Hi I just bought 5 lowryder seeds that are feminized, I also bought some decent soil and a Propagator.I only want to grow one marijuana plant for personal use and I was wondering if you guys could help me. Sorry If that seems vague, I don't know what else to add..So far as lights I was just going to use a lamp with a incandescent light bulb..Also so far as germination I was wondering the best way to do this. The soil says it supports germination on the pack. Well I hope you can help I need this medicine severely I have a crippling anxiety disorder
Lowryder Seeds
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amazingeviltom
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Hi, i am sorry about the crippling disorder, check out http://stenkraft.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1&Itemid=31 for some video relating to the herb being a medicine.
Any way to your grow, remember that cannabis is a weed and wants to grow however if you are growing in doors, the thing you need to do is make the plants artificial environment as close to perfect conditionas as spossible. Some people would go into the perfect light, the perfect ph, the perfect temp, C02 enrichment, blahh de blahh. I would suggest that you stick to a few basic rules if you want to grow bud.
PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION AND SOME PEOPLES WILL DIFFER.
1. Try to keep your temperature around the 30 - 36 mark you can do this with a number of different systems but i have had great success with a fortex system which you can buy here. A point to remember is that when your bulb is on (depends on what you use) you will find that your growing area builds up heat and when its is off it looses heat, this system will control a heating circuit for when it gets to cold and a cooling curcuit when it gets to hot. You simply set the desired temp and the system scans it and adjusts it.
2. Buy a better bulb, if you want to go for the low power option then you could use LED, however some people dont like LED as some people say it does not allow the plants to yeild a dense bud. LED lights are a mine feild, In my experience i would suggest you stay away from the Growboards (here) I say this because i know them to be a total load of ...... The next LED could be the UFO (here) some people like them some people hate them as far as i am concerned, cannabis pleants dont like them when they are flowering no matter what people say (but thats just me).
Another low power bulb is the CFL, they normally come in BLUE spectrum (for non flowering also known as the veg), red spectrum (for the flowering stage also known as budding) or dual spectrum (both red spectrum and blue spectrum). They dont use to much energy normally around the 120 to 300 watt mark. They also dont produce much heat so your heat exaust does not have to be as efficient (we will get to this in a bit). In my opinion they are really good for veging and do produce bud, but once again, the bud is not as dense as it could be.
The other side of things is the Hight Pressure Sodium (HPS) bulb and the Metal Hallide (MH) bulb. The HPS has a good red spectrum however it does have a bit of blue in it, but not that much. This means it is excellent for flowering but lacks in the veging department. The MH bulb has a predominently blue frequency, this is great for veging but rubbish for flowering. Some people use the MH for veg then swap to HPS for flower however a large number of people use HPS for both veging and flowering. (Remember there are exceptions some people will dissagree). The downer about HPS and MH is that they use large amounts of power and create large amounts of heat, this heat needs to be evacuated and cooled.
3 Intake and exahust is one of the most important things. If you plant is in the wild it does not need an exaust or an intake as there is an abundance of fresh air (because your outside... lol). If you plant is inside it is very important that you have a good circulation of air and intake to bring cool (C02 rich) air in and en exaust to take out hot (C02 lacking) air out. This not only gives your plant everything it needs to breath but it also helps to keep your growing area at a nice temp and stops the plant from burning. A great cheap fix for a small growing area is the trusty 12 volt PC fan, this can be wired into a 9 or a 12 volt DC adapter, it does not use much power and is quite efficient in moving air about. And most importantly, it is cheap!
4 Reflectors are important, for example its no good having a growing area painted in black as this will not reflect your light around the room and will waste alot of the light energy. Diamond mylar is a great reflector however it is expensive, standard reflective mylar is also good however if it is not perfectly smooth it can produce hot sports (spots where the light is focused a bit like a lens). These hot spots can damage the leaves. If all else fails, paint it in white, white is a great reflector. Do not be tempted in using tinfoil as this is no good as it absorbs alot of the light spectrum.
5. PH, try to keep the PH of your growing medium whether it is soil, coco, or anything else to the suggested PH of your plant, if you do not know, my plants respond well to a ph of 6.5 (some people will dissagree, its all about finding what works for you and your plant). You can acouplish this by using PH up and down and you can mesure this with a PH meter if your on a budget you can buy PH meter really cheap off ebay and you can use vinigar to take the acidity up and baking soda (mixed well with water) to take up the alkaline level.
6. NUTES - the liquid fertiliser that use, needs to be diluted in water to the levels it indicates on the bottle (at the very least) I would suggest buying a EC or PPM meter to monitor the level of nutes disolved in the water. Remember seedling will need less nutes than a full size plant. If you are growing in a soil, then ensure it is full of goodness as the plant will be drawing its nutes from that. I find adding guano (shit from various animals) to my soil helps the plants grow better, i suppose it is simple logic.
