually was told about a no-heat low-electricity LED setup, so I ordered £20 grow lamp and had it under 18/6 hour darkness using a plug timer, wooden frame and bedsheets to cover at night.
My problem is the grow started to my knowledge around 30th of december-ish but after trial and error I can't seem to speed the slow slow growing process up and im nervous it may turn out to be male ( although it has tiny pistile shape's on the corner of each stem/node ) It is now 16th of febuary and heres is pictures of comparison ( Top image is present time , bottom is 8th January )
Iv been using a large cardboard box lined with tinfoil ( until I removed the tinfoil as it causes heatspots I read )
- 30W desktop fan attached to the side blowing indrect air through a cloth material
- 14W led blue % red 194 LED grow lights
- 28W energy saving bulb
- 15W lightbox to add warmth ( house is always freezing )
- I put blankets over to keep warmth in
- Use a mix of baby bio NPK 10.6-4.4-1.7 diluted in a rainwater & aged tap water mixture for a PH balance as I cannot afford anything other than what I have. ( eg. ph testers )
- I let the soil dry out before watering , usually every 3-4 days I give it 6-7 sprays on the above mixture
- Im using miricle grow soil mixed with 25% perlite
- 1 gallon plastic sterilized pot with airing holes at the bottom
- 18/6 hour lighting on timer.
I do need to mention I check the plant everyday and it has never looked unhealthy , just very lazy and doesn't grow quick. In the past two weeks its gone from having 4 leaves to having 24 however its 8 weeks after first planting is it doing too bad? Iv seen alot of others grow quicker.
any opinions? Ideas? help?
Thanks
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But it lived!! So you doing Ok so far...
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