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Alright, well here we go, my first grow.. more of a pothead experiment. (Someone told me tho, that every grow is an experiment- smoke on..)

Basically as my plants grow, so will this whole set up. We're gonna grow together through this, I know I'll trip and fall, but that's what this is about-learning. I was originally going to wait on growing until I could afford a better lighting system and I was going to order seeds. But i figured for a first grow I shouldn't put all my eggs in the basket (or all my weed in the bowl- a better metaphor for all my fellow tokers ). Anyways, after a lot of research, the journey began..

Oct. 5th. Started to germ seeds. Paper towel method, in a mason jar only half of the top covered. Started with 7 bag seeds, the smoke was amazing and a skunk strain. 2 of the seeds were rather light and I didn't expect that they were viable, but I figured, eh, I'd try them anyways.

Oct. 6th. Check the seeds, nothing of course, however the lighter seeds had darkened and I could no longer distinguish them from the others any more.

Oct. 8th. 3 had white taproots of various lengths. Planted in cups filled with MG organic soil (I know better now..), holes in bottom for drainage. Put them under 2 42watt cfls, 2700 lumens a piece. Lights on 24 hrs. One fan blowing over cups and intaking air from outside the closet, one fan exhausting air. Watered soil with distilled water. (the beginning of my early over watering problem..)

Oct. 9th. Watered soil. (I know, I know..)

Oct. 10th. Watered soil. (....)

Oct. 11th. 1 seed sprouted. (Sexy Mama) Watered soil. (...) Put up gay shiny giftwrap until I find some mylar.

Oct. 12th. Other two seeds sprouted, one very sickly looking. The sickly looking one is Carlton. The other new sprout, Kiki. One other seed has taproot. Planted, this time I micro'd the soil to kill any possible bug life (after reading of others with that problem wit MG organic) The newly planted seed, named Bee.

Oct. 13th. Watered Carlton and Bee (...).

Oct. 14th. Rotated plants. Watered all plants.

Oct. 15th. Bee sprouted. (No water for any plant, thanks to research done here)

Oct. 16th. Rotated plants . Watered all.

Oct. 17th. See second set of leaves starting to develop on Sexy Mama. However, she's got a little twist to one of her leaves- I think this is from the quick and temporary jump in temps to 84F because of the freaky warm weather we got.

Oct. 18th. Moved Carlton further from light under suggestion because of it's stunted growth (no growth since sprout). Signs of 2 set of real leaves on all plants besides Carlton. Kiki and Sexy Mama's second set of leaves also look curled up. (Any suggestions?) Bee's look perfect. Watered all plants but Carlton.

Pix from today. Thanks for sharing this experience with me!

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Hey Sexy!
Nice babies. I know you know this probably, but, try not to overwater them too much. Let them dry a bit so the roots can expand in the cups. That way you can transplant them into a bigger container easily when they are root bound. When the soil is drier the roots will multiply trying to look for water. Good luck with your grow and welcome to rollitup. I too have smoked for many years and have grown occasionally but, this site is the most educational thing I've seen in over 20+ years of puffin'.

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Yeah, I was over watering them in the beginning. I know that now- thanks to this site! It's just so easy to over love them.. thanks again for the advice and warm welcome..

Any advice on when to transplant? I really want to get my babies into some black gold organic and out of the MG organic shyt, but I don't want to hurt them because of my good intentions.

nice grow! my first grow was under 3 2700 CFLS. I even flowered her with only CFLS. I ended up with about a half when it was all said and done. I also used bagseed. When you transplant them, make sure to not disturb the roots. What I do is lightly press down on the top of the soil (to compact it), then tap the sides, that helps to get the whole root cluster and soil out together.

Thanks for all the advice here and through messages!

first question. just curious, whyd ya name one carlton?(unless you want a male) she should be a girls name(luckier for when flowering comes).

i like that you said you and your project will grow with your plants. first grows are def experiment. you can make it to flowering easy but your second grow will come much more naturally i think.

i wouldnt transplant yet they are kinda small. let them grow some and start getting the 2-4th sets of "real leaves" before you transplant.

yes it is very very very easy to overlove your babies. i was having a problem with my plants and i thought it was nutrient burn or salt buildup. so i flushed my growing medium alot and still the problem continued. did some research and found out it was a nitrogen deficency. who would of thought? surely on my first grow i thought it would of been overloving by overfeeding. just gotta listen to what your babies tell you and if you treat them well they will treat you well.

good luck on your grow and hope it goes great for ya.

thats a preaty cool set up u should get some full view pics of every thing

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