STOP STRESSING (about your grow), GO SMOKE ONE, THEN READ THIS!

Chip Green said:

The most common problem newer growers will encounter is a patience deficiency.

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ThatCrispyKid said:

I spend about an hr give or take on my girls. I usually work in my box in the am after the wife leaves for work. But there are times like last night, mixed some nutes up and realized my ph meter was off by 2 points I made her help me re adjust everything when she started complaining haha

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Sgt.Sly said:

Dear Noobs, first timers, and those researching ideas for your first grow PLEASE READ.

First of all welcome to a place where you can fine free knowledge from some serious reputable people.

Second, I was a Noob once myself. I remember the crazy anticipation, and virtually being so "on top of things" that I was literally watching the damn things grow. I'm here today because I've read so many threads since I've been back, and people are stressing out, screwing up, and seriously going for the gusto before even learning SIMPLE 101 PROVEN methods. A few pieces of advice for you all to never forget and to start implementing right away.

- If you've never grown before, grow in DIRT. And finish out a few grows before you start getting crazy ideas. Learn the SIMPLE process FIRST and ENJOY a SUCCESSFUL yield.

- DIRT Lots of you out there fussing over dirt too. its crazy and dirt should be cheap. Fox farm and all that crazy stuff is a bit of a rip and certainly a shit tonne of hype. Your best investment for dirt is a nice long tote with a lid to keep and mix your own dirt. Grab quality local potting soil, manures and/or composts without special additives or moisture control crap. grab one of each and mix if you like. Also good to have your own bags of pearlite and vermiculite on hand. I like to add a cup or 2 of these into everything I mix. keeps heavier soils light and air around the roots promoting easy strong roots.

- STOP trying to JACK UP YOUR PLANTS. Seriously just stop it. You don't know what your doing yet, there's no sense. At your stage, aim to keep the soil healthy and nutrified in later stages. coming back from minor deficiencies is much easier than a toxicity from over fertilization.

- WATERING. you people stress out so much about this. Garrr....water them of course. but don't keep em soaked, they are not constantly thirsty and more doesn't make em grow faster. Let that soil dry out some periodically almost to the point your plants wilt a little. DON'T WORRY>>>> its gunna be OK!!! they bounce right back withing MINUTES! The drying of the soil draws oxygen that is much needed around the roots. Find a good balance between wet and dry. Doing this prevents root rot and promotes strong healthy roots. Keeping things constantly wet limits available oxygen and slows growth. A plant that is water starved from time to time, accelerates with growth spurts when watered.

- GERMINATING. Watching you impatient paper towel princesses makes me shake my head. These extra steps are somewhat foolish for noobs and should be avoided. Plant in little dirt cells, peat pucks or little pots. I understand most of you are working with a limited amount of beans that may have cost you. But here's the paper towel setback. you have to handle a single root. and its damn fragile. they have fine hairs u cant see that grow into the paper towel and you can rip em off. you have to handle them in general causing risk. in the end you plant them in the dirt anyways. Silly steps all because you wanna SEE them germinated. And then you try to act like a micro surgeon planting the twisty little things. As i said Plant in little dirt cells, peat pucks or little pots. This is more natural and more guaranteed for the NOOB. It eliminates shell shedding problems, and working with a solid root ball when transplanting is much easier than a single root.
Plant that bean 1/4 - 1/2" in the dirt knot side up. Water well, cover and put somewhere warm with some light so they can start photosynthesis the moment they emerge, and your off. If its not gunna germinate like this, no paper towel is gunna help you. This is simple and no stress.

-TRANSPLANTING. Again....its NOT SURGERY. And all you sterility freaks ...... ITS DIRT!!! Full of microbes and bacteria. skip the process, a simple hand washing is fine. When transplanting to bigger pots....your new pot should accommodate 2" of new dirt on all sides of the root ball as a minimum. Water well, and DON"T fertilize. Let it take from the new dirt first. Expect a short growth delay as it adjusts. ( No you didn't screw up your plant its normal) Also expect growth spurt once roots expand out and grab up those fresh dirt nutrients. About 5 days to a week.

-SINGLE YELLOW LEAVES OR OPPOSING PAIRS. OMG. cut off your head or find a new career, you failed! (Kidding ITS FINE!)
*In veg this happens MOSTLY because 1. You're over watering and nitrogen uptake is inhibited or 2. You need a repot, or need to add nutrients to your dirt, nitrogen is just on the start of being used up. You're a noob. use HALF the recommended amount on anything until you understand and SEE the effects it has. Being modest is not gunna get you shitty buds. A simply healthy plant will give you AMAZING SMOKE!

