4-25-09

And we have liftoff! Second set of leaves is coming. I have also included a pic of the pots and 42W Cfl's i am using near the plants.

All is well. Leaves are green. I dont quite remember if I watered this day.

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I started my grow in the MG organic potting soil, and I hated it. It retains tons of moisture and can get compacted, so I suggest adding perlite to loosen it up a little. I switched to Fox Farm Ocean Forest and couldn't be happier.

Lots of people rip on Miracle Grow...and for good reason. But lots of people have success with it too. Just watch out for overwatering--it's a weed, and it needs the soil to completely dry out between waterings. Good luck

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Ok...lets jump ahead.

4-30-09

I have been watering the plants about every 4 days. I watered them today and I think that the soil may be getting a little dry on top. When I watered the water didnt even want to go into the soil because it was so dry. Because of this, I placed white sheets of paper below the plants hoping it would protect the soil from drying out to quickly.

I currently have 2 42W CFL's and 1 26W CFL over one plant, while the other plant has 4 26W CFL's over it.

Plants are on their 3rd set of leaves now. 5 points! I'm happy for em.

I have been seing a couple of needlepoint sized bugs in my closet. Squished those MF's! Hasnt become a big issue yet. I never find more than 2.

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I don’t really agree with that. Individual beans can be purchased and if someone is only attempting a two plant grow to someone can purchase two seeds for around $5.00 to $6.00 each, feminized, and know what strain they are growing and know they will be getting females and have a much better chance of being able to research and find out what sort of nutes work best for the strain and on what schedule to feed.
　
If someone cannot afford $10.00 to $12.00 for two feminized seeds it is extremely likely they will not be able to afford all the other things they will need. Risking $10.00 to $12.00 is not much of a risk and if it is seen as a big risk to someone evidently they cannot afford to grow in the first place.
　
You cannot count on what you get from bagseed. You could have a good germ rate and you might get a 0% germ rate. Genetics can vary greatly and some seeds may not be fully viable and have very slow growth rates and various problems and the new grower can be led to believe that any and all possible problems from low germ rate to less that acceptable yield to low potency is all or mainly their fault. What they think they are learning could be what is not most important to be learned.
　
I think it is much better for someone to pick a strain that was once very popular and is proven but is no longer the flavor of the month or one that is proven but has never caught on with buyers in a large way so they are now inexpensive and purchase them to learn with.

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yeah bagseed weed ruleS

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To some people it may look like the leaves are drooping but they arent. It is the angle and position of my light causeing the leaves to sag, but they are green and tough as ever!

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So....just as a memo to everyone.....I do not ever plan on buying known strain seeds. I think I will like the oppurtunity to be working with the unknown. I dont really have a huge awesome setup anyways. I sing to my plants. I water them. I give them light. I dont really care if they end up male or female or even if I get wonderful buds. That would just be nice in the end.

I'm not plaesed with my MG. My next grow will be with a soil that has no nutes to start. I ended up bying 2 different soils for my grow(not much available in winter around here) first MG then I got a bag of Scotts Premium potting soil. I Scotts also had nutes but is growing the plants with what I feel is a better color and healtier looking leaves.
In this picture the back leaves are in the Scotts the blurry one in front is in MG.

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So...I bought a indoor thermometer yesterday because I thought my closet was getting a little warm. It turns out that the average temp in my closet is about 85 degrees....much higher than i would like it to be. I only have one little fan in the closet for circulation but the door to the closet stays closed. I think it is because I have 7 CFL's in the closet and they are producing more heat than anticipated.

Any suggestions as to lower the temp?

I cant really have a ventilation system because it is a closet with a door.