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Greetings-
I've been reading & learning from this site for a few days and thought it was time to join. Just ordered some fem hawaii maui wowie seeds for my first grow of probably 2 plants for personal use only. Probably not a good choice for a noob grower but I remember liking the nice sativa buzz.

I'm old enough to be collecting Social Security, so I've been indulging since the 60s. I remember the days of $12 to $15 for an oz. Have to admit I'm a bit paranoid about growing. My house is in the woods, closest neighbors are 500' + away so no worrys there, more concerned about unexpected visitors.

Will be using my guest bathroom for the grow, should be a good location. Wondering though if the exhaust vent will do much for odor control?

Hi there everyone,
I have put my plants on seedling 18 hours on CFL, vegetative 12 hours on 70w HPS for 4 weeks.
What do I do for flowering?

I have a 250w HPS and 400w Metalhallide not installed yet.

Maxi1 said:

Hi there everyone,
I have put my plants on seedling 18 hours on CFL, vegetative 12 hours on 70w HPS for 4 weeks.
What do I do for flowering?

I have a 250w HPS and 400w Metalhallide not installed yet.

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Well... that is interesting. Seedlings and vegetating plants are the same for lights, 18 hours on 6 hours off, some run the lights on vegging plants 24/7.

When you put the lights on 12/12 your plants will start to flower within a few weeks.

I would suggest you do a lot of reading between now and flowering. VV

Hey my name is Greg n im from wyoming ive recently decided to start growing since prices are becoming too high n im not making what i use to if anyone can give me advice on watering schedules and light cycles that would be great

Hi! Im new here
Im a first time grower and am growing indoors. My plants are actually only about 1week old, pretty much still babies. I already have seen some fungas gnats and I believe its from the soil I got.
anyway I would like to make some friends and maybe get advice on some things

Hey Guys,

I have started growing and my little babies are in the vegetative state, I have tried growing before but had a friend telling me a bunch of things that ended up killing all of my babies. Anyways, the reason that I am writing is that i have a few questions and a few theories that i'd like for some people to confirm.

1.) At what time do you start feeding Nutrients to the plants after germination?

2.) Are you supposed to re-create all environment features including the moon? (this is a theory i suppose) I was told by someone that you must have a black light on at night to imitate the moon.

3.) Is Miracle Grow harmful to the plants?

4.)After I decide on a nutrient to feed my plants how often do i need to feed this nutrient to them? Ive heard bi-weekly, weekly, monthly.. yadda yadda.

It seems that every where I look there are thousands of theories and millions of websites out there saying whats right for them but it usually ends up being really expensive or the wrong advice.. Please help an honest to god Newbie.

Thanks
Gracefly

P.R dude said:

Thats great,man!You get some clones and watch them grow!!!...seeds are a pain in the ass.My first grow i planted 5 seeds and they all came out males!

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This is my first time growing and I am humbled by all this, I had no clue there was so much involved. I have 5 skunk seedlings and 2 reggie seedlings..... under 2 75watt florecent lights. so far so good... I think they are doing well, I mean they are green but still very small 1 week tomorrow. any advice, tips, etc.

little depressing to hear you planted 5 seeds and got 5 males!!!!! I mean statisticly you should have got something!!

Gracefly Hey Guys,

I have started growing and my little babies are in the vegetative state, I have tried growing before but had a friend telling me a bunch of things that ended up killing all of my babies. Anyways, the reason that I am writing is that i have a few questions and a few theories that i'd like for some people to confirm.

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Welcome to the forum Grace,

1.) At what time do you start feeding Nutrients to the plants after germination?

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I usually start around 7:00 am

2.) Are you supposed to re-create all environment features including the moon? (this is a theory i suppose) I was told by someone that you must have a black light on at night to imitate the moon.

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Hahahahaha You could do that, the result would be, plants that veg for 3 months or longer and then start flowering when the light has been adjusted down enough. Instead of 12 to 14 weeks it will be 24 weeks or longer

3.) Is Miracle Grow harmful to the plants?

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No, unless you alter it. Some Miracle Grow has nutrients already in it. Garden Knome (aka SeeMoreBuds ) used Miracle Grow soil for the plants in his book Marijuana Buds For Less He did not add any nutrients, just watered the plants properly.

4.)After I decide on a nutrient to feed my plants how often do i need to feed this nutrient to them? Ive heard bi-weekly, weekly, monthly.. yadda yadda.

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Well..... That is going to be depend on the nutrient LINE you choose and the medium your using. If your medium is Miracle Grow Time Release you might just water them with properly ph'd water and watch them grow.

