Well here we go. 
I'm just a country kid that has been wanting to grow for some years now bc I'm tired of paying someone else and want to share my grow with others in need. So bare with me as I'm learning on the fly.
I started on February 1st, I only have unknown Reggie seeds, which now I can see are a variety of strains. I didn't know what to expect and I wanted to be able to have enough to experiment with.
I started indoors by germinating my seedling in distilled water until growth signs appeared. I then planted them in 3 - 72 seed starter kit and placed them under 2 red heat lamps from home depot for the first two weeks. I noticed undesired stretching and majority of them died, basically from an inexperience grower.
I did my research and found that my seedling needed to have the light spectrum in the 6000 k range. All I could find from my hardware stores was 5500 k cfl's. So took my remaining survivors and put them under 4 - 5500 k lights and germinated another 2 - 72. By the time these sprouted I had bought 8 - 6500 k lights and added them with the other 4 lights.
Now in the March I have approximately 140 plants by the time I placed them into cups with organic soil with no additives. Note the cups are clear, which I found out is bad for my roots, but as an inexperience grower I wanted to see where and how my root growth was.
I collected stream water bc I knew the ph would be better than the crap you get from the faucet. I watered when I could and tried to stay in between over and under watering and just watching the development take place. I have no real set up and using what's available without spending any serious money.
At this time I'm impatient, I would sit and stair at my plants for hours unsure what to do next and wondering what to do next. So I turned to the www and started googling everything I could think of, knowing I needed to gather as much info from different locations to determine my next move.
I looked at all the different ways to go and main lining had my interest bc it mean more hands on with the plants. More than less I wanted to do something other than waiting. Everyone has their own pro's and con's on where, when and how to cut. So I started just cutting away lol, but being generous not to kill any of them. I knew cutting them would delay their growth but I was starting early, so I knew I would be fine. I also left my smaller plants alone.
In this whole process I never turned my grow lights off, why bc I didn't have a timer and I didn't have time to do it manually. Also I tried to keep my temp in between 60-78 degrees. I only have a fan and there's no ac/heater in the building I was growing in.
So far so good, I haven't killed anymore yet since I got the correct lights and they seemed to be doing fine with the me cutting on them every two weeks. I did leave some untouched to grow naturally.
Well by the end of March I knew I had two options and now I think I made the wrong move. I either could transplant them to bigger pots or I could plant them outside (not know the light factors for my area at this time).
By March 28 all the trees where blooming so I knew the last freeze had passed. I planted them out side in 3 different locations secure locations with no human travel or residence.
This is the first time I put any nutts other than a few small application of a root booster. Your gonna laugh I used miracle grow, haha I know, but they seem to thrive from it. I've been watering every 3 days unless it rained and add-in nutts in water, every 6-7 days as instructions say. But always being conservative to how much I gave, not to burn my plants.
So back to planting in march, my plants pre-flower which was nice to be able to remove all my males and hermies. Which out of @ 140 plants I have 82 that are pure females. Still I have an issue I want pounder plants but I have flowering starting.
The days here are getting longer now and majority of my plants reveggied with no problem. Some signs of leaves spinning but you have to look close. The others seem to be stuck completely, for the past month, when I really notice flower I've been trying to introduced some light at night to encourage reveggie.
I could use some advise now and I know pictures will help but I have to get May's pictures. Personally as a newbie I feel wonderful to have this much production in 3 months even with my set backs. But the more knowledge I can gain will be a benefit for the years to come.
I didn't think I would be posting this online, so there are pics that I didn't get and things I might of left out. Just bare with me and I'll try to post everything I used or answer your questions to help fill any gaps that I missed. Not to mention I did have a baby boy in early march, so I'm doing the best I can with the time I have. So don't judge me by my methods, just advise me on how to do it the proper way. Thanx for your time to read my post, hope your having as much fun as I am.
I'm just a country kid that has been wanting to grow for some years now bc I'm tired of paying someone else and want to share my grow with others in need. So bare with me as I'm learning on the fly.
I started on February 1st, I only have unknown Reggie seeds, which now I can see are a variety of strains. I didn't know what to expect and I wanted to be able to have enough to experiment with.
I started indoors by germinating my seedling in distilled water until growth signs appeared. I then planted them in 3 - 72 seed starter kit and placed them under 2 red heat lamps from home depot for the first two weeks. I noticed undesired stretching and majority of them died, basically from an inexperience grower.
I did my research and found that my seedling needed to have the light spectrum in the 6000 k range. All I could find from my hardware stores was 5500 k cfl's. So took my remaining survivors and put them under 4 - 5500 k lights and germinated another 2 - 72. By the time these sprouted I had bought 8 - 6500 k lights and added them with the other 4 lights.
Now in the March I have approximately 140 plants by the time I placed them into cups with organic soil with no additives. Note the cups are clear, which I found out is bad for my roots, but as an inexperience grower I wanted to see where and how my root growth was.
I collected stream water bc I knew the ph would be better than the crap you get from the faucet. I watered when I could and tried to stay in between over and under watering and just watching the development take place. I have no real set up and using what's available without spending any serious money.
At this time I'm impatient, I would sit and stair at my plants for hours unsure what to do next and wondering what to do next. So I turned to the www and started googling everything I could think of, knowing I needed to gather as much info from different locations to determine my next move.
I looked at all the different ways to go and main lining had my interest bc it mean more hands on with the plants. More than less I wanted to do something other than waiting. Everyone has their own pro's and con's on where, when and how to cut. So I started just cutting away lol, but being generous not to kill any of them. I knew cutting them would delay their growth but I was starting early, so I knew I would be fine. I also left my smaller plants alone.
In this whole process I never turned my grow lights off, why bc I didn't have a timer and I didn't have time to do it manually. Also I tried to keep my temp in between 60-78 degrees. I only have a fan and there's no ac/heater in the building I was growing in.
So far so good, I haven't killed anymore yet since I got the correct lights and they seemed to be doing fine with the me cutting on them every two weeks. I did leave some untouched to grow naturally.
Well by the end of March I knew I had two options and now I think I made the wrong move. I either could transplant them to bigger pots or I could plant them outside (not know the light factors for my area at this time).
By March 28 all the trees where blooming so I knew the last freeze had passed. I planted them out side in 3 different locations secure locations with no human travel or residence.
This is the first time I put any nutts other than a few small application of a root booster. Your gonna laugh I used miracle grow, haha I know, but they seem to thrive from it. I've been watering every 3 days unless it rained and add-in nutts in water, every 6-7 days as instructions say. But always being conservative to how much I gave, not to burn my plants.
So back to planting in march, my plants pre-flower which was nice to be able to remove all my males and hermies. Which out of @ 140 plants I have 82 that are pure females. Still I have an issue I want pounder plants but I have flowering starting.
The days here are getting longer now and majority of my plants reveggied with no problem. Some signs of leaves spinning but you have to look close. The others seem to be stuck completely, for the past month, when I really notice flower I've been trying to introduced some light at night to encourage reveggie.
I could use some advise now and I know pictures will help but I have to get May's pictures. Personally as a newbie I feel wonderful to have this much production in 3 months even with my set backs. But the more knowledge I can gain will be a benefit for the years to come.
I didn't think I would be posting this online, so there are pics that I didn't get and things I might of left out. Just bare with me and I'll try to post everything I used or answer your questions to help fill any gaps that I missed. Not to mention I did have a baby boy in early march, so I'm doing the best I can with the time I have. So don't judge me by my methods, just advise me on how to do it the proper way. Thanx for your time to read my post, hope your having as much fun as I am.
