(Sorry, i forgot i just cleaned out the bowl on my DOUBLE BUBBLER, so you guys have to wait a sec...
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One day my friend (my roomate) and I decided it would be fun to attempt to grow with things we had around the house (aka low budget grow). First, we tryed germinating bag seed seeds. We did this by putting 4 in a piece of wet toilet paper, that was double folded and folded over again, so the seeds were covered (lol sorry). We put this in a zip lock baggie, and set them on top of my computer moniter, and put a pile of papers on them. We were reading EVERYONE say "Mine had a tap root in like 2 days," but after about 4 days, we tossed them, thinking they were dead. We then tryed again. 6 in toiletpaper in a zip lock, and a TON in a half full glass of water... after another 4-5 days, we ended up tossing ALL of the ones in the glass... but forgot about the ones in the bag (dopers... lol).
2 germinated, and the taproot was HUGE! the seed fell off one of them, We ran to K-Mart and got Miracle Grow Potting Soil with Continual Release (in a big bag). Also, we got some small party cups to plant in. We filled the cups up with soil 1/3 of the way, and planted the seed, taproot down, in the dirt, and put a TINY bit of water in them. We made them AIR tight (lol), and put them next to the heater vent under my bed... Well, the next morning they had sprouted, and by night they were about an inch big. The next day, one looked like it was developing itty bitty leaves, while the other one was shorter, and still "closed." By the next night, the root one one had gotten to the plastic. I left it like that for a day, and it looked like it stopped. I transfered it into a 2 liter bottle, covered it, and put it in the dark. I also put the other one in a two liter bottle, to keep it consistant or some shit. They both got taller, but the little leaves didnt get any bigger, nor did the other one "open."
I decided i needed to get a Fluorescent light, and make a grow box. So, i found a cardboard box, and cut out a circle for a lamp with an adjustable head (lol, can you say OBVIOUS), and i bought a 100w equivialant floro. I know its not 100 W, 30 or something like that, and its all i could get, and we only have one lamp. Anyway, I put them in the box, and i had the light about a foot away, not wanting to burn them with out a fan yet. I took off the pastic wrap, and set em in there. But after a few days, the nice one's leaves all shrivled up, and i felt detached, and felt like all hope was lost (i know, it probably could have been saved, but oh well). The other one eventually did the same, and tossed it.
But alas! I had back ups ready to play. 2 in fact. Both in the same situation actually, one with little leaves, and one "closed." This time, i put the one with open leaves in the box, with the wrap on top... the results shocked me, the leaves were getting bigger then the other ones. I compaired it to the one left in the dark. The one in the dark "opened," but the leaves were neon green, and smaller (they looked like a completely diffent plant though, so i dunno if color and size was actually affected by the light). The one in the light was dark dark green, and looked extemely healthy. Soon though, they both got the long stems again, the big leaves started curling badly, and i started to become concerned... I checked on the City, and read that long stems is the plants "stretching for light, too long of stems makes them weak I put the other plant under the light, took off the plastic, and set it the box, which i also had adjusted. I put a little platform in there so they are RIGHT under the light, and a fan may go in tomorrow.
I gonna go check, and tell you if anything looks different (even thought its only been like, 4 hours...) .... The one with the bigger leaves looks happy. The leaves are uncurling a tad, and it really looks happy. The other one turned darker green, and the leaves are getting bigger. They obviously are two different plants. There is a 3rd one in there now, which is under the light after it JUST sprouted. It really is interesting to see how these all turn out.
So, i suppose if i have a question, it is how do you think this is gonna turn out? i mean, ive read all the guides and stuff, but there were a few things i couldnt understand, or find anyways, so i just did it this way. Any thing you see here that could be a problem soon? I am planning on adding a fan, getting more/higher watt lights, and some bigger pots. Thanks alot guys, it was a long, fun, high first post...
