now i dont know how much this journal is going to be appreciated by other members, but here goes. My friend had some seeds he'd started germinating then realized he didnt want them, so i decided to take them on. Im not really serious about growing them so im using this as a learning experience, if they die, ill be gutted for sure, but its no loss really. The plants started of with 8 of them in a small tray with cotton buds and water, then were all put into one container to grow a bit, yesterday after about 2 weeks from germination i put them into there own pots, not big but better than them being squashed up. I ran out of pots and couldn't dare to let one go so a few are living in old bottle, yes i know, what am i doing! theyve been through alot, been left in my mates car boot for a few days, moved from different houses, and kept in my closet, their now living on my roof in a small alcove untill i can take them to my mates farm and hopefully ill have my flat sorted by january so they can come home. This is just letting me have a hands on experience of what these plants can withstand and growing times, the other journals on here have taught me quite a bit which in my next grow will be put into practise alot. heres some crappy photos of my camera phone of the wee ones. Really just want to hear some feedback and have this to look back on. till next time, cya
you will be needing to transplant them into bigger pots when they get about 6" tall, other than that they are fine for now.... good luck
Your plants will be in my prayers haha One thing to consider is duck taping the bottles and milk container as direct sunlight kills roots.
thanks for that, i never though about it, ill be doing that tomorrow morning! hmm so ive got about 2 or so weeks to find 8 bigger pots, maybe borrow some neighbours trash cans, who knows. they seem to be doing ok after the first transplant into there new homes which is good, no wilting or anything.
ok so its been 3 days since the last photos, and to my horror, two of the plants have got brown tips on the leaves, quite badly. im guessing its either the fact that they are in clearish containers so the roots got burnt or/and over the last 3 days its been some of the hottest weather ever over here.scorching sun and so on. so ive moved them to the shadyer side but not alot i can do i think. the other 6 seem to look fine, once again dont have my digital camera so its some nice sort of blurred camera phone photos. THE NICER LOOKING ONES THE 'NOT DOING WELL AT ALL' ONES
The "Not so well" two look Nutrient burned, try useing Straight water for a month, so it can recover... and i'f you've only been useing water... continue to do so, otherwise it will get worse... their too young for that stuff yet... i used nutrients on my 4'th week... from germination... and got abit of nute burn... so take it easy while their young... i'f you can get Trash cans as pots.. that would be Absolutely Perfect... they need alot of room to root.... mine are in 12" pots... and are great... my one is showing lots of white hairs, and looks beautiful...my smaller one is showing nothing... but is getting taller... but make sure each plant has it's own pot good luck man
hey thanks mat420. im not using any nutrients for this run unless i happen to find a friend with some freebies but yea straight waters the plan for now, finally found a 3rd flatmate who can be trusted with the growing so watch this space and soon the growing will start properly i hope. any advice would be great, thanks
Just an update. Today i had to take the plants of the roof as certain things were putting them in the eye of the public, mainly a new house going up next door. As i have no indoor grow area or a garden that can be used theyve been moved to my mate's place which is a very small farm with a gully. I'm going back in the next few days to check that they are getting enough light and will hopefully have some photos then too The 2 that looked nearly dead last time are still not so great but look alive at least, and the others look fine Except there is a slight yellowy color coming up but i myt just be over cautious. the very small little leaves that are just coming out at the bottom of the stem look quite yellow tho. any help with this please?
yet another update ( just using my mates account, cant be bothered logging in). The plants are now in my mates room and we just finished putting lights into his attic above his room and have put two of the plants in so far, will have more photos of that in a few days. Here are some photos of them from a couple days ago. So they started out as outdoor plants and now theyre indoor, ill probly be frowned upon but ohwell, this was just a play around run of growing anyway, too learn stuff. Any input would be great, especially with setting up the grow space in the attic which can get quite warm
You need light! not regular house bulbs either, either flourescent (right above them) or HID lighting... they are stretching because of the light they are in.
