Tempting Fate ................

Hello :)

Well it is tempting fate for me to do a grow journal because whenever I do one ......................... I just get so many problems :o


Anyway let's try it ;)


Well out of ten "White Widow" seeds nine have germinated and are in the pots waiting to poke their heads up.
I'm not reverting back to an old growroom because it simply isn't warm enough and it's just too big to try and provide heat. Anyway I've gone all kinda hi-tech:rolleyes: and bought the old parafin heater out of retirement ;)


There are absolutely no plans at all for this grow, I'm simply just going to see what happens ;)


Ok there are two pics to start the journal off, nothing much to see I'm affraid just some pots with compost in (there are seeds in there as well ...... honest ;) ) and the addition of the super modern heating system :)



love mand xxx :)




Oh I changed my mind about waiting for the warmer weather before starting a new grow :o

Aw, I only wish I had the same problem as cold weather. Where I live, this time of year in the Northern hemisphere, it's almost 80 degrees outside. Inside the room with my grow box it's a bit warmer, and that always spells trouble with my 150w HPS. I don't even want to mention the humidity [ ugh.. mold ]. Maybe it'd be best you started now, anyway? I mean, once that warmer weather starts coming around, the plants, being a bit more mature then, will benefit from it perhaps? I wish you and your plants the best, and hope they all sprout for you.

LOL Mand. I can't wait.

Is your stash running low? Is that what possessed you to start? Or was it more or less the tugging on your shirt by your mind saying "I need therapy. Get some seeds in those pots."?

Either way. I'm excited for you.

:thumbsup:

Ahh Mand i knew you wouldnt last... Haha. Im excited to see the start of a new grow for you. :) Nice heater too by the way.:) White Widow is a fine choice of grow.

Lets show everyone on these forums how the pros do it...

Especially with your "professional" tools... :D :D :D
(Kitchen knife = Screwdriver, Heel of shoe = Hammer)

Talk to u soon,

Stay UP :rasta:
!AC420
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Oh Mand I didnt realize that you started another thread, and another grow. I leave the other one to rest

Sweet, I'm excited to see how your grow goes Mand. Kinda like watching Jordan playing basketball or Beckham playing Soccer/football. Bon chance

Hello Kush :) Oh the weather, it just seems to be effecting the grows so badly :( , it's far to cold in Winter and the Summers are just so humid.
Anyway I'm hoping just to need a little heat in the growroom untill prehaps mid April, by then it should be comfortable enough for the plants ;)


Hello Grim :) well the stash is not to good on the decent buds but I have lots of forced dried leaves and small buds left, they are quite ok and do give a reasonable high, but with them being force dried they are pretty harsh to smoke :o

Oh I just had to start up growing again love, I simply am just kinda lost without a grow going on. I keep finding myself going to the growroom but then I remember there is nothing to going there for :o



Hello AS :) , I actually wanted to try a bit of Durban Poison this time but I'm affrad the chap I buy them from didn't have any of those seeds, so White Widows it is ;)
Hey AS. I saw you're growbox, and I reckon you have done a great job :) .................... know I have to say I am prehaps the worst person in the world a DIY :o and yes that shoe and the knife really is the full extent of my "tool kit" :o


Hello gin4dub :) , Jordan playing basketball, sorry I havent a clue what you mean ;) .................. only kidding I get whay you mean but it doesnt do a thing for me, now Mr Beckham I'm sure I could find some use for him :)

I'm going of topic a little here gin, but just the other day at work Jordan was on the cover of a magazine. Anyway this new guy was saying how he thought she was too ugly and false, but like I said to him have you ever seen her without all the makeup on, when she just looks natural ................ well I tell you what gin, she is a very pretty girl when she is just natural. She really doesn't need to wear any "slap" at all in my opinon, she looks far better without it.



Hello Buk :) I hope you don't mind but I thought I'd leave my "adoptive grow son" till last ;)

Buk you have just started another grow and I can't wait to see you show us all how it's done, you did a super job last time and personally I think this one will be even better :)

Hmmm I thought I had best start a new thread for this grow, I just felt like the other one was becoming a little to "self indulgent".
Anyway Buk I have absolutely no plans at all about this one, I am simply just going to see how it goes ;)
If they go ok then I might "pinch" them and who knows I might even try to "pinch" them a few times.
I really am just going to leave it up to fate to determine what happens ;)


Thankyou guys ............................... love mand xxx:)

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Hello gin4dub :) , Jordan playing basketball, sorry I havent a clue what you mean ;) .................. only kidding I get whay you mean but it doesnt do a thing for me, now Mr Beckham I'm sure I could find some use for him :)

I'm going of topic a little here gin, but just the other day at work Jordan was on the cover of a magazine. Anyway this new guy was saying how he thought she was too ugly and false, but like I said to him have you ever seen her without all the makeup on, when she just looks natural ................ well I tell you what gin, she is a very pretty girl when she is just natural. She really doesn't need to wear any "slap" at all in my opinon, she looks far better without it.