I use the Canna Line, we feed once and water two to three times per week. It can vary. My advice is talk to the folks at your local shop. They want to give you good advice because they want you to come back.

It seems that every where I look there are thousands of theories and millions of websites out there saying whats right for them but it usually ends up being really expensive or the wrong advice.. Please help an honest to god Newbie.

Thanks
Gracefly

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Welcome to the 'real world', everyone wants a piece of your action. The truth is, we are not exactly duplicating nature, we are trying to improve on nature.

See, in a grow room, you never have a damaging thunderstorm, the sun doesn't change the time it rises and falls by 2 minutes on each end everyday, etc.. To do this successfully we need to insure that the 7 basics are "in balance".

You do that, you will be 90% of the way to success. VV

Hey all On my 1st grow. Started about mid Sept. using cheap soil in a pot and keeping her outdoors in the sun and bring her in during the rain (which isn't often in Cali) and at night. at about 2 weeks ago I got my first signs of flowering, brought a tear to my eye since I got it as a seed and had no idea the strain or even if it was going to turn out a female. I used EB Stone Organic Tom.& Veg food during veg and just today I strated using FF Big Bloom. besides burning the fck outta her about a month ago with the help of some bad advice, she has turned back around and is doing grrrrrrreat! I wish I could get the picture uploader to work so I could post some pics, it just sit there and spins. Couldn't have turned her around with out reading all these helpful forums!

Hello and thank you for the welcoming. I like keeping up with the new strains, new technologies for cultivating cannabis and am here to offer any adivce or learn something new myself. Cheers RIU!!!

What's up bros this is my first post check me out to know I am legit at [email protected]

We can a new member send a private message??

I'm a newbie trying to do my best, i appreciate any help. talk to u all 2morrow you all tomorrow by the way bout some seeds from MARIJUANA-SEEDS.NL and i hard there arip off (junk seeds) someone let me know probably true the way my lucks been

oc4twenty said:

We can a new member send a private message??

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You have to drink a cup of a moderator's piss, only then can you send msg etc. Its in the mail.

Greetings everyone. Been having a browse around your site and i'm very impressed. I'm a novice grower in the UK. I have a small closet (4ft x 4ft x 5ft) with a couple of small Lowrider plants. I had a first harvest of three plants a couple of weeks back. Only got around 3oz of bud and the smoke wasn't very potent. I grew in bat guano and didn't use any nutes. I'd like to perfect the process over the next 6 months and get some big harvests. Hope you all can help.

Hello all! I've been reading a lot on this forum for the past month or so when I started my plants. This is my first grow and I have learned a lot from here, so I figured I'd just go ahead and join up. I've been a long-time smoker but never tried to grow, mainly because I was always living with someone that wasn't cool.

Hey all! Im another newb grower (only on my 2nd grow, first one was pathetic...1 bud per plant and less than an oz total...:'( ) ...

Came across the site in my search for a little more information to make sure I do this right this time and have been nothing but impressed by the shear amount of knowledge, talent, and understanding that this site contains. Glad to be here.

nanookofeclectic said:

Hello all! I've been reading a lot on this forum for the past month or so when I started my plants. This is my first grow and I have learned a lot from here, so I figured I'd just go ahead and join up. I've been a long-time smoker but never tried to grow, mainly because I was always living with someone that wasn't cool.

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this is my first grow to. Ive been learning a lot. my seedlings are 1 week old and I am using CFL lights.

a very basic set up. what type of set up do you have

rollandtoke said:

Hey all! Im another newb grower (only on my 2nd grow, first one was pathetic...1 bud per plant and less than an oz total...:'( ) ...

Came across the site in my search for a little more information to make sure I do this right this time and have been nothing but impressed by the shear amount of knowledge, talent, and understanding that this site contains. Glad to be here.

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do you know what you did wrong with you last batch? the reason Im asking is so I dont make the smae mistakes. I am a first grower and Im kind of learning the process as I go. my seedlings are not quite 2 weeks old

what was your last set up like and what are you going to be doing different this time?

ML75 said:

this is my first grow to. Ive been learning a lot. my seedlings are 1 week old and I am using CFL lights.

a very basic set up. what type of set up do you have

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Man, mine is stone age. Due to the fact that I'm broke as hell. LOL. Right now I have 6 plants under a 4ft, 2 bulb flouro fixture. I'm using 6500k bulbs for that one. I also have 2 1ft cool white flouros shining from the side.