The original introductory post was long-winded and I've decided to place it within a quotation frame and move it to the bottom of the post, saving it for nostalgic purposes and replacing it with all the particulars in a format that's easier to view at a glance.

GENETICS:
Bag seed. The buds were packed FULL of seeds. The 'high' wasn't that great; very mild.

GERMINATION:
The seeds were germinated on a plate between a wet paper towel. Germination rate: 100%. One dozen of the healthiest looking germinated seedlings were planted in a vermiculite-filled egg carton on 12/24/09 and then another dozen on 12/25/09.

VEGETATIVE GROWTH:
The seedlings were placed on top of my computer tower, by a window(in January), and underneath a single 23watt CFL where they received approximately 18 hours of light per day for their first several weeks of life.

Once pre-flowers emerged, I chose the healthiest females and moved them into a veg chamber, to begin training them underneath of a screen for a ScroG grow, where they received 24 hours of light per day for the next few weeks prior to initiating flowering. By this time, the lighting has been increased to six 23watt CFL's for 138 total watts.

FLOWERING:
Flowering was initiated on approximately 03/14/10 and after ten days one of the two females that had been chosen to fill out my screen started producing a few male flowers so I removed it from the garden. This left me with only one female growing beneath the screen which we later named 'Meowy Wowwy' and another female who was uncooperative in training and wanted to just grow straight upwards which I named 'Stretch Budstrong.' Later, when I remodeled my grow space, I eventually removed the screen altogether and chose to tie down individual branches as needed.

From here out, this first post will be updated with "highlights" of pictures throughout the flowering cycle. To find more detailed information, to track the evolution of the grow, or for more pictures please read the individual posts throughout the entire grow log as that is where I have chosen to record most of the relevant data.

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# days of flowering?? ... I dunno, I haven't kept track. For the sake of this grow log I'll guess and call it:
FLOWERING DAY 14!
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FLOWERING DAY 21 (I guess )
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FLOWERING DAY 31 (approximately)
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As you can see, I've built a new cabinet. Flowering chamber up to with mother's and clones below. I've also increased the lighting to 265 watts within the flowering chamber.







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Special 4/20 Update (Approximately 36 Days of Flowering)
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FLOWERING DAY 41
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FLOWERING DAY 51(approx.)
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"Meowy Wowwy" (LST)


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FLOWERING DAY 63 Beginning of Week 9
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I've spent the week flushing my plants and after a short halt in growth, they're back at it again. This time it looks like buds are forming on top of buds. Outgrowths of patches of fresh new calyx's are sprouting from the sides and all over existing bud growth. It's fun to watch, each day.









...and as you can see, I've got a few new arrivals.


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FLOWERING DAY 70 Beginning of Week 10
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Harvest Pics Just the tall plant; LST still in flower.
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FLOWERING DAY 78 Beginning of Week 11
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HARVEST!
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RE-VEGETATED!
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Original Post: My accidental introduction.
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13eetleJuice said:
Hi all! First-time grower here, popping my cherry by accident. I never meant to make this grow log. Truth be told, I never intended to grow anything at all. I'm a smoker, not a grower.

Right around christmas time this past year, after reading the growery all month and feeling in that festive spirit, I decided to try my hand at germination ONLY. I merely wanted to germinate a few seeds. I was just going to throw them away no matter what the result, or so I thought at the time.

The seeds I chose to use were from a cheap bag and the high wasn't even all that great. The buds in this bag were FULL of seeds. I mean this stuff must have gotten pollinated REALLY early into flowering. I was bitching the entire time I was smoking it.

Well I tossed about 50 seeds onto a plate, sandwiched between a paper towel wet with tap water and set the plate on top of my computer tower. I checked on them from time to time and added water when necessary. It wasn't long before EVERY SEED produced a little root! I had read that generally you should expect 50% germination rate and I was experiencing 100%. "What does this mean?", I thought. Ahhh, what to do!?

