Hello everyone 
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I wasn't planning on making a grow journal but after reading so many it started to look pretty fun (plus I think I could use some advice). I did my first grow about 4.5 years ago with a 250 watt HPS on two clones, at the time I had some guidance from another grower friend and he hooked up the clones, light, soil, nutes so it was prety easy. They turned out really good and I got about an ounce and a half from the two (at the time I never tried MJ, so when they were done I turned them into two large brownies and gave it a try (mistake), way to strong lol).
I still don't smoke/consume MJ very often but this time I'm helping my mom out that just got her med. card, it's a little to expensive for her to go out and get it from other sources. I went and bought a 27"x18"x36" cab (had to do it somewhat small) and germinated some seeds we found in bag that she'd bought. Within 24 hours all five seeds were split open with a small tail sticking out. I went to the gardening shop (before I did very much reading on here) and asked them what I should get for soil for seedlings, they gave me organic Gro-Well seed starter mix. Even though I'm relatively inexperienced I'm thinking the soil was a bad choice, there is a lot of bark and no vermiculite in it at all. For light's I currently have 6x23W 6500k CFL's connected to 3 Y splitters about 3 fingers width above the plants. I have been using distilled water and only giving them about an inch of the bottom of a 18 ounce cup (the ones they are in) every 1.5-2.5 days, today was the only day water hasn't leaked out through the bottom holes. I have been poking my finger in a little to see when they feel dry but I am also trying to figure out just by the weight of the cups, I have read I need to add CalMag to the distilled, if so how much?
I let the seeds soak for another 12 hours and then planted them tail down about 3/8" under the soil and threw them under one bulb. This was on 01-27-12, and it took about two days till the first sprout came up (01-29-12) and the next four came up within a day or two after that. I haven't named any of them so let's go with A,B,C,F for now D died (the names of the pictures correspond to the letter). They seem to be growing very slow and two of them are yellowing and wilting some what, you can see it in the pictures, any ideas? No nutes in the soil and I'm just giving them the distilled. I just got my thermometer yesterday and the temps were between 77-88 degrees F. Humidity between 18-25% (I don't know how to get the humidity to go up (I placed a wet rag in there and it didn't seem to do anything). I have Mylar and a fan on there way, as soon as I get them I'm creating a passive intake (right now I keep the door cracked) and placing the fan in front of it to blow onto the plants, and I'm placing the computer fan in the ceiling for exhaust (pictured). In another week or two (someone can chime in on when I should) I am going to transplant them in to Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil in 1.5-2 gallon pots? I'll be getting the Fox Farm Trio, possibly just the one for flowering because the FFOF has the nutes in it that can last a few week to a month and I can't let them get very tall, so I'm thinking about flowering after about 5 weeks. Oh and all of them are just getting their second set of leaves (you can kinda see in the pics).
Go ahead and feel free to correct me or help out anywhere where I am going in the wrong direction. Now that my mom has her card (just got it two days ago), should we just get two clones and start over? Thanks!
,I wasn't planning on making a grow journal but after reading so many it started to look pretty fun (plus I think I could use some advice). I did my first grow about 4.5 years ago with a 250 watt HPS on two clones, at the time I had some guidance from another grower friend and he hooked up the clones, light, soil, nutes so it was prety easy. They turned out really good and I got about an ounce and a half from the two (at the time I never tried MJ, so when they were done I turned them into two large brownies and gave it a try (mistake), way to strong lol).
I still don't smoke/consume MJ very often but this time I'm helping my mom out that just got her med. card, it's a little to expensive for her to go out and get it from other sources. I went and bought a 27"x18"x36" cab (had to do it somewhat small) and germinated some seeds we found in bag that she'd bought. Within 24 hours all five seeds were split open with a small tail sticking out. I went to the gardening shop (before I did very much reading on here) and asked them what I should get for soil for seedlings, they gave me organic Gro-Well seed starter mix. Even though I'm relatively inexperienced I'm thinking the soil was a bad choice, there is a lot of bark and no vermiculite in it at all. For light's I currently have 6x23W 6500k CFL's connected to 3 Y splitters about 3 fingers width above the plants. I have been using distilled water and only giving them about an inch of the bottom of a 18 ounce cup (the ones they are in) every 1.5-2.5 days, today was the only day water hasn't leaked out through the bottom holes. I have been poking my finger in a little to see when they feel dry but I am also trying to figure out just by the weight of the cups, I have read I need to add CalMag to the distilled, if so how much?
I let the seeds soak for another 12 hours and then planted them tail down about 3/8" under the soil and threw them under one bulb. This was on 01-27-12, and it took about two days till the first sprout came up (01-29-12) and the next four came up within a day or two after that. I haven't named any of them so let's go with A,B,C,F for now D died (the names of the pictures correspond to the letter). They seem to be growing very slow and two of them are yellowing and wilting some what, you can see it in the pictures, any ideas? No nutes in the soil and I'm just giving them the distilled. I just got my thermometer yesterday and the temps were between 77-88 degrees F. Humidity between 18-25% (I don't know how to get the humidity to go up (I placed a wet rag in there and it didn't seem to do anything). I have Mylar and a fan on there way, as soon as I get them I'm creating a passive intake (right now I keep the door cracked) and placing the fan in front of it to blow onto the plants, and I'm placing the computer fan in the ceiling for exhaust (pictured). In another week or two (someone can chime in on when I should) I am going to transplant them in to Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil in 1.5-2 gallon pots? I'll be getting the Fox Farm Trio, possibly just the one for flowering because the FFOF has the nutes in it that can last a few week to a month and I can't let them get very tall, so I'm thinking about flowering after about 5 weeks. Oh and all of them are just getting their second set of leaves (you can kinda see in the pics).
Go ahead and feel free to correct me or help out anywhere where I am going in the wrong direction. Now that my mom has her card (just got it two days ago), should we just get two clones and start over? Thanks!
Looks like your lighting should be good for veggin, looks like you are over watering a little maybe??? Can you get a hold of some RO water? It's sold at wally world and is labeled as "drinking water" my babies love it, and it's only like $.69 per gal. I'd say your right on track as when to transplant...just try to use 3 gal pots or larger, most regret not using a bigger pot 
NO no no no don't throw these away and start over 
Give it a shot...you NEVER know 
