completely new to this!!! and want to start of EASY!!!

IMG_0109.jpgmy seed's (and a half) in all their glory...

Originally Posted by maumau93

hey,
i have just joined this forum looking for a little information i have spent the last couple of hours searching for what i was looking for but not had any success (so sorry if this is posted allot on here).

ok so to start with i am a complete newbie to this so i am only looking to start off with the real basics! seriously like 1-3 plants indoors and possibly in a box in the corner of a room?

ok so here we go;
this is really just like an experiment for me, i have always wanted to try growing weed but never done it. now i have this little bag of seeds in my smoking box with two different types of seeds one lot was from a friend who went to Ghana on holiday and brought back some seeds (he grew some and boy was that shit good!) and the rest are from when my friend brought round some green he picked up down south which was the bomb but had a shit load of seeds init... (now i guess it wasn't the best idea to mix the two together but i never even thought about it before now)

now as far as things go all i have would be plant pots and soil...

i am really looking for the very basics here and i have never done any gardening before (although i have worked vegetable gardens before digging potatoes and picking fruit and veg, but im not sure how relevant that will be to this...)

one of my main questions would be what sort of light would i need? (yes i realise that could be a stupid question but this is the sort of level i am at)
please help i would really love to give this a try and if this works out i love to start trying out different ways of growing!

but you have to walk before you can run!

thanks in advance!
maumau

No dumb questions. Best light overall for you - a 400-watt high pressure sodium. Soil - Fox Farms Ocean Forest. With that you don't worry about fertilizers for a month. Containers - 3 gallon because you can do your complete grow in them. seeds - buy online from Attitude or Herbie's Headshop or Growshop Alien. Buy a few 6500 Kelvin compact fluorescents to sprout your seeds under, some potting soil and peat cups.

Originally Posted by maumau93

IMG_0109.jpgmy seed's (and a half) in all their glory...

Most look good. Squeeze the whiteys between your thumb and finger firmly. If it flattens guess what? Most look like good indica strain. Next time keep them separate but really who cares? You're not breeding, you're growing it to smoke it.

Easy way to grow?
Personally, Im a fan of Aerogardens. Very user friendly. Basically "plug-n-play." To improve the grow/yield you can add extra light, better nutes, etc.

hi, thanks for all the help guys!!!
i guess i should start a the basics of sprouting seeds... lets just say i don't live in the warmest of houses so is there any suggestions of how to keep the temp up just around the seed so i don't have to heat the whole house? (i thought it had to be dark to sprout seeds?
cheers for the advice on the seeds aswell hotrod... (i heard if they float they are duds aswell?)

those Aerogardens look interesting... anyone ever used one before? a little expensive but does look like it would make it really newbie friendly... and you can get them cheaper on the old fleabay

Get some seeds from attitude seed company , use usps int express option so you can track them. Buy a seed dome from lowes or home depot and get seedling soil, very important. Sprout your seeds in the dome, than trasnplant them to solo cups using the same seedling soil. Put holes in the bottom the the solo cups and when you see roots begin to come out of those holes it is time to transplant them to the pot they will live in. Use any lamp you have around the house to heat the seedling dome. Now get some Happy Frog Soil for the pots. This soil has time release nutes and I dont have to use much nutes, I do use them I bought fox farms and when I need it works fine.

The 400 hps is the best you can go to amazon and get one delivered with two bulbs and the balast and the hangers and the timers for about 130 bucks.

Check back once you have the seedlings ready to go in the pots for proper transplant instructions, good luck have fun.

Just put some seeds on wet paper towel, fold it over and then fold aluminum foil around it. After 2 or more days, you will see a white taproot emerging. Carefully take the seed and put it in a red solo cup with drainage holes cit into the bottom, full of FFOF, covering the seed with only about 1/4" of soil. Water it. Put it under your CFL's/Flouros......after the seedling emerges, water it sparingly and only when the cup feels very light. When you see roots trying to poke out through the drainage holes, let the cup dry out and then transplant in larger containers. That whole process should take 3-4 weeks, giving you time to get your grow box/tent all set-up and learn more about what to do next.

Research, research, research. No question is too dumb.....OK, some questions are.....pics always help people give you good advice here.

Originally Posted by maumau93

hey,
i have just joined this forum looking for a little information i have spent the last couple of hours searching for what i was looking for but not had any success (so sorry if this is posted allot on here).

ok so to start with i am a complete newbie to this so i am only looking to start off with the real basics! seriously like 1-3 plants indoors and possibly in a box in the corner of a room?

ok so here we go;
this is really just like an experiment for me, i have always wanted to try growing weed but never done it. now i have this little bag of seeds in my smoking box with two different types of seeds one lot was from a friend who went to Ghana on holiday and brought back some seeds (he grew some and boy was that shit good!) and the rest are from when my friend brought round some green he picked up down south which was the bomb but had a shit load of seeds init... (now i guess it wasn't the best idea to mix the two together but i never even thought about it before now)

now as far as things go all i have would be plant pots and soil...

i am really looking for the very basics here and i have never done any gardening before (although i have worked vegetable gardens before digging potatoes and picking fruit and veg, but im not sure how relevant that will be to this...)

one of my main questions would be what sort of light would i need? (yes i realise that could be a stupid question but this is the sort of level i am at)
please help i would really love to give this a try and if this works out i love to start trying out different ways of growing!

but you have to walk before you can run!

thanks in advance!
maumau

Well I think most people start with CFLs, but they really aren't all that great for growing in my experience..some people have luck with it, but I never did really...but with my 400w Metal Halide for veg growth and my 400w CMH for flowering do the trick very well...but it is easier to start out small and go up...I mean 2 400w lights is still small, but you know what I mean...Don't go buy all this expensive equipment before you know if this is even something you really want to do...but you need a lot of CFLs or one larger HiD light, you will need a fan to blow on the plants to make them stronger...you also need ventilation to keep things cool and fresh...and I guess that is a start....nutes come a little later...don't plant the seed and then nute it like some people do and then wonder what is wrong with their plant...
And the best best best thing you can do starting out besides having high powered lights is to have a really goo premium organic soil and some extra perlite to mix in...MJ doesn't like to have her roots too wet for very long, so you can't go wrong with adding perlite...Aw, well you gotta get a little farther before a whole lot of this matters.