hambone3052
New Member
I am new to the idea of keeping any sort of online journal, or blogging, or doing anything online outside of fantasy football for that fact, so please bear with me as I attempt my first ever grow journal. I'm a total rookie in the grow world, so I'm here posting looking for any and all information people are willing to give me to help the wife and I grow the top notch medical marijuana we can.
Small background on why we began growing medical marijuana to begin with. My wife was in an awful car accident in 2011 where she broke 2 of her vertebrea in her lower back due to compression. She was given numerous prescriptions from her dr, but either she was allergic (allergy to codine), or plain old muscle relaxers didn't do anything but upset her stomach. So the Dr recommended her taking Tylenol and ibuprofen to help with the pain (vicodin without the codine in it basically) Shortly after that began to make her feel nauseous, and lost her appetite. We have smoked prior to having the medical card, and my wife knew that marijuana was the best option for her pain.
Prior to my wife signing me up as her caregiver, I have never grown marijuana. Smoked it, never grew it. I gathered small amounts of info online before ordering all the things I needed online, but had no other guidance. So with my limited amount of knowledge, this is my set up:
2-450w 3w G8LED led grow lights w/ ratchet straps
4-5 gallon DWC hydroponic buckets
4" airstone
10" net pots
Grow medium is leca clay pebbles
1030 gpm 6 valve air pump (have 2 and alternate every water change)
2 fans
Portable air conditioner with dehumidifier
Cool mist humidifier
Blue Planet organic nutrients, and CALiMAGic by general hydroponics (did not have for my first grow)
4x10x8 grow tent
I'm sure I'm missing something, any questions please ask.
I'm currently on my 3rd grow, although this is the first time I've started from bagseed. I germinated 12 seeds using the paper towel method. All of them sprouted withing 2 days (surprisingly), so I transplanted eight of them into ph'd rockwool cubes. I placed them into my hot house with heat mat, and my first one sprouted by day two, and my last one sprouted by day four. Unfortunately one of them died at quite a young age leaving us seven healthy babies. I use distilled water mixed with rapid rooter and I seen my first root within a week (I don't remember which day it was). While they were in the hot house I was using one 24w 2' T-5 for light. I transplanted into red solo cups, using a mixture of FFOF, HF, and miracle grow perlite. Once I transplanted into soil, I also switched out lighting to 1 of my LED lights, which I keep about 34" above. (As u will see in my pics, I had to learn to keep the lights that far away the hard way). I keep my room about 73-76°F, 40-60% humidity, and I'm on an 18/6 light cycle. As of right now they are about 2"-4" and are working on their first node. I plan on transplanting four of them into my hydro buckets, and keeping three of them in soil. Curiosity made me decide to grow using both hydro and soil, to see which one I found fit my growing abilities, while also giving me the quality we need.
I hope all that gives you an idea of what I'm working with here. As I said above, I'm sure I left out some important info so please feel free to ask as many questions as you would like. I am a newbie and am probably making a million mistakes, so I am looking to "perfect" my growing techniques. I'm hoping this grow journal will help. I will add pics shortly.
Thank you for reading, and please post post post!
Small background on why we began growing medical marijuana to begin with. My wife was in an awful car accident in 2011 where she broke 2 of her vertebrea in her lower back due to compression. She was given numerous prescriptions from her dr, but either she was allergic (allergy to codine), or plain old muscle relaxers didn't do anything but upset her stomach. So the Dr recommended her taking Tylenol and ibuprofen to help with the pain (vicodin without the codine in it basically) Shortly after that began to make her feel nauseous, and lost her appetite. We have smoked prior to having the medical card, and my wife knew that marijuana was the best option for her pain.
Prior to my wife signing me up as her caregiver, I have never grown marijuana. Smoked it, never grew it. I gathered small amounts of info online before ordering all the things I needed online, but had no other guidance. So with my limited amount of knowledge, this is my set up:
2-450w 3w G8LED led grow lights w/ ratchet straps
4-5 gallon DWC hydroponic buckets
4" airstone
10" net pots
Grow medium is leca clay pebbles
1030 gpm 6 valve air pump (have 2 and alternate every water change)
2 fans
Portable air conditioner with dehumidifier
Cool mist humidifier
Blue Planet organic nutrients, and CALiMAGic by general hydroponics (did not have for my first grow)
4x10x8 grow tent
I'm sure I'm missing something, any questions please ask.
I'm currently on my 3rd grow, although this is the first time I've started from bagseed. I germinated 12 seeds using the paper towel method. All of them sprouted withing 2 days (surprisingly), so I transplanted eight of them into ph'd rockwool cubes. I placed them into my hot house with heat mat, and my first one sprouted by day two, and my last one sprouted by day four. Unfortunately one of them died at quite a young age leaving us seven healthy babies. I use distilled water mixed with rapid rooter and I seen my first root within a week (I don't remember which day it was). While they were in the hot house I was using one 24w 2' T-5 for light. I transplanted into red solo cups, using a mixture of FFOF, HF, and miracle grow perlite. Once I transplanted into soil, I also switched out lighting to 1 of my LED lights, which I keep about 34" above. (As u will see in my pics, I had to learn to keep the lights that far away the hard way). I keep my room about 73-76°F, 40-60% humidity, and I'm on an 18/6 light cycle. As of right now they are about 2"-4" and are working on their first node. I plan on transplanting four of them into my hydro buckets, and keeping three of them in soil. Curiosity made me decide to grow using both hydro and soil, to see which one I found fit my growing abilities, while also giving me the quality we need.
I hope all that gives you an idea of what I'm working with here. As I said above, I'm sure I left out some important info so please feel free to ask as many questions as you would like. I am a newbie and am probably making a million mistakes, so I am looking to "perfect" my growing techniques. I'm hoping this grow journal will help. I will add pics shortly.
Thank you for reading, and please post post post!
grow room. Your plants look great so far. Plenty of light, tons of room.. Best wishes to you on your grow my friend. Keep em green bud! 
