Experienced opinions needed and appreciated

[beantown2442]

Hi, i am new to the forum and am currently preparing for my first grow ever in the spring. I live in new england and am planning on growing the 8ball kush from barneys farm due to the fast flowering period and ability to live in unfavorable environments. I plan on planting four plants in a mix of organic potting soil and the existing soil with lime and bone meal or blood meal added. I plan on starting the grow in my house april 6th and plan on transplanting outside may 5th about a week after the last frost is expected. I also plan on putting a 2 inch layer of organic mulch on top of the soil but first adding nitrogen to the soil, and spreading hair, urine, garlic and moth balls around plot to prevent insects and animals. My questions were, how should my lighting be for the first month of grow in my house because i plan on transplanting outside when the plants are about 6 inches tall and also how does the setup sound?. I was also wondering if the bone meal, blood meal, mulch and added nitrogen along with the organic potting soil would be enough nutrients or would i still have to fertilize, i was also considering putting bits of fish beneath the soil to add nutrients. Any help and criticism is greatly aprpeciated? Thank you

beantown2442 Reviewed by beantown2442 on 12-29-2007. Experienced opinions needed and appreciated Hi, i am new to the forum and am currently preparing for my first grow ever in the spring. I live in new england and am planning on growing the 8ball kush from barneys farm due to the fast flowering period and ability to live in unfavorable environments. I plan on planting four plants in a mix of organic potting soil and the existing soil with lime and bone meal or blood meal added. I plan on starting the grow in my house april 6th and plan on transplanting outside may 5th about a week after Rating: 5

[beantown2442]

UPDATE: i decided to not use blood meal and bone meal due to coyote and other animal populations around my house and instead use worm castings and guano, i also decided to use perlite and vermiculite with the existing soil and potting soil mix. again any feedback is welcomed

[rhizome]

Hi, i am new to the forum and am currently preparing for my first grow ever in the spring.

Howdy!

I live in new england and am planning on growing the 8ball kush from barneys farm due to the fast flowering period and ability to live in unfavorable environments.

If this is your first run ever, I'd just run some bag seed to get your germ/early veg technique down. [/I]

I plan on planting four plants in a mix of organic potting soil and the existing soil with lime and bone meal or blood meal added.

I'd start way more than four. Why the amendments? By the time that they're available to the plants, they'll alredy be in the ground. You don't need 'em, and you're complicating things. Native soil means native bugs- why bring em inside?

I plan on starting the grow in my house april 6th and plan on transplanting outside may 5th about a week after the last frost is expected. I also plan on putting a 2 inch layer of organic mulch on top of the soil but first adding nitrogen to the soil, and spreading hair, urine, garlic and moth balls around plot to prevent insects and animals.

If security is an issue, I'd skip the mulch- very easy to spot. Hair, urine, garlic and mothballs won't prevent anything- at best, they will slow things down for a week or two. Might work for vampires, if they're a common crop pest in your neck of the woods .

My questions were, how should my lighting be for the first month of grow in my house because i plan on transplanting outside when the plants are about 6 inches tall and also how does the setup sound?.

Flo's are fine- I'd go 18/6 or even 16/8, as day length that early will still be very short- 24/0 inside then going to radically shorter day outside might trigger flowering, which would be a drag.

I was also wondering if the bone meal, blood meal, mulch and added nitrogen along with the organic potting soil would be enough nutrients or would i still have to fertilize, i was also considering putting bits of fish beneath the soil to add nutrients. Any help and criticism is greatly aprpeciated? Thank you

Putting fish under your plants pretty much ensures that they'll be dug up- mmm, tasty fish...

Whether or not you'll need to fert is determined by the soil that you transplant into. You'll probabley want to.

If yer gonna work all kinds of organic amendments into your soil, do it 2-3 weeks ahead of time, as native animals will dig it up. You want them bored w/ it before you put yer plants out. Remember to cage against deer, as well.

Hope this helps.