Chuckles758
Active Member
Its my first grow and I decided to try to grow with some bagseed I have been saving this past year or 2.
Medium:
seeds - jiffy pots,
seedlings - Miricale grow potting soil,
vegging - 60 % plain potting soil no nutes,-30% perlite, -30% peat moss, 20% worm castings
Water:
Wall Mart 79cent spring water
Nutes:
Sensi grow-Sensi bloom
Lights:
Seedlings clfs and 150 Metal halide
Vegging 150 and then 400 MH
Bloom will use 1000 Sodium
Sprouted seeds planted 3/30/08.
I used the paper towel method in a glass to germinate and I would say I had about a 90 % germ rate. I then used jiffy pots for the seedlings, but I soaked them in water then ripped off the outer mesh and just used the peat in a seedling stater tray with a cover. After 2-3 days when the tap root broke through the seed and the root was about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long I put them just under the peat in a hole and just covered the seed pod with a light covering of peat. Sprayed with mister to keep moist. All the seeds came up and sprouted!
I then put the seedling tray under CLFS and a couplle of those 2 foot purple grow Fls. I then transplanted them to 16 oz plastic cups in everybody's favoite medium Miricle grow potting soil!, when roots broke throu the bottom of the seed pot. Now you have to realize I tend to be lazy so some were not transplanted as soon as they should have been so I did see signs of slow growth as they were rootbound. The lights were on 24/7 the first 2 weeks under the clfs.
I could not wait to get my 400 watt HID so I went to home depot and got a 150 watt metal halide outdoor light and then stitched them to 16/8. They had from 2- 4 nodes then. (No timer,,I just turned out the light at bedtime 11;30 or so.) Well I was running out of room as I transplanted more and I got my 400 so I made room in the basement. I did the panda film on the walls ceiling floors and setup my 400 watter. ( I am addicted to ebay so when I saw a light mover for less than 100.00 I bought it. OK so now while waiting for that I saw that the plants were loving the 150 metal halide and decided to check on some roots. Yup! they were getting rootbound in the 16 ounce cups. HMMMM no pots to put them in yet so I cut cups in half used the top part for the plant and trans planted that in another 16 oz cup... a double decker!!!.
( Yea I know next time I will be ready with bigger pots but it worked for a week and a half thou LOL)
Well SO I got my light mover and setup my 400 at about week 3. So with the mover I now had about 4*7 feet growing space. They all almost fit and they loved it. Still at 16/8 and now I have them all in 1 gallon grow bags.
My question is under the 1000 sodium what size pot should I use? I do not want to transplant any more this is the last time! I am ready to start flowering. Most plants have 7-11 nodes and lots of secondary growth. they range from 11 to 16 inches tall.
Pics to come soon!
Medium:
seeds - jiffy pots,
seedlings - Miricale grow potting soil,
vegging - 60 % plain potting soil no nutes,-30% perlite, -30% peat moss, 20% worm castings
Water:
Wall Mart 79cent spring water
Nutes:
Sensi grow-Sensi bloom
Lights:
Seedlings clfs and 150 Metal halide
Vegging 150 and then 400 MH
Bloom will use 1000 Sodium
Sprouted seeds planted 3/30/08.
I used the paper towel method in a glass to germinate and I would say I had about a 90 % germ rate. I then used jiffy pots for the seedlings, but I soaked them in water then ripped off the outer mesh and just used the peat in a seedling stater tray with a cover. After 2-3 days when the tap root broke through the seed and the root was about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long I put them just under the peat in a hole and just covered the seed pod with a light covering of peat. Sprayed with mister to keep moist. All the seeds came up and sprouted!
I then put the seedling tray under CLFS and a couplle of those 2 foot purple grow Fls. I then transplanted them to 16 oz plastic cups in everybody's favoite medium Miricle grow potting soil!, when roots broke throu the bottom of the seed pot. Now you have to realize I tend to be lazy so some were not transplanted as soon as they should have been so I did see signs of slow growth as they were rootbound. The lights were on 24/7 the first 2 weeks under the clfs.
I could not wait to get my 400 watt HID so I went to home depot and got a 150 watt metal halide outdoor light and then stitched them to 16/8. They had from 2- 4 nodes then. (No timer,,I just turned out the light at bedtime 11;30 or so.) Well I was running out of room as I transplanted more and I got my 400 so I made room in the basement. I did the panda film on the walls ceiling floors and setup my 400 watter. ( I am addicted to ebay so when I saw a light mover for less than 100.00 I bought it. OK so now while waiting for that I saw that the plants were loving the 150 metal halide and decided to check on some roots. Yup! they were getting rootbound in the 16 ounce cups. HMMMM no pots to put them in yet so I cut cups in half used the top part for the plant and trans planted that in another 16 oz cup... a double decker!!!.
( Yea I know next time I will be ready with bigger pots but it worked for a week and a half thou LOL)
Well SO I got my light mover and setup my 400 at about week 3. So with the mover I now had about 4*7 feet growing space. They all almost fit and they loved it. Still at 16/8 and now I have them all in 1 gallon grow bags.
My question is under the 1000 sodium what size pot should I use? I do not want to transplant any more this is the last time! I am ready to start flowering. Most plants have 7-11 nodes and lots of secondary growth. they range from 11 to 16 inches tall.
Pics to come soon!
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