smylinacha
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Hello,
I signed up in here a couple of months ago and this is my first post. I sure have read a ton of good stuff in here and really enjoy how everyone helps everyone out. I've also enjoyed all the pics and reading all of everyone's journals.
I started a couple plants from weed a friend gave me - nice mellow buzz and helps me sleep good. I found some of the seeds in the buds. I have no idea what kind they are. But I am psyched that they are girls! Just yesterday I put a magnifying glass to them and the pistils are there!
I started the seeds on a plate with a damp paper towel on them with a bowl on top of that. Shoved them in a drawer and 3 days later I had sprouts.
I put each seed in it's own party cup and kept them each under a Prepara Powerplant grow lamp. They grew pretty quick and w/in two weeks I transplanted them into bigger pots.
Kept them in a southern bay window, along with the lights until the cat started chewing on them.
Two weeks after transplanting I had to put them into bigger pots. I think these are 2.5 gallon ones.
I didn't spend a ton of money - just wanted to see how they would do on a simple budget.
The whole time I've used Shultz's potting soil mixed with vermiculite. Was watering them every few days with distilled water and I added 7 drops of Miracle Grow per gallon.
They got too tall in the window and with the cat and prying eyes, I moved them into another room. I took the Prepara grow bulbs (since the plants grew taller than the Prepara lamps) and put them into those metal clamp lamps you get at Lowes. I put each lamp over each plant that sits on a small table (clamped them onto a picture on my wall and adjusted as they grew). I added two more of those bulbs with clamp lamps on the bottom of the table angling upward. So all together I had 4 lights - 2 shining from the top and 2 from the bottom. And I had the sunlight on them also.
I was keeping the lights on 20/4. They got pretty big and I chopped the tops - probably should have let them grow but I wanted to keep them on the shorter side. And from what I've read in here, I might not have had enough light and they stretched.
After the chopping (about a week ago), they are both close to 2 feet tall and have been on 12/12 now (with Shultz's plant bloom food) for flowering and just this week I see they are girls - just have no idea what kind. The room smells WONDERFUL
. Lights go on at 7 a.m. and lights off at 7 p.m. and then they get put into a closet. I have a fan on them during the day.
So anyway here is a pic. I know I'm not a pro like alot of you in here - I had no idea how well they'd do but they are alive and breathin!
Next time I do this I'm going to do some stuff differently with what I've read in here and let them get taller. Also with the summer coming I'd love to try this outside but a little worried about animals getting to them, not to mention nosey people.
Great site - best one out of all of them out there.
I signed up in here a couple of months ago and this is my first post. I sure have read a ton of good stuff in here and really enjoy how everyone helps everyone out. I've also enjoyed all the pics and reading all of everyone's journals.
I started a couple plants from weed a friend gave me - nice mellow buzz and helps me sleep good. I found some of the seeds in the buds. I have no idea what kind they are. But I am psyched that they are girls! Just yesterday I put a magnifying glass to them and the pistils are there!
I started the seeds on a plate with a damp paper towel on them with a bowl on top of that. Shoved them in a drawer and 3 days later I had sprouts.
I put each seed in it's own party cup and kept them each under a Prepara Powerplant grow lamp. They grew pretty quick and w/in two weeks I transplanted them into bigger pots.
Kept them in a southern bay window, along with the lights until the cat started chewing on them.
Two weeks after transplanting I had to put them into bigger pots. I think these are 2.5 gallon ones.
I didn't spend a ton of money - just wanted to see how they would do on a simple budget.
The whole time I've used Shultz's potting soil mixed with vermiculite. Was watering them every few days with distilled water and I added 7 drops of Miracle Grow per gallon.
They got too tall in the window and with the cat and prying eyes, I moved them into another room. I took the Prepara grow bulbs (since the plants grew taller than the Prepara lamps) and put them into those metal clamp lamps you get at Lowes. I put each lamp over each plant that sits on a small table (clamped them onto a picture on my wall and adjusted as they grew). I added two more of those bulbs with clamp lamps on the bottom of the table angling upward. So all together I had 4 lights - 2 shining from the top and 2 from the bottom. And I had the sunlight on them also.
I was keeping the lights on 20/4. They got pretty big and I chopped the tops - probably should have let them grow but I wanted to keep them on the shorter side. And from what I've read in here, I might not have had enough light and they stretched.
After the chopping (about a week ago), they are both close to 2 feet tall and have been on 12/12 now (with Shultz's plant bloom food) for flowering and just this week I see they are girls - just have no idea what kind. The room smells WONDERFUL
. Lights go on at 7 a.m. and lights off at 7 p.m. and then they get put into a closet. I have a fan on them during the day.So anyway here is a pic. I know I'm not a pro like alot of you in here - I had no idea how well they'd do but they are alive and breathin!
Next time I do this I'm going to do some stuff differently with what I've read in here and let them get taller. Also with the summer coming I'd love to try this outside but a little worried about animals getting to them, not to mention nosey people.
Great site - best one out of all of them out there.
Also I see a dr. for pain (disc problems) and I want to get off the painkillers because this works just as good, if not better. I just can't believe how this stuff is illegal. I mean it grows like any other plant, no chemicals added to it, it doesn't make you violent like alcohol with some people. I just don't get it. I am glad people in other states have it legalized medically - I hope it happens all over the country.