Atrain15's First Grow Log

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A little background about myself...

I have no experience in growing anything. EVER.
All of my knowledge from growing cannabis comes from this site and other miscellaneous sites.

Now, on to the good stuff.

Growroom setup- I'm growing in a closet. The dimensions are 4'4"X6'X8' I have two T5 Hydrofarm 24Watt High Output 6400K for my seedlings. I have two 68Watt CFLs that I haven't used yet. I also have one 400Watt HPS/MH interchangeable lamp/ballast combo. I have no reflective material anywhere on the walls. The paint itself is a soft white.

The temperature in the closet currently stays at around 80F-82F. The humidity stays at a constant 38%-46%. (These temps and humidity %'s are with the two T5s running) I assume the humidity changes due to showering.

I started with 7 random seeds. All which came from decent stuff, but I have no idea what the exact strain is.

I germinated the 7 seeds, 3 at one time, and then 4 another time about 5 days apart. The first three I used the wet paper towel method in plastic baggy and sat it on top of an AC/DC converter. All was well, the seeds had tiny taproots and looked good. I can't remember exactly what had happened, but I left for the day to do something and came back and the paper towel was nearly dry and the taproots were slightly brown. One of the taproots seemed to be a more brown than the other. I applied more water and left it for another day.

The next day, 6/27/12 I figured it was ready to plant my newly germinated seeds. I really wasn't prepared. I used 5oz clear plastic cups. The grow medium was sloppily thrown together with me eyeballing 1 part perlite, 1 part vermiculite, and 1 part worm castings for the three germed seeds. Within 24 hours, two of the three had come through to get its first look at life. I waited three more days and nothing ever came from the other seed. I figured it was a dead cause since the taproot was most likely dried out. During those 4 days, the other two thrived.

On 6/30/2012, I planted 4 seeds that I germed using the soak in water method 48 hours prior. The seeds sunk within the first 6 hours and I left them in until they all had cracked open and had a small taproot. This time I wanted to record exact amounts of all parts of the medium and experiment with what I would want to consider as my go to medium. Trial and error if you will. I used four different mixtures. I planted all of these in 16oz plastic cups.

Mixture One â?? 1 Part Worm Castings, 1 Part Vermiculite, 1 Part Perlite, 1 Part Sphagnum Peat Moss.
Mixture Two â?? 1 Part Worm Castings, 1 Part Sphagnum Peat Moss, 2 Part Vermiculite, 2 Part Perlite
Mixture three â?? 1 Part Worm Castings, 1 Part Perlite, 2 Part Vermiculite
Mixture Four â?? 4 Part Worm Castings, 1 Part Perlite, 1 Part Vermiculite, 1 Part Sphagnum Peat Moss

All four of these mixtures seem to do pretty well currently. Itâ??s now 7/6/12 and they are looking pretty good I think. Today I purchased some poly for my closet and will be installing it today or tomorrow. I also donâ??t have any real ideas about how to set up a grow room in my closet. Like including a place for seedlings, clones, mother, veg, and flower section. Any ideas on setup and closet design for the dimensions of my closest from anyone?


I will continually add more info to this entry throughout my first grow.

Since I'm currently unable to post photos nor can I edit my post oddly, I'll be making posts updating everyone with info on my grow.

[align=center]7/6/12[/align]

Today I ordered my first seeds ever from Attitude Seedbank. The seeds I currently have growing are all unknown random seeds.


[align=center]All seeds I ordered were feminized and the strains are:
Female Seeds White Widow x Big Bud
Bomb Seeds Cluster Bomb
Ministry of Cannabis White Widow
Green House Seeds Super Critical
Royal Queen Seeds Critical
Barney's Farm Crimea Blue
Dinafem White Widow
Dinafem Haze Auto
Delicious Seeds Critical Sensi Star
Samsara Seeds El Alquimista
World of Seeds Pakistan Ryder Autoflowering
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And on another note, I've purchased enough poly for my whole closet and have designed a setup which I'm hoping to take care of when I wake up. It's already 5:21AM so I should get some rest. Enjoy the night everyone!

Update: 7/16/2012

I finally received my order from the attitude seed bank. I was completely satisfied with the shipping time and method.
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On another note, I must be completely insane and over analytic seeing as this is my first grow. I feel like my plants are no longer growing? Is it my lighting? Me not feeding them nutrients? I'm not really sure what it is. But I will be posting photos in the next 4-10 hours. They are on the night cycle for another 3 hours but I have to go to a meeting so I have no idea when I will be back tonight. Hopefully there are some people with lots of advice still reading up!