So, I plant a dozen of the healthiest looking seeds in egg cartons (lids removed) filled with a 70/30 mix of moistened vermiculite and soil; One seed per half-egg-shaped vermiculite (cube?). I did this on christmas eve and again for another dozen on christmas day. I then placed the egg cartons on top of my computer tower and under a single 23w CFL (a lamp on the computer desk).

Fast forward to pre-flowers! I watered the vermiculite/soil cubes daily and in a few weeks my little seedlings were ranging from 6" to 12" tall and beautiful. Pre-flowers were now beginning to show and I was elated each time I saw another plant exhibit a pistillated calyx. First one female, then two, then five, then ten. EVERY plant is female! Ahhh, what to do!? "This can't go on any longer," I think to myself. "I can't grow weed!"

Inevitably, I chose the best six or eight plants and transplanted them into dixie cups. As a potting medium I chose to use a bag of potting soil that had been sitting under my porch for at least the past several years (What? I wasn't gonna spend any money on this experiment, hehe.) I'm not sure which brand it was as the plastic bag itself seemed to be biodegrading and fell apart wherever I touched it.

I shoveled the dirt into my bucket, picking out the clumps of dead roots that had grow into and throughout the bag from the nearby weeds and grasses of years past, I assume. The dirt was dark, very dark, black and stained the skin of my hands even when just slightly tilling it. Now I don't know if this is a good or a bad thing but I thought, "Fuck it, I'm an experiment!"

Now some of my plants seemed to be tall and lanky, others shorter and bushier, while some just looked weak or runted. I chose the best plants for my chosen needs as by this time I had just finished making the screen that I would use for my first ScroG GROW!!

I transplanted the short bushy plants into 1 gallon containers and discarded the rest (that was so fucking unbelievably hard.)

A few weeks into flowering now and my best female just went herm on me so I chopped it down. I'm left with one nice female that is filling out my screen and one female that I'm letting grow straight up in a 14"x14"x48" tall cabinet.

For vegging I used a constant 24h of light per day, switching to 12/12 for flowering.

I've been having a tough time with temperatures. Unfortunately, it ranges from 86-92F whenever the lights are on.

I fed the plant MiracleGro tomato fertilizer 18-18-21 during the veg cycle (it's what I had around the house ). Now that I'm into flowering and planning on seeing this thing through to the end I've purchased Schultz Plant Food Plus 10-15-10 (hardly a step up, I know.)

The screen for the ScroG cabinet is a weave of fishing line, forming 2x2in. squares.

Lighting & Air (ScroG cabinet)
6 x 23w 2700k CFL's, 1 x 17w 6500k Florescent Tube
1 x Holmes Air Purifier with homemade activated carbon filter cartridge to scrub smells
1 x 5in. fan to circulate air across ballasts and upper vegetation
1 x 10in. exhaust fan to pull air out of the cabinet.

Lighting & Air (Tall Cabinet)
4x 23w 2700k CFL's
1 x Holmes Air Purifier to circulate air.

Total Cost so far, less electricity = $25 for the activated carbon, Schultz plant food, and a pH Test Kit which included pH Up & Dn. Everything else I've had lying around the house.

So that's about it, I guess. I know you guys seem to enjoy grow journals but, I must apologize as I seem to have written a grow novel. I just hope I don't get sent to prison for posting this shit on the fucking internet!

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
only 150watts for that big ass plant?

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
That's gusty....

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
wanna bet on who will win?

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
what's the scheduled date of flowering?

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Sorry, I don't understand your question. If perhaps you're asking when I think the plant will be ready for harvest, I have no idea. It's just bag seed.

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TrueHerbCrystal said:
was it a April Fools joke?

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Nope... so, I take these two () then?

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13eetleJuice said:
CFL's are a gateway drug!

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13eetleJuice said:
... wait, NEXT TIME!? Ahhh!!! No, no, no! I'm NOT a grower! Not even an accident farmer!!

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The first hit is always free mofo. Welcome to the club. Better make a list.