This is the diary of my first cannabis grow and I would like to share my experience with you nice people on this forum.

I’m not telling any of my mates about this grow for obvious reasons, so I need to talk about it with someone or I’ll go mad. Only my girlfriend knows, and that’s only cos we live together, so I’ve got little choice there really.

I plan to document the entire process in this grow diary. I wanted to share my experience in confidence with other like minded peeps and would be very grateful of help/advice along the way from you experienced growers out there. Respect and fair play to you all!

I love my herb and have wanted to grow my own stuff for years, but never really did anything about it…..till now!!!

My main motivation, apart from my love of this beautiful plant…...is this so called “grit weed” that has flooded and ruined the UK marijuana market!!! See this article: Warning issued over cannabis adulterated with glass beads | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

I could rant about this shit for ages cos it makes me sooooo angry, but that is not the purpose of this thread, so I will leave it there and get back to my grow…..BUT DON”T SMOKE THIS GRIT SHIT!!!!

I have chosen to attempt to grow a feminised Snow White Indica/Sativa mix, purchased from Nirvana seeds. Reason for this choice after much deliberation….mostly because it said “good for beginners”! HA! I fuckin’ hope so!

I plan to grow in a top quality organic potting soil and will be using organic nutes when needed. My growing area is just a regular office stationary style cupboard.

My Check List:

10 x Snow White Fem Nirvana Seeds
1 x Office Stationary Cupboard (W 790mm, D 400mm, H 1597mm)
1 x Single Envirolite Reflector
1 x 125W Envirolite (blue - growth)
1 x 125W Envirolite (red - flowering)
6” Oscillating Fan (air circulation)
2 x 80cm PC Fans connected to variable DC adapter (ventilation)
Reflective Sheeting
Soil Moisture/ PH Meter
Canna Professional Potting Mix
Organic Nutrients etc for different stages of growth (Brand undecided)
PH Water tester (still to get)
Rubber Matting (for base of cupboard)
Various size pots!

From this setup, I hope to be able to mature and flower 4 healthy female plants…..now, lets see how it goes……..

Day 1 - 20th Feb 2007 – 20:00 (ish)

I placed all 10 seeds on wet tissue paper for germination. Tissue paper was placed in a small plastic bag to retain moisture.

Followed instruction from this very good video that I found browsing this helpful fourm: Stoned Free Guide to Growing Cannabis. - Google Video

My fingers are totally crossed. Let’s hope I get some good sprouts! While I’m waiting, the next 2 days will be spent finishing my grow cupboard. I will post some pics when it’s all hooked up.

sounds good so far good luck.

yea, sounds good man, keep us updated

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welcome to the forum SnowWhite. oh and to your girlfriend to. Guess we'll have to tolerate her to hay.

pics man.....u need the pics

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Thanks for the support folks....I'll get some pics up real soon, I promise.

Day 3 – 22nd Feb 2007 – 20:30 (aprox 48 hours into germination)

Checked on my seeds, one has cracked and is starting to sprout a tiny shoot! I don’t have my pots ready yet, so I will leave the seed in with the others overnight and plant it up first thing once I got some pots ready.

Day 4 – 23rd Feb 2007 – 09:45

Prepared pots with my Organic potting mix and watered thoroughly, leaving to stand and drain for a while.

Checked on my seeds again. The small sprout I saw yesterday has grown some more overnight and 2 others have small shoots now as well. These are getting potted.

The 3 germinated seeds are now in soil under my Envirolite so they can reach for some light.

Here are some pics…..it's ust a temporary setup for my seedlings to be. Still not finished my grow cupboard yet, been too busy, but I hope to have this ready early next week.

http://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-pics/index.php?n=3320

Day 4 – 23rd Feb 2007 – 19:15

3 more seeds have sprouted tap roots on the wet towel and have been transferred to their first pot. That's 6 out of my 10 seeds now sprouted and in soil. 4 more to go!

Day 5 – 24th Feb – 08:15

Checked on my pots this AM to find my Envirolite has blown, after only 16 hours of use! Bollox! That’s not normal by the way!! No shoots coming through yet, so no harm done, better for it to blow at this early stage than further on in my grow. Switched over to the red spectrum bulb for now and I’m off to get a replacement blue spectrum bulb today.

Day 5 – 24th Feb – 10:15

I checked my seeds on the wet towel. 2 more have sprouted, excellent! That’s 8/10 so far. Come on Nirvana seeds!! These 2 new babies have gone into soil. Still got nothing through the soil in any of my other pots, but it’s only been 24 hours. Can’t wait to see the first shoot come up for light! I will keep you posted.

Day 5 – 24th Feb – 16:45

Seed 9 of 10 has sprouted in the wet towel, now in soil. Only 1 more seed to
go.

Day 6 – 25th Feb – 10:15

The seeds in pots 1, 2 and 5 have broken the soil and are reaching for light. Very nice to see I can also just see the shoots coming through in pots 3 and 4. Pics below...

The final seed germinating on my paper towel has cracked a little root and has been placed in pot #10. That’s 10/10 seeds germinated using the wet paper towel method. Let’s see how they get on in the soil.

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