Help - Growing (Newbie)

My mate gave me a seed, well he doesnt know much about growing and has just started like last week (I know this should be in the growing section but more people will see it here.)

Basically heres what he told me, get the seed and put it in a dark damp place so the roots can grow, then put it into a pot leave it near a window seel behind a netting (so people cant see in) and basically just water it once a day and when it gets bigger u water it more i just though WTF u cant be serious

would this even work?

Nah. That wont work. You gotta think of light times. If your going to grow it with sun, it needs to be ojutside, or in a greenhouse. Infact, a green house is great.

But this time of year its gunner have to be an inside job.

Check out the growing forums or send me an email :)

lip u grow? :D

Yeah, of corse. I used to be a regular on the indoor growing and basic forums, just dont bother anymore, too many peple asking the same Q's over and over again lol.


I've been growing for years.

Did my first plant with my cuz geoff when i was 11.

I grow about 5 at a time.

Havnt got a grow going on atm though lol :(

Got thousands of seeds though atm, just refraining from growing them.

I might start selling cheap... they were free lol!!

Hey send some my way! Just send me a birthday card with some stuffed in there and customs will never know. :o

me too lol

well he tried this and it got to about 4 inches high? so it still wouldnt work?

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Originally Posted by cannabis campbell

me too lol

well he tried this and it got to about 4 inches high? so it still wouldnt work?

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how did you get five thousand posts and you don't even grow? That's alot of fucking yapping, respect.

You dont have to grow to smoke weed, i just used to buy all the time but im getting bored of it i wanna get into growing lol

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Originally Posted by LIP

Yeah, of corse. I used to be a regular on the indoor growing and basic forums, just dont bother anymore, too many peple asking the same Q's over and over again lol.

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That's why I don't bother with the growing sections anymore either. :o

The way your friend desribed growing will work for about 2 or 3 weeks, then the plant will require food and proper lighting. If no food is provided, there is a good chance it will die from starvation, aka. a defiency.

After the first 2 or 3 weeks of life, a plant will require food for the stage it is now entering, called the Vegetative stage. There are 3 sets of numbers on a container of ferts., they stand for N-P-K. For vegging, the plant will need something high in N (Nitrogen). Without it, again, it may die from starvation.

I would worry about that stage right now. Germinate the seeds by placing them inbetween layers of wet paper towel. Place is a warmish, dark area, and keep the paper towels wet at all times. Do not let it dry out. Once the seed has a taproot about an inch long, you can now plant in soil. Again, keep that soil moist at all times until you see the plant first pop.

Get to the stage where the plant first pops through the soil, then go onto the next stage.

You will need proper lighting or you will get nada. Put it outdoors and let mother nature do its thing, but if you're like me, winter is starting and indoors is ideal. Keep the light on for 18hrs, then 6hrs off.

Anymore q's, just ask. :)

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Originally Posted by cannabis campbell

My mate gave me a seed, well he doesnt know much about growing and has just started like last week (I know this should be in the growing section but more people will see it here.)

Basically heres what he told me, get the seed and put it in a dark damp place so the roots can grow, then put it into a pot leave it near a window seel behind a netting (so people cant see in) and basically just water it once a day and when it gets bigger u water it more i just though WTF u cant be serious

would this even work?

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Sup Mate!

First of all 1 seed will not do you right there is the male/female ratio you have to think about. A window seel will not do either!! Hit up doc chronic for seeds order some cheap nirvana seeds and practice with them!

I dunno about the U.K. but right about now I dont think you'd be wanting to waste that seed on something thats gonna fail. If you cant create an indoor garden right now then just wait until next year. And dont let people fool you and make you think cannabis is a special plant, remember it came originated with the rest of the plants and trees outside and it survived many years without the help of humans. A good rich spot in the earth with sufficient water and light will do the trick, even if your buds are not as fat as those that have a damn good set-up, they are still smokeable :thumbsup:.

The real problem here is the fact that you want/ it has to be grown by the sunlight and at the moment its fall [When all cannabis plants are maturing and nearly read if not ready for harvest.

That means your plant will only be getting around 14 hours of light, and that'll keep getting shorter untill its at 12/12. The plant would flower as soon as its mature enough, and not produce the amount its easily capible off.

Your best of waiting till next year and growing completely outside, you'd get a very nice harvest, or you'll have to get some lighting.

CFL's are good as long as you have enough, and you can still get good yeilds with them.

Highest wattage is the best idea.

OR, you could veg inside and make a green house sort of thing and flower outside, but it'd be very cold so you'd be best of doing the whole grow inside.

Another problem with growing on a window sill is you wouldnt be able to get enough direct sunlight. And this is what it needs.

Out of the already small 13 -14 hour day you'd only get a very small percent of that in derect sunlight, which will cause stretcghing, stress and than can either turn a plant hermie, make it yeild silly amounts or even make it so bad it'll just fall over and die.


And anything about this amazing strain i have, 90% sativa with a very old school WEED smell with a bit of spice to the buds give me an email. I'll sort you some out cheap mate.

Cheaper than these sites though aye? At bloody 20 - 30 quid per pack of 10???

RIP OFF!!!

Spend more time in the grow forum!!

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Originally Posted by cannabis campbell

My mate gave me a seed, well he doesnt know much about growing and has just started like last week (I know this should be in the growing section but more people will see it here.)

Basically heres what he told me, get the seed and put it in a dark damp place so the roots can grow, then put it into a pot leave it near a window seel behind a netting (so people cant see in) and basically just water it once a day and when it gets bigger u water it more i just though WTF u cant be serious

would this even work?

