I've never grown anything in my life. I've saved some seeds from various sacks I've attained and after being unemployed for over a year and sick of playing endless amounts of xbox and sitting on my couch, I finally decided to partake on a new endeavor and germinate the seeds and see if i have a knack for growing.
I dont have much money to spend on equipment (I spend it all on weed) so I was very fortunate to have a friend hook me up with his old system that he wasn't using anymore since his kids are getting older.
I have been reading everything i could get my eyes on about growing herb for the past 3 weeks since i've started. I love lurking the grow journals and seeing everyones methods and trials and tribulations.
I am going to post my experiences, methods, and pictures and am welcoming any responses about things i am doing wrong/right or advice or anything.
i started germinating my seeds about 3 weeks ago and after about 3 days I had my seeds crack and i put them into some miracle-gro moisture control soil about 1/2 inch into the solo cups and ran them 24/7 under a 100w incandescent with a reflector in my water heater closet. I let them grow like that for about 3 days under that bulb and then put them in a storage bin lined with foil with a 40w x 2 4' fluorescent shop light about 2-3 inches aboveand let them sit under that 24/7 for about a week watering them as needed when the topsoil got crusty. Just used tap water that i let sit out for 24 hours prior to watering .
I noticed that after using the 100w light bulb that few days that i mustve mutated a couple of leaves ...they got kind of warped but i fixed that once i put it under the shop light.
there are still remnants of the mistake but now they seem to have moved on like it never happened.
Ok, so about 5 days ago I transplanted the seedlings into 5 - 6" square plastic pots with Fox farm Ocean bLend? I think it is.
I put them under a 400w mH with a sun system horizontal reflector and the 2 40w fls first for 24/7 for 2 days but then since they are in my bedroom closet and it gets kinda bright at night thru the closet cracks, i have a medium sized fan blowing on medium setting to keep the closet cool and to cool of the HID light, it stays about 88*-92* during the day and turn the fan off at night when the lights are off and it drops to 75*-80*. I have I switched them to a 18/6 regiment so we could sleep at night. I introduced Liquid gold fertilizer at 1/2 strength yesterday, I put a bubble stone in the nutrient mix to oxygenate the water for 20 mins checked teh PH (6.5) and they seem to be handling it fine. i mist them 2 times a day or whene3ver i go up and feel like admiring them. i will water once more tomorrow with half nutrients and then after that full strength run from then on.
I have a ebb and flow hydro system made of couple of bus tubs and the pumps and stuff that i am still learning how to use, but thats next time after i see what i can do with some bagseed. i posted a few pics of where i am at as of today..i am going into
week 3. the plants are starting to grow their 3rd tier, some even 4 tiers and they are growing more leaves at the nodes. I hope i have a female or two out of these. is there any way to tell before you start flowering? One of them has a purplish stem and when i mist them it smells very sweet. im excited. i have no idea what these strains are but i got the seeds out of some good sacks(headband, white widow, trainwreck) so who knows?
i am now learning about lst/TOPPING/CLONING/hydro and SOG. i am like a sponge right now . its amazing how much you will learn when you immerse yourself in something.
This hobby has brought so much light into my life the past 3 weeks. I have found a new love.
Those of you I have added means that you have taught me something while reading your posts and journals or was impressed by your garden.. i thank you all. RIU is the shiznit.
anyways enough of the chatter, i will keep you posted on my first closet bagseed stealth grow.
I welcome any help or comments.
Peace Y'all happy growing
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Next step: Bubble cloner
