Hi and thnx for stopping by to my amateur grow. I would like to create a complete journal. This site is great because like most, I'm a visual learner. I plan on putting any future $ towards growing instead of going through a middle man lol. Direct to the source, my spare room, ha. I've already stopped purchasing and will try to wait for harvest. I think that will give lots of incentive to get this right the first time. I started with the intention of just watering and maybe adding some regular fertilizer. The more I researched the more I realized why my last grow went so horribly wrong using incandecent bulbs in a closet lined with tin foil. Don't laugh too hard lol. All I got was tall and spindly with cotyledons. Next grow, a few years later, actually grew one leaf set but since it was on back porch, there was significant stretching. In the end, they all needed support. Which brings me to my 3rd attempt. Hurray for the internet. I may not be modding my home, or purchasing tents, but I think I'm putting forth a valiant effort. Supplies: POWER STRIP x 2 – HomeDepot.com - Belkin 6-Outlet Power Strip HEAVY DUTY REFLECTOR x 2 – HomeDepot.com - 10.5 in. Brooder Clamp Light REFLECTOR x 2 – Amazon.com - 150-Watt Incandescent Clamp Light with 6-Foot Cord 2700K x 4 – Amazon.com - 42 Watt Energy Smart Soft White Spiral T4 Light Bulb 6500K x 4 – Amazon.com - 42-Watt Compact Fluorescent High-Wattage Bulb, Daylight SOCKET EXTENDER x 2 – Amazon.com - Two Outlet Socket Adapter, Black OUTLET CONVERTER x 4 – Amazon.com - 660 Watt, 125 Volt, Outlet-to-Lampholder adapter Brown Y SPLITTER x 2 – Amazon.com - 15-Amp 660-Watt Twin Light-Socket Adapter, Ivory MYLAR – Amazon.com - Emergency Mylar Thermal Blankets (Pack of 10) BASE MICRO NUTRIENTS – Amazon.com - pH Perfect Micro (1-Liter) BASE GROW NUTRIENTS – Amazon.com - pH Perfect Grow (1-Liter) BASE BLOOM NUTRIENTS – Amazon.com - pH Perfect Bloom (1-Liter) BLOOM NUTRIENTS – Amazon.com - Big Bud Liquid - (250 mL) PH DOWN – Petsmart.com - pH Decrease Formulas TIMER – Amazon.com - 24/7 Dual Analog Timer Power Center QUICK GARDEN – HomeDepot.com - Windowsill Greenhouse Kit PERLITE – HomeDepot.com - 0.31 cu. ft. Perlite RIVER ROCK – HomeDepot.com - 0.5 cu. ft. White Marble SOIL – WalMart.com - Hyponex 2 cu ft Potting Soil NUTE MEASURER – Amazon.com - Dose Medicine Dropper WATER TESTER – Amazon.com - TDS Water Quality Tester with Auto-off Function PH TEST – Petco.com - API Freshwater Master Test Kit 2 ½GALLON CONTAINER x 8 - kroger bouquet bucket, I drilled maaany holes. Light cycle 18/6 AND THE JOURNEY BEGINS... Germination 6/27 Planted 6/29 Day 2 7/3/12 View attachment 927916 View attachment 927917 Day 3 7/4/12 View attachment 927919 Day 5 7/6/12 - Why is big baby leaning to the side? lol what the what? View attachment 927920 Day 10 7/11/12 Got a regular garden growing here lol View attachment 927924
Day 1 - 7/11/12 New Sprout View attachment 927931 PH Perfect Micro, Grow, Bloom came today. I used 1mL of each per gallon. 1/3 per the instructions. View attachment 927935
Day 13 7/14/12 - They seem to have grown overnight...Big baby has a brown leaf beginning...HELP! View attachment 927937 Thanx for the help @NoNick When I posted the pic of Big Baby's Brown Leaf he said not to worry about the leaf yet, however, I need to transplant asap. I checked, and roots are indeed showing. View attachment 927940
Day 13 7/14/12 Transplant a Success View attachment 927942 View attachment 927944 View attachment 927946 I added two 2700k 42 Watts to the sides and installed AC set to 75 View attachment 927949 Needed to bring the temp down. Set to 70. View attachment 927948 Under the lights is now consistently 70 - 80 degrees
The toddlers seem to like it. REACH FOR THE SKY BIG BABY View attachment 927950 JAN (The Middle Child) View attachment 927951 Tiny Tina View attachment 927952 THNX FOR LOOKING!!!
