SpacemanSpiff
New Member
First of all, I'm happy with my purchase. My seeds arrived exactly one week after my order. Communications were good, explaining what to expect, and CKS sent 2 Freebies, so I received 7 seeds total. So far, I have had 100% germination (four seeds), put the other three in storage. That being said, I think I have killed three due to carelessness on my own part, going from germination to soil. Hoping that some of you can help me complete this grow successfully.
First, my grow area is extremely small, so I think that I will use a SCROG and I have a single LED Grow Light. The light was listed as 300W, but looks to draw only about 140W and part of that is for the cooling fan. That's OK, we will see what I can get! I am a lite user and really only want one plant at a time and a single oz could last me a year, if I didn't share so much.
Because I am a new grower have very few preconceived notions on how this grow should go (No real idea what I should do), it is great to find 420 Magazine's site. Since my original failures (see below) I have started to read grow journals and I plan to be very flexible, share whenever I can and consider (not always take) any input others can provide. The best that I can tell, my failure moving from germination to soil was in my soil selection and a little bad luck. I wanted to grow organic and thought a soil grow would be a good first grow, so I simply put some organic soil in cups and put my first two little sprouted seeds in the soil. Then on a sunny morning, before work, I sat them out to grow. Unfortunately, there was an unexpected afternoon thunderstorm that blew up while I was at work. Never saw that coming and it washed them right out and I haven't seen them since. I was a little more careful with third seed and kept it indoors, in a window seal, but I think the organic soil was too heavy and it never broke the surface. After some looking at what I had done and considering some articles that I had read, I started soaking my fourth seed and went back to the store and found some vermiculite. I mixed this 75% vermiculite with 25% organic soil in a cup, watered with rain water and my fourth seed popped up fine. I also prepared a 12" pot with a 50/50 mix of vermiculite and organic soil and have it in my grow room, waiting until it is about time to transplant before watering it.
Below are a couple of pictures, the first are my soils and the seed soaking in a paper towel, just before being placed into the cup. The second is few days later, the day after my seed sprouted. She is under an 18/6 light cycle now, to keep the heat from getting too hot and looks pretty good to me.
First, my grow area is extremely small, so I think that I will use a SCROG and I have a single LED Grow Light. The light was listed as 300W, but looks to draw only about 140W and part of that is for the cooling fan. That's OK, we will see what I can get! I am a lite user and really only want one plant at a time and a single oz could last me a year, if I didn't share so much.
Because I am a new grower have very few preconceived notions on how this grow should go (No real idea what I should do), it is great to find 420 Magazine's site. Since my original failures (see below) I have started to read grow journals and I plan to be very flexible, share whenever I can and consider (not always take) any input others can provide. The best that I can tell, my failure moving from germination to soil was in my soil selection and a little bad luck. I wanted to grow organic and thought a soil grow would be a good first grow, so I simply put some organic soil in cups and put my first two little sprouted seeds in the soil. Then on a sunny morning, before work, I sat them out to grow. Unfortunately, there was an unexpected afternoon thunderstorm that blew up while I was at work. Never saw that coming and it washed them right out and I haven't seen them since. I was a little more careful with third seed and kept it indoors, in a window seal, but I think the organic soil was too heavy and it never broke the surface. After some looking at what I had done and considering some articles that I had read, I started soaking my fourth seed and went back to the store and found some vermiculite. I mixed this 75% vermiculite with 25% organic soil in a cup, watered with rain water and my fourth seed popped up fine. I also prepared a 12" pot with a 50/50 mix of vermiculite and organic soil and have it in my grow room, waiting until it is about time to transplant before watering it.
Below are a couple of pictures, the first are my soils and the seed soaking in a paper towel, just before being placed into the cup. The second is few days later, the day after my seed sprouted. She is under an 18/6 light cycle now, to keep the heat from getting too hot and looks pretty good to me.
