Neptune
New Member
Hi all this is my first proper (if you can call it that) grow.
I've been reading lots of journals for a long time but decided to join the forum now its the 20th of april
I had alot of pleasure reading alot of peoples grows but one that stood out to me was a person called GreenKittys, i've just read it recently, but that was 2 years ago lots of fun, i even found myself feeling like i was part of the grow! great narrator.
So..lets get some prologue going on.
I have attempted to grow before but it ended badly, for a start i transplanted the autoflower and it pretty much died after 2 week and showed no signs of improvement so i thrown it away, i guess i didn't give it a very good chance to be honest!
However having researched countless hours on the internet i wanted to try again, thinking i was prepared only to realize that there is alot more involved than it looks!
I'm partly growing my own because of the cost of buying.. and also because it's a fun project, also i don't like it when i buy weed that is awful with added chemicles (happens alot where i am in britain) or dealing with shady people.
So anyway i bought 3 seeds from SensiSeeds and they are Northern Lights Automatic Feminized, i am only growing one though just to get the hang of it for now.
Before you go further i want to state that this is not a sophisticated grow, nor am i aiming for massive yields, nor do i want to be the next pablo escobar, it's just a small project.. of course a decent yield would be nice, 10g? (also i don't have alot of money running a house with family)
Ok lets get to it! All advice is welcome, or any comments lets ride!
Setup
Soil: Normal Potting Soil
Lights: 30W CFL 6400K + 150w Dual spectrum Cfl
Nutrients: None... no idea depends on money.
Water: Tapwater
Fan: 40w desk fan
Carbon filter/extraction: no
Plant pot size: 5L
Grow room: Wardrobe/Closet
Seed: Northern Lights Auto Feminized.
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Germination
April 9th (The mission starts)
*Placed seed in a glass of tap water and left to soak for 24 hours ( 8 hours into soaking i tapped the seed in the glass and it sank to the bottom)
April 10th (A watched pot never boils)
*Seed removed from water no taproot but slightly cracked, placed in moist paper towel and placed in dark warm room. (approx 21c)
April 11th (Slow signs of progress)
*Checked Seed carefully... has taproot forming, reapplied moisture to the paper towel prior to checking (so i didn't accidently break the taproot) and placed back in dark warm room. (Approx 21c)
April 12th (Ready to pot)
*Happy enough to plant into pot now, after applying abit of moisture to the paper towel so not to rip the taproot the seed was carefully removed and placed into its final pot (5Litre). and in the dark warm room (approx 21c)
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Planting seed into the pot
Pot/Soil: 5Litre plant pot, normal gardening potting soil.
Pot has drainage holes at bottom but not very happy, suspect it might need more drainage holes) ...
Prior to putting the seed in the pot full of soil, the soil was watered in the 5litre pot with warm but not hot, tapwater...and left to drain for 30minutes first, then the seed was placed about 1-2cm down in the middle and gently covered with soil.
April 13th (No cigar!)
*Seed has not yet sprouted from the soil.
Drainage was bugging me..decided to get the drill out and drill a few holes into the 5Litre pot, Upon reflexion this was a dumb idea as it may have disturbed the seed!, lets hope the seed thinks it was just a extreme earthquake.
Checked seed by gently removing soil around the edges of the middle with a spoon very carefully, taproot was not damaged so i'm optimistic it will continue to grow ok. :O
I also decided to celotape clingfilm over the top of the 5litre pot and put lots of ventilation holes in the clingfilm with a wooden tooth pick, and placed back into the dark warm room (Approx 21c).
April 14th (We have life)
*Seed is now sprouted and showing signs of life i removed the clingfilm and placed it straight under the 30w 6400k CFL
April 15th (Greenage and Cayenne pepper)
Read on the internet that cayenne peppers helps prevent bugs, so i sprinkled cayenne pepper everywhere except the plant.
The seedling has made drastic improvements in 24hours.
