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 JRC
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 First Time Grower - Hash Plant seeds & bag seeds- Organic Soil Grow 
#322291 - 11/27/09 01:51 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi everyone,
JRC here. I am new to the Growery. Some of you have seen and helped me with some answers to my first posts asking about when to expect my seeds to sprout.
I germinated my seeds a week ago. I have now seen some nice sprouting and the beginnings of what i hope to be a successful grow. I have taken my first pics so I decided to start my journal for growing Hash Plant seeds, and some bag seeds from some not so great bud.
My goals:
Are to have as many successful Hash Plants as I can get from the 5 I planted. I also planted 6 seeds from bud that was not very good. I am curious if grown well it will produce better quality marijuana that the bud I found the seeds in. I am not sure if that is even possible ? or if the seed is destined to be just like the bad bud.
Details: 5 Hash Plant seeds & 6 bag seeds - Organic Soil grow
Soil Growers:
1. Are you growing from seed or clones? -
I am growing from 11 seeds.
2. How old are your plants? -
About 1 week old (planted seeds in cups after germinating 6 days ago.)
3. How tall are your plants? 3 cups have sprout-
The two bag seed sprouts are 2 inches tall. The one hash plant sprout in 1 inch tall.(I just put some fresh soil around the stems to give support and because they seemed to have less soil in the cups since I first planted.)
4. What size containers are they planted in? -
Plastic 16oz & 8oz solo cups. I didn't have enough 16oz cups for them all.
5. What is your soil mix? -
I planted them in the cups with just the Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. Nothing else mixed in yet. I make my own compost so I was thinking about later on when I transplant to bigger pots doing 50/50 Fox Farm and my Compost. I had a small organic vegetable garden in my back yard last season and the compost I think really helped keep away pests. But I am interested to hear from the cannabis experts here if thats a good idea to use compost 50/50 with fox farm?
6. How often do you water and what type of water do you use? -
I have been using distilled water or rain water. I have been misting the cups and sprouts 3-4 times a day with a spray bottle. I suspected two days ago that my non-sprouted cups soil may be over watered and needing more oxygen so I cut back on those and a forth cup has just come up yesterday. When I look at the holes at the bottom of the cups I can see the soil at the bottom has consistently been wet. This is also due to the fact that the water drains and stays in the tray. I'd like to hear if you all think they're getting more water than they need.
7. What is the pH of your water? I don't have a ph tester yet.
8. What kind of fertilizer do you use and what is its NPK ratio? -
Just using the fox farm soil nothing else so far. I have Fox Farm Big Bloom which I will use when they get a little older.
9. Do you foliar feed or spray your plants with anything? -
I have just been misting with the distilled water on the soil and a little on the plants.
10. What kind of lights do you use and how many watts combined? (HPS, MH, fluorescent, halogen, incandescent "plant lights")-
Started with 2 CFL 100watt daylights. Just added 2 more- so 4 CFL as of today. all 100 watt daylights.
11. How close are your lights to the plants?
I have two hanging double fixtures for the 4 CFls. The cups are in a starting tray with a dome covering them and the lights are hanging just 2 inches from the dome.
12. What size is your grow space in square feet? -
I have the set up on a self in a basement which I enclosed with boards covered in aluminum foil dull side out. It is 30in. long, 15 inches wide, and 20 inches tall.
13. What is the temperature and humidity in your grow space? -
The temp is about 83 degrees. Not sure what the humidity is.
14. What is the pH of the soil?
Do not have a ph reader yet.
15. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space?
no.
16. How much experience do you have growing?
first time grower!
Questions for you friendly experts:
My sprouts have 4 leaves so far. The first two leaves look like they're curling down and in. The new pair of leaves that just came in look much better. For those first seed leaves is the curling/droopiness okay?/normal? is that a sign of a problem somewhere. Too much water perhaps?
( see pictures below )
Thank you everyone for your advice and support. Next post will come will new developments or questions.
JRC
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JRC
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Posts: 44
Last seen: 13 years, 1 month
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Re: First Time Grower - Hash Plant seeds & bag seeds- Organic Soil Grow (moved) [Re: Azyle00]
#322902 - 11/29/09 08:02 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Any comments on why this plant looks so depressed? I learned two days ago that I was over watering so I cut back. Two seedlings are looking better since then but this one looks like this : see below
Maybe its still recovering from over water? I have not started to add the fox farm big bloom I have because its only been 1 week.
thanks
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JRC
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Re: First Time Grower - Hash Plant seeds & bag seeds- Organic Soil Grow (moved) [Re: Azyle00]
#325927 - 12/03/09 09:27 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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hello everyone
heres an update on my plants. They seem to be doing well. I just set them up in a nicer growing space. Its a tall shelf enclosed in mylar with a low fan inside blowing on them. There are 6 CFLs hanging over them just 3-4inches away.
They have some really tiny green spots and one has some lighter green on some leaf edges. I just wanted to give you all a look and see if you have any thoughts. Maybe its nothing..
The temp has been pretty stable above 75. I've been putting a lot of effort in keeping the humidity as high as possible. I've been able to keep it above 40, and as high as 55. I'd like to get it over 60 and more consistent. I've left a cup of water, some wet paper towels in the space, I've been misting. Any ideas?
I haven't seen as signs of pests. I was watering with distilled triple osmosis water, I just switched over to rain water though this week.
I will post with my ph levels of the water and soil asap.
here are the pics:
new set up fan, mylar, 6 cfls:
bag seed. leaf edges seem slightly lighter in color. maybe its nothing?:
Group shot everyone smile:
3 tiny light green spots on left leaf? :
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JRC
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Last seen: 13 years, 1 month
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first time organic grow 2 hash plant 3 bag seed photo update [Re: JRC]
#326688 - 12/04/09 01:13 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm posting some better quality pictures to get some opinions of some light green coloration on some leafs. Very tiny things, but I'll let you judge. Over all they seem to be healthy and growing. Ph of collected rain water was around 7.0-7.1. soil ph is 6.7. One problem is that one cup has sprouted maybe about a week ago, after the others but has appeared to be stunted at sprout phase. See the pictures below. There is some weird coloration on the edges of it too. Any way to save this plant? Its one of my hash plants! Also notice some tiny spots on the other plants. Thank you for any opinions. And if any one has techniques for raising humidity?
stunted sprout :
detail:
light green spots:
another cup:
some light green on leaf edge here:
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