Ok so I thought i'd start a log for my grow. I've done a couple of grows in the past, one with cfl's which produced some nice smoke but not very much, and a couple of hps grows, one went pretty well but the other suffered because of high summer temps.

Right so onto my current grow............
About 5-7 days ago I germinated 5 white widow seeds using the paper towel method, I know some people don't like this method but it's always worked well for me. I fold a piece of kitchen paper in half twice, place it on a small plate add a little water and place my seeds on top, then I get another piece of kitchen paper fold that the same, place it over the seeds, add a touch more water and put another plate on top. (be sure the plates you use have a bit of a lip on the bottom of them so they don't crush your seeds, hope that makes sense) Then I put them on a shelf above my boiler, it's not hot, just warm. I add a few drops of water once or twice a day to keep them moist.

After a couple of days two of the seeds have cracked open and the taproot has emerged. I get my small pots (around 3"x3" i guess) fill them nearly to the top with soil (I'm using bio bizz all-mix) make a little hole in the soil with my little finger and carefully place the seed in, making sure it's the right way around and gently push the soil around it so it stays upright before I put some soil on top of it. They then get very gently watered, not much at all, just enough to moisten the top layer at first, I don't wanna disturb that seed. I leave the pots on the shelf above the boiler to keep warm until they pop their heads out of the soil. By the end of the day the other 3 seeds have cracked and they join their friends in pots above the boiler.

Another day or two later and all of them have popped their heads out, seeds still covering their first set of leaves. If the seed is wide open I gently try to help it off the leaves, if it's being stubborn I leave it till it's looser. Now it's time to put them under some light! Right i've got a mini homemade tent about 2ftx1ft with a 125watt envirolite (flowering spectrum) but it will have to do for vegging for now, I've got other things I need to get like a proper tent and hopefully a 250 watt hps light for flowering.

So now we're upto today, the 5 WW babies have been under the 125 watt light for a day and all seems ok. I've got the light 2-3 inches from the plants and have got a small fan to circulate the air and help strengthen the stems. Temps are currently at 78F (or 26C) and that's without any extraction, i've got a small extraction fan that I can add when it's needed.

Oh and i've just ordered a proper tent
Only small 2ftx2ftx4.5ft high but i think it will be just right for what I want. Next on the list of things to buy is the hps and a decent extraction fan.

Any questions or advice?
hudson88 Reviewed by hudson88 on . 2ftx2ft White Widow grow Ok so I thought i'd start a log for my grow. I've done a couple of grows in the past, one with cfl's which produced some nice smoke but not very much, and a couple of hps grows, one went pretty well but the other suffered because of high summer temps. Right so onto my current grow............ About 5-7 days ago I germinated 5 white widow seeds using the paper towel method, I know some people don't like this method but it's always worked well for me. I fold a piece of kitchen paper in half Rating: 5