My VERY first grow.. in the closet, under cfls, skunk bagseed.

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FIRST AND FOREMOST. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY DON'T SAY SHYT! DO NOT COMMENT NEGATIVELY, IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION PLEASE BE POLITE ABOUT IT. I AM OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND ADVICE, SO FEEL FREE TO GIVE ADVICE. I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW EVERYTHING, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR THE BIGGEST HARVEST EVER, I'M TRYING SOMETHING NEW- GIVE ME SOME FUCKIN' SLACK.


Alright, well here we go, my first grow.. more of a pothead experiment. (Someone told me tho, that every grow is an experiment- smoke on..:joint:)

Basically as my plants grow, so will this whole set up. We're gonna grow together through this, I know I'll trip and fall, but that's what this is about-learning. I was originally going to wait on growing until I could afford a better lighting system and I was going to order seeds. But i figured for a first grow I shouldn't put all my eggs in the basket (or all my weed in the bowl- a better metaphor for all my fellow tokers :blsmoke:). Anyways, after a lot of research, the journey began..

Oct. 5th. Started to germ seeds. Paper towel method, in a mason jar only half of the top covered. Started with 7 bag seeds, the smoke was amazing and a skunk strain. 2 of the seeds were rather light and I didn't expect that they were viable, but I figured, eh, I'd try them anyways.

Oct. 6th. Check the seeds, nothing of course, however the lighter seeds had darkened and I could no longer distinguish them from the others any more.

Oct. 8th. 3 had white taproots of various lengths. Planted in cups filled with MG organic soil (I know better now..), holes in bottom for drainage. Put them under 2 42watt cfls, 2700 lumens a piece. Lights on 24 hrs. One fan blowing over cups and intaking air from outside the closet, one fan exhausting air. Watered soil with distilled water. (the beginning of my early over watering problem..)

Oct. 9th. Watered soil. (I know, I know..)

Oct. 10th. Watered soil. (....)

Oct. 11th. 1 seed sprouted. (Sexy Mama) Watered soil. (...) Put up gay shiny giftwrap until I find some mylar.

Oct. 12th. Other two seeds sprouted, one very sickly looking. The sickly looking one is Carlton. The other new sprout, Kiki. One other seed has taproot. Planted, this time I micro'd the soil to kill any possible bug life (after reading of others with that problem wit MG organic) The newly planted seed, named Bee.

Oct. 13th. Watered Carlton and Bee (...).

Oct. 14th. Rotated plants. Watered all plants.

Oct. 15th. Bee sprouted. (No water for any plant, thanks to research done here)

Oct. 16th. Rotated plants . Watered all.

Oct. 17th. See second set of leaves starting to develop on Sexy Mama. However, she's got a little twist to one of her leaves- I think this is from the quick and temporary jump in temps to 84F because of the freaky warm weather we got.

Oct. 18th. Moved Carlton further from light under suggestion because of it's stunted growth (no growth since sprout). Signs of 2 set of real leaves on all plants besides Carlton. Kiki and Sexy Mama's second set of leaves also look curled up. (Any suggestions?) Bee's look perfect. Watered all plants but Carlton.

Pix from today. Thanks for sharing this experience with me!
 

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Hey Sexy!
Nice babies. I know you know this probably, but, try not to overwater them too much. Let them dry a bit so the roots can expand in the cups. That way you can transplant them into a bigger container easily when they are root bound. When the soil is drier the roots will multiply trying to look for water. Good luck with your grow and welcome to rollitup. I too have smoked for many years and have grown occasionally but, this site is the most educational thing I've seen in over 20+ years of puffin'. :peace::hump::mrgreen:
 
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Yeah, I was over watering them in the beginning. I know that now- thanks to this site! It's just so easy to over love them.. thanks again for the advice and warm welcome..

Any advice on when to transplant? I really want to get my babies into some black gold organic and out of the MG organic shyt, but I don't want to hurt them because of my good intentions.
 
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nice grow! my first grow was under 3 2700 CFLS. I even flowered her with only CFLS. I ended up with about a half when it was all said and done. I also used bagseed. When you transplant them, make sure to not disturb the roots. What I do is lightly press down on the top of the soil (to compact it), then tap the sides, that helps to get the whole root cluster and soil out together.
 
