George Growstanza
Well-Known Member
This is the first installment of what will hopefully be a long and entertaining series. It is my second time growing pot, the first time was ten years ago and didn't quite turn out too well. The grow is well underway, but I'll try to recap everything so we all know what's going on.
Let's get things started!
Strain: Unknown bagseed.
Currently starting week 7 since switch to 12-12.
Growing indoors in soil.
Soil is indoor potting soil from my local garden center. Nutrient levels unknown.
Lights are cheap LED bulbs from Home Depot, not designed for growing plants.
Temperature range I have recorded so far has been between 17C - 21C (63F - 70F)
Relative humidity fluctuating between 45% and 70%
PH was recorded around the 6 - 6.5 range.
As we can see, my setup is far from ideal. I don't have a grow tent, I just set up my lights to the underside of a table. It seems to work okay but it can be a pain to do my gardening on the floor.
Began germination of 3 bagseeds on 20/10/2018 using the paper towel method. Within 48 hours the first two (Plant A and plant B) were showing taproots. 3rd seed (Plant C) Showed taproot an additional 24 hours later.
Plants A and B broke the surface of the soil on 24/10/2018 with no issues whatsoever.
Plant C broke the soil surface on 26/10/2018. In order to try and get this seedling to catch up to the other two I had planted it slightly shallower in the soil. This proved to be a mistake on my part as the seedling still had a helmet when it peeked its head out of the soil. This issue was resolved by moistening the seed shell and removing with tweezers.
The problems for plant C didn’t stop there however. Being a complete beginner, I unknowingly purchased soil that some may call the bane of cannabis growers: Miracle-Gro. The result was that I immediately had a fungus gnat problem, not even 1 week in.
To my displeasure, when I pulled the helmet off plant C, I spotted a miniscule insect of some sort, chewing its way through the cotyledons of my poor little seedling. After quick research, I determined that it was a fungus gnat larva (white worm shape with black head), and promptly disposed of it. Then I went to buy some yellow sticky traps.
The first of many lessons learned, don’t use Miracle-Gro. I did keep the seedlings in it until transplant. Where they got put into the local garden centers house brand soil mix. Fingers crossed that it does better than the Miracle-No.
Here is a pic of a mutation on plant B. Notice the duck foot shaped leaf. This was the first and only leaf I saw like this. Kind of a neat mutation though!
06/11/2018: Transplant day. All three plants were moved to 11L (approx. 3 gallon) pots. The plants were still quite small, however I thought the sooner I got them out of that Miracle-Gro and into different soil, the better.
Here is a pic taken a few days after transplanting.
The smaller plant in the middle is plant C, despite all the initial problems it seems to have picked up nicely, albeit being slightly smaller in size than the other two.
I began training plants A and B. Plant A simply got tied down, and plant B was topped above the 3rd node. My plan with the three plants was to do three different training techniques, and compare the differences in how the plants would respond.
This is the end of the first update. I will try and get us up to speed as quickly as possible. So keep your eyes peeled for more!
Thanks for tuning in!
Let's get things started!
Strain: Unknown bagseed.
Currently starting week 7 since switch to 12-12.
Growing indoors in soil.
Soil is indoor potting soil from my local garden center. Nutrient levels unknown.
Lights are cheap LED bulbs from Home Depot, not designed for growing plants.
Temperature range I have recorded so far has been between 17C - 21C (63F - 70F)
Relative humidity fluctuating between 45% and 70%
PH was recorded around the 6 - 6.5 range.
As we can see, my setup is far from ideal. I don't have a grow tent, I just set up my lights to the underside of a table. It seems to work okay but it can be a pain to do my gardening on the floor.
Began germination of 3 bagseeds on 20/10/2018 using the paper towel method. Within 48 hours the first two (Plant A and plant B) were showing taproots. 3rd seed (Plant C) Showed taproot an additional 24 hours later.
Plants A and B broke the surface of the soil on 24/10/2018 with no issues whatsoever.
Plant C broke the soil surface on 26/10/2018. In order to try and get this seedling to catch up to the other two I had planted it slightly shallower in the soil. This proved to be a mistake on my part as the seedling still had a helmet when it peeked its head out of the soil. This issue was resolved by moistening the seed shell and removing with tweezers.
The problems for plant C didn’t stop there however. Being a complete beginner, I unknowingly purchased soil that some may call the bane of cannabis growers: Miracle-Gro. The result was that I immediately had a fungus gnat problem, not even 1 week in.
To my displeasure, when I pulled the helmet off plant C, I spotted a miniscule insect of some sort, chewing its way through the cotyledons of my poor little seedling. After quick research, I determined that it was a fungus gnat larva (white worm shape with black head), and promptly disposed of it. Then I went to buy some yellow sticky traps.
The first of many lessons learned, don’t use Miracle-Gro. I did keep the seedlings in it until transplant. Where they got put into the local garden centers house brand soil mix. Fingers crossed that it does better than the Miracle-No.
Here is a pic of a mutation on plant B. Notice the duck foot shaped leaf. This was the first and only leaf I saw like this. Kind of a neat mutation though!
06/11/2018: Transplant day. All three plants were moved to 11L (approx. 3 gallon) pots. The plants were still quite small, however I thought the sooner I got them out of that Miracle-Gro and into different soil, the better.
Here is a pic taken a few days after transplanting.
The smaller plant in the middle is plant C, despite all the initial problems it seems to have picked up nicely, albeit being slightly smaller in size than the other two.
I began training plants A and B. Plant A simply got tied down, and plant B was topped above the 3rd node. My plan with the three plants was to do three different training techniques, and compare the differences in how the plants would respond.
This is the end of the first update. I will try and get us up to speed as quickly as possible. So keep your eyes peeled for more!
Thanks for tuning in!
The grow is going fantastic other than the fact that I'm positive the plants would be much bigger at this point if I had a good light. I've been doing some sleuthing and I think when this grow wraps up I may get a Black Diamond Perfect Sun Mini. 
=FEMALE!
