1st Grow... Working with what I got!

Ok first you need to go to your local garden shop and get some Farfard Complete Planting mix it's a compost, now you can ammend this and plant straight through here or you can add a soil along with this mix which you have to make in 2 versions yen&yang
(grow&bloom) there is only 2 diferences in these mixes that seperate the purpose:

YEN
1 Bottle of Neptunes Fish/Seaweed Fert
1 Bottle of Neptunes Kelp Meal
1 part Perilite
1 Part Top Soil
1 Part Vermiculite
2-4 Tbs of Miracle grow Blood Meal
1-2 Tbs of Espoma dolmatic Garden Lime (Neutrulizes your PH)
1 Dozen of dried egg shells crushed

YANG
1 Bottle of Neptunes Fish/Seaweed Fert
1 Bottle of Neptunes Kelp Meal
1 part Perilite
1 Part Top Soil
1 Part Vermiculite
2-4 Tbs of Miracle grow Blood Meal
2-4 Tbs of Miracle grow or Espoma Bone Meal
8-10 or 2-3 cups of chopped or crushed rotten banana peels (peels need to be 70% rotten the rest will decompose in your soil over the next few weeks of sitting)

Now the key to this mix is to treat the soil once a week with a half to a full teaspoon of Neptunes fish and seaweed fert per gallon of water. You need to do repeat this over a 4-6 week period, reason being your letting the soil and micro beasties create the most stable organic environment your plant will ever need. From there just add water and treat the soil with the Neptunes f/s 10% strength through out your entire grow...If you want to be safe and truly maximize this add EARTH JUICE MICROBLAST once during veg and once during bloom. HAPPY GROWING!!
1-2 Tbs of Espoma dolmatic Garden Lime (Neutrulizes your PH)
1 Dozen of dried egg shells crushed

When my friends had paper routes I worked in my Uncle's Florist for 3 years and I've never been more thankful!!! LOL THANX UNC!

captbooyah said:

That's amazing Gangsta! I bet your plants are healthy as hell huh?

Wang- thanks for the input... I have found a set I like and will buy eventually... LOL
Here it is
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Switchable-Ballast-Reflector-GYO-2002/dp/B003810CVA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296189460&sr=8-1

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same price but I got air-cooled hood and 600w instead of 400w.
Looks like mine are still cheaper...lol
grow on!!

PICTURE UPDATE:

The ladies are looking nice after the transplant... Growing like, well, weeds. LOL It has been four days since the transplant. Making these ladies an official 4 weeks old today.







Here is the new grow tent in its closet... Haven't set up the lights yet... Might require a trip to Home Depot/Wal-mart.



Here is the Chronic, officially named "Gertrude" because of her awkwardness and strange growth, and the White Widow (unnamed) both about 17 days old now...

"Gertrude"

Widow

Damn they're gonna do some damage! They look very well..ready to start filling out, also next time you transplant I have another little secret you can do as well...take some hydroton clay pebbles and layer about 2 rows in the bottom of your container and then put your soil in, just like rocks they give great drainage but they pebbles retain moisture better and safely send more O2 to the roots and soil!

I have a good 1 1/2 inches of perlite at the bottom of the pots... are you saying hydroton is more efficient than perlite, or just a medium in general at the bottom...? Thanks... I am really proud of how they have grown. Best thing I have ever grown (besides a kid) LOL... Oh, I decided to LST one of my plants. Official Names have been selected for the Bag Seed... Larry, Moe, and Curly (LST)... I decided since they might not be anything special, and just honing my growing techniques, that these were fitting names - and if two of the three are female, I will re-name them Lucy and Ethel. LOL

Here is a pic of my first attempt at LST for Curly



And yes... that is a pipe cleaner... whatever. LOL

Looking good, keep up the good work!

Sounds like something out of an Epidode of "Weeds"... real good stuff Mom..

LOL... just without the Gangstas and DEA... LOL

Looking good Boo! I am going to show you my clones in a bit. I have concocted a crazy incubater. I am "working with what I've got".

He thinks it's another one of my crazy hobbies but he didn't say anything negative.

Ok, yesterday I decided it was time to figure out this cloning stuff so I went to the local shop and got myself some supplies.



The shop I go to is so awesome, I am lucky they are so nice and willing to work with me so I can figure things out. I don't have a green thumb at all, in fact, I am pretty bad at this kind of stuff.


These are the steps I took:

• Lay everything out on a paper towel - put a lump of the gel on the towel
• Pop a hole in the cube
• Put some nutristart into a bowl with water and soak the cubes, squeeze to soak up fluid
• Clip the plant. (you are supposeed to clip where you have 2 small branches that are low down and you clip those 2 off and insert into the cube)
• Lay the clippings in the gel. Wait 10+ seconds
• Pop them into the cubes and get them into the light
• Add a few drops of super drop to the stem area

After I cut and plants the clones they looked like this:


I thought everything was great. A few minutes later, they wilted and looked almost dead!! I was pissed. I did some research and I guess it is normal for them to wilt after cloning and it can take about 24 hours for them to perk up. I decided they needed some heat and humidity so I put them into my yogurt maker and put the top on. I used a meat termometer to check the temp. It only goes to 108 but I lifted them using a trivet - they are off the direct heat and it stays around 90 degrees.

Here they are looking dead:


This morning they were looking much better:


Now they are out in the sun for a bit. One has a kinked stem. I hope it straightens out.

I forgot to mention, they said not to flower the mother plant since she is resistant and grown from a seed. They said I should allow her to veg and try to strengthen her.

I hope the babies grow quick so I can get some flowers soon! with my luck they will die.

Well that is awesome! Great job... I hope they don't die on you... Is 90 degrees a little hot for them??? A little cheap digital thermometer/humidity gauge will do a lot better than a meat thermometer... LOL, even one that goes outside would be better because you could actually read the temp. LOL

Just a little inspiration for you gals. 4 weeks since 12/12 Next Generation, NY Purple Diesel


Will update my thred later after I move the DWC to the DR60

yes it would be better than a meat thermometer. you know what, it might be a candy thermometer. It is not digital but it seems to work. 90 is probably a bit hot but it's that or cool... I can't spend any more money on stuff haha. I am cheap. I am hoping for the best but I will not get my hopes up because things usually don't work out... I can always cut more clones if these die.

My clones are getting stronger. The little one doesn't look so stable but who knows. I've been giving them humidity and then opening the top so they get fresh air. the tall one is almost too tall to fit under with the top now! I will have to show you more pics when they are a little bigger.

It is not a meat thermometer, i just use it for meat. I didn't know they make thermometers with different meat ranges, I saw one yesterday at the store. I should get one of those.

Do you know how long before I can put them in soil?

I hope at least one of them makes it.

MMJ- lets see those clones!!! LOL

I am still having the worst time with lighting in the grow tent... Might just wait to use it until I have the lights I want... IDK...
Didn't get home from a party til 9am... lol, slept most of the day which was much needed. LOL

i'm lovin all the ladies growing beautiful ladies. wish my gf grew some weed, then she'd be the one smokin' me out : D

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love this song... wanted to share

So apparently there is a possible 2 feet of snow coming my way overnight... If you live in Michigan, its time to stock up and hunker down! LOL... I'm just really glad I have a gas generator that we can run if we lose power... Don't want my ladies to be stuck in the dark!