A mere two days later WOW Day 15 7/16/12 BIG BABY View attachment 928111 JAN View attachment 928112 TINY TINA (SHES THE BIGGEST OF ALL NOW) View attachment 928114 Day 6 7/16/12 View attachment 928115 Day 2 7/16/12 New Sprout View attachment 928116
Hi, can someone help me with a nute schedule? I'm not giving the recommended dose just yet (still at about 1/3), but I would like to know: Do I nute one day and flush the next. Or could I nute during the week and flush on the weekend? Ooor, flush during the week and nute on weekend, unless I detect a deficiency? I'm leaning towards the latter. Thank You!
Fed the toddlers with 6.0 ph and 6.2 ran off. Jan started doing some kind of curl under and I thought it may be because she was back in the corner and not getting much circulation. While Big Baby and Tiny Tina were reaching for the sky So I changed the setup. I like it, and it makes room for the two seedlings coming.
7/17/12 I guess Big Baby, Jan and Tiny Tina are all different strains (planted from collections of donated seeds) because they are all growing with different characteristics. Big Baby stands up tall (with gale force winds), Jan is just the darkest green ever (takes beautiful pictures) and Tiny Tina lays flat and curls under making her look like a spider IMO lol. I have not been getting much (any) feedback, so I'm going with nutes on the weekend (at 1/3 strength until more is requested by the tots) and flushing during the week. Any advise is welcome. Thanx for looking...
I cannot tell from your last pics if the cotelydons are still attached and feeding your ladies. Generally nutrients aren't added untill the 3rd or 4th set of nodes. The cotyledons provide all nutrition required untill they brown and die. There is nutrients in your potting soil (I hope this doesn't make havoc) My personal opinion I would feed em yet Familiarize yourself with the weight system for watering/feeding: Water till runoff and lift pot (remember how this feels) Wait till dry before watering again (pot will be really light) This makes the roots "hunt" for moisture more. Anyways thanks for checking out my shit. Hope to see some of your dank in the next 3 months.
Wow, I'm honored. Thnx for stopping by. I was just checking your threads out. Nice! Yeah, the cotyledons are all yellow, and on one they have dried up. I did not begin feeding until then. I have been getting advise (elsewhere) also stating that maybe I'm feeding too early. I will heed the advise, its just hard because there seems to have been such explosive growth after feeding. I water my house plants the way you suggest so it makes perfect sense. Thnx again for stopping by.
With a combination of starvation causing the roots to search and proper nutrients when you do feed. The growth is even more explosive. more roots=more fruits The boys at GHS use this technique and it works amazingly well. MJ likes to dry out rather than a continuously damp condition. (easy to get rot in the root system) Go ahead and feed, you should be fine to especially at reduced strength. Oh another tip. Nutrient company's all feed heavy. Keep that in mind when you make full strenghth. 99% of the time full strength is usually too hot for most plants. They want you to use the shit up fast so you come back for more. You may want to try watering at 6.2 to aim for runoff of 6.5. Not quite ph perfect now is it? Lol.
Check out ma gurl Billa http://forum.grasscity.com/micro-grows/998439-billas-grow-journal.html Her journal is a riot lol
Day 17 7/18/12 (They're sexy and they know it!) LMFAO! BIG BABY AM PM JAN (SHE'S STILL LOOKING LIKE A CRAB/SPIDER) AM PM TINY TINA AM PM
Just for you Do you see a hint of yellow/brown on Jan's am pic. Is it possible that's from overfeeding or maybe the soil ferts? I noticed just now while I was in there talking to them and breathing on them lol
We should link up and share advice, I planted my indoor seeds the same exact day you did. And our grow rooms are similar. Glad I found someone on the same level