Skull Head
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Decided in last 48 hours that I want to try indoor growing---have read constantly---have zero experience, but need to know if I'm grasping the big picture of how this all goes. If I've got that down, then I can start looking at all the details, please let me know if I've got something totally missing or out of order here, I'm looking for basic at first. Thanks.
Assuming the following:
--Indoor grow, utility shed connected to house but accessible only from outside locking door, no windows, not temp controlled, concrete floor, high ceilings, possible to access electricity/ventilation ducts through ceiling of room up into attic, looking at only trying a couple of plants at first using CFL's, soil as medium, maybe using grow tent or cabinet inside this utility room
1st step: Grow mother plants
1. Buy seeds and germinate, once 1/4" root breaks through, go to #2
2. Plant each seed in 16 oz plastic cup/soil/water and 18/6 light, 1-2" above plants (temp 75-85F)-- Fox Farms Light Warrior soil at first---water only when soil is fully dry and do this until I see a nice bunch of roots that have almost reached the bottom of the cup, go to #3
3. Transplant each plant into 1-gallon pot, use some perilite for good drainage/aeration, switch to Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil, keep light 18/6 and move lights up as plants grow, still keeping 1-2" from top of plants, monitor Ph at 6-6.5 and nutes around 20-5-5 N-P-k, watering when leaves look a little droopy, but average every 3 days or so, this is veggie state and I let them grow until they're about 12" tall, still maintaining temp/humidity, etc., keep air moving w/fan to strengthen stems, go to #4
4. Sexing: Change light cycle to 12/12, change nutes to 5-15-15 N-P-k, and start inspecting plants for either "balls" or "hairs"--if balls, remove immediately b/c it's male and don't want pollenation, may need to build a carbon canister for odor, and continue air movement, temp/humidity/Ph monitoring/watering, but these mature plants will be my mothers, so I need to clone next, go to #5
5. Cloning: I've identified my girls, I put the mother plants back into 18/6 veggie light cycle to stop flowering, and take clones back to #2 until they are mature and ready for me to put them into the flowering cycle...meanwhile, moms are just happy/fed/watered/18/6 cycle along w/clones until flowering, go to #6
6. Clones are ready to flower: I put clones into 12/12 light, adjusting nutes as before, and watch the trichomes to turn cloudy or 2/3 of hairs to turn red/brown at which time they're ready to harvest, not sure how long this takes
7. Harvest by cutting at the base of the stems that have all the buds
8. Manicure: cut off leaves that you can't smoke
9. Curing: Hang from strings in room w/less than 50% humidity for about 3 days. Then move into rubbermaid containers and open containers a few times a day to release moisture. Continue for about 1 week or maybe more, or when the stems snap indicating the centers are dry
10. Enjoy......
Questions I still have:
1. What should general humidity be during veggie/flowering states?
2. Will a few plants put off enough odor to need outside air brought in/inside air vented back out, or can I just use a carbon filter and an oscilatting fan w/out actual air exchange?
3. How do I safely/discreetly dispose of trimmings etc.?
4. What do I do with clones after I've harvested them?
5. Do mother plants just hang out as long as I keep them alive, and that way I can keep getting clones?
6. How long (I realize it depends on a lot) would an I/S hybrid generally be in flowering stage?
7. From seed to smoke, how long is the entire process in general....after I get mothers and clones going, I can get a nice consistent cycle going, but for first round?
8. Anything major step missing here?
Assuming the following:
--Indoor grow, utility shed connected to house but accessible only from outside locking door, no windows, not temp controlled, concrete floor, high ceilings, possible to access electricity/ventilation ducts through ceiling of room up into attic, looking at only trying a couple of plants at first using CFL's, soil as medium, maybe using grow tent or cabinet inside this utility room
1st step: Grow mother plants
1. Buy seeds and germinate, once 1/4" root breaks through, go to #2
2. Plant each seed in 16 oz plastic cup/soil/water and 18/6 light, 1-2" above plants (temp 75-85F)-- Fox Farms Light Warrior soil at first---water only when soil is fully dry and do this until I see a nice bunch of roots that have almost reached the bottom of the cup, go to #3
3. Transplant each plant into 1-gallon pot, use some perilite for good drainage/aeration, switch to Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil, keep light 18/6 and move lights up as plants grow, still keeping 1-2" from top of plants, monitor Ph at 6-6.5 and nutes around 20-5-5 N-P-k, watering when leaves look a little droopy, but average every 3 days or so, this is veggie state and I let them grow until they're about 12" tall, still maintaining temp/humidity, etc., keep air moving w/fan to strengthen stems, go to #4
4. Sexing: Change light cycle to 12/12, change nutes to 5-15-15 N-P-k, and start inspecting plants for either "balls" or "hairs"--if balls, remove immediately b/c it's male and don't want pollenation, may need to build a carbon canister for odor, and continue air movement, temp/humidity/Ph monitoring/watering, but these mature plants will be my mothers, so I need to clone next, go to #5
5. Cloning: I've identified my girls, I put the mother plants back into 18/6 veggie light cycle to stop flowering, and take clones back to #2 until they are mature and ready for me to put them into the flowering cycle...meanwhile, moms are just happy/fed/watered/18/6 cycle along w/clones until flowering, go to #6
6. Clones are ready to flower: I put clones into 12/12 light, adjusting nutes as before, and watch the trichomes to turn cloudy or 2/3 of hairs to turn red/brown at which time they're ready to harvest, not sure how long this takes
7. Harvest by cutting at the base of the stems that have all the buds
8. Manicure: cut off leaves that you can't smoke
9. Curing: Hang from strings in room w/less than 50% humidity for about 3 days. Then move into rubbermaid containers and open containers a few times a day to release moisture. Continue for about 1 week or maybe more, or when the stems snap indicating the centers are dry
10. Enjoy......
Questions I still have:
1. What should general humidity be during veggie/flowering states?
2. Will a few plants put off enough odor to need outside air brought in/inside air vented back out, or can I just use a carbon filter and an oscilatting fan w/out actual air exchange?
3. How do I safely/discreetly dispose of trimmings etc.?
4. What do I do with clones after I've harvested them?
5. Do mother plants just hang out as long as I keep them alive, and that way I can keep getting clones?
6. How long (I realize it depends on a lot) would an I/S hybrid generally be in flowering stage?
7. From seed to smoke, how long is the entire process in general....after I get mothers and clones going, I can get a nice consistent cycle going, but for first round?
8. Anything major step missing here?