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Um, huh? We're talking about Michael Jordan right? Oh well, it matters not. Here in the common cause of Cannabis, no?:dance:

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Um, huh? We're talking about Michael Jordan right? Oh well, it matters not. Here in the common cause of Cannabis, no?:dance:

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Oh dear that made me laugh :) , I thought you were talking about "Jordan" (Katie Price) :o

You know I could just picture guys having thoughts of her playing basketball, with all her "bits" bouncing about.................. that's who I thought you meant :o


Oh never mind love, I'd best get to bed before I say something else dumb on here :o



love mand xxx:)

Wow, until 2 minutes ago I didn't know who Katie Price was. Michael Jordan may be the scond greates Basketball player of all time (Oscar Robertson is #1), but I really would like to watch Katie Price play. Thank you for that mental picture that made my day :D

Anyways, goodnight Mand and thanks again for that mental picture:D

Ah well gin, I do get the "wrong end of the stick" sometimes :o .................... My family say that's because of to many years smoking weed, it's sent me "soft in the head" according to them :o




A very quick update .............................. Well the tenth seed is a "dud", it hasn't germinated so I have nine sprouts that have just poked through the compost and are now under the MH.

I say I have "no plans" for this grow but that isn't entirely true, one thing that I am going to do is to give them quite a long time on the vegitive growth cycle. I want to make sure I have some "mature" plants before flowering ;)



love mand xxx:)

Great! They all popped. Good job. They should take off now that you've got them under that HID. Now all we've got to hope for is them being female, eh?

Hi Mand,

At it again I see.

How's the temps in your grow room now that you have that heater?

March is here, should be warming up soon.

Good luck with your new grow.

Hopefully no more droopy problems with these, eh?

The greatest of luck.

<3

Hi,Mand mind if I tag alone on these trip,be nice to watch and learn from a pro and pro's who will reply when you need help:rasta:

Hello Kush :) I've included a couple of pics, just to show how things are looking after 24 hours under the MH.
They will strech a little, it's something I just don't worry about and in a few days I will support them with sticks. However within a few weeks hopefully they will be self supporting ........................... this is just my little way it always happens this way because I don't like having the light to close to babies;)


Hello Happy :) The tempreture is much better :) , I have also gone really super duper Hi-tech and even put an old thermometer I found in there, it's showing a temp around the 70F area (daytime).
I am hoping to be able to get the heater out of there by mid April ;)


Hello Grim :) Eeerrrggghhh the droopy leaves, I am expecting them again that is why I wanted to swop growrooms but I simply just can't wait to get started.
Anyway if they do droop when going to 12/12, I will just carry on regardless under the HPS and see how thing's turn out :o


Hello bluntman:) Yes tag along with pleasure, I always wellcome any comments or critism ;)
Honestly though love I am not a pro, I do have experience of growing but it is always a very basic and simple growing method :o

Oh if I can I do try to reply to peoples posts but I'm affraid there is a lot about growing I don't know, so I am limited to how much help or advice I can give :o


Thanks guys ................................ love mand xxx:)

Aww, how cute.

Hi Mand,

Looks like you're addicted! ;) Just can't be without growing babies for long can ya. I know how ya feel. I've got some seeds that are from some wicked potent 1 hit wonder stuff but have resisted throwing them in some dirt. Too many other things going on. But here's a question for ya.

Do you reuse your dirt from grow to grow?

Hope you're having a nice life Granny Mand! Haven't talked to you in what seems like ages.

LOVE YA!

Marc

Do you transplant the subjects, and if so, when do you do it? Thanks!

All healthy little sprouts from what I can see. Stretching is normal as far as from what I found --- sprouting under sunlight, HPS, MH, or CFLs, the seedling always stretches at least 1.2 inches. If you're really worried about stretching and the effects that it'll bring [ weak stem ] you can use a fan on them, or practice light exercises -- bending the plant at different points along the stem, gentle twisting of the stems, generally things that would cause light repairable damage to the plant, to encourage growth.

