Hi everyone. This might end up as a long text, yet as soon as I notice it to be on the brink of redundancy, I’ll stop.
After having had three unsuccessful attempts at growing cannabis throughout my life (mostly due to fear, once in NYC), I finally took the courage to tell myself, “Screw this, I’m in my late 50s, have always been drawn to music and art, have never committed any crimes, a father of two, have been a teacher for at least 20 years, even considered moving back to the US literally to have a more intimate relationship with this herb… I’ll start growing my own weed right here and right now! Worst case scenario (if I happen to be facing charges and or persecution, I have the rest of my life to prove I’m innocent and an honest and dignified human being, and I mean no harm, either to myself or others!”
Enough said, let’s get to it.
Bathroom became makeshift growroom.
Samsung Quantum Full Spectrum 2000w.
6” Turbo exhaust fan (not installed yet).
6” Carbon filter (not installed yet).
A small fan.
Plastic pots full of holes (me trying to bridge the gap between an air pot with the cheapest bucket around).
Expanded clay and coco fiber at the bottom of pots.
Soil: Peat moss, worm castings, bone meal, castor beans meal, coffee powder, Magnesium sulfate, Potassium sulfate, perlite, vermiculite, ash powder, and regular soil. (Ph is 7.2)
Feed: A feeble, yet stubborn imitation of the organic line of growers (trying to learn from Elaine Ingham, Chris Trump and the like) using KNF (Korean Natural Farming) stuff: FPJ, FFJ, WCA, Aloe Vera (fermented and fresh in juice form), Magnesium sulfate (Ph is 6.4).
Plants are roughly a month and a half old.
Although I had been forewarned prior to starting, from the 3 autoflowers, Deimos Caramel, as a seedling, one got knocked down by my dogs (they broke the stem), and after watering the other 2, the one you’re looking at decided to go kaput and died on me, whereas the last one (with the lst wires in the image) keeps going, go figure…
You’re looking at 7 plants, 4 clones, and 1 corpse (Autofailure). From these 7 only 2 are legit, as far as feminized and known strains, one (SFV) OG Kush and the Deimos Caramel. The only one I know is the OG Kush by experience (unless I’d been fooled by the local dealer) with buds. The remaining 5 are what we can get our hands on around here, be it compressed seeds coming from Paraguay (prensado) or loose stuff from the northeast of Brazil. Despite the fact that they have been showing some signs of pistils sticking out more than anything, I honestly haven’t seen any sacks so I’m hoping to have struck complete luck and have 5 females (“you wish!”). Not that concerned about it because I guess I’m beginning to become a real grower after being told a few times by videos on youtube that I will indeed have enough time to notice the sacks way before they’d release pollen and then compromise the females, once they get into flowering.
The autoflower had its first lst today, whereas the others, if you’re able to see how thick the stems are, are full of leaves and tiny branches. I have a feeling that, after having read somewhere that when lights are too close to plants, they seem to have halted their growth. Right now I’m keeping the light at 2 feet from them. It was closer than this so I’ll keep you posted.
You will also notice the wires around the plants. Have learned from experts that the light has to reach as many parts of the plants as possible. But I’m taking my time, if needed, I’ll keep them longer in the vegetative stage, till I see’em buds coming in!!
The clones are all from the OG Kush, and that tiny one was nothing but an accident. I cut it unintentionally, so I’m hoping to make it come to life, knowing that out of these 4, I might get one or two. Must say I’m impressed to see how vigorous and daring they seem. Since it’s my first attempt at cloning, I’m thinking of turning one of them into my bonsai mum. Hope I’m not making a mistake for not using the original plant which came from the seed and one of its clones, completely unaware whether there is any loss to using a clone for a mother and not the original one, if that makes any sense. Oh well, living and learning…
I guess I’ve said most of it, and please, any suggestions, criticism, opinions, observation, tips, anything really, you’d like to say, you’re more than welcome to speak your mind. I humbly thank everyone for this amazing welcome I’ve received here, and believe it or not, I became a member three days ago and since then have learned a ton, besides being literally helped by other senior members. That’s all.
You guys are amazing! Thanks a million!
