Poe Kerbuddons
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So I was baked off the green the hippie chicks left here this morning and answered a question in the newbie forum earlier and realized a bit ago how brilliant it was. After a few seconds thought and more than a few more tokes on aforementioned green I've decided to share said brilliance, so that all may bask and appreciate what I bring to the world. 
Feel free to attempt to find wrongness here. I am brilliant, but I'll admit I'm still comparatively ignorant of the weed growing knowledges, as such there might be a glaring something I'm missing. To begin!
Make a basic soil of one part worm poop, one part peat moss, one part perlite. For every five gallons of this add the following:
One half cup of bloodmeal- Provides (N)itrogen
One half cup of bonemeal - Provides (P)hosphorous
One finely chopped banana peel - Provides (K)Potassium; 'potash'
One pinch greensand - Provides trace minerals
Mix this up the same day you soak your seeds. Mix this around with water to get it good and damp so the microbial life can begin breaking down soil into more readily accessible food for your new babies. Turn it every few days. Keep it homogynously slightly damp to damp. This process is called composting, or 'cooking'.
Plant your seedlings into this; don't mind the bits of peel, they'll break down.
Water regularly, and every two weeks with a light (1-2 tsp/gal) bloodmeal solution. Use a worm poop tea every three weeks until ready to induce flowering.
Transplant your flowerings into the exact same master mix that you started cooking about a month before you were ready to transplant. The day after you water them into their new pots ~ or whenever they're ready for their next watering ~ give them a boiled bonemeal solution(1-2 tbsp bonemeal/1 gal water, boil for an hour with lid); this will hopefully last them for the whole of the flowering.
Water regularly, and use a bat guano and chopped banana peel tea every two weeks until you're ready for harvesting. Add a complex sugar like honey or (sulphur-free!!) molasses to your water once a week (4 tbsp/gal)
Use good water. Use good water. Use good water. Would you want to drink metal tasting pool water? Why do you think your plants would? Tap water is usually a no go, as it has chlorine or chloramine and shit-tons of other heavy metals that kills your good microbes, which retards the ability of your babies to feed. Get a good filter ~ an RO is decently easy and cheap to get and install ~ and failing that distilled water is decently cheap, especially if bought in bulk. If neither of those are an option, fill five gallon buckets with tap water, aerate them and hope they use chlorine, not chloramine.
Get good lights. I'm having luck with my Blackstar LEDs, but to each his own. Don't be afraid to man up and do a little research on stuff. This also goes for the unfamiliar terms I'm talking about; most of it can be found in the organics section of the forum.
I'm aware, and you should be too, that organic soil creation can be much more complicated and much more involved than what I've laid out here. But this is relatively simple, cheap, and easy; furthermore, it will give you a decently solid grasp of the gardening process.
Get some books. I'm working with Cervantes's MJ Horticultural Bible and Beginner's Grow Guide, and True Living Organics by The Rev; I'd rec all three. You'll find yourself reading things over and over again. I would say TLO is a must have if you're going organic. Cervantes is just the guy I happened across first, I can't vouch for other grow bibles' validity.
Get good tools and instruments. Soil ph, water ph, water tds, temperature, humidity, and so on, et cetera. Don't worry about the terms and processes, those will come with time.
Don't spend money on fancy expensive seeds until you've got a modicum of an idea what you're bloody doing.
But genuinely, the best advice I can give is experiment and learn. The prettiest thing you ever will ever see is that first bud you've grown's hairs twisting and curling in a suffusing glow towards the lights the first time. It was for me, at least.
Ladybugs are your friends. Ditto worms.
Feel free to attempt to find wrongness here. I am brilliant, but I'll admit I'm still comparatively ignorant of the weed growing knowledges, as such there might be a glaring something I'm missing. To begin!
Make a basic soil of one part worm poop, one part peat moss, one part perlite. For every five gallons of this add the following:
One half cup of bloodmeal- Provides (N)itrogen
One half cup of bonemeal - Provides (P)hosphorous
One finely chopped banana peel - Provides (K)Potassium; 'potash'
One pinch greensand - Provides trace minerals
Mix this up the same day you soak your seeds. Mix this around with water to get it good and damp so the microbial life can begin breaking down soil into more readily accessible food for your new babies. Turn it every few days. Keep it homogynously slightly damp to damp. This process is called composting, or 'cooking'.
Plant your seedlings into this; don't mind the bits of peel, they'll break down.
Water regularly, and every two weeks with a light (1-2 tsp/gal) bloodmeal solution. Use a worm poop tea every three weeks until ready to induce flowering.
Transplant your flowerings into the exact same master mix that you started cooking about a month before you were ready to transplant. The day after you water them into their new pots ~ or whenever they're ready for their next watering ~ give them a boiled bonemeal solution(1-2 tbsp bonemeal/1 gal water, boil for an hour with lid); this will hopefully last them for the whole of the flowering.
Water regularly, and use a bat guano and chopped banana peel tea every two weeks until you're ready for harvesting. Add a complex sugar like honey or (sulphur-free!!) molasses to your water once a week (4 tbsp/gal)
Use good water. Use good water. Use good water. Would you want to drink metal tasting pool water? Why do you think your plants would? Tap water is usually a no go, as it has chlorine or chloramine and shit-tons of other heavy metals that kills your good microbes, which retards the ability of your babies to feed. Get a good filter ~ an RO is decently easy and cheap to get and install ~ and failing that distilled water is decently cheap, especially if bought in bulk. If neither of those are an option, fill five gallon buckets with tap water, aerate them and hope they use chlorine, not chloramine.
Get good lights. I'm having luck with my Blackstar LEDs, but to each his own. Don't be afraid to man up and do a little research on stuff. This also goes for the unfamiliar terms I'm talking about; most of it can be found in the organics section of the forum.
I'm aware, and you should be too, that organic soil creation can be much more complicated and much more involved than what I've laid out here. But this is relatively simple, cheap, and easy; furthermore, it will give you a decently solid grasp of the gardening process.
Get some books. I'm working with Cervantes's MJ Horticultural Bible and Beginner's Grow Guide, and True Living Organics by The Rev; I'd rec all three. You'll find yourself reading things over and over again. I would say TLO is a must have if you're going organic. Cervantes is just the guy I happened across first, I can't vouch for other grow bibles' validity.
Get good tools and instruments. Soil ph, water ph, water tds, temperature, humidity, and so on, et cetera. Don't worry about the terms and processes, those will come with time.
Don't spend money on fancy expensive seeds until you've got a modicum of an idea what you're bloody doing.
But genuinely, the best advice I can give is experiment and learn. The prettiest thing you ever will ever see is that first bud you've grown's hairs twisting and curling in a suffusing glow towards the lights the first time. It was for me, at least.
Ladybugs are your friends. Ditto worms.
