Tokist
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howdy y'all! for starters, i've had this account for several years. my username used to be jizwort. at some point, a mod got offended because the first syllable of my alias was slang for semen. if any mods are reading this... can we please either change this back to jizwort or just change my name altogether?
i'm a long time lurker, two or three time poster and first time grower. i used to grow mushrooms a few years back and stumbled on these forums when searching through mushbox. this's always been a side interest of mine but i've never had the resources to really pursue it like i wanted to (being in the army sort of puts a damper on that kind of thing).
anyhow, i'm out now and this is my first order of businesses (after my wife and upcoming child of course)!
i put a small handful of seeds in a glass of water to germinate. after about six of em popped, i put them in some dirt. downside, it was cheap dirt. i should have cut it with some of that rich lookin stuff outside, but eh.
of the six that germinated, only two made it through the soil after the third day. both at the same exact time and same exact height. i dug around for the others in their little cups and managed to find one seedling with a taproot. i moved it to some rockwool for shits and giggles but it didn't take.
here's what they looked like the day they sprouted:
now they're on day 4 and lookin' a bit better:
since i've only got two seedlings, i'm going to do one of two things. i'll let both plants mature enough to pull bout six clones off each. from there, i'll either flip the switch on the mother to see what the sex of my clones are and proceed from there OR i'll wait til my clones root, pull one of each plants clone and flower them seperately. then i can keep the mother for my clone army. i wish i had just done hydro from the start rather than messing with dirt. but oh well. a learning experience, right?
my DWC setup is pretty much a direct rip off of labrats (anyone remember him?) that you can find in ye olde abandoned archives. what appealed about that system is his non-chalant attitude towards the whole thing. his grows taught me that you can micro-manage all you want, and sure. you'll get some badass bud out of it. but you dont need to do all that to still produce a great harvest.
we call it weed for a reason, people. weeds grow on my lawn without any assistance from me or anyone else. in fact, were i so inclined, i have to actually TRY to get rid of them. seems to me that the marijuana plant is hardier than most give it credit for.
the lighting i'll be using for flowering is on order. the guy that owns the hydro store nearby went on vacation this week so i wont be able to pick my light up til he gets back. for vegging i'm just using some cool blue cfls. ill have a 400W HPS by the time flowering kicks into gear.
the flowering room is actually going to be my small closet in my bedroom:
we've got a HUGE walk-in closet i'd love to use instead but my wife had to draw the line. we gotta little girl on the way and the small closet isnt enough to for them to share, lol. she says if i can get her a smokeable crop before christmas she might let me have the big closet. but i think she knows it isn't possible, s'why she made the offer.
anyhow, over the next couple of days i'll be putting together the DWC reservoir. i'm sprouting more seedlings in the event both of the plants i have now are female.
you might be able to see the left-most one. it's cracked the shell. the others haven't shown any sign of activity but it's only been a day and a half.
these are the nutes i'll be using. my guy at the hydro store just gave em to me. they're either crap nutes or he just wants me to keep comin back and buyin more stuff, lol. that itty bitty bottle with the black label is root enhancer and the bigger botte that says NOT FOR RESALE is blossom builder. all i know is that he gave me a feeding schedule to go by. what do you guys think of this:
ill post more photos of my DWC setup when it's done. quick question though: i saw a DWC setup where a guy had what he called "a nute res" in a separate container from where his plants were gonna be sitting in. i always thought in a DWC all that was handled in the same res. can someone enlighten me? ah ha! found the link!
thanks all!
i'm a long time lurker, two or three time poster and first time grower. i used to grow mushrooms a few years back and stumbled on these forums when searching through mushbox. this's always been a side interest of mine but i've never had the resources to really pursue it like i wanted to (being in the army sort of puts a damper on that kind of thing).
anyhow, i'm out now and this is my first order of businesses (after my wife and upcoming child of course)!
i put a small handful of seeds in a glass of water to germinate. after about six of em popped, i put them in some dirt. downside, it was cheap dirt. i should have cut it with some of that rich lookin stuff outside, but eh.
of the six that germinated, only two made it through the soil after the third day. both at the same exact time and same exact height. i dug around for the others in their little cups and managed to find one seedling with a taproot. i moved it to some rockwool for shits and giggles but it didn't take.
here's what they looked like the day they sprouted:
now they're on day 4 and lookin' a bit better:
since i've only got two seedlings, i'm going to do one of two things. i'll let both plants mature enough to pull bout six clones off each. from there, i'll either flip the switch on the mother to see what the sex of my clones are and proceed from there OR i'll wait til my clones root, pull one of each plants clone and flower them seperately. then i can keep the mother for my clone army. i wish i had just done hydro from the start rather than messing with dirt. but oh well. a learning experience, right?
my DWC setup is pretty much a direct rip off of labrats (anyone remember him?) that you can find in ye olde abandoned archives. what appealed about that system is his non-chalant attitude towards the whole thing. his grows taught me that you can micro-manage all you want, and sure. you'll get some badass bud out of it. but you dont need to do all that to still produce a great harvest.
we call it weed for a reason, people. weeds grow on my lawn without any assistance from me or anyone else. in fact, were i so inclined, i have to actually TRY to get rid of them. seems to me that the marijuana plant is hardier than most give it credit for.
the lighting i'll be using for flowering is on order. the guy that owns the hydro store nearby went on vacation this week so i wont be able to pick my light up til he gets back. for vegging i'm just using some cool blue cfls. ill have a 400W HPS by the time flowering kicks into gear.
the flowering room is actually going to be my small closet in my bedroom:
we've got a HUGE walk-in closet i'd love to use instead but my wife had to draw the line. we gotta little girl on the way and the small closet isnt enough to for them to share, lol. she says if i can get her a smokeable crop before christmas she might let me have the big closet. but i think she knows it isn't possible, s'why she made the offer.
anyhow, over the next couple of days i'll be putting together the DWC reservoir. i'm sprouting more seedlings in the event both of the plants i have now are female.
you might be able to see the left-most one. it's cracked the shell. the others haven't shown any sign of activity but it's only been a day and a half.
these are the nutes i'll be using. my guy at the hydro store just gave em to me. they're either crap nutes or he just wants me to keep comin back and buyin more stuff, lol. that itty bitty bottle with the black label is root enhancer and the bigger botte that says NOT FOR RESALE is blossom builder. all i know is that he gave me a feeding schedule to go by. what do you guys think of this:
ill post more photos of my DWC setup when it's done. quick question though: i saw a DWC setup where a guy had what he called "a nute res" in a separate container from where his plants were gonna be sitting in. i always thought in a DWC all that was handled in the same res. can someone enlighten me? ah ha! found the link!
thanks all!
