Ok I just want to start out saying how pleased I am to now be apart of this community, the people here are the most patient and helpful people i've run into in a long time, good job everyone!
Now on to my first grow..
I decided to grow a small personal stash because of two reasons, the first being all the dealers in my area aren't what they once were, and the second being i'm running short on cash. So this is kind of my test cycle to see if it can be done using all things I already have and some store bought soil. Here are the facts to date.
I successfully germinated 2 seeds out of 15 that I placed in a moist towel after 3 days, all seeds came from a previous bag I purchased, and I planted them in the same pot (I know mistake) in regular "clay" like soil that doesn't drain very well(i know another mistake). They did sprout up tall the first day ( inch and a half?), and I am now on day 3 and the plants are roughly the same height, I guess due to me lowering the light I am using. The picture below is a current growth picture. For lighting I am currently using 24/7 light cycle, but I am using 1 desklamp with a 40 watt incandescent bulp in for now. Today soon after this post, I plan to make a trip and start acting right on this project. I plan to transplant both sprouts into their own 6" or so pots, with Miracle Grow Patio, i believe is the name, soil. I then plan to wrap the entire base and sides of under my sink with aluminum foil to reflect the light onto the plants. I will also replace the incandecent 40w with a 27w or 40w CPL bulp, and I plan on looking into getting ANOTHER desklamp with the same bulb as the other. I will also be looking into some Miracle Grow Nuts today while I'm at the store, but I may hold off on this as I wanted opinions first. For air flow and smell combat, I decided not to use a fan, but to just leave my door to my cabinet open most of the time and have an negative ionic charge generator sitting right near the plant because I heard this is effective at smell removal.
So please leave comments/suggestions asap, critisism is encouraged, but also keep in mind i'm growing in the first place because I do not have alot of spare cash in the first place. Thanks alot everyone!
P.S. That is not a burn spot on the one sprout, It came out of the seed like that day one.
Now on to my first grow..
I decided to grow a small personal stash because of two reasons, the first being all the dealers in my area aren't what they once were, and the second being i'm running short on cash. So this is kind of my test cycle to see if it can be done using all things I already have and some store bought soil. Here are the facts to date.
I successfully germinated 2 seeds out of 15 that I placed in a moist towel after 3 days, all seeds came from a previous bag I purchased, and I planted them in the same pot (I know mistake) in regular "clay" like soil that doesn't drain very well(i know another mistake). They did sprout up tall the first day ( inch and a half?), and I am now on day 3 and the plants are roughly the same height, I guess due to me lowering the light I am using. The picture below is a current growth picture. For lighting I am currently using 24/7 light cycle, but I am using 1 desklamp with a 40 watt incandescent bulp in for now. Today soon after this post, I plan to make a trip and start acting right on this project. I plan to transplant both sprouts into their own 6" or so pots, with Miracle Grow Patio, i believe is the name, soil. I then plan to wrap the entire base and sides of under my sink with aluminum foil to reflect the light onto the plants. I will also replace the incandecent 40w with a 27w or 40w CPL bulp, and I plan on looking into getting ANOTHER desklamp with the same bulb as the other. I will also be looking into some Miracle Grow Nuts today while I'm at the store, but I may hold off on this as I wanted opinions first. For air flow and smell combat, I decided not to use a fan, but to just leave my door to my cabinet open most of the time and have an negative ionic charge generator sitting right near the plant because I heard this is effective at smell removal.
So please leave comments/suggestions asap, critisism is encouraged, but also keep in mind i'm growing in the first place because I do not have alot of spare cash in the first place. Thanks alot everyone!
P.S. That is not a burn spot on the one sprout, It came out of the seed like that day one.
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