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OAP quote for this Journal: "One of the simplest ideas for me to appreciate is observing something so small grow into something of beauty despite all circumstances."
Intro: I was not planning on creating an online journal, however after all of the information and knowledge i acquired from others, I felt that i should contribute my little part, and be open to any guidance that more experienced growers may have for me. I personally have been smoking for three years, and just thought it would be fun to try growing for my friends and I. I have built my own grow box and did a little paint job on it. I hope I am successful in my growing ability and preparation, but will still persevere if I am not. Originally I was looking for clones online, but my lack of trust in the general population and wanting a reliable source led me to ordering seeds online. Everything you see costed roughly $450 at this point. I am two weeks into the grow.
Plan: In the grow box, I plan on having 3 plants and will only be focusing on those for my first time. I've had 5 shots of some terrible vodka before and during this first post so bear with me. And a great dinner prepared for myself: Chicken/Rice/Carrots/Broccoli. The same dinner I have been preparing for myself for the last 3 months. Back on track I am going with the flow and will make adjustments to my operation as time progresses and advice is given. Please feel free to offer advice or any comments as that's what part of this is for. Hope everyone can use this as a resource and enjoy watching my babies grow up. Why am i typing? Let's get to it.
Starting Equipment and Info:
Grow Box: 4' x 2' x 6' - Plywood/Mylar Film/Adhesive Spray/Wood Screws
Inline Fan w/ Charcoal Filter: 190 CFM - No settings, just plug in and let the air flow
Light: 400 Watt HPS/MH - Settings(50%/70%/100%/Super Lumen)
Soil: Fox Farms - 35% Happy Frog/ 35% Ocean Forest/ 30% Perlite
Seeds: 5 Nirvana's Feminized "Aurora Indica"
Note: Any information I don't provide relevant to the grow... please ask. And if curious about anything I will do my best to answer. Pictures do more than my words and so much easier to read than text so I will try to be adamant on quality and quantity pics!
Initial Pictures:
This is my grow box I created. I wanted a discreet op that I could use wherever I am. This is what i came up with. Perhaps not that discreet, but warms up my living room and has a neat design for decoration!
Arrived seeds. 5 AI seeds and 10 Mystery Seeds. I germinated all 5 AI seeds by immediately putting them in moist Jiffy Pellets. If you can notice, 2 of the 10 mystery seed's capsules had been broken so i put both in 1 pellet and stored the remaining 8.
5 AI germinating in the cake pan with a plastic humidity dome. 2 mystery seeds in the one pellet germinating in the small glass cup.
3 of 5 AI seeds sprouted within 3-4 days and the mystery seed sprouted first and seemed to be doing the best. After first leaves came out I removed the plastic dome and exposed them to the light. The cooking sheet with aluminum and paper towels were intended to increase humidity(which in a micro climate, that may work, but didn't notice more than a 3-4% difference in the remote temp/RH monitor).
My first mistake was over watering the seedlings as I noticed crispy and curling behavior among the first leaves. I was watering too frequently and too much. Fix: less watering and they seemed to recover within 2-3 days. This picture doesn't depict the signs of the issue but these are the babies maybe a week old.
As I have just started this Journal today(14 days from receiving the seeds), these are what they look like as of two weeks into their life.
Day 14
Concerns: Humidity has been a constant between 26-30%... in which i conclude is low for ideal conditions. Temperature is on an average of 77 degrees(Fahrenheit), although goes from about 73 at night and up to 80 during the day. One of these four are going to have to say goodbye(likely the most prominent appearing one right now as I don't know the gender). Front left.. the mystery. Any comments or advice is much appreciated.
OAP quote for this Journal: "One of the simplest ideas for me to appreciate is observing something so small grow into something of beauty despite all circumstances."
Intro: I was not planning on creating an online journal, however after all of the information and knowledge i acquired from others, I felt that i should contribute my little part, and be open to any guidance that more experienced growers may have for me. I personally have been smoking for three years, and just thought it would be fun to try growing for my friends and I. I have built my own grow box and did a little paint job on it. I hope I am successful in my growing ability and preparation, but will still persevere if I am not. Originally I was looking for clones online, but my lack of trust in the general population and wanting a reliable source led me to ordering seeds online. Everything you see costed roughly $450 at this point. I am two weeks into the grow.
Plan: In the grow box, I plan on having 3 plants and will only be focusing on those for my first time. I've had 5 shots of some terrible vodka before and during this first post so bear with me. And a great dinner prepared for myself: Chicken/Rice/Carrots/Broccoli. The same dinner I have been preparing for myself for the last 3 months. Back on track I am going with the flow and will make adjustments to my operation as time progresses and advice is given. Please feel free to offer advice or any comments as that's what part of this is for. Hope everyone can use this as a resource and enjoy watching my babies grow up. Why am i typing? Let's get to it.
Starting Equipment and Info:
Grow Box: 4' x 2' x 6' - Plywood/Mylar Film/Adhesive Spray/Wood Screws
Inline Fan w/ Charcoal Filter: 190 CFM - No settings, just plug in and let the air flow
Light: 400 Watt HPS/MH - Settings(50%/70%/100%/Super Lumen)
Soil: Fox Farms - 35% Happy Frog/ 35% Ocean Forest/ 30% Perlite
Seeds: 5 Nirvana's Feminized "Aurora Indica"
Note: Any information I don't provide relevant to the grow... please ask. And if curious about anything I will do my best to answer. Pictures do more than my words and so much easier to read than text so I will try to be adamant on quality and quantity pics!
Initial Pictures:
This is my grow box I created. I wanted a discreet op that I could use wherever I am. This is what i came up with. Perhaps not that discreet, but warms up my living room and has a neat design for decoration!
Arrived seeds. 5 AI seeds and 10 Mystery Seeds. I germinated all 5 AI seeds by immediately putting them in moist Jiffy Pellets. If you can notice, 2 of the 10 mystery seed's capsules had been broken so i put both in 1 pellet and stored the remaining 8.
5 AI germinating in the cake pan with a plastic humidity dome. 2 mystery seeds in the one pellet germinating in the small glass cup.
3 of 5 AI seeds sprouted within 3-4 days and the mystery seed sprouted first and seemed to be doing the best. After first leaves came out I removed the plastic dome and exposed them to the light. The cooking sheet with aluminum and paper towels were intended to increase humidity(which in a micro climate, that may work, but didn't notice more than a 3-4% difference in the remote temp/RH monitor).
My first mistake was over watering the seedlings as I noticed crispy and curling behavior among the first leaves. I was watering too frequently and too much. Fix: less watering and they seemed to recover within 2-3 days. This picture doesn't depict the signs of the issue but these are the babies maybe a week old.
As I have just started this Journal today(14 days from receiving the seeds), these are what they look like as of two weeks into their life.
Day 14
Concerns: Humidity has been a constant between 26-30%... in which i conclude is low for ideal conditions. Temperature is on an average of 77 degrees(Fahrenheit), although goes from about 73 at night and up to 80 during the day. One of these four are going to have to say goodbye(likely the most prominent appearing one right now as I don't know the gender). Front left.. the mystery. Any comments or advice is much appreciated.
