New Grower First Grow Journal: Afghan Kush Ryder

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Hey guys,

I thought it was about time I post what I am working on right now. I am extremely excited for whats happening with the plants, and I have enjoyed growing!!

This is basically in chronological order, I have two plants. So a little about me and my drive to start growing. I started smoking a ways back and stopped for a very long time, and here about a year and a half ago I started again and I looked much more into smoking and the benefits of MJ. As soon as Amendment 64 was put on the ballot in 2012 I researched and haven't stopped, and now I use MJ leisurely as well as when I have other medical uses for it.

I started growing not only for the weed at the end of the grow, but because I love plants, and I love growing living, breathing plants. I used to grow plants along with Dart Frogs in a living terrarium. It was a lot of fun, and I am in the process of getting more frogs and plants now, pictures of them will come later ;). Don't get me wrong, I love a good smoke just as much as the next guy, but it isn't all about that. I lsted a very little bit so that the stature of the plant would not be affected all that much, but just enough that other nodes could catch up to the canopy. Right now in the grow I am 4 and a half weeks in and just starting to get an understanding of how this plant talks, lol. I am "trying" to watch the leaves and the plant itself to see when feedings and water is necessary.

So, I have and advanced led DS100 grow light. So far I love it! I also grow in the secret jardin 2x2x5 I believe. My soil is Fox Farms Happy Frog mixed 50/50 with perlite, so far so good with that! I also have the Advanced Nutrients line of Jungle Juice along with AN Big Bud. I use 3 gallon pots.

Unfortunately I have a calmag issue right now and I need to get to the hydro store tomorrow to fix em up, but here they are!! Thanks for stopping by :tiphat:
 

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Hey MJA :)

Nice to see your journal up and running!
Nice tent setup - very similar size to mine and i've just got myself a shiny new LED too! :)

I love a good smoke just as much as the next guy, but it isn't all about that.
I know what you mean buddy, once the growing bug gets you - it becomes the focus rather than a means to an end product :) personally, i don't have the desire to grow the strongest weed known to man - i just want some nice plants in my cab, that grow nicely and will give me the kind of connoisseur smoke that I couldnt get anywhere else. :)

Nice to see you up and running!
I'll be watching ^_^

Happy Growing
Blue :d5:
 
Great looking grow you have going MJ. :tiphat:

I am like you, I so enjoy the growing of the plants as much as using it.:grin:

You can also use this for your cal/mag def. [FONT=&quot]Use 1 tsp molasses and 1/2 tsp ep[som salts per gallon for a watering... give it through leaves and soil both...[/FONT]

I am looking forward to following your grow my friend! Please keep us updated.

:peace:
 
Lovin` your outlook on life MJA! "Munch..munch..munch ...subbed(I wanna see some frogs!) :Sharing One:
 
:smokeit: Best of luck with your current grow, looking good! I have an African dwarf frog in my aquarium, and man I love watching him root around. Especially when I toke a little of the bud growing nearby. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your terrarium, I have always wanted to start one of those! I also have an Afgan Kush Ryder seed, so I'm interested to see how yours turns out.:peace:
 
Hey and welcome!
Very nice setup I am sure it will help you produce some fine crops.
You would be surprised ( or maybe not!) how many of us here at AFN share your views on growing. I would probably want to grow the strongest darn stuff out there, but more because I could say "I grew that!" than to actually use it. My garden is a place I enjoy being, it brings me joy, peace and solace. Not to mention satisfaction. Believe it or not I have not partaken of the fruits of our labor in more than 10 years and I have yet to sample. Crazy as it seems, I am satisfied attending to them and watching them grow. Oh I am sure I will enjoy them after they are harvested, oh yeah!!!!
Peace and happy growing, have some :karma Cloud: for a sweet garden.
 
Thanks for the karma willie! I love wakin up in the morning and checking on em, just feels so good!

Alright I'll post up some dart frogs when I get to my computer here in the next hour or so, I am glad you guys love the plants too, makes me feel the warmth of the community, instead of it being one of those forums where no one really cares about the plants and they look like hell and just want the smoke at the end, lol.

10 years and you haven't even partaken?! Man that almost kills me! You grow for patients or relatives?
 
10 years and you haven't even partaken?! Man that almost kills me! You grow for patients or relatives?

No!!
I am growing for myself. I was forced to quit in an ugly custody battle a bit over 10 years ago. Random testing the whole nasty 10 yards of BS. Well the kids are grow and I have a medical referral now. So.... It is almost time, one should be ready for harvest in a few weeks and the others a few more after that. Having waited this long I think makes it a bit easier to wait, not to mention how nice it is to watch them grow and how nice they look. Soon, though, soon. You'll be seeing my stoned ramblings all over the site.
You know though speaking of growing for patients. My state allows caregivers to have one patient to grow for. I would dearly love to be able to provide medicine for someone. Researching strains and growing something special. Man imagine just how damn special that could be!
 
Ahhhh okay, I just slipped over and read your journal too so now I get whats goin on, but hey I am really excited for you!! My state also let's me grow for a patient (or a friend basically) but I just have too small of a space for that, I would love to though. It would bring more happiness to the already happy hobby though :D
 
Dendrobate Leucomelas

Okay so these were my little babies that me and my fiance got about a year ago. They are Dendrobates Leucomelas. We had 4 of them and the tank was beautiful! Unfortunately that brown background was not glued to the back glassand one of the 4 frogs got behind it.... I was not going to let one of my frogs die so me and my fiance tried getting him out for about an hour for what seemed like a race against time for his little froggy life, as they do not swim well and can drown :( after about that hour I said fuck it and ripped the background out of the cage. So then it was not very pretty and I had to fill in the little watering hole because there was no where to hide the waterfall. It was truly sad, and me not having what seemed like a suitable home made me sad and I ended up selling them about 2 months ago to an owner who I know will keep them happy and fed... so that made me happy :)

The second to last tank is just a small terrarium.
 

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