S12's first ever grow log! ~~

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Gonna start from the very beginning... yea

Just wanna say firstly, that i know i should have read BEFORE i do shit not AFTER... i have learned my lesson very well from the good cunts at MJ ! :dance:

Equipment for first week :

18 x bagseeds
6 x 4.5" pots
Some cheap soil
Thrive
Slow-release plant food
15w 1ft flo tube (30 yrs old... used for under car work)
Bedroom wardrobe - about 1 1/2ft wide 2ft long x 3ft tall. Flat white paint surface covered in tin foil - not knowing tin foil is worse than flat white paint.

In my first week with my seeds, i planted them straight into 6 pots. Yes, thats right... 3 seeds in each, not knowing that soon most of my seeds will not live. I must have planted them too deep into the soil, maybe 2" down...

For the first 2 nights i put all 6 pots under the light 24/0 in my wardrobe (not knowing seeds dont need light to germinate, only heat and moisture). Nothing happened.

After those 2 days i put them in the hot water cupboard, since it kept warm in there at all times. Perfect temperature. I watered them all moist and put some plastic wrap over the top with a rubber band to hold it there so the moisture would stay in.

A few days later i saw my first sprout...(damn i was excited), so i kept them in the hot water cupboard for the following days to come.

4/6 pots had sprouted atleast 1 in each pot. I tipped the 2 un-sprouted pots into the garden, while i was doing it i noticed in 1 of the pots, there was a lil sprout, quite deep in the soil, probably an inch or so long and the tip had snapped. Must have been far too deep in the soil....gutted.

Pic#1: 6 pots, no signs of sprouts. Added slow-release plant food (thought it'd help! lol)
Pic#2: Grow room. See how far the light was away? lol
Pic#3: Grow room from outside with cover on
:p

OK, so my plants have sprouted.

2 pots have 2 sprouts
2 pots have 1 sprout.

They're stretching to the max, they need more light!
So i have a nosey around my dad's garage and find a metal desk lamp & a "safe" lamp made from plastic. I find 2 20w CFL's and put them in.

Now i have a measly (but better) 55w of poo-power. They seemed to really like them, definatly a hell of alot brighter than the 30-odd yr old flo tube!

I've moved to my new grow room. Specs are about 1.1ft wide x 4.3ft long x 5ft tall.

A few days have passed and they're looking a little better. Now i'm using:

2 x 20w CFL's
Fan heater
1 x 15w 1ft flo tube
6 x 4.5" pots with the average soil
A bit too much plant food :o
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Pic#1: All 6 pots
Pic#2: New grow room
Pic#3: Fan
Pic#4: 3 pots - 1 with 2 sprouts and 2 with 0 sprouts.
Pic#5: 3 pots - 2 with 1 sprouts and 1 with 2 sprouts.

1....move light closer...2 get more lights...3 get more lights....

The next thing i do is seperate the pots with 2 sprouts, so they won't tangle roots and die!

Also while I am doing that, I transplant the rest into bigger pots. 2 Gallon i think...dunno..

A few days later, I bought a 80w 4ft flo tube w/ ballast.... and another one coming a week or so later. The plants showed major love to this!

So i hooked that up a night after i got it & took away the other peices of shit.

The next morning i seen major improvement. They really seemed to be liking it, and the stems seem to be thickign up a bit from the fan too. Wicked!

At the end of that week, things seem to be OK, they look quite healthy and starting to thicken up a little.

Later that week they're doing alright and thought its time to name 'em.... even though they don't have sex's yet! Hope it's good luck to name them early, and not bad

They now have 2 x 80w 4ft flo tubes shining down on them.

Pics are of their new names. Dogbud 7000 is looking the healthiest, along with lady and omega. Potty McPot Pot looks like he is about to die!...

Week 3

OK, so now i have 2 80w 4ft flo tubes and have taken out the fan.
Plants look great! Looking quite bushy now!

Pics were taken today... Potty McPot Pot is looking very well and is recovering from his/her near death experience:p

I just made a 3 week log in less than an hour lol..Will keep yaz up to date!

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Originally Posted by TokinBaby

1....move light closer...2 get more lights...3 get more lights....

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lol read please

Jdog 7000, Dogbud is looking so nice:D

they're all starting to get a nice, fresh, leavey smell too. mmm:)

Looks like I picked a winner!

They look very healthy *wink wink*...

You might wanna look into why the leaves are browning... Cos they'll go crisp, die and you'll have no plant

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Originally Posted by LIP

They look very healthy *wink wink*...

You might wanna look into why the leaves are browning... Cos they'll go crisp, die and you'll have no plant

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yea i will look into it. Not to worry much though, because i only spotted a couple leaves with brown, and most of them are the clover leaves...
I'm pretty positive it'd be because the room isnt ventilated....But i have a fan arriving in the mail this week, so hopefuly that should fix it.
Pics of this morning coming soon

This mornings pics. Just had a healthy dose of destilled water...

see in pic 3, that is the yellowing leaves, there is only 2 plants i noticed that have tiny yellow "burnt" looking spots on them, i dont think it's anything to worry about since im getting the fan soon. :)

The light-green patches are everywhere though,... pic 4 is a closer look ....

are you using nutes?....

i did, like a week ago and before that...but ive stopped since i started noticing it!
Hope it goes away...:(

this mornings pics. Dogbud looks so juicyyy:dance: :thumbsup:

anyone else have any more ideas on how to rid the yellowing? i've already transplanted them into new soil and stopped giving them thrive, fish emulsion and seaweeed extract... any other tips? (without having to buy 100s of bucks worth of equipment;) )

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this mornings pics! (saturday) :dance:

dogbud's roots are fucking monsters... dogbud & omega look about the same size, but dogbuds roots look alot bigger and HAIRYer? Hairy/fluffy roots are good or bad?
Lady is a little smaller than dogbud & omega, but roots are much smaller. (clay)

Swizz you were right, the soil is still a tiny bit moist on my 2nd knuckle when poke my finger down. 5 days wait for water though? that seems a bit too long. I havnt watered for 2 days and i will be watering them tonight or tomorrow at the LATEST. i think my room needs alot more ventilation

Anyway....pics......

