My First Growroom

Hello everyone,

I'm 16 days into my first grow ever and things seems to be going pretty good. I purchased an Aerogarden about a month ago with the intentions of growing a few plants indoors. I planted my bag seeds 16 days ago in the AG without germinating, 7 out of 7 sprouted. I won a large sum of $$$ in an online poker tournament a few days into my AG project and that brought on a few upgrades.

I now have a 3x3 tray above a 20-gallon reservoir (trust me if I was a single man it would be much, much bigger). A Hydrofarm 400 watt hps, air cooled light. The room is Co2 enriched using a Co2 “Boost Bucket”. I got a digital PH meter and a digital ppm meter. Many people told me Flora Nova nutes were good stuff so that's what I went with. I was able to run the carbon filtered exhaust through the existing hole from my ceiling fan so not needing to get out the jigsaw kept the wife happy. Since I placed it in the corner of the room, the two sides against the wall were easy to cover with mylar. I hung a panel from the ceiling covered in mylar to take care of one of the open sides, the other side will remain open for reservior access & air flow.

The 6 plants in the pics were started in the Aerogarden and transplanted to the rockwool after 10 days, they are 16 days old and will be on a 18/6 schedule for another 2 weeks or so. I have feminized White Widow seeds on the way so I'd like to get started with those ASAP!! (that is if they show up, I was told seed packages sometimes don't make it from Amsterdam). I’m hoping to get advice from people who know what they’re talking about and going by some of the journals I've seen, this site has many. I know the guy at my local hydro supply store is getting really sick of my questions…just not my $$$. Plus, I really doubt he would discuss the proper harvesting, flushing & curing processes with me. I'll try to post updates at least every other day. Oh and my avatar is a picture of my growroom keeper when I'm not home, Enter At Your Own Risk!!!

Current PH level is 6.1
Current PPM is 465
Room Temp is 70.1
Water temp is 73.4
Pics 1 & 2 are 4 days in, still in Aerogarden
Pics 3 thru 8 were taken today - 16th Day of Veg.

Day 17 and they still seem to be doing good. I was picking up some cloning supplies today and decided to get a 20lb Co2 bottle set-up (see pic). I took a pic of the way I set up the distribution tube on top of my light. Sorry the pics are so blurry, It's time for a camera upgade.

Current PH level is 6.0
Current PPM is 452
Room Temp is 68.1
Water temp is 69.8
All Pics Were Taken Today - 17th day of Veg

Your using the Aerogarden, htat is amazing. I saw that and i knew someone would try it out.

They are looking good, i will watch this

I started them in the Aerogarden but I'm not using it anymore. It was working great when I had them in there, they sprouted in only two days but I switched over to a full hydro set-up.

nice looking setup, keep us posted.




https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/46705-my-first-horticulture-experiment.html

i would move that ballast away from the tray. just in case.

firebrand18rjr said:

i would move that ballast away from the tray. just in case.

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good call...I moved it a couple feet back from the tray and lifted it about 10 inches off the ground

Day 18 - They all seem healthy but...my feminized White Widow seeds are at the post office waiting for me and I'm picking them up in the morning on my way to work. So unfortunately this journal is probably going to end early so I can get started with the good stuff. The stuff I have growing now is just some bag seed and I would find it very hard to spend almost 3 more months growing this when I have something that could turn out excellent for my first grow just waiting to be planted.

I'm going to keep the plants I have growing now in the rockwool until I see the new seeds sprouted and ready to go, I've heard stories about only 2 of 10 expensive ass seeds sprouting. That wouldn't be cool at all. They did give me 5 free thai stick seeds...whatever that is

Current PH level is 6.0
Current PPM is 547
Room Temp is 72.5
Water temp is 71.6
18th day of Veg

Whoo Hoo!!! I got my widow seeds..so hopefully I'll have 6, maybe 8 healthy girls growing here shortly. I haven"t decided how many I'm gonna grow in my 3x3 tray, if I can fit 8 I will...Someone please advise!!

theres always a way to make things fit in this business. good call on moving ballast away from water area. my cuzins ebb n flow system overflowed and ruined his carpet. glad i caught that .

sure would like to see your progress on the new garden, keep us posted.


https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/46705-my-first-horticulture-experiment.html

Sure I can do an update, I hadn't done one because I was basically planning on starting a new journal with my white widow seeds that arrived, but so far only 2 of the 10 have germinated in almost 3 days. In the last pic you can see the two mini rockwool cubes that have the germinated widow seeds, the haven't popped up yet. The other 6 plants are wilted because I over watered them trying to water the widow cubes..oops, other than that they seem healthy, the roots are coming through the bottom nicely. I really hadn't realized how much they've grown in the last 5 days, until I saw my last pics.

