EDIT: I've changed the thread title, as this has become more of a collection of what I'm currently up to, rather than a single run of specific strains. I seem to have encountered almost every newbie calamity going so far, so stick around and see what else happens!
Hey all, welcome to my first IC Mag grow diary. I've grown weed twice in the past, but both times I didn't finish the job.. first time, the plants just stopped growing, second time was much better, but security & paranoia made me pull them before they finished. These attempts occurred in 2001/2, and I haven't been in a position to try again until now.
I'll be starting out with some UK Cheese cuttings. Whilst these cuts are being flowered (and turned into mothers), I'll be kicking off some Sensi Silver Haze & SOL Sweettooth #3 beans that I've had since my first grow attempts.. fingers crossed these old seeds will germ ok in my inexperienced hands.
My previous failures were all about preparation, so this time, I've read, absorbed, read, designed, read & redesigned, until I have a cab I'm happy with, comprising a 150W HPS flower chamber, 125W CFL mother/seedling chamber, and utility room.
I'm almost finished building the growbox, but today, my hand was forced, as my cuttings showed up, the UK Cheese - so for the second, whilst I finish off the DIY, they're in the temporary veg cab below. The ghetto ventilation is the fan I'll be using in the proper cab, coupled with something I pulled off my portable aircon! Seems to be doing the job though, temps are same as ambient with the 125W CFL in there.
The three clones came fully rooted through in 3" rockwool cubes, which I've now put in a 70% compost/30% perlite mix. I put mainly soil on the top couple of inches, as I had problems with the perlite floating to the surface during watering on a previous grow attempt. Two are in 2 gallon pots, one is in a much smaller tub as it's going into a friend's micro cab.
Exodus Cheese#1 (my favourite of the three)
Exodus Cheese#2 (looks as green & healthy as #1)
Exodus Cheese#3 (this was quite yellow, not as healthy looking as others, but was also the most rooted through of the three)
I know I've not got much to look at yet, but please let me know if you have any comments about things so far! I'm learning as I go, and hopefully I can continue to absorb ICer knowledge like I have been already. I'll post up pics of the finished cab in action in the next few days.
Hey all, welcome to my first IC Mag grow diary. I've grown weed twice in the past, but both times I didn't finish the job.. first time, the plants just stopped growing, second time was much better, but security & paranoia made me pull them before they finished. These attempts occurred in 2001/2, and I haven't been in a position to try again until now.
I'll be starting out with some UK Cheese cuttings. Whilst these cuts are being flowered (and turned into mothers), I'll be kicking off some Sensi Silver Haze & SOL Sweettooth #3 beans that I've had since my first grow attempts.. fingers crossed these old seeds will germ ok in my inexperienced hands.
My previous failures were all about preparation, so this time, I've read, absorbed, read, designed, read & redesigned, until I have a cab I'm happy with, comprising a 150W HPS flower chamber, 125W CFL mother/seedling chamber, and utility room.
I'm almost finished building the growbox, but today, my hand was forced, as my cuttings showed up, the UK Cheese - so for the second, whilst I finish off the DIY, they're in the temporary veg cab below. The ghetto ventilation is the fan I'll be using in the proper cab, coupled with something I pulled off my portable aircon! Seems to be doing the job though, temps are same as ambient with the 125W CFL in there.
The three clones came fully rooted through in 3" rockwool cubes, which I've now put in a 70% compost/30% perlite mix. I put mainly soil on the top couple of inches, as I had problems with the perlite floating to the surface during watering on a previous grow attempt. Two are in 2 gallon pots, one is in a much smaller tub as it's going into a friend's micro cab.
Exodus Cheese#1 (my favourite of the three)
Exodus Cheese#2 (looks as green & healthy as #1)
Exodus Cheese#3 (this was quite yellow, not as healthy looking as others, but was also the most rooted through of the three)
I know I've not got much to look at yet, but please let me know if you have any comments about things so far! I'm learning as I go, and hopefully I can continue to absorb ICer knowledge like I have been already. I'll post up pics of the finished cab in action in the next few days.