hey thanks dierwolf, we just moved them into the attic today and they have two fluorescent lights(those twirly power saving ones, ill find what they are when im next there) on the 6 of them,very close to them. i read some where that high humidity was good, so does that mean that the attic would be good? Over the next week were hoping to install some new lights in the attic, so another 2 of the lights we already have and maybe some fluro tubing to light the lower leaves. i think the stretching is due to where we had them growing outside before they came inside, quite bushy so they had to fight for the light, hopefully it just made them stronger but i'm skeptic. We hope to start germinating our next round of seeds in the next month and see how it goes from there. much thanks
we decided to buy some more lights, so theyve got 3 hanging above them, and the other previous 2 are to the side untill we tie them up somehwere. heres a shot of the area and one of all the babies haha and yes they are named, my mate just couldnt help himself, so he named them all girl names, wishful thinking huh. STELLA PAMELA MAVIS ELLA CINDY BELLA keep coming with the advice please people, it has helped alot! any ideas about ventilation? its in an attic, but air seems to move through there as its just a tile roof and has gaps sort of thanks!
cfls need to be a lot closer. 2-3 inches. and thats not enough light for all those plants at all still
It's a bit messed up.... Few factors need to be addressed... First one is obviously the light.... you need more than 2 bulbs (like you have) per plant... The need to be much closer to be effective, then moved furthur away as the plant grows. If you want to do it properly - i would get a HPS/MH switchable grow light from a Hydro shop. MH for the growth, and HPS for the bloom. You need a fan in the room to blow air across the whole grow... and i would also suggest checking you temperature of the area, with lights on and off. I would be sticking some mylar up around the grow to reflect the lost light back on itself. Hope this picks up.
so how much more lighting do you suggest, yeah i thought they werent close enough, its in my mates house(this is our joint project) so im going to go round tomorrow and lower the lights. once i hang up the 2 lights on the floor do you think that will be enough, at least until they get put into larger pots? REFLECTION thanks for that, i've been thinking about it, im not sure where i would do that, as i dont want to 'box' them in and stop the natural air flow(cant run fans at the moment) do you think white reflection on the ground would help? homergrower, do i need more than 2 lights per plant? im not so sure what a "HPS/MH " is but ill look into it. as a bunch of tertiary students, you can imagine we are quite on the poor side,and those hps/mh lights sound expensive, but a good idea for a future grow i think. during the day its jst above your average room temp. if not the same, and during the night it is quite cool, there is a fair amount of air passing through at the moment. Any suggestions on fans that are silent? smells not a problem as the flat mates all smoke and wouldnt suspect a thing, just not so keen on these people knowing of our attic oasis, stealthness would be nice thanks guys, just little things like this make the world of difference,cheers
they look like they are stretching quite a bit so as others have said lower the lights ..as for not wanting to box them in you should as at the moment most of the light they are getting i sbeing spread over the entire loft space and not onto your plants where you want it try getting some mylar and hang it round them to reflect some of the light back onto them (if you can't get mylar try tin foil using the duller side of it nowhere near as good but anything is better than nothing) and just get a small desktop fan . good luck on the grow i will be pulling up a chair and watching this one lol naming them all girls .......wishful thinking ps.. think about making a grow box they don't have to be expensive take a look at mine i alredy had the lights and main box but everything else cost less than £20 and you can easily make a box http://forum.grasscity.com/grow-room-design-setup/132208-new-grow-box-loads-pics.html#post1392566
You dont need to completely box then in for reflection, just throw a few cardboard walls into the mix so theres still airflow but light is reflecting back onto the plants
im going to try get my hands on a small fan today and see if it can be heard around the house. is the fan for ventilation mainly or for strengthining the plants? lights are getting lowered today as soon as i go to my mates place. Do you think now would be a good time to put them in pots just a bit larger so i can lst them properly? ill try set up some reflection that doesnt stop ventilation too much. Theres alot of house's for sale in my area so i myt 'borrow' the for sale signs as they have a white reflective back hmmm whats mylar?