What went wrong on YOUR first grow?
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Airwave
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With my first grow I got bud rot, due high humidity and no circulation during lights off.
I've corrected that by having my exhaust fan and parabolic fan running 24/7 and by installing a dehumidifier.
GrowThatGoodShit
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I got arrested so my dad told me to cut my plants down, so 5 years later I bought my own place lol
KushisSweet
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lol that sucks bro.. howd you get arrested (if i may ask). hope u were a minor or else thats jail time. :/. and how is your grow now a days? i grew some nasty (well it was good smoke) but ugly plants in my moms house when i was in highschool. she said it was ok since i wouldnt ask her for $20 everyday lol.
whiteflour
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It was originally published in like '69 but it's been revised and reprinted since. I think the last one was around 93-95. You can find the original staple bound copies on eBay from time to time.
and it's on google books as well but only partly public.
Same thing I did this damn grow; mistook teaspoon and tablespoons and nuted the fuck out of my plants! Their doing oky, just really fucked up fan leaves in the upper canopy..
Relaxed
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many things....wrong and lesson learned...I wish I knew upfront vs. thru errors.....
- Used simple Lowes moisture retention soil. Held moisture and weight too long for this plant.
- Over water and over nut. This and the soil caused knats.
- Used drops method for ph. Stressed plants with most large leafs dieing or dead between week 2 or 3 of flower.
- Over nuted and killed mid. flowering buds. Never can stay consistent with mixing nut. fluids per whatever. results below......
Lesson
- Keep your eye on the ball. Meaning results are the goal. Keep it in mind as you spend/invest in time min. 3 months and money caring for a plant.
- Go only with FFOF soil. It is manufactured for the purpose (airy soil and hot nuts. but not too hot) of growing this style herb...period. Most other soils hold moisture too much, attract knats and don't let the plants get a little airy dry soil a day before watering time like FFOF soil.
- Water cycles using FFOF are super easy when you go buy picking up a pot to show when the pot weights light it needs water. The key here is picking up a just watered plant noticing how heavy it weights. Never over water again causing stressed plants and knats.
- buy a digital ph. meter pool stores or ebay etc. with hanna brand start at $30. Buy the cleaning, storage and calibrate fluids for care.
- PH everything going into plants. PERIOD. Before applying after all nuts mixed. 6.2-6.5 will keep you out of trouble and plants will stay green the complete grow period. Till the end. If your fan/big leafs are dieing then your doing something wrong and the buds/flowering cycle will put out less then complete results.
- Light distance- from plants at all times. Research your light wattage for best distance. Ex. 400 watt hps start plant tops 12" inches from plant. and go down to about 24". Use booster seats to get all plant tops even with 12". Some plants may need tieing down.
- Key lesson as big as any....Forget liquid nuts. This toke time so advanced grow -I wish I knew early-....Get Sunleaves Seabird Guano (10-10-10) as the only nuts needed Period....except the FFOF soil that is hot for the first 4 weeks of life. Then you amend the soil week 4, every 4th week with the last addition of guano 4 weeks from harvest. Apply Seabird Guano a huge pinch to a 3 inch hole in 3 places in the soil made with a mid. sized sharpe pen. Make a mark at 3 inches for measuring on the sharpe pen side. Water as usaul watching super results......Good Luck.
sorry got on a roll....
- Used simple Lowes moisture retention soil. Held moisture and weight too long for this plant.
- Over water and over nut. This and the soil caused knats.
- Used drops method for ph. Stressed plants with most large leafs dieing or dead between week 2 or 3 of flower.
- Over nuted and killed mid. flowering buds. Never can stay consistent with mixing nut. fluids per whatever. results below......
Lesson
- Keep your eye on the ball. Meaning results are the goal. Keep it in mind as you spend/invest in time min. 3 months and money caring for a plant.
- Go only with FFOF soil. It is manufactured for the purpose (airy soil and hot nuts. but not too hot) of growing this style herb...period. Most other soils hold moisture too much, attract knats and don't let the plants get a little airy dry soil a day before watering time like FFOF soil.
- Water cycles using FFOF are super easy when you go buy picking up a pot to show when the pot weights light it needs water. The key here is picking up a just watered plant noticing how heavy it weights. Never over water again causing stressed plants and knats.
- buy a digital ph. meter pool stores or ebay etc. with hanna brand start at $30. Buy the cleaning, storage and calibrate fluids for care.
