KLiR
Member
Alright I'm probably going to go into way to much detail here but oh well...
I need you guys to understand me, my situation, and how badly im struggling with growing cannabis.
My father is in his 60's years old, he had a series of strokes when i was 15 years old. They set on a very severe form of Dementia much like Alzheimers. I've battled anxiety disorders since then and been prescribed plenty of medications, all of which I stopped taking almost right away. I don't need to be medicated, just chilled out a bit. I started smoking cannabis when I was 17 and since then I've been fine. I told my doctor that I smoke and its been the only legitimate solution to my anxiety and we talked for about 10 minutes about it. He told me how he supports medical use of cannabis and that it even had been tried with dementia patients. Well I figured if cannabis could help me, it could help my father as well, even just a little. He smokes cigarettes, so i took one and made a spliff. Very small amount of cannbis, he didn't even notice. it took about 15 minutes and his eyes did glass over but he became so talkative and attentive it brought my mom to tears. It didn't last long but it did have a very positive effect on him. So we talked with our doctor and he wasn't very surprised to be honest. We all believe that cannabis can help him like it has helped me and many other people. The problem is we do not live in a state where medicinal cannabis is available so I've had to purchase it for him illegally. My mother and me are his licensed caregivers, and we have decided to set up a room in their house to try and grow cannabis. We fully understand the consequences if we were to get caught. I have been using books and this community to research everything possible but I still have had zero success, spent my last 2 paychecks on equipment, and felt nothing short of stupid throughout this entire process. I am now on my 3rd attempt.
My room: 4x3x7 Lined w/ 2mm Mylar
My equipment: Yield Master II 6in reflector, 400W MH/HPS ballast, 4ft dual T8 ballast w/ 2 econ-gro bulbs, 20 gallon res, 2 250gph pumps > attatched to (2) 2ft wands with 5 sprayers each. They sit inside of (2) 3ft long fence posts with (3) 3in net pots on each post. I have 2 fans in the room for circulation.
Here's a picture:
The first two grows were in soil. Miracle Grow, which was a mistake. They grew to about the height of the seedlings I have now (2inches?), turned yellow and died.
I figured out they died of nute burn from the MG.
Okay so on to the grow I have now....
I started out 4 NYPD in RW cubes. 18/6 Under 2 CFLs and the T8 bulbs.
They got to about 2 inches and I moved them to the aero and turned on the 400w MH bulb on 10/22. Since I moved them to the Aero they have been drooped over and not growing. It was obvious the RW was keeping them way to wet, so today I carefully pulled them out of the RW and put them into neoprene collars.
Picture of 1 of the 4 babies (They all essentially look the same right now)
So now I need to know what my next steps are going to be. I need a timer for my sprayers...What should my cycle be?
I also need nutrients....right now my reservoir is simple distilled water and lemon juice with a ph of 6.0. What nutrients should i get and when should I add them?
My main concern is I have yet in 3 of my grows to have a seedling get any taller than the one pictured, I have also never even seen a set of secondary leaves on any of my plants. I've been looking at grow journals and guys have 10-15 leaves by week 2. They are just about 10 days old and still look like most peoples do at a couple days.
As I've said I'm beyond frustrated. I just want to see noticeable growth in a plant and I cannot achieve that.
I need you guys to understand me, my situation, and how badly im struggling with growing cannabis.
My father is in his 60's years old, he had a series of strokes when i was 15 years old. They set on a very severe form of Dementia much like Alzheimers. I've battled anxiety disorders since then and been prescribed plenty of medications, all of which I stopped taking almost right away. I don't need to be medicated, just chilled out a bit. I started smoking cannabis when I was 17 and since then I've been fine. I told my doctor that I smoke and its been the only legitimate solution to my anxiety and we talked for about 10 minutes about it. He told me how he supports medical use of cannabis and that it even had been tried with dementia patients. Well I figured if cannabis could help me, it could help my father as well, even just a little. He smokes cigarettes, so i took one and made a spliff. Very small amount of cannbis, he didn't even notice. it took about 15 minutes and his eyes did glass over but he became so talkative and attentive it brought my mom to tears. It didn't last long but it did have a very positive effect on him. So we talked with our doctor and he wasn't very surprised to be honest. We all believe that cannabis can help him like it has helped me and many other people. The problem is we do not live in a state where medicinal cannabis is available so I've had to purchase it for him illegally. My mother and me are his licensed caregivers, and we have decided to set up a room in their house to try and grow cannabis. We fully understand the consequences if we were to get caught. I have been using books and this community to research everything possible but I still have had zero success, spent my last 2 paychecks on equipment, and felt nothing short of stupid throughout this entire process. I am now on my 3rd attempt.
My room: 4x3x7 Lined w/ 2mm Mylar
My equipment: Yield Master II 6in reflector, 400W MH/HPS ballast, 4ft dual T8 ballast w/ 2 econ-gro bulbs, 20 gallon res, 2 250gph pumps > attatched to (2) 2ft wands with 5 sprayers each. They sit inside of (2) 3ft long fence posts with (3) 3in net pots on each post. I have 2 fans in the room for circulation.
Here's a picture:
The first two grows were in soil. Miracle Grow, which was a mistake. They grew to about the height of the seedlings I have now (2inches?), turned yellow and died.
I figured out they died of nute burn from the MG.
Okay so on to the grow I have now....
I started out 4 NYPD in RW cubes. 18/6 Under 2 CFLs and the T8 bulbs.
They got to about 2 inches and I moved them to the aero and turned on the 400w MH bulb on 10/22. Since I moved them to the Aero they have been drooped over and not growing. It was obvious the RW was keeping them way to wet, so today I carefully pulled them out of the RW and put them into neoprene collars.
Picture of 1 of the 4 babies (They all essentially look the same right now)
So now I need to know what my next steps are going to be. I need a timer for my sprayers...What should my cycle be?
I also need nutrients....right now my reservoir is simple distilled water and lemon juice with a ph of 6.0. What nutrients should i get and when should I add them?
My main concern is I have yet in 3 of my grows to have a seedling get any taller than the one pictured, I have also never even seen a set of secondary leaves on any of my plants. I've been looking at grow journals and guys have 10-15 leaves by week 2. They are just about 10 days old and still look like most peoples do at a couple days.
As I've said I'm beyond frustrated. I just want to see noticeable growth in a plant and I cannot achieve that.
