I ran across this site while trying to find advice on dealing with my first grow. Basically, I ordered and received seeds for Fem Blue Cheese AF and some Skunk that were photo.
Like most things in my life, this was not a well thought out plan. Have seeds, need dirt. I ran to Home Depot and picked up a 2 cuft bag of SuperSoil Potting Soil and a bag of Perlite, which I mixed at a 2:1 ratio. I tossed the seeds in that soil, in 3" pots. All 3 autos and 2 of the photos were spouted within 5 - 6 days and were named after some of my favotite bartenders. I put them under a 2 68W CFL fixture in a closet in my "toy room" with a fan blowing and light on a 18/6 schedule. I transfered them to #3 pots around the two week point. Feeding consisted of RO water for the first 2-3 weeks. Then I added some Vigoro All Purpose plant food (10-10-10) at 1/4 strength.
I saw the first little white hairs on the autos at about 3 weeks. That was a great day. Some time around the 4 week point a friend gave me a bottle of General Hydroponics FloraNova Bloom, which I started at 1/4 strength and used once a week on the autos. The rest of the week I use plain RO water.
At this point I thought now is a good time to do some research and learn about growing weed. Silly me. The fact that they are still alive is proof of the strength and resilience of these plants. This was also about the time I realized that my 2 Skunk photos grow a lot faster than BCAFs. Nothing gets by me.... Oh yeah, I built a new light and reflector with 4, 68W CFLs, which really helped increase the light foot print, but the only CFLs I could find are 2700K.
A few days ago I just bent the tips of the photos down about 8" to even the tops with the autos. Then completely rearranged the pots and I moved the photos to the outside and have the autos directly under the lights, hoping to keep their growth maximized. One of the autos is like 6" shorter than the other two, but its' buds look a lot more mature. I used a macro lens with extension tubes to get some pics of the resin gland things. Pretty cool looking. The little hairs also.
I've also just added a sugar and yeast type CO2 generator, plumbed to the back of my fan, and started aerating my water with air stone and pump.
This is day 60 since I planted the seeds, so like day 54 of growing above ground. I started an album that has some pictures from a few day ago, that photo session was more about shooting cool looking buds than documenting growth. I'm not sure where to go from here. because of the one plant that seems further along than the others I've been trying to find info about when to stop the nutrients for the two weeks prior to harvest. I found some good info that was recommended by some members when they welcomed me to this forum. Thanks again. It's too late to put a lot of things I've learned into this grow and maybe that's a good thing. I might have been right to just jump into this with the basics and learn as I go.
I'm really looking forward to this harvest and smoking my own stuff for the first time. But the next grow round I'll be trying what I've pick up from some of the experts on this forum. Thanks again. Adios!
Like most things in my life, this was not a well thought out plan. Have seeds, need dirt. I ran to Home Depot and picked up a 2 cuft bag of SuperSoil Potting Soil and a bag of Perlite, which I mixed at a 2:1 ratio. I tossed the seeds in that soil, in 3" pots. All 3 autos and 2 of the photos were spouted within 5 - 6 days and were named after some of my favotite bartenders. I put them under a 2 68W CFL fixture in a closet in my "toy room" with a fan blowing and light on a 18/6 schedule. I transfered them to #3 pots around the two week point. Feeding consisted of RO water for the first 2-3 weeks. Then I added some Vigoro All Purpose plant food (10-10-10) at 1/4 strength.
I saw the first little white hairs on the autos at about 3 weeks. That was a great day. Some time around the 4 week point a friend gave me a bottle of General Hydroponics FloraNova Bloom, which I started at 1/4 strength and used once a week on the autos. The rest of the week I use plain RO water.
At this point I thought now is a good time to do some research and learn about growing weed. Silly me. The fact that they are still alive is proof of the strength and resilience of these plants. This was also about the time I realized that my 2 Skunk photos grow a lot faster than BCAFs. Nothing gets by me.... Oh yeah, I built a new light and reflector with 4, 68W CFLs, which really helped increase the light foot print, but the only CFLs I could find are 2700K.
A few days ago I just bent the tips of the photos down about 8" to even the tops with the autos. Then completely rearranged the pots and I moved the photos to the outside and have the autos directly under the lights, hoping to keep their growth maximized. One of the autos is like 6" shorter than the other two, but its' buds look a lot more mature. I used a macro lens with extension tubes to get some pics of the resin gland things. Pretty cool looking. The little hairs also.
I've also just added a sugar and yeast type CO2 generator, plumbed to the back of my fan, and started aerating my water with air stone and pump.
This is day 60 since I planted the seeds, so like day 54 of growing above ground. I started an album that has some pictures from a few day ago, that photo session was more about shooting cool looking buds than documenting growth. I'm not sure where to go from here. because of the one plant that seems further along than the others I've been trying to find info about when to stop the nutrients for the two weeks prior to harvest. I found some good info that was recommended by some members when they welcomed me to this forum. Thanks again. It's too late to put a lot of things I've learned into this grow and maybe that's a good thing. I might have been right to just jump into this with the basics and learn as I go.
I'm really looking forward to this harvest and smoking my own stuff for the first time. But the next grow round I'll be trying what I've pick up from some of the experts on this forum. Thanks again. Adios!
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