tyke1973
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Lets take a look at the bear essentials a plant needs to live.1:light 2:growmedium 3 co2[fans] 4 some kind of pot the larger the better you will need 1 large pot and 1 small pot unless u use rock wool cubes has i do instead of the small pot's.first thing's 1st your gonna need some flouresent lighting not forgetting this is a budget grow,first off all order your seeds if you can get clones the better but don't forget 1 you have 1 plant it can last you a life time if treat with the love and attension they need.if you are getting clone's they will come ready rooted or at least in a cube so all you will have to do is keep them well missted perhaps 2 a day for 1st week or so it would be a advantage to get a propagation unit mine holds 40 clones and cost me £3.00 well worth the money all you have to do is spray the lid and the leaves.seeds a little more difficult if you have never done i before but don't be pu of by it it is easy,just soak your seeds in toilet papper i put a few sheets on the bottom and 3/4 over the top these are layed on cup saucers wet the bottom set before putting your seeds onto it then i put the second layer of papper over the seeds,you must keep your eye on them for drying out but has long has the seeds are kept damp within a week or less check after 3 days everday after that once the seeds crack they will have the seed head still on more than likely just leave it it will be forced off.now is the time to put them into some growmedium weither it be soil or coconut huss but would definatly go with the rockwool cubes,fist make a small hole in what ever you choose to use pop the seed in the hole.i forgot to mention that the white root forming under the seed head should be around 5/7mm i belive any longer and you get a kind of blackening to the seed.place your seeds about3/4 mm under the surface then cover with what ever grow medium you choose.when useing rock wool i like to dampen the cubes say 20 minutes in advance while you are buying the cubes from online or any hydrophonic shop even the odd garden centre has come on boared now read the instructions and you want your water around 5.5/6.0 soak your cubes in this solution i have always gone for this ph and it has never failed me once.make a hole in the rock wool cube then pull a tiny bit of the bottom to cover the top of the seed.this is all i feed for the first few weeks.soon after say 3/5 days you will see your seeds pushing through your grow medium[this is what you have been waiting for]so be realy delicate with your seedling and when the first set are through they are on there way to stardom.if it is summe time you can keep them on a window cill or even better a green house use the plastic that can't be seen.has soon has the true leaves show and not the seed leaves it is time to go to your garden centre or even better hydophonic shop and get some feed for young plants during the veg period or buy a tommoto feed and feed a quarter strenth feed till they have at least a good few number of leaves still do the ph test but once the food is in.during winter months and you still want a nice smoke itis well worth buying a couple of flouresent lights and keep them has close has you can to the top of your seedlings the simple test is if it feels too warm for you then it is the plants you can get a compact flouresent set with 2 lights in for around£20 each but i would advice you to get two so you have 4 lights over your plants.but when they are seedlings make sure not to burn them but it is important to have them has near has possible.once your seelings are about a foot it,s a good idea to take clones plenty of information on you tube about this.now your plants are around 3ince its time to get a fan most houses have one if not you can buy a small fan for around a tenner £10.00 this air movement puts fresh air into the room and the air blowing on them causes them to harden it also helps keep unwanted bugs off your babys always buy femanised seeds this will be you greatest money spent but look for a good producer like skunk#1 big bud white widow/but a little advice from me to you is untill you are the master of all things green i would only buy indica/sativa cross because sativas grow hugr i have one at the start of 5 weeks into flowering and it is a tree,don't get me wrong in the future this may be the way to go i got 3 and harf ounce of the top cola when dry last year. I ended up with 4/9 ounce's of one plant it took 15 week to totaly bud out the strain was arjons ultra haze if anyone wants to try this but i would advice outdoors or perhaps i made the misstake of starting flowering at harf a foot.back to the matter in hand you are going to have to build some simple timber frames covered inside by re~flective material mylar is by far the best in my appinion but the black and white sided viscreen is just has good has this is all about the bear essensials.once an old wardrobe was my first grow room but a cabanet would do fine it's got to be at least 1 and harf mtrs high and 6 ft wide the bigger the space the bigger the yeiled but i'm resricted to your grow area because after all this i a budget grow.now tis is theime you need to think about a small area just big enougth to fit a fw low energy cfls these will keep your plants growing and the next genaration is there waiting i always let them get 1 last week of veg this gives me chance to take clones what idealy you are looking for isa brance with at least 4/7 more if possible then take the bottom leaves of say of the bottom two nodes then leave the top 2/3 nodes and leaves on and before long you will be a master at this if you are gowing 4 plants take one of each while in veg another purches rooting gel i swear by it and un less some one is gonna change the light on off manully whtch can prove to be a pain so get 2 sets of timers 1 for the new little cloneing18/6 room. And one set at 12/12 off this is where the fun beggins because you are now in flower so in 8 weeks time you should have a nice smoke grown by you then if you want you can up the lighting air supply.but yet again i forgot to mention that you will need a flowering feed.but the main thing that i can not say enougth people is get them light a few ince off the tops.gurilla grow operation that through me 2/3 pound per plant arjons ultra haze never seen anythiny le it in my life doind another this year so watch out i will be posting pictures,NO MORE THAN 60 POUND ENGLISH
