The Shack's Super Awesome First Soil Grow

Why hello there RIU!

If you're here, odds are good you followed the links from my other threads to lead you here.. If not, checking out a bit of each of these will give you a little insight.

The Space: Stealth Cabinet Blueprint

The Genetics: The Shack's O.D. Baby

Oh and a little of this..

The Space in Action: The Shack's AeroGrow

Here is the rundown..

The Genetics: G13 Quicksilver Auto-Fem (freebie seed from an Attitude order) Seed cracked and went into a jiffy pellet July 23, so this is 3 weeks from crack/seed

The Soil: Presently Scott's moisture control (started in jiffy pellet) Ultimately MG Organic Choice Potting Soil (which is why I don't plan to use too many nutes or ferts.. that will be the ONLY time I abbreviate either word... ferts...ehghhrhhghh )

The Nutrients: Little to none, if needed GH Flora Nova series, with a bit of Floralicious, a spot of SuperThrive early on for root development.. thats about it.

The Water: This is important to me.. as i think most growers over think this, i will NOT be checking pH before adding to soil or the runoff. I have a suspicion that most growers run into problems with they too closely focus upon the pH and the ppm and everything else. Given that it is soil I expect/plan/hope to be less concerned with these issues... if I do run into problems... I'll change things up.

Lighting: ALL CFL Various wattages, check the threads for more specifics on watts and lumens.. I'll say this, quite a few. OOH! Also it is an autoflower, I've heard 24/0 and 20/4, I can't find ANYTHING about Quicksilver and light schedules... so I'm going 24/0 for the time being just to get this girl growing. Until I hear otherwise, and from a knowledgeable voice, I'll keep it that way.

Below are a few pictures to give you an idea what is going on, I plan on updating as regularly as possible with photos.

Enjoy and happy growing!!


Shack

PS disregard the AeroGarden in the picture

looks good man ill be watchin subscibed

nobody with the lowdown on quicksilver???


Shack

I'll be posted

the cabinet may have cooked the little lady.. checked her this morning and it was toasty in there. touched one of the leaves and it snapped in half haha.

took it out, misted it with a spray bottle, she is hydrated again, and under a lamp outside the cab until i work out the heat issue.

she seems alive still.. lets hope she doesnt end up stunted by this and stops growing.


Shack

COOL ! keep us posted

yeah im pretty sure its dead.. haha. was hoping this one would grow out. long story short, my brother is going through some shit.. this is pretty anonymous so i don't mind sharing, but i'm not asking for pity. he started this seedling and it was sort of "our" plant i guess. i find out yesterday my brother is an addict, if there is no pills, its weed, if there is no weed, its alcohol.. so on.. so forth..

i've never experienced ANYTHING like this, so its really rough for me.. after finding this out yesterday, today its rehad.. he'll be gone in a week and i had looked forward to this grow, as sort of my therapy while he is gone. i'll never truly understand how or why his brain is wired in such a way that he got this way, and how for me cannabis is almost a sacrament or a therapeutic medicine.

that's all i have to say about that, really needed to put that into words.

the cabinet is still there and i still have other seeds i've been wanting to grow out (probably the lemon skunk).. after a few cabinet mods to control temps we'll be underway. i'm going to wait for my closet grow to finish so i'm not spreading myself all over the place. but keep checking in for discussion about the grow and anything else.


Shack

Sup Shack! hey man I followed your other grow but really had nothing to chime in with, but I can say a week will do alot to clear his head and hopefully he'll see some kind of light and self reflection.

Looking forward to seeing your soil grow, I am currently growing in soil and have no set feeding, just seeing what they need and giving it to em!

GodSpeed my friend

Sorry to hear about your troubles man! Hope everything gets pulled together for you.

Hey Shakleford...
I know you probably won't reply to me, but hey.... If you read my updates, you may not wanna shun me anymore..

But hey man, all I have to say is that going soil is the best thing you can do... Screw hydro, its a pain in the ass for small grows IMO...

I love the way my grow is going, check it out with MANY MANY MANY pics...
Dont go if you have a dial-up connection though...

Peace Shakle!

he got admitted into his program today. i have nothing but hope for him.
i appreciate those of you that dropped in and had nice things to say.
truly, it means alot to receive such kindness from (internet) strangers.

and usiaugiakisku... that's some disrespect man, you spam threads and especially this thread??

do you have any idea what i'm going through and you come to my thread and post shit?!

if you don't want to be "shunned" or whatever, show some respect man.


Shack

Shackleford.R said:

he got admitted into his program today. i have nothing but hope for him.
i appreciate those of you that dropped in and had nice things to say.
truly, it means alot to receive such kindness from (internet) strangers.

and usiaugiakisku... that's some disrespect man, you spam threads and especially this thread??

do you have any idea what i'm going through and you come to my thread and post shit?!

if you don't want to be "shunned" or whatever, show some respect man.


Shack

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Shakleford,

I apologize for not mentioning the respect fro the situation you are going through.. I have a cousin who is an addict, checked into rehab and is still coping with his steps to recovery. I also was once pretty bad with the alcohol. I stopped and all I do is smoke ganja every once in a while. So, once again.. My respects man..

Didn't mean to spam you... You just said on the your other thread that you weren't going to continue on with that particular grow, so I just wanted you to get my msg sooner?? My bad

shit on me eh


Well, my babies are going to wake up anytime soon, now.... Gotta go check the trichs.

Peace Shakleford.

Haha well I'll be! I have read your other threads, and being a stoner I saw the April 09 date in your posts and thought it was the post date (I now realize it's your join date).

Now I've read this thread and caught up to the present and wanted to wish you good luck; I'll certainly be subscribing!

I am in my first grow, went the aerogarden route wound up with 2 strong plants, and didn't like my chances of having enough room in the AG. Two days ago I transplanted to a DIY DWC with 2x48w 3000k CFLs and the 2xAG ~5000k CFLs, and I hope to continue where you left off you last hydro grow, as luckily I don't have major space constraints as I am growing in a shed.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to following you on this journey too!

Oh wow my first post and I post in the wrong thread. Sorry mate, honsest mistake, I'm browsing on an iPhone and have quite a few windows open. I'll head to another thread.