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Mondays pics(sry i missed a day)... :dance:
looks like the yellowing seems to be dying down on most of them, swizz and lady are still lookin quite yellow..
Dogbuds roots are coming along nicely.Much better improvement than everyone else;)

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so s12, are these just regs bag seeds? I have been reading up on different people's grow logs to get the most info to do one myself. Although I may have to do it outdoors (not on my land).

Anyone reading this have any advice on outdoor growing in hot humid climate?

Sorry i cant help you, since i have absolutly no experience in outdoor growing;)
Yes they're the average bagseed, from some pretty dank stuff.

You need to wait until the soil is nearly dry about 2cm down from the top until you water again. Also, do you warm the water up somehow before watering the plants? I actually find that rainwater works better than tapwater (filtered or not). I guess its the microbes that are in rainwater. How big is yer growroom and is there any ventilation at all? If its quite small (say 2m x 2m x 2m), then just cheking on them three or four times a day will let enough fresh air in.
I read in High Times that you want to warm the water up to 20C, otherwise its like 'dropping cold water on yer nuts' when the water touches the roots. From now on I keep my rainwater on the shelf above the light so it stays nice and warm :)

Cheers peeps :)

Well good news, my desk fan arrived in the mail today:dance:so i'll chuck that in AND the timer (time for 18/6) later on in the day and take pics of the plant's and the 4 x 20w CFL's i'll be puttign up when they're a bit bigger

lol you sound excited now... wait till they get huge and full of bud!

lol hell yea i'm excited! :p finally starting to get somewhere! I love the veg stage (even though i havnt experienced flowering yet:p) coz there's just so much going on...new leaves everyday sorta thing.:thumbsup:

Todays pics! (teusday) Fan and timer are installed, and timer is set to 18/6 (lights off at 10pm lights on at 4am). Fan osillates(spelling?) too so spreads around the air better. :):dance:

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SWEET!

congrats!!

thanks!!! :dance: :thumbsup:

more pics

oh yea, and heres a few pics of the lights i will be installing (to shine light on their sides) when they grow about 1ft tall. 4 x 20w CFL's.

Nice work they look beautiful.
I see Trinity is doing very well,she was so sad and sick when i named her.
I cant wait to see some of her buds...

Cheers

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Originally Posted by SkunkMe1

Nice work they look beautiful.
I see Trinity is doing very well,she was so sad and sick when i named her.
I cant wait to see some of her buds...

Cheers

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Hehe, neither can i mate, neither can i:dance: :stoned:

Todays pics! (Wednesday) Day 35 from seed to now

There are atleast 15 roots showing in dogbud 7000's drain holes, his roots are alot thicker and longer than all the others.:thumbsup: He is also getting that "greasy" dark green colour i've read that they're suppost to get if they're healthy. :dance: :dance:

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Hey all!:dance: :stoned:

My new project!

I've started a new project, 16 plants outdoors in a secret location, gets a lot of sun and is sheltered by the strong, cold winds we get here at this time of year.

My project consists of growing plants outdoors at such a cold time of year, mainly letting nature do it's thing rather than go visit them every day to see if, as i've read, MJ can withstand pretty much any type of environment.

If this project fails... doesn't bother me, Tis a test.

Materials:
-1.5ft x 1.5ft x 2ft wardrobe w/ flat white paint
-18 dank bagseeds (same as i'm using now)
-2 x 20w tornado CFL's (warm white)
-1 x 18w CFL (cool white)
-1 x 15w (cool white)
-3 x 6 plastic pots; each hole 2 1/2" x 2" x 3" deep.
-1 x Manual timer, set to 18/6 (on at 5am, off at 1am).
Would have it 24/0 but alot of light shows through, so i can sleep properly!

Have just put the 18 bagseeds in a small plastic container, filled with warm water waiting for them to germinate and put in the hot water cupboard, which keeps nice and warm, and always dark. Have also chucked a "bad seed" in there too(white), just for the hell of it. These seeds are quite quick to germinate, usually take about 10-20 hours for the taproot to emerge.

After they germinate, i plan on planting them ( 1/4 - 1/3 INCH DEEP THIS TIME! :o ) lol, in the plastic pot thingies shown in pic for about a week or more, then taking them in my car to this outdoor location.

Here are some pics so far...

Make sure to keep a close eye on how this project goes! :thumbsup:

damn you gonna pimp all those hoes, you must be going for pimp off the year. lookin good Mack 12 :pimp: :pimp: :pimp: :pimp: :pimp:

hahaha.

FIMmed my plants earlier on, and gonna start LST in about 2 weeks.

Oh yea and my new project, only 2 hav slightly sprouted above soil.

UPDATE:
Been told by a long time grower that you should do LST and FIM at the same time, so will be starting LST tomorrow morning.