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[ValiumForMe]

Well fuck, there is no one gallon. I guess a trip to the store could help. What are your thoughts on the perlite/soil mixture with the charcoal at the bottom?

ValiumForMe Reviewed by ValiumForMe on 03-15-2006. New Grower What's up ladies and gentlemen. A friend is trying to grow a bag seed just for shits and giggles. She started it in a paper towel, once the taproot busted free she put into a little 4" clay pot with some 100% organic soil. She's currently got two 40 watt and one 60 watt compact flouro (they are daylight flouros so the light is a whiute/blue color) about five inches from it. It's about a week old now. It has two big leaves, two smaller leaves and she can see some small ones coming in. It's Rating: 5

[smoknjoe]

K - A lot of people have used 15-5-5 or higher N with great results and withought locking up or killing the plants. HAHAHA thanks for the sarcasm, jackass.

V - I agree, you should use a 1 gallon before the a 3 gallon.

[greenmonster]

valium, if ur in uk and want ferts that are easy to get hold of (highstreet stuff) and seem to work well heres what you should do: Go to B&Q or likewise and buy 'babybio' and 'phostrogen' which will be enough to see you through untill you have a better idea of how nutes work etc. The 'npk' of babybio is N10, P4, K1 and is good for veg stage, when they start to flower hit them with the Phos which has a NPK of N14, P10. K27. Just follow instructions on packets for house plants and you will be fine. Obviously there are much better ferts out there on the market but these are easy to find and do the job until your 'mate' has found his feet. oh and people i just said 15-5-5 as an example, not a req.
if ur not in uk then this was a waste of 5 mins of my life...... magic.....

[ValiumForMe]

Sorry to have wasted your 5 minutes, but thank you for better explaining the nuting process.

[greenmonster]

hahaha should have know... no worries.... im sure they will have similar near you. bio and phos cost me £5 and u get enough for perhaps 10 grows for ur money: cheaptastic

[ValiumForMe]

it's about eight days old now, i can still see small leaves forming, but it seems rather slow. Should I be on a 24 hour light schedule or the 18/6 I'm on?

[greenmonster]

it doesnt really matter... both r ok. 18-6 is probs better as at some point ur going to start having to give it darkness anyway so just stick with what ur on and all will be fine.

[karmaxul]

If you choose 18/6 I would start the dark period at the same time you start the 6. Less stress the better. Mothers last longer on 24 hour light, or so I hear.

One love
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[ValiumForMe]

Whats the quickest way to get it big enough to clone it so I can flower and sex a clone? It's bagseed so who knows wtf is going on with it. Like I said currently 18/6 with ~5200 lumens 360 watt worth of light from 3 diff cfls. I finally gave the soil some perlite so it could breathe. and stuck a fan on low on it. stick w/ 18/6 or go 24. Just want it big enough to turn into mother if female but most importantly get a clone to flower and sex.

[greenmonster]

ummmm, if u don't know where the seed came from it could be hermie so u wouldnt want to mother it. is it self pollination when the seeds r rubbish?? anyway dont go through loads of hassle hoping some bagseed will turn out amazing because there is a chance it wont. can u remember the weed it came from?? was it stacked with seeds? i.e. mexican bush or such or was it from some skunk and there was only like 1-2 seeds an 8th?
there are pleanty of places to buy seeds online and some still post to u guys over the pond. if i were u id look about get some nice seeds plant them up and take the best female for a mother-harvest the rest.
good luck