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Your mate is actually correct. If you put the seed in a dark spot and submurge it in warm water it will start to sprout a little and thats when you plant it and expose it to sunlight and periodically water it. From there, of course it gets more complicated as time goes on, but those are the basics.

Marijuana grows very rapidly and very easily. I remember even someone on these forums made a thread how a plant started growing in an old smoke spot where the guy must have been breaking up weed, and tossed a seed they came across on the ground.

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

That's why I don't bother with the growing sections anymore either. :o

The way your friend desribed growing will work for about 2 or 3 weeks, then the plant will require food and proper lighting. If no food is provided, there is a good chance it will die from starvation, aka. a defiency.

After the first 2 or 3 weeks of life, a plant will require food for the stage it is now entering, called the Vegetative stage. There are 3 sets of numbers on a container of ferts., they stand for N-P-K. For vegging, the plant will need something high in N (Nitrogen). Without it, again, it may die from starvation.

I would worry about that stage right now. Germinate the seeds by placing them inbetween layers of wet paper towel. Place is a warmish, dark area, and keep the paper towels wet at all times. Do not let it dry out. Once the seed has a taproot about an inch long, you can now plant in soil. Again, keep that soil moist at all times until you see the plant first pop.

Get to the stage where the plant first pops through the soil, then go onto the next stage.

You will need proper lighting or you will get nada. Put it outdoors and let mother nature do its thing, but if you're like me, winter is starting and indoors is ideal. Keep the light on for 18hrs, then 6hrs off.

Anymore q's, just ask. :)

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That sounds soo confusing lol so basically im doing what you said with the wet towel now, as you said keep it wet at all times so tomorow im guessing it would of dried up a little bit so do i take the seed out for a min while i go and wet it again under the sink??

I seriously know nothing about growing but theres no harm im trying lol i suppose i can only get better not worse.

So if i do that and then plant it and just leave it by the window and water it after 2-3 weeks it will definately die??

Also, the strain i think is female (red hair its called something like that, ever heard of it?? :s)

Ty for your help ppl :)

It's not the strain that is female. Each strain has male plants and female plants. You cant tell from a seed, and its in the genetics. You may get lucky, but if its a male thats it. It's basically useless, and i dont think you'd get any real hash from it either.

It might not die, you might get lucky, but you'd have a small yeild.

Im never gonna get the hang of this :(

Get a few grow books and do your research on the net. I say stay away
from asking questions on the net though, cause from what I have seen
a lot of miss-information is posted. Keep your first grow as simple as you
can don't dive into all that glitter and bull shit keep it to your basics soil,
lighting, and nutes. I would suggest compact fluorescent for a first grow
I used them myself a while back and they do have good results. Those
lights are cheap and you can find them at almost any store plus they fit
in a standard light socket. Go check out the compact fluorescent sticky
on the indoor grow forum.

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Originally Posted by cannabis campbell

Im never gonna get the hang of this :(

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Lol yes you will, just keep learning and be determined :D.

It turns into a hobby. I cant BEAR to see my grow room emty, its like a part of life is missing. It's the best hobby ever, you get to care for a lovely plant, tell it all your problems, and when you harvest it and smoked it all up all your problems go. Theres nothing better than smoking home grown.

Good stuff :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by LIP

It turns into a hobby. I cant BEAR to see my grow room emty, its like a part of life is missing. It's the best hobby ever, you get to care for a lovely plant, tell it all your problems, and when you harvest it and smoked it all up all your problems go. Theres nothing better than smoking home grown.

Good stuff :thumbsup:

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Who wouldnt feel like a part of their life is missing if they love cannabis and their grow room is empty lol!

bump bump bump

help help help lol,

Do i have to use a UV light can i use a high wattage normal light if so how many (150w, im guessing?)

also how far away does it have to be away from the plant (2inches? im guessing again)

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bump bump bump

help help help lol,

Do i have to use a UV light can i use a high wattage normal light if so how many (150w, im guessing?)

also how far away does it have to be away from the plant (2inches? im guessing again)

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Buy some compact fluorescent lights (the little spiral ones). If you can find the 42 watt (150 watt incandescent replacement) get about 2 or 3 of them. Put them about 2 inches away from the plant. Regular lights just put out heat, not light in the right spectrum. CFL's man, look at BobBong's CFL grow http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=61768

Anathema ty for the help thats 2-3 light bulbs for one plant right?

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Anathema ty for the help thats 2-3 light bulbs for one plant right?

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1-2 per plant is perfect when they're small, we had only 1 per plant (5 plants) and ours were kicking ass. Trick is keeping them damn close to the leaves. Unless the leaf actually touches the light, it will not get hurt. If you go to a hardware store, find some shop lights. They look like an extension cord with a light socket (with a round reflector :D ) on the end. They usually have a clamp too. Keeps you from needing to wire stuff, plus the clamp makes for easy placement (look at the pics I posted in the grow log in my sig) We took the reflectors off because it lets light spread out more so all lights cast light on all plants instead of 1 light per plant, and hung them from chains to make moving them up and down easy.

Keep lights close, plants won't stretch. If your seeds do stretch, you can splint them up with a soda straw split lengthwise around the stem untill you transplant, then you just bury them up to about an inch below the bottom leaves. The stem you bury turns to roots.

Also, find a cheap oscilating fan. Outdoors air moves plants which causes the stems to thicken up. Inside there is no wind, so you'll get weak stems. Weak stems = weak buds. Wait til your plants have 3-4 sets of leaves before putting one on. Keep us posted :rasta: