How Many Times Does It Take?

I know the feeling (live and learn) I killed my first white widow grow by haveing a good 400 watt MH light 6" above the plants. Built a grow room but still don't have anything to show for it. Got a liquid PH meter now, with calibration solution to make sure it is somewhat accurate, some perlite, vermiculite, Fox Farm light warrior medium, and grow bill, and big bloom.Today i just ordered some cheap seeds to try growing, one of these times it's got to work (i hope)

Ok now let me read the WHOLe posting...(Justtrying to get that one more hit...so's I can upgrade)

Originally Posted by pandabear

ya man just seems to me if you wanna have less mistakes it doesnt make sense to try every marijuana growing method all at once, but maybe thats why you have the 140 IQ, it may take you a lil longer but get like 4 months of expiriance behind your belt and you will be a pro no doubt and hey you doin soil, hydro, rockwool, and NFT so you got a nice caseload to study

You have to PRACTICE....kinda like a doctor does....they got a liscense to PRACTICE....the more you try/fail~ the more you learn.
My first grow, way back in the mid 80's, I grew two plants in a small closet, using incandesent bulbs, and a fish aquarium flou.....I was stoked to see little
improvements, using fish emulsion (in soil) and a weak miracle grow solution. first thing that made my di@# hard was watching theese little sacs develop into a "coco-nut"~~~ NUT = Male...guess what happend next?
Well the other turned into a "skank whore", all stringy and lanky...I kept my timer plug behind my drumset, and after a jam session, didnt realise I had accidently knocked the whole plug from the socket....3 days later, as I went to water... I looked in the closet, it was dark, that whoe had bloomed! WOW....I learned some things...........(dirt grow with pearlite,vermiculite,soil)

Next grow was in the Texas Penitentiary....I took a horticulture class, talked my teacher into letting me exp with a hydro set up..(he bought the parts out of his own pocket)It was a Greenhouse grow~ Transplanted seedlings with Roottone into a pearlite and miracle grow solution. Well it was a success/kinda...the res HAD to be made of plexiglass due to security reasons....and alge/fungus were RAMPENT, thus no light in the res!) but my "tomatoes" bloomed before any other plant in the class...(ebb and flow system)
Practice....Practice Practice....Dont go shelling out pounds of dollars on your first grow....I know for a fact that I can not find batteries for my magic wand!
Use your 140 IQ, (mines a stiff13, research, experiment/practice! THEN build the BOMB!!!! Remember the key word's...patience....persistance.



Im going for my first DWC in the next couple days....lights on the way, seeds from Amst. right in front of me....(im in Tx. btw) I wish you as much luck and love as you would your "girls", hope you can spread the love this way soon!
Have FUN!!!

You can be 100% succsessful if you do the right things. Dont be ignorant! In this case, it is not bliss and you will end up with some dead plants. Read, Read, Read, Watch.

Yup, growing weed is easy... and there's no reason anyone shouldn't succeed first time. These days we have the internet, and all the information you need is right here.

Pandabear is right, you tried too hard to do everything at once, and didn't use your common sense to wean out good advice from bad.

Cannabis is the most versatile plant on the planet, it can grow in any soil on the planet. All you have to do is provide it with basic needs. The rest of the learning/understanding comes afterwards.

Start a journal, post a link, and I, and others that know much more, will be able to walk you through to a successful harvest.