Bluejeans
Well-Known Member
Hi all, I am new to growing and I sort of got jump-started and need a little advice. Here's my tale:
I got my medical certificate about two months ago and just lately decided that I'd like to grow my own. So I did tons of research. My preference is to set up a hydro system and that has been my focus. I have my reservoir, my pots, my nutes, my medium, and I just built my room. I am getting ready to buy lights, meters, etc.
Okay, so I have a plan and I'm on a mission toward my hydro system. In the meantime I get a phone call. As it turns out, a cousin of a friend of my son's ex-wife's boyfriend (really, I can't make that shit up), got arrested for dui and had to go to jail for 30 days. At his house, he had a little plant that just went into 12/12 about 3 days before. So for his one phone call, instead of trying to find bail, this guy calls his girlfriend and tells her to find someone to buy the plant and set up.
Long story short, I ended up with a small, rather healthy looking little girl, planted in soil, with about 15 bud sites showing little flowers, a bottle of unknown nutes (I think it's miracle grow), and a 24W CFL on a clip.
So, not knowing what else to do with her, I put her in the 5x5 room (formerly the garden tub in my master bath) that I just got built for my new hydro system, clipped her light onto a TV tray and set the timer for her 12/12 cycle. I have a thermostat in the room to monitor temp, and a small 3-speed fan to circulate air.
I don't mind having her there because I don't have the money to finish setting up my hydro system the way I want it yet anyway, but the thing is, all my study and research and etc has been into growing via hydro. I don't know the first thing about growing in soil!
Soil is dirt. I'm a girl. I don't do dirt.
Any suggestions or things I haven't thought of or need to be looking for? I have no idea of her origin but I suspect she's probably bag seed. Not to say I ain't gonna smoke her up when she's done, but I have much purer strains in mind for my first real grow.
I got my medical certificate about two months ago and just lately decided that I'd like to grow my own. So I did tons of research. My preference is to set up a hydro system and that has been my focus. I have my reservoir, my pots, my nutes, my medium, and I just built my room. I am getting ready to buy lights, meters, etc.
Okay, so I have a plan and I'm on a mission toward my hydro system. In the meantime I get a phone call. As it turns out, a cousin of a friend of my son's ex-wife's boyfriend (really, I can't make that shit up), got arrested for dui and had to go to jail for 30 days. At his house, he had a little plant that just went into 12/12 about 3 days before. So for his one phone call, instead of trying to find bail, this guy calls his girlfriend and tells her to find someone to buy the plant and set up.
Long story short, I ended up with a small, rather healthy looking little girl, planted in soil, with about 15 bud sites showing little flowers, a bottle of unknown nutes (I think it's miracle grow), and a 24W CFL on a clip.
So, not knowing what else to do with her, I put her in the 5x5 room (formerly the garden tub in my master bath) that I just got built for my new hydro system, clipped her light onto a TV tray and set the timer for her 12/12 cycle. I have a thermostat in the room to monitor temp, and a small 3-speed fan to circulate air.
I don't mind having her there because I don't have the money to finish setting up my hydro system the way I want it yet anyway, but the thing is, all my study and research and etc has been into growing via hydro. I don't know the first thing about growing in soil!
Soil is dirt. I'm a girl. I don't do dirt.
Any suggestions or things I haven't thought of or need to be looking for? I have no idea of her origin but I suspect she's probably bag seed. Not to say I ain't gonna smoke her up when she's done, but I have much purer strains in mind for my first real grow.
i'm no expert but i think you need at least 5000 lumens per plant so you might need to get a 65w cfl there's guide here