I also went ahead and started germinating the 5 free "thai stick" seeds I got when I bought the widow so hopefull I can get some good plants growing. If by some miracle I do end up with 6 plants from my good seeds, these bag seed plants are gonna get transplanted outside instead of chopped down.

Question: If I switch my lights back to 24hrs on for the widow, will it hurt the other plants that are on a 18/6 schedule?

*for some reason MY FUCKING COMPUTER won't let me upload any pics right now, I'll do it as soon as it will let me.

I just tried again to upload pics and I'm still having trouble, it's my connection so I'll get it done on another computer ASAP.

On a side note: DON'T EVER PURCHASE SEEDS FROM MARIJUANA-SEEDS.NL, I PURCHASED 10 FEMINISED WHITE WIDOW SEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN GERMINATING FOR OVER 4 DAYS NOW, 2 OF THEM CRACKED OPEN AFTER ONLY 24 HOURS AND HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE, THE OTHER 8 HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!!! THEY ALSO GAVE ME 5 FREE "THAI STICK" SEEDS, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN GERMINATING FOR 2 DAYS SO WE'LL SEE.

did they come in the breeders packs????

LoudBlunts said:

did they come in the breeders packs????

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packaging? they came in a small bag inside a cd case. I didn't order a variety pack if that's what you mean, just the widow.

Ok so Im not getting excited just yet, but 2 of 5 "free" thai stick seeds that I got when I ordered the feminised white widow, have cracked open and actually started to grow in the aerogarden (the aerogarden is a germinating machine if nothing else and all of my good seeds will go straight into it...lol).

The 2 widow seeds that cracked open a week ago haven't moved since so I really think all of the widow seeds are shit!! Why does it not surprise me that the free seeds in my order are the ones that are growing.

Ok so now I have 10: White Widow | Marijuana Seeds Catalogue on the way, we"ll see how those work out. They also give me 10 free "high potent" seeds but I really want to know what strain I'm growing and that will be kinda hard in a seed grab bag.

I also have 5: GHF Trainwreck on the way.

If I can't get 7 good plants out of 30 premium seeds (including the 5: Free marijuana (cannabis) seeds with every order I have germinating), I should maybe consider a new hobby...lol

This is going to sound bitchy but you should really calm down...your germination expectations are pretty high...and when they are germing as fast as you want your anxiety shoots and it goes straight to your plants...its cool that you won some extra money or that you have a steady flow of it for your hobbie but seriously calm down....you havent even got growing 101 down and your ordering more seeds.....focus on what you got....even when you get the new seeds dont germ them immediately see what you have going from the mass you all ready have going......your going to end up with a fuck load of plants that you cant manage...relax.....work with what you got then upgrade to more plants

pinksensa said:

This is going to sound bitchy but you should really calm down...your germination expectations are pretty high...and when they are germing as fast as you want your anxiety shoots and it goes straight to your plants...its cool that you won some extra money or that you have a steady flow of it for your hobbie but seriously calm down....you havent even got growing 101 down and your ordering more seeds.....focus on what you got....even when you get the new seeds dont germ them immediately see what you have going from the mass you all ready have going......your going to end up with a fuck load of plants that you cant manage...relax.....work with what you got then upgrade to more plants

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I understand what you're saying and no it didn't seem bitchy, but I won't end up with too many plants because any plants I have over 6 are going outside (other than mothers). I just don't want to grow regs and that's the only thing I have growing now, thats the reason for the new seeds purchase, that and the widow I bought are bad seeds. Yes, money isn't an issue and will never be, I do very well, but that also has nothing to do with it. I'm not looking for a large amount of plants, I just want a small amount (6) of GOOD plants. Oh and the 10 widow & 5 trainwreck seeds that are on the way are only getting germinated if & when I need them, I think you misunderstood what I was saying.

As far as calming down, it will never happen, I have a serious case of A.D.D.

the 2 Thai's have both sprouted in the rockwool and are doing good. My assortment of seeds should start arriving on Friday so it won't be long and I'll have some good plants going. I think the regs that I have going now are gonna do good outside, they seem very healthy.

it still won't let me attach any pics directly to my message so I'm attaching some links. The 3 in the pics are on the 26th day of veg and appear to be females (I didn't know they show signs of sex that fast when you switch to 12/12 cuz it only took about 6 days), I got rid of the other 3 that were males and the lights are back to 24hrs on. The seedling is Thai Stick.