04-16-2008, 12:44 PM
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 MY LITTLE GROW...or What not to do 101A
Hi folks. Hopefully you will not be too badly bored or frightened by what I have done to my poor plants. I started the first batch of seeds on or about February 12-14-16. I have never grown from scratch before other than a few plants when I was in my teens. We have grown outside clones which we purchased and were not happy with. The first year was not tooooo bad but nothing like I have seen some harvested plants grow to. No idea what genus they were. Max was maybe ½ oz each. We had a total of 11 plants that year. Had no clue what we where doing. Last year the clones we bought had very few roots. Did really bad here as we had no rain all summer so all water had to be carried in. Many did not get over 10 inches tall and not all flowered. Several just disappeared. Then a person that will remain nameless ripped all of our harvest off from our house. I had had enough so I decided to try and grow from seed our next harvest. First off I finally found how easy it was to buy seeds. Here (Canada) we have Marc Emery and the Vancouver seed bank. If you have never grown or been in touch with the culture of this revolution then how where we to know? I have smoked mj regularly for over 38 years and have either bought it or been given it. Now we had very little money as my man made the life choice to start a second career and go back to college at 50. Sometimes you just have to go for it! Both of us have dealt with depression at many levels through the years and have found that MJ helps beyond our previous knowledge. And then I started researching. It has become our medication of choice. Enough said
Anyway, as with many things I jumped in feet first. Ordered my seeds . They were on the way so I better figure out how to grow them! Kinda back a—wards but hey, it is MY WAY! So off to the hydro shop we went. I bought, without any knowledge and no experience, a 400 watt Sunmaster Metal Halide Neutral grow light. Plus some peat pucks (which I have not used yet) and some organic nutes. I think the hydro guy saw me coming but hey, it is all learning.
Our idea was to make a hither to unused (except for junk) cold room into a grow room.
Here is what we started with.
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