Does or is there a practical guide for growing start to finish? I'm in my first grow and I've read a lot but still find information lacking. For instance how do you know when to switch from veg to flower? Do you just kind of guess based on how much room you have? A friend gave me four babies about 1 foot tall each, he says take them home and top and transplant them. I haven't heard from him since. I took them home and transplanted but was afraid to to them right away because I felt they needed to adjust to a new soil and whatever nutrients were in them. I transplanted two in Fox Farm Ocean Forest and two in Detroit Nutrient Water only soil. My friend also said only water on Monday nd Wednesday. So I watered with 20oz after the transplant on Friday night and by Monday they al looked like they were wilted. I quickly added water only to all four plants 40oz each and they all looked healthy the next day. Then a the week progressed the Detroit Nutrient plants started to show yellowing on the edges of the leaves which then turned to brown spots on some leaves. I started 40oz every other day and 20oz in between which keeps my soil moist on all plants. By the way the fox farm planted plants appear to be fine, also all of the plants have grown at the same rate except one. Newbie mistake 101 "secure your fan" mine fell and cracked the main stalk. No problem I had a backup plan I bought Clonex to try and clone any of the plants incase something went downhill. so I grabbed to two 6+ inch pieces of chopped tops and applied the clonex and watched them slowly wilt and start to die. so then I cut the bottom off and put them in a 20oz bottled water with nothing added and they seam to be living some 4 days later. So now I have three 18 inch tall plants what do I do next? let them grow half way up to the lights and then switch to flower? were can I read up on the realities of growing? Germinating? I bought 12 packs of different Burpee seeds to experiment with and here's what I got: Seeding pellets that expand when you add water= 4 out of nine germinated after 4 weeks. Plastic bag and paper towel = 2 seeds germinated and look like pip squeaks after 5 weeks. Burpee smart self water ultimate growing system = So far 24 of 36 sprouts in under 4 days, but they are under a 20 watt grow light. Don't experiment with seeds that cost $40+ for 3 seeds and higher, figure out what your doing first with regular $1.99 seeds first. Speaking of seeds start by growing plants that are fragrant like Rosemary, Lemon Chives, and Lavender. They will help control marijuana odors in other parts of your house so visiting friends and neighbors don't don't get a whiff. Growing mediums, I kind of like DWC or Kratsky, is water temp an issue? Nobody seams to mention it when they talk about how to build a cheap one on YouTube! I don't think I wanna do soil again. So in ending where can I look up a practical guide?
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