Hey there!
As I mentioned in my live introduction I'm a brand new grower, and after a long (almost 3 year) preparation, I'm under way! I read that a great way to get started beyond the obvious is to have a grow journal, so this is the first of many, I hope that you're reading now!
My preparation consisted of so many forum threads, and grow videos that it sometimes felt so overwhelming but now I'm underway I feel much more relaxed, and this site, although only discovered recently has really resonated with me and I'm happy that you've welcomed me, and I hope to share many great lessons that I learn along the way with you all
So to catch you up, my current grow equipment is:
The main star of the show is Pakistan Ryder, and I'm growing her in a generic potting soil mixed with perlite at a rough estimate of 3:1 ratio (I'm not sure if this is enough perlite now, but it felt like a lot when I was prepping the pot).
I started her out in a very moist peat plug with a humidity dome over the top on the kitchen window ledge, and at the same time I prepared the medium by 3/4 filling the pot with the potting soil, saturating this and leaving it in one of those cheap plastic greenhouse tent things outside.
I sadly can't remember when I germinated my seed, but I'll count the transplant into the tent as day one, which was on the 29th July. I took the pot from the greenhouse, saturated it again and then turned in the perlite and moving it into the tent and dropped (carefully!) my seedling in
Since then, I've had her on a 18/6 light schedule, along with the extraction and desk fan on the same schedule, as well as both fans also turning on for 10 minutes per hour during the night period to move things about a bit, and get some fresh air in there. I read that overwatering is one of the fundamental mistakes many new growers make, so I've done my best to refrain from giving her too much, and she's had maybe three small showers up until now, which I count as day 13!
So that's where I am now! I'm happy to say that I have been taking pictures of her progress, perhaps I knew I'd do a grow journal at some point, so here we go:
Day 1 in the tent
As you can see, the pot I have is also 40cm wide, I was very lucky that it actually fit inside the tent, I did have to take one of the sides apart to get it in though, and this will make heavy watering/flushing interesting later, I'm still thinking of how I'll have to deal with this later.
Day 3
Day 8
Day 13 (today)
Thank you for reading, I think I'm doing alright for now but please, I hope it goes without saying, any advice and wisdom you have to share will be very welcome! I don't know how often is good form to update a journal, but I'll try and keep you updated
Much love!
As I mentioned in my live introduction I'm a brand new grower, and after a long (almost 3 year) preparation, I'm under way! I read that a great way to get started beyond the obvious is to have a grow journal, so this is the first of many, I hope that you're reading now!
My preparation consisted of so many forum threads, and grow videos that it sometimes felt so overwhelming but now I'm underway I feel much more relaxed, and this site, although only discovered recently has really resonated with me and I'm happy that you've welcomed me, and I hope to share many great lessons that I learn along the way with you all
So to catch you up, my current grow equipment is:
- 40x40x120 grow tent.
- 120w LED grow light.
- 6" inline extraction fan (generic, pretty sure a link isn't necessary for this xD).
- 6" clip on desk fan for circulation (this doesn't oscillate, but is positioned at the top of the tent above the light).
- Analogue PH meter
- Temperature/humidity meter (this has to sit outside the tent however as it seems the tent blocks the signal to the base station, I also have an analogue one inside the tent).
The main star of the show is Pakistan Ryder, and I'm growing her in a generic potting soil mixed with perlite at a rough estimate of 3:1 ratio (I'm not sure if this is enough perlite now, but it felt like a lot when I was prepping the pot).
I started her out in a very moist peat plug with a humidity dome over the top on the kitchen window ledge, and at the same time I prepared the medium by 3/4 filling the pot with the potting soil, saturating this and leaving it in one of those cheap plastic greenhouse tent things outside.
I sadly can't remember when I germinated my seed, but I'll count the transplant into the tent as day one, which was on the 29th July. I took the pot from the greenhouse, saturated it again and then turned in the perlite and moving it into the tent and dropped (carefully!) my seedling in
Since then, I've had her on a 18/6 light schedule, along with the extraction and desk fan on the same schedule, as well as both fans also turning on for 10 minutes per hour during the night period to move things about a bit, and get some fresh air in there. I read that overwatering is one of the fundamental mistakes many new growers make, so I've done my best to refrain from giving her too much, and she's had maybe three small showers up until now, which I count as day 13!
So that's where I am now! I'm happy to say that I have been taking pictures of her progress, perhaps I knew I'd do a grow journal at some point, so here we go:
Day 1 in the tent
As you can see, the pot I have is also 40cm wide, I was very lucky that it actually fit inside the tent, I did have to take one of the sides apart to get it in though, and this will make heavy watering/flushing interesting later, I'm still thinking of how I'll have to deal with this later.Day 3
Day 8
Day 13 (today)
Thank you for reading, I think I'm doing alright for now but please, I hope it goes without saying, any advice and wisdom you have to share will be very welcome! I don't know how often is good form to update a journal, but I'll try and keep you updated
Much love!
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