Rdrose
Growin' with the Stars...
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...And so it begins... :hubba:
This is my first indoor grow and 2nd grow ever.
I've been following many indoor grow journals and trying to learn as much as I can about it. So we'll see how this goes. I still do not have a camera, may have to use my cell phone until Christmas..
I am using Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil, I also added some perlite and vermiculite to the mix. (May not have needed it, but Hubby brought it home...and he's my biggest supporter ) No nutes, figured the soil has enough for those little sprouts and I didn't want to burn any as I did with my last grow. And besides, I haven't figured out what brand of nutes I want to use...
I germed 4 SpeedQueen (Mandala Seeds) and 4 WW (harvested from my grow last summer) on 10/18 directly in the soil in 3" pots in a tray with a clear plastic cover and using a little warming mat. Four of them poked their little heads out of the soil on 10/22, by the next day, all 8 were off and running!!! :watchplant:
The last pic shows 1 SpeedQueen seedling on 10/23. They are growing very fast, as you can see in the next photos which are taken this morning 10/25. They seem to be stretching for light, so I'll be stopping at Wal-Mart today to get some CFL's. I'll keep them on 24/7, right now they are in the window and that is not enough light for them.
I'm also working on setting up my grow room. It's a 3' X 3' X 5' coat closet. I've had a lot of great input on that (see link below) and decided to purchase a 400w HPS from HTG on e-bay. It arrived yesterday!!
I went to Home Depot and purchased my 4" flexible ducts and an inline fan for the exhaust and air intake. I will need a timer for the lights and a thermometer for the room. As soon as I get it ready, I'll get a couple of pics up.
Link to grow room set-up thread: http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18188
This is my first indoor grow and 2nd grow ever.
I've been following many indoor grow journals and trying to learn as much as I can about it. So we'll see how this goes. I still do not have a camera, may have to use my cell phone until Christmas..
I am using Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil, I also added some perlite and vermiculite to the mix. (May not have needed it, but Hubby brought it home...and he's my biggest supporter ) No nutes, figured the soil has enough for those little sprouts and I didn't want to burn any as I did with my last grow. And besides, I haven't figured out what brand of nutes I want to use...
I germed 4 SpeedQueen (Mandala Seeds) and 4 WW (harvested from my grow last summer) on 10/18 directly in the soil in 3" pots in a tray with a clear plastic cover and using a little warming mat. Four of them poked their little heads out of the soil on 10/22, by the next day, all 8 were off and running!!! :watchplant:
The last pic shows 1 SpeedQueen seedling on 10/23. They are growing very fast, as you can see in the next photos which are taken this morning 10/25. They seem to be stretching for light, so I'll be stopping at Wal-Mart today to get some CFL's. I'll keep them on 24/7, right now they are in the window and that is not enough light for them.
I'm also working on setting up my grow room. It's a 3' X 3' X 5' coat closet. I've had a lot of great input on that (see link below) and decided to purchase a 400w HPS from HTG on e-bay. It arrived yesterday!!
I went to Home Depot and purchased my 4" flexible ducts and an inline fan for the exhaust and air intake. I will need a timer for the lights and a thermometer for the room. As soon as I get it ready, I'll get a couple of pics up.
Link to grow room set-up thread: http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18188