Biggest Mistake I Won't Make Again.

Storing humidity box on top of T5 lights, forgetting it's there when raising the light and spreading seedlings across the room... Thankfully all have come back to growing, but they were pretty shocked by it, as was I

A few years ago, I had a hermie...Instead of cutting the balls off, I pulled them off and they popped when I pulled..........I had alot of seed

my biggest noob mistake was not reading or learning anything about plants before i started

i had a closet with 3 plants in the same pot under 2 incandescent bulbs about a foot and a half from the plants and no ventalation. after about a month when i realized i was a dumb shit my one of my plants had died, the other 2 were about a foot and a half tall, stem as thin as a toothpick, with only 2-3 sets of leafs, held up with chopsticks and string

i have come so far from there (like 7 yrs ago) and while ive had 2 harvested grows and i know most of what im talking about, i still have a ways to go

broke off the top cola trying to squeeze through the closet door

When I first tried hydro 8 years ago, I bought an expensive tri-meter like the one I have today. Except this meter showed the ppm value x10!!!

I couldnt understand why i couldnt get my ppm's higher.

I kept on adding nutes.

Within days my plants were fried.

I was so puzzled.

Didn't even know what I did wrong until I took a good look at the instruction manual several weeks later and realized then I gave them a fatal dose of nutes!! Can you say stupid ass?

doctorD said:

Big mistake is trying to half ass it. dont waste your time and money on things that wont yield much in the end (aero garden). if your going to take the risk in the first place do it right the first time.

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Amen Brother! Amen!!!!!

My biggest mistake was showing my girlfriend my grow.

corvetteguy said:

My biggest mistake was showing my girlfriend my grow.

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owh man that sucks







my biggest mistake was probably NOT starting with the best soil I could find (Fox Farms Ocean Forest)

I started with REAL soil a few weeks later and BOOM! NICE shade of green and great growth

Ill probably get a bag of FF light warrior to start seedlings in though, it seems like the small plants in FFOF struggle until that stem gets pretty thick

I know more people have mistakes, don't be afraid to share. It's so other people can learn.

themistocles said:

I know more people have mistakes, don't be afraid to share. It's so other people can learn.

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dont try and ph your water with baking soda,
yes it raises your ph but one of my girls really didnt like it and is currently in recovery

I've made a bunch...Used MG nutes (really harsh on the plants), used really hard water to the point of nute lockout, stopped using Nitrogen alltogether in flower (those two together killed all of my fan leaves, man were those buds small), overwatered, underwatered, let a caterpillar eat two young seedlings, harvested early... I'm sure I've done more stupid shit, that's off the top of my head.

DoeEyed said:

I've made a bunch...Used MG nutes (really harsh on the plants), used really hard water to the point of nute lockout, stopped using Nitrogen alltogether in flower (those two together killed all of my fan leaves, man were those buds small), overwatered, underwatered, let a caterpillar eat two young seedlings, harvested early... I'm sure I've done more stupid shit, that's off the top of my head.

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ahh the joys of learning.lol

lol...Yeah - but the nice thing is, usually once you've done it, you'll never do it again!

well don't know how many mistakes i just did on my 1st. now starting 2nd and seems my first mistake was things it wes as eazy as 1st. NOT! Learning is cool!

well don't know how many mistakes I just did on my 1st. now starting 2nd and seems my first mistake was thinkings it was as eazy as 1st. NOT! Learning is cool!

My first grow was amazing.. other than I pulled two males out of the group and left them in the room to dry(not a good idea) for about 12 hours... that was just enough to let my nice sinse fems to get a tiny bit of seed... I was completly bummed to find out when I busted open the first bud... TOTAL Let down... Yeild was good though.. over a half lb. from 4 girls under CFL's..

sorry guys about two of same post, but wife just woke from nap [3hr]. f**ked me up! Time for our meds!

themistocles said:

I was wondering if everyone could share their biggest mistake they made when they began growing, just so others won't do the same.

I'll Start

One of my biggest mistakes was buying soil from wall-mart.

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Is that the same soil you supposedly put in your DWC system and tried to make
a hybridized Hydro/Soil system?? HAHAHH I would think that would be one of your
biggest mistakes if you had actually done it.... Wahahaha

My biggest problem I had was that I believed everything on the Roseman thread regarding Bubbleponics.

It wasn't what was said, but the omissions.

What works in Michigan, may not work in the summertime in California.

lol severe underbudgeting and over spending all good in the end tho