hello all this is my grow journal i am a noob this is my first grow. i am growing in my moms house so im trying to be as stealth as possible because she cant know a thing plus theres 4 other people living in my house so i have to sneak around a bit i have all the equipment to do what i need to at first i was going to go wit DWC till i found out about the hempy bucket which i find so freaking marvelous all you need is a bucket drill a hole 2" above the bottom of the bucket and fill with perlite and vermaculite 3:1 ratio. the bucket CANNOT have holes on the bottom of it. so thats what im using. i have 2 42w cfl's with reflectors but i am going to home depot today and buying more lights probably 2 more 42w cfl's. i am growing 4 papaya plants hoping for 4 females lol i feel pretty good about it. my grow space is tiny i have a cabinet thats 2'w 1.5'D 3'H so my plants cant be very tall and i cant fit many in there but im hoping that i can fit 4 in there. i will be using LST and topping the plants to keep height to a minimum that way i can veg a little longer have a bigger plant but the height to a minimum. i still need a few supplies like ona and nutes will be going to home depot today see what i can find. the inside of my cabinet has no reflective anything so the light shines right thru it not very stealth so i will line the inside of the cabinet with black trash bags cut to fit. anyways heres what ive done so far
May 16 2007
Day 1 of papaya grow 4 plants total cfl grow throughout 2 42w cfl’s with reflectors. Growing in perlite vermiculite mixture 3:1. hempy bucket grow. Small cabinet 3sqft of total space.
Germinating 4 seeds right now in a cup of water with a black cover.
May 17
2 out of 4 seeds germinated planted them in rockwool cubes and put them inside already watered medium
May 18
the last 2 seeds have germinated and have been put into rockwool cubes, cubes been put into already watered medium.
today is may 21 yesterday i got 2 sprouts out of 4 not sure whats going on with the other 2 but hey im happy as hell cant wait to get home and see how much theyve grown since i been at work. this stuff is sooo freaking exciting man i cant wait to get some leaves lol ill check the grow medium to see if it needs water ill probably water in 2 days or so since i watered yesterday i took some pics but i cant get them off my camera arghhhh i will post some pics in the next few days.
yesterday i still didnt see the other 2 seeds sprout so i checked the rockwool cube and noticed that they looked the same as when i put them in the cubes i think it was due to too much water because the other 2 sprouts had dryer rockwool cubes and sprouted just fine so i threw the seeds out since they were not going to grow and i put 2 citral seeds in there after shaking the water out of those cubes so now i have 2 papaya sprouts and 2 citral seeds just planted hopefully they sprout in the next week.
thanks roseman i already read it in another post lol. today is may 23 2007 i checked my plants and since the 2 papaya sprouted i havent seen any difference in growth the taller one of the two looks a little sad the two round leaves are arched down. i think its due to the heat and no ventilation i touched the leaves but they dont feel crispy i have a 23w cfl like an inch away and a few more cfl's very close to the plant i wasnt sure if it was too close because the plant is very small still my temps get up to 93f and humidity up to like 70rh my cabinet is lined with black plastic bags that i have glued in there i think the bags are holding too much heat and i have yet to install pc fans in there. so i think the heat is making my plants uncomfortable. i put the cfl's really close because i didnt want the plants to stretch. i have pics i will upload them soon as i get them on my computer
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