Starting off shitty

[pradinge80]

Okay so I plan to launch my indoor grow this monday i have my light setup I am going to start with some crappy bagseed Its mid grade i know for a fact and it wasnt a very bad strain of midgrade grown by people who just put seeds in dirt and let nature take its path so i have about 15-30 of them that i have saved up for about a month and plan to put them in the disposable muffin dishes with soil (need a suggestion) and start with twelve and if things dont go well just put twelve more in so i just want to make sure everything will work up their so i dont waste good seeds I'll have pictures posted soon.

[Mr. Clandestine]

Best suggestion I can think of: Smoke a joint, and spend several hours going through the various threads in this forum. All of your current questions - and questions you've yet to ask - have already been covered numerous times.

If, after reading everything, you still have questions...then ask.

[pradinge80]

I've done that for about a month

[Mr. Clandestine]

I've done that for about a month

Well, for starters...you're going to get mixed results with an unknown strain of bagseed. You might find a diamond in the rough, and have a female that's genetically predisposed to grow enormous and produce lots of resin. But, more times than not, you're going to end up with a mass-produced commercial strain that isn't going to respond well to your conditions. After all, there's a good chance that it was grown under arid conditions outdoors in a climate similar to equatorial Mexico. Do you personally know the grower who grew the cannabis that produced these seeds? Is there any possibility that he/she just purchased it from another dealer? If it's a "crappy" bagseed, then it's unlikely that it was grown by someone who actually cares about the potency of the plant...but rather focuses on growing entire fields of males, females, and hermaphrodites under lousy conditions, with the sole desire of producing pound after pound of commercial-grade weed.

It's always recommended that you get a strain from a reputable breeder, if for nothing else, than just having the peace of mind that you're not dealing with a lousy strain. The best seeds are going to be expensive, but you can get strains geared towards helping novice growers produce the best bud possible for a minimal cost. This would be my first bit of advice.

As for soil, I'd recommend starting your seedlings out in an unfertilized soil mixed with at least 30% perlite. Also, I don't believe that a muffin tray will be deep enough for your seedlings to establish a good root system. You don't want it becoming pot-bound after the first week and a half, because transplanting this early can be detrimental for a baby plant. Start them out in a 6" pot, that's got at least three drainage holes in the bottom. Otherwise, you'll risk killing the sprouts from overwatering.

After letting the plants grow for 2-4 weeks, you should have a fairly established root system...and can transplant into final containers, if you wish to do so. Some growers want to take cuttings from all of the plants and sex them under a 12/12 photoperiod, so as not to waste perfectly good soil on a male that will just end up getting thrown out. I'm one of those growers. After deciding which ones will be transplanted, and which ones won't, you'll want to look into possibly getting a manure/humus compost mix, or a soil that has worm castings already premixed into the soil. The latter is what I use, and it works very well for me.

Seriously, you'll need to spend more time going through these forums. I've only been here for about a month, and while I'm certainly no pro, I'm not a beginner, either. I've learned a TON in my brief stay here, and haven't even begun to scratch the surface of all there is to learn. Keep reading, and only when you feel confident that most of your questions have been answered, then you should initiate your first grow. There's no reason that a first grow has to be a disappointing one.

[pradinge80]

I know it was grown in my area outdoors its one of my friends hook ups that i got weed from cause i couldnt find any "krippy" as they call it or whatever here so i saved the seeds for a test drive i mean if i just see if they work it wont hurt anyone would it?

[Mr. Clandestine]

Hell no it won't hurt anyone. Actually, by growing it inside, you are more likely to treat it better...and can potentially end up with buds that will be much more potent than its naturally grown mother. All I meant was that you should eventually invest in strains from a reputable seed-bank breeder. Why spend months growing some mid-grade, that could possibly end up being some genetically inferior crap, when you could grow highly potent buds every time?

Either way, good luck with your grow. And, like I said before, spend plenty of time just kicking back and reading...here, in magazines, books, etc. There's a wealth of information out there, but that's only half of what will make you successful. The other half is experience mixed with a little bit of trial & error.