Okay so I started my first real grow back on 7-26-13. Here's my game plan, but with this being my first grow those plans are constantly changing. Grow medium- is coco coir and perlite
Nutrients- I'm using fox farms trio
Grow room- 4'x4'x7' lighthouse grow tent
Lighting- i have a 250w metal halide build that has 14,000k bulb, and I just ordered a 600w hps/MH fixture for my tent.
Exhaust fan- I ordered a 6" 440 cfm inline exhaust fan
Strains
I Ordered a number of different strains but in true newb fashion I screwed up when ordering here what I ordered
3-Pineapple Express auto-feminized
5-THC bomb auto- feminized
5-northern lights- feminized
Then as freebies I got
5- white widow x skunk#1
2- jack herer - feminized
1- mazar x ??? (Can't remember right now)
When I ordered I didn't know that I couldn't clone autos, other wise I probably wouldn't have ordered them.
My plan
So on July 26th I starting the germination process, using paper towels and plates. I germinated all the autos and the 5 northern lights, and the two jack herers, which I germinated using rapid rooters with a humidity dome
Once all the seeds put out their tap roots I planted them in their pots.
THE MISTAKES!
1st mistake, I planted them in their final 3 gallon pots. I did this on all of them except 2 thc bombs and the 2 jack herers.
2nd mistake, I planted way too deep, some of them were 1"- 2" deep.
3rd mistake, trying to fix mistake # 2, I tried un- burying them, and in the process damaged the seedlings.
Then on July 30th I went thru them to see which ones even stood a chance of surviving, and discovered I had fatally damaged- all the northern lights, 2 Pineapple Express, 2 thc bombs. Which I have to say is very discouraging .
**** I don't know for certain why I lost so many , but I suspect it was from damaging theirs tap roots. The tops either fell off a few, like the leaves broke off their stems. Or on a few their stems Basicly bent, then died from the bend upward ***
So I went from 15 plants to 5 in about 4 days... So by my calculations by harvest time ill be minus 20 - 24 plants lol.
Anyhow left with only 5 seedlings I decided I better go ahead and plant those 5 white widow seeds. So this time I decided to plant them all in plugs in the humidity dome, since the two seeds I did this with (the jack herers) before look 10x better than any of the others.
I have a question though, when using the rapid rooter plugs and the dome, how long should I let them grow under the dome before planting?
The 2 that I already did under the dome, one I waited till about day 3-4, then the next day I took the second one out. The second one seems stronger, so is longer better?
Nutrients- I'm using fox farms trio
Grow room- 4'x4'x7' lighthouse grow tent
Lighting- i have a 250w metal halide build that has 14,000k bulb, and I just ordered a 600w hps/MH fixture for my tent.
Exhaust fan- I ordered a 6" 440 cfm inline exhaust fan
Strains
I Ordered a number of different strains but in true newb fashion I screwed up when ordering here what I ordered
3-Pineapple Express auto-feminized
5-THC bomb auto- feminized
5-northern lights- feminized
Then as freebies I got
5- white widow x skunk#1
2- jack herer - feminized
1- mazar x ??? (Can't remember right now)
When I ordered I didn't know that I couldn't clone autos, other wise I probably wouldn't have ordered them.
My plan
So on July 26th I starting the germination process, using paper towels and plates. I germinated all the autos and the 5 northern lights, and the two jack herers, which I germinated using rapid rooters with a humidity dome
Once all the seeds put out their tap roots I planted them in their pots.
THE MISTAKES!
1st mistake, I planted them in their final 3 gallon pots. I did this on all of them except 2 thc bombs and the 2 jack herers.
2nd mistake, I planted way too deep, some of them were 1"- 2" deep.
3rd mistake, trying to fix mistake # 2, I tried un- burying them, and in the process damaged the seedlings.
Then on July 30th I went thru them to see which ones even stood a chance of surviving, and discovered I had fatally damaged- all the northern lights, 2 Pineapple Express, 2 thc bombs. Which I have to say is very discouraging .
**** I don't know for certain why I lost so many , but I suspect it was from damaging theirs tap roots. The tops either fell off a few, like the leaves broke off their stems. Or on a few their stems Basicly bent, then died from the bend upward ***
So I went from 15 plants to 5 in about 4 days... So by my calculations by harvest time ill be minus 20 - 24 plants lol.
Anyhow left with only 5 seedlings I decided I better go ahead and plant those 5 white widow seeds. So this time I decided to plant them all in plugs in the humidity dome, since the two seeds I did this with (the jack herers) before look 10x better than any of the others.
I have a question though, when using the rapid rooter plugs and the dome, how long should I let them grow under the dome before planting?
The 2 that I already did under the dome, one I waited till about day 3-4, then the next day I took the second one out. The second one seems stronger, so is longer better?
