I am just going to copy and past my first post from my journal.
So... Hi all
I am so happy to finally be a part of the community.
So medical marijuana is very expensive in DC. We're talking 25 dollars a gram, and they only get you get one gram at a time. The laws recently changed to allow for the home cultivation. The day that the laws went into effect, I started growing bagseed in my south facing window sill. This was a fun experiment and as you can imagine, the plants didn't really take off the way I had anticipated.
All of these plants had spider mites and were not looking good. I moved them into a bathroom skylight, but I couldn't regulate the temperature or anything. I did lots of research and it basically opened me up to the whole world of indoor controlled growing.
I eventually stumbled upon a bundle which included the gorilla grow tent 4x2 that I wanted and a decent sized LED light. I knew that I wanted to try out LEDs since they last long and they don't require a lot of energy. It was a really good deal, so I just ordered the package. It also came with a carbon scrubber and a exhaust and ducting. It was really a no brainer. In the week that I was waiting for my packages to arrive, I did exhaustive research on this forum and every other grow forum on the internet. I acquired a subscription to high times and skunk and cannabis now and basically fell in love with the idea of growing my own marijuana. I am kind of rambling at this point, but anyway I wanted to paint a picture as to how excited and intrinsically motivated I am.
Long foreword, I know, but here is my first grow journal:
Strain: Bubblelicious (I was accidentally spelling it as bubblicious for a while, I just wanted to spell it wrong at least once in here so that other folks that make the same mistake will find this journal). Fem seeds from nirvana
Medium: Fox Farms Ocean Forrest
Pot Size: 3 gallon
number of plants: 5
Nutrients: Fox Farm big bloom, Grow big, tigerbloom, calmag
Current stage: Veg starting week 2
Light: KIND LED K3 450(280 actual watts)
Temperature: usually 78 to 80 F
humidity: 45%-55%
pH of tapwater: 7 i add a bit of ph Down to it now
how often do I water: every other day
airflow: I just added the holmes blizzard oscillating fan, which should help, the rotating small pillar fan I had wasnt doing the trick, I also have a 5 inch cheap fan on an exhaust port near the top of the tent and the back screen vent in my tent open near the bottom
I have an exhaust hooked up to the carbon scrubber, but until I need a lower temperature or I need to get rid of smell, im keeping it off.
Here are pics of the whole setup:
I know the images are not very good quality, they were taken with my cell phone, I will acquire a better photo device soon.
So I just added a bit of extra soil to the pots today before I watered them, try to get the deepest roots possible. I added the first bit of nutrients into the water today as well. I added 1/3 of what the fox farm nutrients schedule called for of the big bloom, and I added just a half teaspoon of calmag as well into a gallon jug.
tell me what you think
And please be harsh, I know that I am making huge glaring mistakes, and thats why I posted this, so that you can tell me what im doing wrong
Thanks again, and I look forward to being a part of this community
So... Hi all
I am so happy to finally be a part of the community.
So medical marijuana is very expensive in DC. We're talking 25 dollars a gram, and they only get you get one gram at a time. The laws recently changed to allow for the home cultivation. The day that the laws went into effect, I started growing bagseed in my south facing window sill. This was a fun experiment and as you can imagine, the plants didn't really take off the way I had anticipated.
All of these plants had spider mites and were not looking good. I moved them into a bathroom skylight, but I couldn't regulate the temperature or anything. I did lots of research and it basically opened me up to the whole world of indoor controlled growing.
I eventually stumbled upon a bundle which included the gorilla grow tent 4x2 that I wanted and a decent sized LED light. I knew that I wanted to try out LEDs since they last long and they don't require a lot of energy. It was a really good deal, so I just ordered the package. It also came with a carbon scrubber and a exhaust and ducting. It was really a no brainer. In the week that I was waiting for my packages to arrive, I did exhaustive research on this forum and every other grow forum on the internet. I acquired a subscription to high times and skunk and cannabis now and basically fell in love with the idea of growing my own marijuana. I am kind of rambling at this point, but anyway I wanted to paint a picture as to how excited and intrinsically motivated I am.
Long foreword, I know, but here is my first grow journal:
Strain: Bubblelicious (I was accidentally spelling it as bubblicious for a while, I just wanted to spell it wrong at least once in here so that other folks that make the same mistake will find this journal). Fem seeds from nirvana
Medium: Fox Farms Ocean Forrest
Pot Size: 3 gallon
number of plants: 5
Nutrients: Fox Farm big bloom, Grow big, tigerbloom, calmag
Current stage: Veg starting week 2
Light: KIND LED K3 450(280 actual watts)
Temperature: usually 78 to 80 F
humidity: 45%-55%
pH of tapwater: 7 i add a bit of ph Down to it now
how often do I water: every other day
airflow: I just added the holmes blizzard oscillating fan, which should help, the rotating small pillar fan I had wasnt doing the trick, I also have a 5 inch cheap fan on an exhaust port near the top of the tent and the back screen vent in my tent open near the bottom
I have an exhaust hooked up to the carbon scrubber, but until I need a lower temperature or I need to get rid of smell, im keeping it off.
Here are pics of the whole setup:
I know the images are not very good quality, they were taken with my cell phone, I will acquire a better photo device soon.
So I just added a bit of extra soil to the pots today before I watered them, try to get the deepest roots possible. I added the first bit of nutrients into the water today as well. I added 1/3 of what the fox farm nutrients schedule called for of the big bloom, and I added just a half teaspoon of calmag as well into a gallon jug.
tell me what you think
And please be harsh, I know that I am making huge glaring mistakes, and thats why I posted this, so that you can tell me what im doing wrong
Thanks again, and I look forward to being a part of this community