7. Watering is what most people fall down on, remember this, its better to have your seedling in search of water than to drown it. If your plant looks like it is in need of water then give it a good watering, if your drainage in your pot is good then it will be difficult to over water it, dranage is the key if you are not confident in your watering abilities.
8. Humidity is also important, when they are young they like more humidity, when they get bigger and stronger they can handly not having as much, when they are in flower they like less as a large amount of humidity can cause mould and rot your bud.
Well, i have covered a few things in a fair bit of detail, no doubt there will be people who dissagree with me, or think i have missed things out, all i can suggest is if your one of those people, just have your say too.
Hope this has helped.
Any way to your grow, remember that cannabis is a weed and wants to grow however if you are growing in doors, the thing you need to do is make the plants artificial environment as close to perfect conditionas as spossible. Some people would go into the perfect light, the perfect ph, the perfect temp, C02 enrichment, blahh de blahh. I would suggest that you stick to a few basic rules if you want to grow bud.
PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION AND SOME PEOPLES WILL DIFFER.
1. Try to keep your temperature around the 30 - 36 mark you can do this with a number of different systems but i have had great success with a fortex system which you can buy here. A point to remember is that when your bulb is on (depends on what you use) you will find that your growing area builds up heat and when its is off it looses heat, this system will control a heating circuit for when it gets to cold and a cooling curcuit when it gets to hot. You simply set the desired temp and the system scans it and adjusts it.
2. Buy a better bulb, if you want to go for the low power option then you could use LED, however some people dont like LED as some people say it does not allow the plants to yeild a dense bud. LED lights are a mine feild, In my experience i would suggest you stay away from the Growboards (here) I say this because i know them to be a total load of ...... The next LED could be the UFO (here) some people like them some people hate them as far as i am concerned, cannabis pleants dont like them when they are flowering no matter what people say (but thats just me).
Another low power bulb is the CFL, they normally come in BLUE spectrum (for non flowering also known as the veg), red spectrum (for the flowering stage also known as budding) or dual spectrum (both red spectrum and blue spectrum). They dont use to much energy normally around the 120 to 300 watt mark. They also dont produce much heat so your heat exaust does not have to be as efficient (we will get to this in a bit). In my opinion they are really good for veging and do produce bud, but once again, the bud is not as dense as it could be.
The other side of things is the Hight Pressure Sodium (HPS) bulb and the Metal Hallide (MH) bulb. The HPS has a good red spectrum however it does have a bit of blue in it, but not that much. This means it is excellent for flowering but lacks in the veging department. The MH bulb has a predominently blue frequency, this is great for veging but rubbish for flowering. Some people use the MH for veg then swap to HPS for flower however a large number of people use HPS for both veging and flowering. (Remember there are exceptions some people will dissagree). The downer about HPS and MH is that they use large amounts of power and create large amounts of heat, this heat needs to be evacuated and cooled.
3 Intake and exahust is one of the most important things. If you plant is in the wild it does not need an exaust or an intake as there is an abundance of fresh air (because your outside... lol). If you plant is inside it is very important that you have a good circulation of air and intake to bring cool (C02 rich) air in and en exaust to take out hot (C02 lacking) air out. This not only gives your plant everything it needs to breath but it also helps to keep your growing area at a nice temp and stops the plant from burning. A great cheap fix for a small growing area is the trusty 12 volt PC fan, this can be wired into a 9 or a 12 volt DC adapter, it does not use much power and is quite efficient in moving air about. And most importantly, it is cheap!
4 Reflectors are important, for example its no good having a growing area painted in black as this will not reflect your light around the room and will waste alot of the light energy. Diamond mylar is a great reflector however it is expensive, standard reflective mylar is also good however if it is not perfectly smooth it can produce hot sports (spots where the light is focused a bit like a lens). These hot spots can damage the leaves. If all else fails, paint it in white, white is a great reflector. Do not be tempted in using tinfoil as this is no good as it absorbs alot of the light spectrum.
5. PH, try to keep the PH of your growing medium whether it is soil, coco, or anything else to the suggested PH of your plant, if you do not know, my plants respond well to a ph of 6.5 (some people will dissagree, its all about finding what works for you and your plant). You can acouplish this by using PH up and down and you can mesure this with a PH meter if your on a budget you can buy PH meter really cheap off ebay and you can use vinigar to take the acidity up and baking soda (mixed well with water) to take up the alkaline level.
6. NUTES - the liquid fertiliser that use, needs to be diluted in water to the levels it indicates on the bottle (at the very least) I would suggest buying a EC or PPM meter to monitor the level of nutes disolved in the water. Remember seedling will need less nutes than a full size plant. If you are growing in a soil, then ensure it is full of goodness as the plant will be drawing its nutes from that. I find adding guano (shit from various animals) to my soil helps the plants grow better, i suppose it is simple logic.