April 16th (More soil)
Decided that the cayenne pepper thing was a bad idea, plus i kept sneezing going near the plant haha (not on the plant don't worry) so i decided to add abit more soil over it.
Also i wasn't very happy how low the soil was in the pot :/! Again the seedling has made improvements abit greener, the baby leaves are upright now. (stem is quite purple heard this is ok and normal as it's adapting to its enviroment.
April 17th (More soil more growth)
I decided to add abit of gardening compost /type soil that you buy over the top of the soil because it was bugging me how it seemed to low down in the pot.
The seedling is still only under the 30w cfl right now and its first set of leaves is growing nicely (serrated leaves i think?)
April 18th [Tumbleweed]
Not alot to add, small growth looks ok.. might need to add the bigger 150w dual spectrum light cfl soon.
April 19th [Let there be light]
Well i think it's time to add the 150w dual spectrum light cfl, so i've turned it on inside the wardrobe. also kept the 30w cfl over the plant too.
Also there second set of leaves(in the middle) have started growing nice green colour so far.
i've also got the fan running to help with circulation of air, and heat control, not sure of the heat yet as i dont yet have a temperature gaugue for the wardrobe. but i heard it helps thicken the stem too it's only on low setting though.
feels warm in the air but not hot.
April 20th [Growing slowly but surely]
Progress is being made the middle leaves are looking abit bigger now.
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Well there you go guys we're currently on the 7th day , and i plan to keep you all regulary updated, hopefully we can learn from each other or people watching as guests might pick something up like i have over all this time when snooping around.
Oh yeah i also play the plant music today, 9 songs this was the song list i played to my plant...
****
celine dion alive
youll be a woman soon
numa numa chinese
like a love song selena gomez
love machine girls aloud
starships niki minaj
written in the stars eric turner 2.0 ***
radioactive within temptation
heyheyheyheyah song
****
So far so good i think, although i think it's maybe growing abit too slow?.
Comments welcome, even hate comments are welcome but i know you guys more than you know me, your a nice bunch i've had the pleasure of reading you guys like a ghost or ninja in the shadows
.
I've been reading lots of journals for a long time but decided to join the forum now its the 20th of april
I had alot of pleasure reading alot of peoples grows but one that stood out to me was a person called GreenKittys, i've just read it recently, but that was 2 years ago lots of fun, i even found myself feeling like i was part of the grow! great narrator.
So..lets get some prologue going on.
I have attempted to grow before but it ended badly, for a start i transplanted the autoflower and it pretty much died after 2 week and showed no signs of improvement so i thrown it away, i guess i didn't give it a very good chance to be honest!
However having researched countless hours on the internet i wanted to try again, thinking i was prepared only to realize that there is alot more involved than it looks!
I'm partly growing my own because of the cost of buying.. and also because it's a fun project, also i don't like it when i buy weed that is awful with added chemicles (happens alot where i am in britain) or dealing with shady people.
So anyway i bought 3 seeds from SensiSeeds and they are Northern Lights Automatic Feminized, i am only growing one though just to get the hang of it for now.
Before you go further i want to state that this is not a sophisticated grow, nor am i aiming for massive yields, nor do i want to be the next pablo escobar, it's just a small project.. of course a decent yield would be nice, 10g? (also i don't have alot of money running a house with family)
Ok lets get to it! All advice is welcome, or any comments
lets ride!Setup
Soil: Normal Potting Soil
Lights: 30W CFL 6400K + 150w Dual spectrum Cfl
Nutrients: None... no idea depends on money.
Water: Tapwater
Fan: 40w desk fan
Carbon filter/extraction: no
Plant pot size: 5L
Grow room: Wardrobe/Closet
Seed: Northern Lights Auto Feminized.