The babies are looking good Mand, I see further proof why I need to suck it up and buy an hid light (its on it's way though). Keep up the good work.

mand you dont know me but im a follower of al lposts, i AM A VIRGIN E.G. never had a harvest. (yet)i see you gonna support your girls, dude do you not use a fan.blow on your babies surely a healthy plant can support itself.love your shit girl. only trying to help

Hello Grim :) ......................................... Hmmmm, another guy who goes all mushy over a few plants :rolleyes: ...................

Only kidding Grim ;)



Hello Marc :) I do keep a lookout to see if you're online Marc but I've not seen you. Mind you love I haven't been on the computer very much just lately, I've been having to put in extra hours at work due to the amount of bills I need to pay at this time of year:(
I only really get on here just before bedtime if I can.

Hmmmm growing again :o , well I really was trying to wait to use the other growroom but "oh dear", I'm affraid I couldn't :o


As for the compost Marc, no I don't re-use it. I just dig it into the garden when I've done, I don't even put it on the compost heap.

Good news is Marc I think that someone has maybe opened some more livery stables because the horse population has gone up around here recently, which means lots more horse poo ;)



Hello mrabrego :) Oh yes they will be trasplanted into larger pots ............... somewhere around about three weeks if all goes well ;)



Hello Kush :) Honestly I never worry about a bit of streching, if the grow goes as "normal", then in a day or two any streching should stop and the plants will start to thicken out.
Some may need a little suport for a while but I have an habit of putting sticks in them all just incase;)

Within a week or two any that did need support will be ok by themselves. It's just my "little way", I never like to get the light in too close to seedlings.



Hello gin4dub :) I do like the MH and HPS set up but don't worry love we work with what we have got ;)
I honestly don't know anything about CFL's and the different light but I have seen some really nice grows on here that were done under those lights:)


Hello Bobby :) Thanks love ;)
They will be fine (I hope), in a few weeks they will hopefully be fully supportive of themselves ........................ and I know I really should use a fan but I only tend to use one if the condensation gets too bad in Summer.

It's just me, I really like to keep thing's down to the bare minimum, as simple as possible so I tend to skip using a fan :o





Well I'm going to try and not post pics all the time, if you post them too often sometimes it's difficult to see any changes.

However here's some from early today. The streching will carry on for a day or two but that's alright.

Anyway so far these seeds have behaved as they are supposed too, the timescale on how they are growing is right. The last lot, on the abandoned grow never seemed quite right.

Also it's been cooler today, the temprture was down to 60F, I'm even measuring the temp now :rolleyes:


Thanks guys ........................ love mand xxx:)

Progress.. Progress!:)

Looking fine mand!:)

Later, tahtah

MAND! You're turning all techie on us! HA! Before ya know it you'll be checking ph and using wild formulations of nutes!

But I seriously believe you're missing the boat on the horse poop. Collect all you can, in fact go to the people and ask for it, and then mix it with some of your compost, bag it and sell it as Mand's Mighty Mulch! You'd sell tons of it and be a bazillionaire!! :dance:

just poked my head to see what going on :p

Mushy isn't quite the right word. ;)

Try the other end of the spectrum.

Good to see everything is going well and feeling "right" this time around

<3

hello there Ms. Mand came on to check out thing and i see your at it again, glad to see that cause your one of the greats that came through here growing. you should change your name to Ms. Legend cause you know how to do this shit on a bad day. well i will talk to you later and keep up the excellent work.

:) Hello PP :) thanks love, They do seem to be doing what they are supposed to, that's all I can ask of them ;)


Hello Marc :) , I know going all techie, it's kinda worrying, were will it all end :o
Mind you Marc I'm only using "odds and ends" that I have lying around ............ perish the thought that I might ever buy something for growing :eek:

It's true though love, the horse population has gone right up just lately, everytime I take the dogs out on their walks I'm constantly coming home with a carrier bag of frozen horse poo ..................... it's a bit chilly here;)


Hello Rekap :) , well not too much happening I'm affraid, mind you early days yet.
I've no plans on this lot, just going to see what happens :)


Hello Grim :) , Ah glad to hear it love, there are just too many "mushy" guys around ;)

I know I keep saying it but that last grow never went as it should right from the begining. This one just feels right, I am hoping it will be a reasonable grow ....................... but only time will tell ;)



Hello Mobay :) , nice to hear from you ...............


