First Grow

[Raven Al'Vere]

This my first attempt at growing. I'm growing from a seed found in one of my baggies. I started germinating it on december 1st and planted it about two days later.

These are pictures of it 9 days old. I've been watering it with water out of my fish tank. I'm using 100 watt equivalent CFL lights on at 24/0. Occasionally I blow the fan on it for a couple of hours. So far so good. Any advice on how to enhance would be appreciated, though I'm working on a low budget.

 

[DroJo]

She looks healthy so far
what kinda soil ya usin?

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

It's called master mix professional potting soil. I picked it up at a local nursery for like 2 dollars

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

This is the plant 12 hours after day 9.

 

[ultrasonic]

See the way that your leaves are curling? That could be a sign of heat stress. The leaves need to be cooled off all day with a fan so they won't do this.

otherwise, good luck!

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

Day 11 The fan is on and the lights are farther back. Should I be concerned with the leaves curling.

 

[Linkorien]

have you watered since moving the lights back?
watering promotes plant movement as well. the stems and leaves are moist and easier to shape
if you haven't, try giving the plant a good watering and see how the leaves do
other wise looks nice and green good luck

 

[Retired Three]

What are you using for lighting?

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

I'm using two 26 watt cfls. I did water it a bunch. It seems to be doing better. It grew noticeably bigger last night.

 

[CorruptArmada]

pretty legit if you ask me

 

[ChicagoJoe]

make sure to have a fan blowing the air around too. It will strenghtn the stem and also provide fresh co2.

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

This is the plant on day 17, 4 days after the transplant. At first I was worried because growth lagged but its on its course again. I bought some fertilizer called "Organic All-purpose by Dynamite." I was wondering if anyone has any info on it. I haven't used it yet. Two more lights are on the plant now, a 29 watt (rated 150) cfl and an 18 inch fluorescent tube from an old fish tank. It also has 24 hour indirect fan coverage.

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

Actually its day 18

 

[Linkorien]

wow that's beautiful on day 18, my plants are on day 13 under 252 watts of cfl, and aren't nearly as big and bushy as yours, i hope mine get like that in 5 days lol very nice so far,

how long do you plan on vegging them for?

 

[Retired Three]

There is a 300 watt CFL that only uses 76 watts sold by Lowes and Home Depot for $15. I use 2 of them and they made a big difference with my plants.

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

It got big really fast after I transplanted it. I don't plan on letting it veg too long as I can't take care of it after January. So I figured I'd try and get it to around 20 inches and then start its flower stage and see if i could pick up a small harvest.

 

[Grooster]

Hey man just caught up on the grow...Looking good, and you say you got this from a bag? Well, hope its a girl then! good luck bro...

 

[ultrasonic]

Lookin good my friend!

The problem with heat stress is the plants air holes will close up, and the leaf closes up shop, making it a waste of energy when the leaf dies from not doing it's thing.

they're easier to expose to heat stress when they're younger, but they're looking good now. The downward curl of the leaves could be stress from transplant, but it could be from over watering too.

good luck!

 

[Raven Al'Vere]

I've been watering them whenever the soil on top seems dry. The growth has returned to normal and its getting a new set of leaves everyday.

 

[rocafellarush]

nice start my man... How was the bud that u got the seed from? was it good or dirt?