BiG stoned aL
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Hey all, new to the site and also new to growing. I am going to set up a grow diary in the hope that this fourms wealth of knowledge will help me through my first grow! I will recieve the seeds monday 15/12/09
A little about me and my situation: I live in Dublin, Ireland... I'm 19 and I'm sick of waiting in the cold for dodgey dealers that give me oven dried crap... I deferred from college and so have some time on my hands now. I have limited money and most of that goes on weed ^^ although im not rich or looking to get the top notch equipment, I do want to do this right and put some effort into the plant thats made my days on this planet a little (somtimes alot) more hazey and therefore better!
I have 7 afghani Kush seeds and plan to germinate 3 of them to grow for the 1st batch. I am using a soil based medium, I was thinking 1/3 perlite 1/3 vermiculite 1/3 peat moss - soilless mix, but to be honest im not sure what nutrients to add to the plants through the water supply and at what time!
I have around 5ft sq of space in my growing closet and the walls are painted matt white, I have been advised to give aluminum-foil a miss due to the occurance of hot spots.
To germinate I plan to place 4 pieces of kitchen paper on a plate and wet, place the seeds around the paper, place 4 more pieces on top and wet, place into a plastic bag without sealing the bad and leave for 2/3 days, can anyone please tell me if this method is correct? I am trying to learn from information I'm getting off the internet and have only been learning a few days so am always up for opinions etc...
As for pots, I am getting 7 four gallon net pots, I was going to seed in a plastic cup with holes cut down the side and bottom for drainage, if thats not a good idea can anyone reccomend another way??
I'm not 100% sure as to how i go about planting the germinated seeds (depth, moisture of soil etc..) or when they are ready to be planted, and again im not sure as to when they should be transplanted to the four gallon pots after that!
I will take some snap shots of my grow space and all of the equipment (low budjet as it may be!) and hope to hear from the grow experts and learn from your advice. Thanks very much for your time, Alan
A little about me and my situation: I live in Dublin, Ireland... I'm 19 and I'm sick of waiting in the cold for dodgey dealers that give me oven dried crap... I deferred from college and so have some time on my hands now. I have limited money and most of that goes on weed ^^ although im not rich or looking to get the top notch equipment, I do want to do this right and put some effort into the plant thats made my days on this planet a little (somtimes alot) more hazey and therefore better!
I have 7 afghani Kush seeds and plan to germinate 3 of them to grow for the 1st batch. I am using a soil based medium, I was thinking 1/3 perlite 1/3 vermiculite 1/3 peat moss - soilless mix, but to be honest im not sure what nutrients to add to the plants through the water supply and at what time!
I have around 5ft sq of space in my growing closet and the walls are painted matt white, I have been advised to give aluminum-foil a miss due to the occurance of hot spots.
To germinate I plan to place 4 pieces of kitchen paper on a plate and wet, place the seeds around the paper, place 4 more pieces on top and wet, place into a plastic bag without sealing the bad and leave for 2/3 days, can anyone please tell me if this method is correct? I am trying to learn from information I'm getting off the internet and have only been learning a few days so am always up for opinions etc...
As for pots, I am getting 7 four gallon net pots, I was going to seed in a plastic cup with holes cut down the side and bottom for drainage, if thats not a good idea can anyone reccomend another way??
I'm not 100% sure as to how i go about planting the germinated seeds (depth, moisture of soil etc..) or when they are ready to be planted, and again im not sure as to when they should be transplanted to the four gallon pots after that!
I will take some snap shots of my grow space and all of the equipment (low budjet as it may be!) and hope to hear from the grow experts and learn from your advice. Thanks very much for your time, Alan