KingNyx
Well-Known Member
I have lurked here for a couple weeks now, learning tons about what I should and shouldn't do. So excuse the first half of my grow being over and the ignorant mistakes you can see on some of my leaves. I actually had no idea how fertilizer worked before I got halfway through, Thankfully cannabis is one hearty plant! Last thing before I start, please no negative vibes in here.
The Grow
For my first grow I chose these lovely seeds. Put them in the zip-lock on jan 15th. Was worried I wouldnt get a germination but the paper towel in a baggy method had 100% on my two. (I also added a few drops of hydrogen peroxide to the baggy) The second i saw sign of a tap root i put them in some soil in small stryofoam cups. Sure enough jan 19th their little heads popped from the dirt. The soilless grow mix im using is Pro-mix HP + mycorrhizae. The only light I am using at this point is my 450W Viparspectra with only Veg for the first set of leaves and bloom engaged after the second.
The Temperature of the grow was kept at a steady 20-25C and during veg the room had a 50-60% humidity level.
Quite ugly I agree, but I had what I had and I did what I did. Basically the bucket on the bottom has snails and fish in it and the top buckets have tubes made into ebb and flow syphons so they fill and empty to the holes on the bottom of the 3 gallon pots. They were transplanted January 26th. I thought they were going to be stunted for weeks the blueberry lost half its roots during the transplant. But nope. by Feb 3rd roots were already dipping down into the water.
Right after the transplant I took a few days to work then decided I needed to get my plants into bloom before my stash is gone and I have to combat anxiety cold turkey.
Alskan saw mill 2x2's and cardboard and my poormans grow tent is complete. At this point I thought I knew enough what I needed too about growing. But my plants health was honestly all thanks to the pro-mix and its fertilizer charge im pretty sure. I kept transplanting before I had problems with nutrients im sure. The night I got them into their new grow area (Feb 22) I flipped their lighting to 12-12 with a timer and added a 200cfm 4 inch VIVOSUN duct fan exhausting from the top. No intake besides holes along the door and bottom. My attempt to draw the co2 from the floor up. When i light incense the negative pressure is enough to draw it under the door so all I can do.
Over time my nutrient feed was becoming clearly inadequate. I bought the 3 part Future harvest-Holland secret mix and ive been using that since about 8 days after flower was initiated at 3/4 what they say I should. After 1 week of flower I also switched the schedule to 11-13 and covered my pots in aluminum foil to try to keep my humidity down as it started to jump up to 70% sometimes 75%
