First of all I am an absolute beginner for this area and start my grow from curiosity. I had some seeds from my smoke and I said maybe I can also grow since it shouldn't be so hard
However I rushed the process and did my first mistake very easy by planting 4 seeds into one 5 lt pot. Anyway then I started to read some and learnt that the process has many variables and its very easy to make mistakes and kill my babies. I had my lesson so far and trying to read as much as possible.
Decided to post this jurnal to have some comments&help from experienced folks throughout my process. Also I can document and learn from my mistakes. Yet, weed still illegal where I live and I had to go stealth and also I can not throw a big budget for this project. For these reasons I am trying to keep the project low budget and stealth as much as possible.
Grow Space:
I found a a carton box which sized as 55cm X 55cm X 105cm and using this as my grow room. After seeing those PC grows I believe this space will be enough for at least 1-2 plants.
Cooling:
For cooling, I amusing these spare 12cm computer Fans and another cheap fan with a bit morepower. My house will be a lot hotter after these days and I hope this 3rd onewill balance the heat and also smell with a DIY carbon filter.
As it can be seen,foil used as reflective surface and this was the second mistake as far as Iread from here. However it was easy,fast, cheap and accessable since I couldnot find mylar in the near stores and online one was a bit expensive thanexpected.
Soil: Ordinary and cheap flower mix from store.
Seeds: I had no idea about the strain and theirgender so I plant all I have to maximize the female possibility. Eventhough Ihave 8 seedlings my plan is to kill male ones and end up with 1-2 plant max. But I have learnt that I needat least 6 weeks and these babies will be developped a lot in 6 weeks.
At the end I do notknow if grow space or pot size will be enough but I do not wan to rush for anychange and kill my babies.
Pot size : I am trying to use mostly materialsfrom home and we had spare 5lt pots. As I mentioned earlier I plant the seedswithout any knowladge and end up with 4 seedlings in one pot which I believe itwill be a problem. However I do not know to fix this since I do not have enoughspace
Light: Again I choose the cheapest option andgo with these poor compact chinese led bulbs. It says 20W on the package and Iam using 4X20W 6500K bulbs currently. Also distance of the lights is around45cm to the plants.
However again thislight choice and the quantity can be a mistake. I am not sure since after Iread some I have learnt that true watt of these bulbs will be around 10W and Ibelieve this will not be enough light. I am checking some splitters to add atleast 4 more bulbs, if can.
Temperature: I am checking the temperaturefrequently and it is changing between 25-30 C.
I believe it will be enough.
Nutes: After reading some I rushed a bitand end up with below nutes for start. Iam not sure if I should start them when they are this small but I am followingthe manufacturers instructions. I add around 1 ml of each to 5lt water and I amwatering them with it around 3 days apart. Also this nute kit provided a PHtest and I only checked the water after addind nutes and it looks ok I hope.
After more than 1 week my seedlings looks fine but who am I to judge I am open for any suggestions folks...
However I rushed the process and did my first mistake very easy by planting 4 seeds into one 5 lt pot. Anyway then I started to read some and learnt that the process has many variables and its very easy to make mistakes and kill my babies. I had my lesson so far and trying to read as much as possible.
Decided to post this jurnal to have some comments&help from experienced folks throughout my process. Also I can document and learn from my mistakes. Yet, weed still illegal where I live and I had to go stealth and also I can not throw a big budget for this project. For these reasons I am trying to keep the project low budget and stealth as much as possible.
Grow Space:
I found a a carton box which sized as 55cm X 55cm X 105cm and using this as my grow room. After seeing those PC grows I believe this space will be enough for at least 1-2 plants.
Cooling:
For cooling, I amusing these spare 12cm computer Fans and another cheap fan with a bit morepower. My house will be a lot hotter after these days and I hope this 3rd onewill balance the heat and also smell with a DIY carbon filter.
As it can be seen,foil used as reflective surface and this was the second mistake as far as Iread from here. However it was easy,fast, cheap and accessable since I couldnot find mylar in the near stores and online one was a bit expensive thanexpected.
Soil: Ordinary and cheap flower mix from store.
Seeds: I had no idea about the strain and theirgender so I plant all I have to maximize the female possibility. Eventhough Ihave 8 seedlings my plan is to kill male ones and end up with 1-2 plant max. But I have learnt that I needat least 6 weeks and these babies will be developped a lot in 6 weeks.
At the end I do notknow if grow space or pot size will be enough but I do not wan to rush for anychange and kill my babies.
Pot size : I am trying to use mostly materialsfrom home and we had spare 5lt pots. As I mentioned earlier I plant the seedswithout any knowladge and end up with 4 seedlings in one pot which I believe itwill be a problem. However I do not know to fix this since I do not have enoughspace
Light: Again I choose the cheapest option andgo with these poor compact chinese led bulbs. It says 20W on the package and Iam using 4X20W 6500K bulbs currently. Also distance of the lights is around45cm to the plants.
However again thislight choice and the quantity can be a mistake. I am not sure since after Iread some I have learnt that true watt of these bulbs will be around 10W and Ibelieve this will not be enough light. I am checking some splitters to add atleast 4 more bulbs, if can.
Temperature: I am checking the temperaturefrequently and it is changing between 25-30 C.
I believe it will be enough.
Nutes: After reading some I rushed a bitand end up with below nutes for start. Iam not sure if I should start them when they are this small but I am followingthe manufacturers instructions. I add around 1 ml of each to 5lt water and I amwatering them with it around 3 days apart. Also this nute kit provided a PHtest and I only checked the water after addind nutes and it looks ok I hope.
After more than 1 week my seedlings looks fine but who am I to judge I am open for any suggestions folks...