--------------------------------
Germination
April 9th (The mission starts)
*Placed seed in a glass of tap water and left to soak for 24 hours ( 8 hours into soaking i tapped the seed in the glass and it sank to the bottom)
April 10th (A watched pot never boils)
*Seed removed from water no taproot but slightly cracked, placed in moist paper towel and placed in dark warm room. (approx 21c)
April 11th (Slow signs of progress)
*Checked Seed carefully... has taproot forming, reapplied moisture to the paper towel prior to checking (so i didn't accidently break the taproot) and placed back in dark warm room. (Approx 21c)
April 12th (Ready to pot)
*Happy enough to plant into pot now, after applying abit of moisture to the paper towel so not to rip the taproot the seed was carefully removed and placed into its final pot (5Litre). and in the dark warm room (approx 21c)
--------------------------------
Planting seed into the pot
Pot/Soil: 5Litre plant pot, normal gardening potting soil.
Pot has drainage holes at bottom but not very happy, suspect it might need more drainage holes) ...
Prior to putting the seed in the pot full of soil, the soil was watered in the 5litre pot with warm but not hot, tapwater...and left to drain for 30minutes first, then the seed was placed about 1-2cm down in the middle and gently covered with soil.
April 13th (No cigar!)
*Seed has not yet sprouted from the soil.
Drainage was bugging me..decided to get the drill out and drill a few holes into the 5Litre pot, Upon reflexion this was a dumb idea as it may have disturbed the seed!, lets hope the seed thinks it was just a extreme earthquake.
Checked seed by gently removing soil around the edges of the middle with a spoon very carefully, taproot was not damaged so i'm optimistic it will continue to grow ok. :O
I also decided to celotape clingfilm over the top of the 5litre pot and put lots of ventilation holes in the clingfilm with a wooden tooth pick, and placed back into the dark warm room (Approx 21c).
April 14th (We have life)
*Seed is now sprouted and showing signs of life
i removed the clingfilm and placed it straight under the 30w 6400k CFL
April 15th (Greenage and Cayenne pepper)
Read on the internet that cayenne peppers helps prevent bugs, so i sprinkled cayenne pepper everywhere except the plant.
The seedling has made drastic improvements in 24hours.
April 16th (More soil)
Decided that the cayenne pepper thing was a bad idea, plus i kept sneezing going near the plant haha (not on the plant don't worry) so i decided to add abit more soil over it.
Also i wasn't very happy how low the soil was in the pot :/! Again the seedling has made improvements abit greener, the baby leaves are upright now. (stem is quite purple heard this is ok and normal as it's adapting to its enviroment.
April 17th (More soil more growth)
I decided to add abit of gardening compost /type soil that you buy over the top of the soil because it was bugging me how it seemed to low down in the pot.
The seedling is still only under the 30w cfl right now and its first set of leaves is growing nicely (serrated leaves i think?)
April 18th [Tumbleweed]
Not alot to add, small growth looks ok.. might need to add the bigger 150w dual spectrum light cfl soon.
April 19th [Let there be light]
Well i think it's time to add the 150w dual spectrum light cfl, so i've turned it on inside the wardrobe. also kept the 30w cfl over the plant too.
Also there second set of leaves(in the middle) have started growing nice green colour so far.
i've also got the fan running to help with circulation of air, and heat control, not sure of the heat yet as i dont yet have a temperature gaugue for the wardrobe. but i heard it helps thicken the stem too it's only on low setting though.
feels warm in the air but not hot.
April 20th [Growing slowly but surely]
Progress is being made the middle leaves are looking abit bigger now.
-------------------------
Well there you go guys we're currently on the 7th day , and i plan to keep you all regulary updated, hopefully we can learn from each other or people watching as guests might pick something up like i have over all this time when snooping around
.Oh yeah i also play the plant music today, 9 songs this was the song list i played to my plant...
****
celine dion alive
youll be a woman soon
numa numa chinese
like a love song selena gomez
love machine girls aloud
starships niki minaj
written in the stars eric turner 2.0 ***
radioactive within temptation
heyheyheyheyah song
****
So far so good i think, although i think it's maybe growing abit too slow?.
Comments welcome, even hate comments are welcome but i know you guys more than you know me, your a nice bunch i've had the pleasure of reading you guys like a ghost or ninja in the shadows
.