*In Flower. You all freak when you flip the switch and start seeing yellow. THIS IS NORMAL. Your plants by now have likely used up all the nitrogen in your pot since your repot and its time to add blooming nutrients with reduced nitrogen. Start MODEST I cant stress that enough.

IN CLOSING - Over care is the #1 mistake and plant killer for noobs. You do not need to pine over and coddle these things. You don't. Its super exciting to be doing, and everyone wants to make it to the finish line as fast as possible, but exercising a little patience will give you much better results. I promise.

Just aim for healthy, and to finish the grow. Don't clutter your first experience with all the what if's and could be's. You'll grow again next time with more knowledge.

I hope these points help some of you stress bags out. STOP WORRYING SO MUCH AND ENJOY YOUR GROW.

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OldMedUser said:

I found a great spot to download FREE POT BOOKS. I downloaded a grow bible first and got lots more. Books look great and complete like the real ones I have here. No web site but just a page of links. Just right click on what you want and then "Save Link As" to download so they don't open first as some are 50+ megs. They got lots. Enjoy.

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Jypsy Dog said:

One of my Fav's off that site.
http://catnews.org/FREE Pot Books/Marijuana Garden Saver [2005].pdf

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muzikhi said:

so....my girlfriend says i shouldn't be spending so much time on my plants, like HUGE fights about this ALL the time; such bad energy haha.....she thinks i must be doing something wrong because i shouldn't have to be in that tent working on them every day. I've been growing for a little over a year and have learned ways to save some time from all my mistakes, but still there is something to be done every day. I have 2 tents...right now i have 8 plants flowering, 3 vegetating, 1 re-vegging, plus i have about 30 clones rooting......i know it varies because some tasks take a whole lotta time; others don't...but i enjoy every minute of it; every hour of making my own medicine is serenity! o'k...so...on average, folks, lol...how many hours /day do y'all spend working on your plants IN SOME WAY??

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muzikhi said:

so....my girlfriend says i shouldn't be spending so much time on my plants, like HUGE fights about this ALL the time; such bad energy haha.....she thinks i must be doing something wrong because i shouldn't have to be in that tent working on them every day. I've been growing for a little over a year and have learned ways to save some time from all my mistakes, but still there is something to be done every day. I have 2 tents...right now i have 8 plants flowering, 3 vegetating, 1 re-vegging, plus i have about 30 clones rooting......i know it varies because some tasks take a whole lotta time; others don't...but i enjoy every minute of it; every hour of making my own medicine is serenity! o'k...so...on average, folks, lol...how many hours /day do y'all spend working on your plants IN SOME WAY??

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SmileyBizz said:

just give her that super dick will put a smile on her face fo sure

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SmileyBizz said:

i have the same problem with my girl, she keeps chatting shit and moaning but you do need to be in the garden from time to time, i was out with her the other day and my plants almost died from not being fed lol.
The funny thing is she wants some of the end product, but by moaning it will come out a standard smoke which i dont fuck with

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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe said:

Lmao. Probably the only advice I'll give for on here for a while! Invite her in the tent (include her, woman love to be included) , burn one with her and do what this dude ^ said. Studies have shown that the ladies love a little music. Your girl will be happy the ladies will be happy & you my friend, you will thank me and yo self for it in the end. You win all the way around!

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SoMe_EfFin_MasS_HoLe said:

Lmao. Probably the only advice I'll give for on here for a while! Invite her in the tent (include her, woman love to be included) , burn one with her and do what this dude ^ said. Studies have shown that the ladies love a little music. Your girl will be happy the ladies will be happy & you my friend, you will thank me and yo self for it in the end. You win all the way around!

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Sgt.Sly said:

Dear Noobs, first timers, and those researching ideas for your first grow PLEASE READ.

First of all welcome to a place where you can fine free knowledge from some serious reputable people.

Second, I was a Noob once myself. I remember the crazy anticipation, and virtually being so "on top of things" that I was literally watching the damn things grow. I'm here today because I've read so many threads since I've been back, and people are stressing out, screwing up, and seriously going for the gusto before even learning SIMPLE 101 PROVEN methods. A few pieces of advice for you all to never forget and to start implementing right away.

