CincoDeMeyer
New Member
Today i'd like to start my very first grow log, as my seedlings are one week old today and looking healthy! Ill be posting pics along the way, but mostly asking for tips, help, and any advice that will make my harvest more beneficial. First ill tell of my set up and plans, then ill start the story.
So i have plans to build my own LED light, and i'm just waiting on pieces and parts to come in the mail. It is supposed to be 240 watts, but for now i only have enough to buy the LED's and 2 of the 4 needed power supplies, and i figure 120 watts of high power LED will do well for the two plants i want to grow, then somewhere down the road ill add two more power supplies and have my 240 watt up and running! For now, the seeds I have started are in my home made stealth PC grow box, just to start. There's plenty of ventilation, and has 3, 14 watt 5000k CFL's. I know its not a lot but just to start some seeds for now, its enough and they aren't stretching to get the light they need. Once they are older and have grown enough, and I have finished my LED, and my much larger cabinet which will hold it.
I got some bag-seed, and was pretty sure they were sour diesel, but to be honest i have no clue. I germinated 8 of them, one day in the water cup, then 3 more days of wet paper towel. i wanted to stop at 2, but my friend told me one more day would be good for the roots since they looked a little short. so i pulled one and started it, then started the 5 others that opened up the day after. He was right. I didn't think so until today, but the one i pulled early seemed to have burned up under the CFL's, while two others have prospered and are looking good. This is where my thinking comes in, that these seeds aren't sour diesel. One of the two babies is shorter, with much thicker leaves, while the other seems to be getting taller much quicker, and have much thinner leaves. Which automatically makes me think one is Indica dominant, while the other may be Sativa dominant. Maybe its too early to tell, but that's just my thinking put into words.
picture from day 2:
2 days from they first poked their heads out. the two tallest are the ones still going strong today.
pictures from day 3 after transplant:
from what you can see the photo on the far left is the tall skinny one, the middle photo is the shorter, thicker one, and the far one is the one I declared dead today.
pictures from day 6:
once again the far left is the tall and skinny, the middle is the short and fat, and i didn't bother taking a picture of that little struggler, but you can also somewhat see my setup in the far right photo.
pictures from day 7:
Same order, but now i labeled the cups 1 and 2. 1 being the shorter, thick one, and 2 being the taller skinny one. as you can see i also got rid of the dead one, and put the survivors on some plastic to get them raised up a little bit.
Right now they're on an 18/6 light schedule, and I've been watering them with a big gallon jug of crystal geyser with 1/2 tsp of grow big from fox farm. actually now that I'm typing it it seems logical that maybe plant number three got burned by the nutes, being that it was so small, but it was growing so slow i don't mind not having it. anyways, they seem to be growing well, you can also kind of see my LST bar in the box, its kind of just and open area for stringing branches down. these will be moved to my larger cabinet, once it is outifitted with my DIY LED system and some inner mylar insulation, new locks, etc. I also almost have the hydroponics system set up in there for DWC, all i need now is a water pump, and its ready to grow. im excited to hear what some of you think, mainly about the differences between the two plants and maybe some insight on things i should plan/prepare for. thanks.
by the way if you couldn't tell, im kind of a DIY to death kind of guy.
So i have plans to build my own LED light, and i'm just waiting on pieces and parts to come in the mail. It is supposed to be 240 watts, but for now i only have enough to buy the LED's and 2 of the 4 needed power supplies, and i figure 120 watts of high power LED will do well for the two plants i want to grow, then somewhere down the road ill add two more power supplies and have my 240 watt up and running! For now, the seeds I have started are in my home made stealth PC grow box, just to start. There's plenty of ventilation, and has 3, 14 watt 5000k CFL's. I know its not a lot but just to start some seeds for now, its enough and they aren't stretching to get the light they need. Once they are older and have grown enough, and I have finished my LED, and my much larger cabinet which will hold it.
I got some bag-seed, and was pretty sure they were sour diesel, but to be honest i have no clue. I germinated 8 of them, one day in the water cup, then 3 more days of wet paper towel. i wanted to stop at 2, but my friend told me one more day would be good for the roots since they looked a little short. so i pulled one and started it, then started the 5 others that opened up the day after. He was right. I didn't think so until today, but the one i pulled early seemed to have burned up under the CFL's, while two others have prospered and are looking good. This is where my thinking comes in, that these seeds aren't sour diesel. One of the two babies is shorter, with much thicker leaves, while the other seems to be getting taller much quicker, and have much thinner leaves. Which automatically makes me think one is Indica dominant, while the other may be Sativa dominant. Maybe its too early to tell, but that's just my thinking put into words.
picture from day 2:
2 days from they first poked their heads out. the two tallest are the ones still going strong today.
pictures from day 3 after transplant:
from what you can see the photo on the far left is the tall skinny one, the middle photo is the shorter, thicker one, and the far one is the one I declared dead today.
pictures from day 6:
once again the far left is the tall and skinny, the middle is the short and fat, and i didn't bother taking a picture of that little struggler, but you can also somewhat see my setup in the far right photo.
pictures from day 7:
Same order, but now i labeled the cups 1 and 2. 1 being the shorter, thick one, and 2 being the taller skinny one. as you can see i also got rid of the dead one, and put the survivors on some plastic to get them raised up a little bit.
Right now they're on an 18/6 light schedule, and I've been watering them with a big gallon jug of crystal geyser with 1/2 tsp of grow big from fox farm. actually now that I'm typing it it seems logical that maybe plant number three got burned by the nutes, being that it was so small, but it was growing so slow i don't mind not having it. anyways, they seem to be growing well, you can also kind of see my LST bar in the box, its kind of just and open area for stringing branches down. these will be moved to my larger cabinet, once it is outifitted with my DIY LED system and some inner mylar insulation, new locks, etc. I also almost have the hydroponics system set up in there for DWC, all i need now is a water pump, and its ready to grow. im excited to hear what some of you think, mainly about the differences between the two plants and maybe some insight on things i should plan/prepare for. thanks.
by the way if you couldn't tell, im kind of a DIY to death kind of guy.