7. Watering is what most people fall down on, remember this, its better to have your seedling in search of water than to drown it. If your plant looks like it is in need of water then give it a good watering, if your drainage in your pot is good then it will be difficult to over water it, dranage is the key if you are not confident in your watering abilities.
8. Humidity is also important, when they are young they like more humidity, when they get bigger and stronger they can handly not having as much, when they are in flower they like less as a large amount of humidity can cause mould and rot your bud.
Well, i have covered a few things in a fair bit of detail, no doubt there will be people who dissagree with me, or think i have missed things out, all i can suggest is if your one of those people, just have your say too.
Hope this has helped.
amazingeviltom
Member
my god i didnt relise how much i wrote.....
amazingeviltom
Member
how before i forget, a fan is also important as it not only helps reduce the temp and keep the airmoving but it stimulates your plants stems to make them grow stronger and enable them to hold larger yeilds without them breaking, this does not need to blast your plants but should make them move a litle.
Stoner.Barbie
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which lowryder? mine came out yummy. easiest way i found is FFOF soil and filtered ph'd water. lights 20/4, temp 65-75, humidity about 50%. thats about it. but on my current grow i am doing some topping and LSTing them. i will help anyway i can. (no nutes w/ FFOF soil)
Wow Thanks amazingeviltom for the advice that was great and soo much detail, I really appreciate it. The only thing is I am very short on money at the moment I only have the materials that I mentioned above, do you think it would be possible to grow with simply soil and a pot? I am trying for a basic setup to start with. Though I will take everything you said into consideration and try my best to get all that stuff. I was planning on starting tomorrow, So I guess I would start by germinating the seeds? I have looked up the paper towel method, do you know of any other ways? Sorry if i come across as a complete idiot about this stuff the thing is I have only tried cannabis about 15 times and all those times were in Amsterdam. I am living in Ireland and we don't get much clean cannabis around here, I have a severe anxiety disorder that keeps me up at night and my family doctor in confidence suggested Cannabis. Thank you soo much for your help, Also To Stoner.Barbie I bought my seeds from a local headshop the guy said they were autoflowering and a easy growing plant. They come in a pack that says joint doctor Lowryder Feminized, I hope that answers your question.
Thanks for the quick replies
Thanks for the quick replies
tharoomman
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I grew some LR#2 Under some CFL's. Poor yeild, good bud. I didn't have enough lights. You CANNOT grow with an incandesent bulb Go get you some CFL's. Then you can have something to work with.
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Shangeet
Active Member
you write too much... by the way... i think you might grow lowryder....
can we expect a grow journal from you...
and your info is great.. like it.......
amazingeviltom
Member
If you remember trublue, cannabis is originaly a weed and as long as it has light, soil, air & water it will grow. I must back tharoomman up and agree that an incansesent bulb will not work at all, your seed will germinate and get very long and gangaly, searching for the correct wavelegnth of light and then fall over and die. This is because the incandesent bulb does not provide your plant with the correct type of light.
At the very least I would save up and buy a 125 watt blue and a 250 watt red cfl or a dual spectrum, they are what you call self ballasted, which means you do not need an expensive ballast. If you plant your grows without a suitable light they will die as they will not be able to photosynthisize. ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
Do you have a window you could put the pot on? The sun is free. There is a couple of links in this post for you to give you an idea of what your looking for.
At the very least I would save up and buy a 125 watt blue and a 250 watt red cfl or a dual spectrum, they are what you call self ballasted, which means you do not need an expensive ballast. If you plant your grows without a suitable light they will die as they will not be able to photosynthisize. ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
Do you have a window you could put the pot on? The sun is free. There is a couple of links in this post for you to give you an idea of what your looking for.
amazingeviltom
Member
Thanks man, im not growing at the moment so I wont be able to post any grow journal, I got a little carried away with the posts, think its because when i started there wanst much simple info all in one place and it was a bit of a hunt with lots of errors, so I tried to get as much simple info in one place as possible... lol
Thanks for all the advice, I will be starting tomorrow. I currently have five seeds I was planning on growing one plant at a time, So I found out how to germinate through the wet paper towel method. I will wait till its germinated then plant the seed and I will keep you all informed if things go well I will start a grow journal with pics. One more question because you mentioned sunlight how long would I keep the light on the plants? In my area there isn't much sunlight, it would only be getting 5-6 hours of sun a day...I'll probably just go with the lights, Thanks again Hopefully this will work
amazingeviltom
Member
Stoner.Barbie stated light 20/4 that means 20 hours of light and 4 hours of total darkness, remember when it is in its darkness cycle, ensure it is in total darkness.
Stoner.Barbie
Well-Known Member
temps should not be that big of an issue if you are using CFLs. if you have a small fan or a cool mist humidifier (doubles as a fan too) then this will help keep temps down and humidity up. or you could just leave the door open to your grow area while lights are on (thats what i did when i started) i hope this helps bro.