- If you've never grown before, grow in DIRT. And finish out a few grows before you start getting crazy ideas. Learn the SIMPLE process FIRST and ENJOY a SUCCESSFUL yield.

- DIRT Lots of you out there fussing over dirt too. its crazy and dirt should be cheap. Fox farm and all that crazy stuff is a bit of a rip and certainly a shit tonne of hype. Your best investment for dirt is a nice long tote with a lid to keep and mix your own dirt. Grab quality local potting soil, manures and/or composts without special additives or moisture control crap. grab one of each and mix if you like. Also good to have your own bags of pearlite and vermiculite on hand. I like to add a cup or 2 of these into everything I mix. keeps heavier soils light and air around the roots promoting easy strong roots.

- STOP trying to JACK UP YOUR PLANTS. Seriously just stop it. You don't know what your doing yet, there's no sense. At your stage, aim to keep the soil healthy and nutrified in later stages. coming back from minor deficiencies is much easier than a toxicity from over fertilization.

- WATERING. you people stress out so much about this. Garrr....water them of course. but don't keep em soaked, they are not constantly thirsty and more doesn't make em grow faster. Let that soil dry out some periodically almost to the point your plants wilt a little. DON'T WORRY>>>> its gunna be OK!!! they bounce right back withing MINUTES! The drying of the soil draws oxygen that is much needed around the roots. Find a good balance between wet and dry. Doing this prevents root rot and promotes strong healthy roots. Keeping things constantly wet limits available oxygen and slows growth. A plant that is water starved from time to time, accelerates with growth spurts when watered.

- GERMINATING. Watching you impatient paper towel princesses makes me shake my head. These extra steps are somewhat foolish for noobs and should be avoided. Plant in little dirt cells, peat pucks or little pots. I understand most of you are working with a limited amount of beans that may have cost you. But here's the paper towel setback. you have to handle a single root. and its damn fragile. they have fine hairs u cant see that grow into the paper towel and you can rip em off. you have to handle them in general causing risk. in the end you plant them in the dirt anyways. Silly steps all because you wanna SEE them germinated. And then you try to act like a micro surgeon planting the twisty little things. As i said Plant in little dirt cells, peat pucks or little pots. This is more natural and more guaranteed for the NOOB. It eliminates shell shedding problems, and working with a solid root ball when transplanting is much easier than a single root.
Plant that bean 1/4 - 1/2" in the dirt knot side up. Water well, cover and put somewhere warm with some light so they can start photosynthesis the moment they emerge, and your off. If its not gunna germinate like this, no paper towel is gunna help you. This is simple and no stress.

-TRANSPLANTING. Again....its NOT SURGERY. And all you sterility freaks ...... ITS DIRT!!! Full of microbes and bacteria. skip the process, a simple hand washing is fine. When transplanting to bigger pots....your new pot should accommodate 2" of new dirt on all sides of the root ball as a minimum. Water well, and DON"T fertilize. Let it take from the new dirt first. Expect a short growth delay as it adjusts. ( No you didn't screw up your plant its normal) Also expect growth spurt once roots expand out and grab up those fresh dirt nutrients. About 5 days to a week.

-SINGLE YELLOW LEAVES OR OPPOSING PAIRS. OMG. cut off your head or find a new career, you failed! (Kidding ITS FINE!)
*In veg this happens MOSTLY because 1. You're over watering and nitrogen uptake is inhibited or 2. You need a repot, or need to add nutrients to your dirt, nitrogen is just on the start of being used up. You're a noob. use HALF the recommended amount on anything until you understand and SEE the effects it has. Being modest is not gunna get you shitty buds. A simply healthy plant will give you AMAZING SMOKE!

*In Flower. You all freak when you flip the switch and start seeing yellow. THIS IS NORMAL. Your plants by now have likely used up all the nitrogen in your pot since your repot and its time to add blooming nutrients with reduced nitrogen. Start MODEST I cant stress that enough.

IN CLOSING - Over care is the #1 mistake and plant killer for noobs. You do not need to pine over and coddle these things. You don't. Its super exciting to be doing, and everyone wants to make it to the finish line as fast as possible, but exercising a little patience will give you much better results. I promise.

Just aim for healthy, and to finish the grow. Don't clutter your first experience with all the what if's and could be's. You'll grow again next time with more knowledge.

I hope these points help some of you stress bags out. STOP WORRYING SO MUCH AND ENJOY YOUR GROW.

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