- PH everything going into plants. PERIOD. Before applying after all nuts mixed. 6.2-6.5 will keep you out of trouble and plants will stay green the complete grow period. Till the end. If your fan/big leafs are dieing then your doing something wrong and the buds/flowering cycle will put out less then complete results.
- Light distance- from plants at all times. Research your light wattage for best distance. Ex. 400 watt hps start plant tops 12" inches from plant. and go down to about 24". Use booster seats to get all plant tops even with 12". Some plants may need tieing down.
- Key lesson as big as any....Forget liquid nuts. This toke time so advanced grow -I wish I knew early-....Get Sunleaves Seabird Guano (10-10-10) as the only nuts needed Period....except the FFOF soil that is hot for the first 4 weeks of life. Then you amend the soil week 4, every 4th week with the last addition of guano 4 weeks from harvest. Apply Seabird Guano a huge pinch to a 3 inch hole in 3 places in the soil made with a mid. sized sharpe pen. Make a mark at 3 inches for measuring on the sharpe pen side. Water as usaul watching super results......Good Luck.
sorry got on a roll....
lulutheblack
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Where do you get this FFOF soil? Are you talking about Fox Farm Ocean Forest organic soil?
Relaxed
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Any Hydro store should have Fox Farm Ocean Forest.
One thing on the bud harvest time. Wait till they look done. You will notice it when you see the buds change appearance and look tired, finished and full. Never seen a problem waiting an extra day or 3 days if the buds are questionable done. People almost ALWAYS harvest earlier then they should.....All that work for 85% development of full buds/flowers. Remember these are plants that simple gardening lessons work well with. Nothing special about an almost weed type plants. Not really a hard plant to grow vs. many other types garden plants.
One thing on the bud harvest time. Wait till they look done. You will notice it when you see the buds change appearance and look tired, finished and full. Never seen a problem waiting an extra day or 3 days if the buds are questionable done. People almost ALWAYS harvest earlier then they should.....All that work for 85% development of full buds/flowers. Remember these are plants that simple gardening lessons work well with. Nothing special about an almost weed type plants. Not really a hard plant to grow vs. many other types garden plants.
GrowThatGoodShit
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Just petty theft, I didnt get caught for growing cannabis my dad just told me to cut them down as punishment lol. I was 14 at the time I think lol. The plant was HUGE though man it was at least 4X4..Good times man
Saerimmner
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well lets see, built my room in the loft (only 3ft high at its highest part) so far too hot an cramped (only place i could put it), prob didnt research as much as i should have so messed up feeding schedule/amounts etc, oh an plants stretched because the light was too far away, oh and I didnt bother researching soil mixes so jus emptied a growbag into plant pots and whacked the plants into em an off we went , and got fruit flies and couldnt do anything about em for 4 days as i was practically living at the hospital because my girlfriend had complications with the last stage of her pregnancy, all in all though have learnt,moved on and now all my girls (2 human n 12 plants) are all fine and doing well lol
KushisSweet
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dam when i was young i got caught car hoppng (going into unlocked cars/ burglary) they hit me with 3 class 2 felonys. bitches were going hard on me. but $3000 down the drain and i got off with probation. but man ur dad knows how to hit you hard on the punishment... lol id be like aww not my plant... ugghhh ok. then id move it to a hiding spot. but i was a rebel child. hehe.
GrowThatGoodShit
Active Member
LOL! I was like that man my heart sank as soon as he said it. He made do it straight away and show him all the remains just to be sure lol. Im on it BIG TIME now though man so its all good haha
KushisSweet
Active Member
lmao
buying your kid a grow lights - $500
buying your kid a cabinet - $100
buying your kid soil - $40
making your kid cut his MJ plant for getting arrested - Priceless.
job done 
kcbuds2
Member
well i'm nearly at the end of my first grow, and boy have i had some trouble ! for the first 5 weeks a was giving them way to much nutes then they was ment to have, then underwatering, and a lot of leafs dried up turned yellow and died.. im about a week from chopping and the yellow dead leafs still here but the buds managed to grow ok.. and still dont know what caused it!
but iv learnt a hell of a lot from this forum , as the saying does, Learn from ya mistakes
but iv learnt a hell of a lot from this forum , as the saying does, Learn from ya mistakes
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3fingerlid
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My first grow a few years ago resulted in me chopping my female in August because I thought it 'looked ready'. I had no clue as to what I was doing until I discovered websites such as this one. Each year I learn something new.