I'm affraid no matter how many times I told myself to wait and use the other growroom I just couldn't :o
Tell you what Mobay secretly I'm hoping to get two grows done during this Summer, If these grow alright I might try some other Dutch Passion seeds again next time ;)





Update ........................... well nothing much really, I have put some support sticks in, although I'm not sure they needed them but I always support them anyway just incase.
Oh and the old parrafin heater is working a treat, it's very cold outside and the temp in the growroom is near the 70F mark again today :)



love mand xxx:)

Hello :)


Just a really quick update ......................... the streching has stopped and they should now start to "fill out".

I know everyone seems to be growing "widows" just lately but this is my first time with them and it's also my first time growing Dutch Passion seeds.

Anyway up to now I am quiet pleased with them, they are growing as one would expect them too ;)

Hmmm not much else to say really :o ................... I'll just post a pic:)



love mand xxx:)

HELLO MMMMANND, How are thing "love" see you got me talking like you now:D I'm glad to see your grows going really good, I know its the start but hey I think we started together hopefully we can end it aswell:D Hey are you talking bout me with that "mushy" stuff:D Its the second time around and this time I take no prisoners:mad:

Yeah it was weird that 1st grow I did feel attached to the plants but I think it was cause I spent so much time on them, how did you feel and do on your 1st grow? I did everything I could to keep them going. I mean with this time around I think if I had that many problems I just wouldnt bother:o hopefully thats not the case... Ok mand talk to you soon:dance:

keep up the good work mand, ur like the surrogate mother to hundreds of grows on here!!

Hello Buk, Greenmonster :) , I'm affraid I haven't been participating with the posting too much this last few days, been feeling really ill:( .
Anyway I've had to resort to my own medicinal practices, which involves copious amounts of cannabis and vodka, it's not a cure but you just don't care about being ill so much :o ;)


Oh how did I feel about sucsessfully completeing my first grow Buk ? ........................ very relieved :) , on the very first attempt not one seed even germinated :o



Ok a little update :) ........................ well even though the weather here is bitterly cold the little paraffin heater is keeping the temp in the growroom around the 60 - 65 F mark.
I tell you the other night it was so cold in the house that I spent the night on the sofa in the living room, well there is still an old open fireplace in there and I really couldn't move from it :o. Neither could my dogs, they spent the night in front of it streched out on the rug ;)

Anyway the plants ................. they have been under the MH for nine days now and the progess is quite ok, nothing to rave about but then again nothing to worry about ethier.

I'll just post a couple of pics from earlier today.



love mand xxx:)

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Oh how did I feel about sucsessfully completeing my first grow Buk ? ........................ very relieved :) , on the very first attempt not one seed even germinated :o

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LOL!!!

Hello Mand... the girls look good. :)

Your girls are looking quite nice Ms. Mand:thumbsup: . Also I'm sorry to hear that you're under the weather. Take care of yourself cher. I've found that zinc, vitamin C (maybe a little orange juice in your vodka?:p ), Green tea and cod liver oil (capsules I can't handle the liquid form) have been pretty reliable in bringing me back to health in the past.

Hello Turtle :) , I'm fairly pleased with them ;) , this is however going to be quite a long grow, the only plans I have is to give them a good long veggitive growth period before inducing ....................... I'm not rushing this one love so I think a harvest about the end of July. Well sometime around there anyway ;)



Hello gin4dub :) , Ah my thoughts exactely, I always put that little bit of orange juice in my vodka ;)
You know Gin, I think we are all entitiled to our little vices, it what makes us who we are ;) , I have three of them cannabis, vodka and I'm affraid to say ciggies :o . I do so wish I could get rid of the ciggies and have done many times, but they always come back :o
I always tell people that giving up smoking is so very easy ............. I've done it hundreds of times :o


love mand xxx:)

They're looking happy, Mand. Keep up the great work. Are you going to let them all go naturally, or do you have any plans for training / pinching?

Is it difficult to start seedlings with an HID? I have no lights at the moment, and I'll be growing very soon. I'm a little indesicive about what to purchase. Is it flouresents for seedlings and veg, or do I go with an hps switchable, and a metal hilide conversion bulb? That would cost me less in the long run, and I could get it soon, but I'm worried about being a first time grower, and using HID's off the bat./shrug (I don't want to kill my babies!)

How do you pull it off? I mean with the HID's for seedlings?

hey mand you go girl, between you and buk i dont know which 1 will bring me back to growing again. keep up the good work

I completely agree with you Mand. We are entitled to our vices, two of which we have in common.