Retard Haze Grow Journal First Time Grower (Please Leave Thoughts or Tips!)

Hey Everyone, After I received my messed up clone (Which I created a Grow Journal for as well http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post2055680), I decided to try and start from a seed, but unfortunately I couldn't find anyone locally that were willing to part with some of their seeds. One night I bought a dub, and amazingly there were some seeds in it (I know people find them all the time but I never had before haha) and I tried to germinate them right away. And this is a log of the one that decided to live.

INFO:
Strain: Retard Haze (My strain lol), Sprouted 12/19/09, Don't know kind/sex
Location: Indoors, in my closet
Light: Not sure exactly, looks fluorescent but he said its a real grow light
Soil: Random Mix, decent
Pot: 3gl pot
Temp: 75-80
Fertilizer: None yet

Here are some pics from the first week of it's life (after sprouting)

12/19/06
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12/20/09
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12/21/09
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12/22/09
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Here are some Pics I took on Day 5, the new set of leaves are finally out!

12/24/09
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Here's day number 6. For some reason, the stock began to tilt over (I think it was because I hadn't buried the seed very deep, and it started to come out of the ground a bit!), so I had to put the pot at an angle in an attempt to have it straighten itself out

12/25/09
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Close up
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Its finally day 23, and although it's not very big (I think its because my light isn't very strong at all), it's doing pretty well. But there is a little bit of yellowing...

1/10/10
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You need to get that light closer.... like an inch from those plants :)

^^Yup, get that light closer.

Get an oscillating fan to move fresh air around and strengthen up those stems.

What kind of soil are you using and does it have nutrients (somewhere on the back it will say N-P-K ratio)? Yellowing could be (and mostly likely is) a result of a lack of Nitrogen, which brings us back to the soil question.

For future reference, don't use clear plastic cups to start with, using solid colored or black, or cover up places where the soil and roots are exposed to light on the sides of the cups.

Also, next time transplant into something a little smaller before putting them in those current containers.

Tin foil can be a fire hazard and creates hot spots, get rid of it as it's not helping anything in this case.

You really should start in the Basic Growing section and read all the stickies at the top of each section. http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...-dankness.html is a good place to start, but don't stop there. 99.9% of the information you need is already posted here, but it will take many days, weeks and months of reading and putting it into practice. :thumbsup: We'll be here if you get stuck on the way.

Happy Growing :jointsmile:

one of the main things i have seen new growers do is over water. make sure you let them roots get some air by letting the soil dry out good between waterings.:thumbsup:

Good news, I was able to gather up some lights and sockets (I even had to use some of the shields from my brother's bearded dragon setup haha). I know it's not the best setup, but its a hell of a lot better than it was with just the Florescent Lights lol


Current lights are:
CFL 20w w/ Shield
CFL 20w w/ Shield
CFL 20w
CFL 14w w/ Shield
2 Random Fluorescent "Grow Lights"

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PLEASE make this one log.. my life on cann com is complex enough without a ton of duplicate posts..
thanks,
~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

1/17/10

:smokebong: Just wanted to update you guys on this little girl's growth, Day 30. For some reason, the leaves are starting to yellow/brown on the tips a bit (which idk why, any tips???), and its not growing that much (I think its life was stunted for a while because I had such a crappy, crappy light, so its finally getting used to some normal light). But, with some good news, I've been able to buy a couple new lights! I got a socket-splitter, which split 1 socket into 2, which gave me 1 more 20W CFL, and I also bought a whole-nother socket, which added another 15W "Coneed" CFL. So, the current light setup is

Lights:
3 20W CFL's w/ Hood
1 20W CFL
1 14W CFL w/ Hood
1 15W CFL "Coned/Flood"
2 Unknown Florescent Grow Lights

1/17/10
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