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first question. just curious, whyd ya name one carlton?(unless you want a male) she should be a girls name(luckier for when flowering comes).

i like that you said you and your project will grow with your plants. first grows are def experiment. you can make it to flowering easy but your second grow will come much more naturally i think.

i wouldnt transplant yet they are kinda small. let them grow some and start getting the 2-4th sets of "real leaves" before you transplant.

yes it is very very very easy to overlove your babies. i was having a problem with my plants and i thought it was nutrient burn or salt buildup. so i flushed my growing medium alot and still the problem continued. did some research and found out it was a nitrogen deficency. who would of thought? surely on my first grow i thought it would of been overloving by overfeeding. just gotta listen to what your babies tell you and if you treat them well they will treat you well.

good luck on your grow and hope it goes great for ya.
 
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Aww, thanks everyone for the support. Ok, I'll answer the questions anyone had.

Why'd I name one Carlton?
~My bf got to name the 3rd sprout, he was so sickly looking for some reason he reminded him of Carlton from the Fresh Prince, LOL, no clue why- we were baked. LOL. Prolly not as lucky cuz it's a male name, but so what? What about those chicks whose name is Michael? LOL...

I should get some pix of the full set up.
~Will do, right after I get some real mylar to replace the snowflake mylar on the wall.... lmfao.. don't ask, it's the only thing I could find that day...

Just love all the names.
~ME TOO!... it was just like when I name my bowls and pieces, get stoned as fuck and it just comes to you, everything has a name- you've just gotta get stoned enuff to listen and hear it...LOL
 
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dont transplant them till they are rootbound. Then when they are dry you can pretty much pull gently on the stem and the everything will come out of the pot..
 
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I know I've got a bit to go until they transplant, and I've seen how they're supposed to look when they're root bound (love Jorge's dvd, LOL) but I just didn't know a ballpark time when they might be ready- like age wise or height wise. 2-4 sets of leaves I was told..Thanks!
 
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Alright. So I wasn't going to worry about this at first because it was only on one plant/ one leaf. But this morning I noticed it was worse on Sexy Mama and now slightly on Kiki. The next two leaf sets developing on Sexy Mama look like they may be affected as well. I attatched some pix because, well they can tell a lot more than I can.

All the info I found about leaves curling/twisting up was because of heat stress. However, I'm a stickler about that, the room is always between 72F and 80F. The other day we had a freak occurrence here and it got warm (for Oct. wtf) I watched my room closely, brought in more fans, whatever I could do to stop the room from spiking- the highest it got was 82.

~Stems and leaves perfect green, no discoloration/ spots. Nothing.
~Watered every other day when soil is dry 1-2 inches below surface.
~No nutes.

Wondering if this could maybe be because of humidity? It's one of the few things I can't check.

Help!

Any thoughts GREATLY appreciated....
 
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hm that is kinda weird. i dont think its anything your really need to worry about right now because everything in your environment seems fine. seedlings can take 100% humidity without any problems. even all through veg u can have the humidity very high. u just want it low during flowering to prevent budmold.

82 degrees is nothing to worry about. my room hits 82 almost everyday(2 600 watt hps's get hot, thank god i have them vented) and my plants are fine.

homestly, the only thing i can think of is if you had a fan blowing to strong on them. thats really the only problem i can think of.

you are learning very well, Jorge knows alot. if you dont already have it go pick up a copy of his book Marijuana horticulture indoor/outdoor grow bible. 512 color pages of everything you need to know. its got alot more obscure information than his videos and are easier to reference to than the videos. i use it everyday. if they dont straighten out here soon i'll see if i can brainstorm with some buddies and see if we can find the problem. but i dont think u have a big problem on your hand. have fun good luck smoke out
 
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Picking up a moisture meter today for my babies-

Ive got a copy of The Cannabis Grow Bible by Greg Green. Only thing close to what I've going going on is lack of circulation (which ain't it, the closet door is wide open fan blowing in, fan blowing on, fan in my window constantly bringing fresh air into my room.) The next suggestion was light too close..again not it... The last suggestion was a Mg deficiency.. wayyyyyy too early for anything like that.. so I dunno, I'm stumped... but I'm not going to worry about it too much, my babies are green and thriving. =)

I know 82 is nothing to worry about, hence why I know it's not a heat stress thing.

On my other post someone thinks it's from over watering... I don't think it's that either, I think I learned my lesson on that one.. LOL.

Fan blowing too strong, possible, I'll turn it down a tad.. jus don't want my babies gettin weak and fallin' over..


I love Jorge so much, I'll look into buying a copy of his book... you ever watch those High Times podcasts? He just makes me laugh... dunno why.. LOL.
 
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