2nd time small indoor grow

I'm fairly inexperienced and just learning as I go. It's such a beautiful fun process!
So I have three babies. One is a great white shark clone -- Leela. The second is a mystery bag seed --Nancy. The youngest is a lowlife autoflowering blueberry seed.
The first picture here is from November 16th, Nancy is just starting out in the aerogarden and Leela is in soil underneath the aerogarden lights.

Cell phone picture from November 26th As you can see mylar has been added (awhile back) to the sides of the aerogarden and the plant has been loving it!

By the way in the rules I saw it said not to post to other peoples journals without permission - I welcome comments. I'd love to hear from everyone on here, I mean why else post?! I still have a lot to learn too, and being as how I always use these forums for reference I can't think of a better way. You can also check out my high times page www.misshightimes.com/users/aktoker I'd really love it if people posted more comments there!
Just please don't tell me I need to buy a bunch of different/more stuff for my set up. I am broke, I know I can improve, I'd love to have better lights and all sorts of good stuff. But I upgrade and add whenever I can, or if I need to. And anyway I'm just starting out and it seems silly to pour a lot of money into a crop when you aren't confident of the outcome. Unless you have a totally constructive idea that costs like five bucks then you are my hero....
Anyway December 10th pictures. The auto blueberry started germinating on November 27th, and is in the smaller aerogarden with the other aerogarden plant now. Also of note, at this point I'm just using the nutrients that come with the aerogarden on all the plants. They aren't ideal but work and well ultimately they are free.

spacemuffin said:

By the way in the rules I saw it said not to post to other peoples journals without permission - I welcome comments. I'd love to hear from everyone on here, I mean why else post?! I still have a lot to learn too, and being as how I always use these forums for reference I can't think of a better way. You can also check out my high times page www.misshightimes.com/users/aktoker I'd really love it if people posted more comments there!
Just please don't tell me I need to buy a bunch of different/more stuff for my set up. I am broke, I know I can improve, I'd love to have better lights and all sorts of good stuff. But I upgrade and add whenever I can, or if I need to. And anyway I'm just starting out and it seems silly to pour a lot of money into a crop when you aren't confident of the outcome. Unless you have a totally constructive idea that costs like five bucks then you are my hero....
Anyway December 10th pictures. The auto blueberry started germinating on November 27th, and is in the smaller aerogarden with the other aerogarden plant now. Also of note, at this point I'm just using the nutrients that come with the aerogarden on all the plants. They aren't ideal but work and well ultimately they are free.

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i think the rule you refer to is for journals , normal threads i think are ok , looking good man , learning to grow is great fun

bloomfields said:

i think the rule you refer to is for journals , normal threads i think are ok , looking good man , learning to grow is great fun

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that'd make sense, I just clicked the rule sticky before posting. Leave it to me to misread something THAT tiny! Thanks

Being dorky with the two older ones....Potted Nancy in some soil I think a few days before.

spacemuffin said:

that'd make sense, I just clicked the rule sticky before posting. Leave it to me to misread something THAT tiny! Thanks

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if you are in the uk i have some threads on here , for the vegging phase , some very cost effective ways to set up, hip hip horray for ASDA....

spacemuffin said:

Being dorky with the two older ones....Potted Nancy in some soil I think a few days before.

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are you doing a legal grow in the usa ??if not im not sure pictures of yourself are a good idea , however nice they are lol

So I left town just after Christmas and had to hand the plant care over. I transferred the aerogarden dwarf into a pot (with organic soil by the way) and moved the other two into bigger pots. This was my first time having trouble re-potting the plant, I did some damage to Nancy's roots and was pretty concerned especially since someone else would be taking care of her.
The aerogarden was also getting to crowded and Leela was getting way too tall. I ran all over town to every gardening store/section there is. There were really limited options we have a kick ass store opening up in February or March but not helpful right now. And I didn't have time to order anything offline, plus I just prefer not to charge those types of things to a credit card. I eventually settled for a jumpstart growlight. I was very grumply about this at first, because there are so many other options I'd prefer, but you know what it was the only good one in town and it was on sale (twenty five bucks off)!
They were a little overdue for nutes when I got back and you can tell they missed their mom! They survived and it was relief to be home. I moved Nancy under the jumpstart light so I could adjust the aerogardens light to the dwarfs height.

on the plant in pic 1 & pic 3 , put some more soil to cover the root cube to insure the roots get no light, and as the plant grows taller , it will add stability
ps your Wallmart is our asda ....

yea i get all my best equipment at wally..wait...no... i am shocked that all that was done under a couple tubes thats really impressive but flowering is gonna be near impossible dont you think??? have you switched to 12/12 yet, it seems like with the results you have you should have all the confidence in the olrd, you have maintained veg for two months in little lighted areas and im assuming don't use natural light as a supplement??? if you got the cash or a card, i totally suggest getting a compact 150 or even a 70 hps or add some cheap cfls for flowering and you should get some tight compact taste nugs off all those little gals. but if you havent shwitched to flower yet, two of those (the ones from seed) might be male and you could have wasted (if you learned anything then its not WASTED) two monthes on some males. if they are male i would collect some pollen so you can gain some more knowledge in what to do and how to do it when flowering.that setup is quite awesome and your ruslts ar great. tight noding and really nice for all the things i see you got going on. A+ on all things, but most of all YOUR GROWING!!!!!! you should feel the pride of a mother! those are some great gals and all i can do clap. at the least if you can add some sunlight and please please grow outdoors its so HUGE!!!

One is in twelve twelve lighting and looks freaking delicious! If I were to put them outdoors where I live they'd be dead pretty quickly I think, not much sunlight and freezing balls. They get a little bit of extra light from overhead. I took whatever you call those covers that shade light off and put in three strong fluorescents. I want to upload a picture to show off hehe but I'm headed to work at the moment. My first grow was simply with an aerogarden, I never took it out even though it clearly became to big. It was a really small crop, but some nice personal which is all I'm after. I can tell the plants are doing better this time, so I'm uber stoked. Unfortunately I work during the summer and it's school for me the rest of the time so I'm dirt poor at the moment.
P.S. our town fought getting a walmart haha we didn't even want a store that big (VERY limited options)

Same here theres a walmart and thats about it lol..... Keep the lights close and wish for the best thats how a thrifty grow works =D

To a current bud picture. Thanks for the comments I really hope the two seed ones aren't males! Even if they aren't a complete waste I'm knocking on wood right now haha. I really know nothing about the auto-flowers but they were feminized seeds so I'm hoping if I have a male it's just the one that's root structure I damaged.

aaawww...shes so damn cute!!!!! and bout outdoor im just saying down the line when things are fine till then rock what you got. im looking forward to seeing some shots of the new setup, and hope work doesnt suck too bad

Trimmed a lot of leaves with a friend who also grows. Ahhhhh she looks so bare!! I was so over protective and like no lets just cut a little bit! I still am a little bitter actually. I mean I know he's grown a lot more than I have an know what he's doing... But come on if I want a few yellow leaves because they make me feel better don't pressure me!!

I can't stop staring at the crystals...
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