MrHowardMarks' experienced grower journal.

So, today I started the germination process, photos not necessary.

I have;
2 Blueberry -DJ Short
10 Jamaican- (brought back bagseed from good bag)
10 SuperSkunk- Sensiseedbank
2 DieselBerry (SilverBerry(f)x Sour Diesel (m))
2 NLxHashplant (HashPlantxNL(f)xNL(m))

I only have 2 seeds of a couple strains because I've already hatched them before for prior gardens. I just saved 2 of the batch in case I needed to regrow from seed.

The situation I was in didn't allow me to grow for the last 6 months, usually I keep a small veg going through the summer, but I had to move so I have to start from seed.

I aquired some Super Skunk seeds from Sensi seedbank, and also plan on hatching some seeds I brought home from a trip to Jamaica.

The Jamaican seeds were from a bag grown right outside Bob Marley's crypt, in the town he grew up in and lived Nine Mile.

I plan on calling the strain 9Mile, it had a fruity yet earthy bouquet, compared to some of the other weed I smoked while down there.

They should hatch in a couple days and I'll be getting started in a couple weeks.

My setup includes;
6x600W HPS
5gal buckets-soil
Advanced Nutrients
9plants per light
54 total plants
Vented hoods/carbon scrubber

And most importantly; the experience to pull it off.

Since you moved you just set this up again? sounds like you should have a great grow are you gonna have to take some clones before you have the total 54 plants you want?

subscribed... your putting out a lot of confidence... please don't disappoint me...

I assure everyone, I know what I'm doing. This will be a piece of cake.

****If you do have comments please post them in the discussion thread, this is going to get to be a lengthy thread with just my posts.****

Thanks for your comments ahead of time. I promise this thread will be interesting in due time, it will surely be a while before flowering begins.

I guess you could say this is easier for me to know how long things have been going, when your "watching the grass grow" it's hard to keep track of time.


I've finished cleaning the basement, and decided on an area for growing. It was a messy job removing cob-webs and 30 years of junk, I've been putting out large amounts of 80's electronics at the curb along with old televisions, and random worthless crap that had been in storage for who knows how long.

--I washed everything with a diluted soap mixture yesterday, sprayed everything with bleach today, and plan on spraying everything with Avid tomorrow, followed by a heavy coat of Neem thursday.

Friday I will set up the plastics, and load some pictures of the area before and after. I should've taken pictures before I started cleaning, but everyone knows what a trashed basement looks like.

Room dimensions are;

17ft x 15 ft, 7ft ceilings...

My light setup is two banks of three lights, like 6 on a dice.

http://www.mrnice.nl/dhtml/home.php