unknownone
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Hi everyone:
Thought this would be the apt place to chronicle my most recently-started grow. Technically this is my fourth grow, my first two were fluoro grows gone bad so I am really considering this my second grow.
I placed my first order to Gypsy for Greenhouse Seeds's White Widow and that was it. I looked through the website some more and remembered how much I enjoyed smoking the Nirvana's Northern Lights Pure Indica from my last grow so I placed a second order for that and some Cal Orange Bud from Nirvana. My first order arrived and I was itching to get started but I had to wait another week until my second one arrived. I live in the Mid-atlantic US and both orders took a week door-to-door which is great. Both came with the freebie seeds Durban Posion X Skunk #1 from Sam the Skunkman. I also had two AK-47 from Serious Seeds from my last grow two years ago. I also had some plain Skunk #1 freebies from my last order but did not go with those. So in total, my strains in hand were:
Nirvana Northern Lights Pure Indica
Nirvana Cal Orange Bud
Greenhouse Seeds White Widow
Serious Seeds AK-47
Sam the Skunkman Durban Posion X Skunk #1 (freebie)
According to my grow log, on December 4th at 7:50 PM EST I began the germination. I used the paper towel method in an inverted large plastic cover for those cheap metal dish pans you get in the supermarket. I covered with plastic wrap and put in a dark cabinet above my stove.
One thing that went wrong here was the seeds did get a little mixed up in this germ pan. I bunched like strains together on the pan but with the water and movement some got moved around so I am unclear on a couple of beans which strain they were. So when you germ, use separate containers so your strains don't get mixed. No big deal, most of the beans stayed put.
On Dec 5 I decided to measure the temp in my germ cabinet and found it around 60 F. Too cold for sure, due to our recent cold snap around here. I was hoping the heat from the stove pilot lights would be enough but not so. I thought putting it in the oven would be good, with the dark and stronger pilot light but thermometer showed 90 after a while. I finally ended up putting them in a cabinet above a heater in my bathroom where it stayed a cozy 85 F.
The next night I went to my local Home Depot for supplies. It is annoying that so many of the commercial soils come pre-fertilized now. Miracle Gro and Scott were the two brands around here most featured, and both boasted ferts in all of their products. I finally settled on a more generic potting soil with no ferts. I got 3 big bags of soil and 2 big perlite bags. I also got some picture-hanging wire for my HPS. Oh yeah, my light setup is a 400W HPS.
It took 4 days for me to be satisfied with the seed germinations. I remember it being much faster. The White Widow were by far the most popped, they had up to 1" tails. The Cal Orange was the second most mature. The Dp X Skunk#1 did not really pop at all, which suprised me. But, in the end, the most expensive seeds look the best, so I guess you get what you pay for.
My flowering set up consists of two plastic storage bins, about 8" deep. I plant 10 seeds in the larger and 6 in the smaller. I veg in these and only transplant to big pots when I have found the females. I planted seeds from all but the DpXSk#1. They just didn't pop and I did not want to waste space on them. Oh, the AK47 did not pop either so I left those out.
I had a heart attack when I took out my HPS setup from two years of retirement and it would not turn on. It was stone cold dead. Finally after wire jiggling it got going. I had to fiddle with the position to stop the buzzing.
So the grow is off and running. Sorry for no pics, but I will have them soon, to show you my closet and veg setup. I go for simplicity as much as possible.
Thanks for reading. Any comments or questions always welcome.
Thought this would be the apt place to chronicle my most recently-started grow. Technically this is my fourth grow, my first two were fluoro grows gone bad so I am really considering this my second grow.
I placed my first order to Gypsy for Greenhouse Seeds's White Widow and that was it. I looked through the website some more and remembered how much I enjoyed smoking the Nirvana's Northern Lights Pure Indica from my last grow so I placed a second order for that and some Cal Orange Bud from Nirvana. My first order arrived and I was itching to get started but I had to wait another week until my second one arrived. I live in the Mid-atlantic US and both orders took a week door-to-door which is great. Both came with the freebie seeds Durban Posion X Skunk #1 from Sam the Skunkman. I also had two AK-47 from Serious Seeds from my last grow two years ago. I also had some plain Skunk #1 freebies from my last order but did not go with those. So in total, my strains in hand were:
Nirvana Northern Lights Pure Indica
Nirvana Cal Orange Bud
Greenhouse Seeds White Widow
Serious Seeds AK-47
Sam the Skunkman Durban Posion X Skunk #1 (freebie)
According to my grow log, on December 4th at 7:50 PM EST I began the germination. I used the paper towel method in an inverted large plastic cover for those cheap metal dish pans you get in the supermarket. I covered with plastic wrap and put in a dark cabinet above my stove.
One thing that went wrong here was the seeds did get a little mixed up in this germ pan. I bunched like strains together on the pan but with the water and movement some got moved around so I am unclear on a couple of beans which strain they were. So when you germ, use separate containers so your strains don't get mixed. No big deal, most of the beans stayed put.
On Dec 5 I decided to measure the temp in my germ cabinet and found it around 60 F. Too cold for sure, due to our recent cold snap around here. I was hoping the heat from the stove pilot lights would be enough but not so. I thought putting it in the oven would be good, with the dark and stronger pilot light but thermometer showed 90 after a while. I finally ended up putting them in a cabinet above a heater in my bathroom where it stayed a cozy 85 F.
The next night I went to my local Home Depot for supplies. It is annoying that so many of the commercial soils come pre-fertilized now. Miracle Gro and Scott were the two brands around here most featured, and both boasted ferts in all of their products. I finally settled on a more generic potting soil with no ferts. I got 3 big bags of soil and 2 big perlite bags. I also got some picture-hanging wire for my HPS. Oh yeah, my light setup is a 400W HPS.
It took 4 days for me to be satisfied with the seed germinations. I remember it being much faster. The White Widow were by far the most popped, they had up to 1" tails. The Cal Orange was the second most mature. The Dp X Skunk#1 did not really pop at all, which suprised me. But, in the end, the most expensive seeds look the best, so I guess you get what you pay for.
My flowering set up consists of two plastic storage bins, about 8" deep. I plant 10 seeds in the larger and 6 in the smaller. I veg in these and only transplant to big pots when I have found the females. I planted seeds from all but the DpXSk#1. They just didn't pop and I did not want to waste space on them. Oh, the AK47 did not pop either so I left those out.
I had a heart attack when I took out my HPS setup from two years of retirement and it would not turn on. It was stone cold dead. Finally after wire jiggling it got going. I had to fiddle with the position to stop the buzzing.
So the grow is off and running. Sorry for no pics, but I will have them soon, to show you my closet and veg setup. I go for simplicity as much as possible.
Thanks for reading. Any comments or questions always welcome.
