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Kera Seeds Cherry Grapefruit
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5 years ago
----------------------------- DAY 1 - 31/07/2019 ------------------------------------------ Hi! So this is the first time I have grown my own cannabis. I have bought cannabis for around a year (with a couple of intermittent "sessions" before then). While not particularly expensive, I don't like not knowing what I am getting, and would prefer to have control over what I'm putting in my body. you never know what you might get from a street corner! I picked up a starter grow tent from Amazon for £90 (100EUR, $110). it included an 80x80x180cm grow tent, 125W CFL Dual Spectrum Growlight, CFL reflector, grow bag, and Canna Coco substrate. The CFL bulb arrived broken, but the company I bought it from (Gardeners Corner) were great, and have sent out a new one, which is on its way to me. in the meantime, I've disassembled an old Vivarium light for the time being. I don't really need it, as my seeds are still germinating, but hey. I have 4 types of seed, and I am growing 7 seeds in total. Hopefully, my grow tent won't be too overcrowded! I'm growing: 2x Trainwreck by Green House Seed Co. 2x Kera Seeds Cherry Grapefruit 2x Kera Seeds Critical Auto 1x Dinafem White Widow The White widow seed was a free gift with my order. All the seeds came from IceHeadShop.co.uk All the seeds are laid out on moist kitchen roll, which is then folded over to cover the seed. I've used an old Vivarium heat mat and thermostat to keep the seeds at around 23 degrees C. Hopefully, in a couple of days, I'll have some roots coming through! ----------------------Day 3 - 02/08/2019---------------------------------- No change on day 2, but today, 2 of the seeds have little sprouts. A good start! I'm picking up some Canna A + B for nutrients, and I'll be getting a PH tester as suggested by Kitkat in the comments. I'm cautiously optimistic! Hopefully, I can get these into pots in the next couple of days! ----------------------Day 5 - 04/08/19--------------------------------- Everything has now sprouted a taproot except the free seed (White Widow). I guess I know why it was free now. I've planted it anyway. Everything is planted into an individual, labelled 02.l pot. I'll move them to larger pots in the next couple weeks. Canna A+B has arrived, and I've made up the nutrients as per the instructions. I've doubled the amount of water to nutrients for the first watering, which will hopefully be less of a shock for the little sprouts. My new bulb arrived and is working great. I'm going for a full 24 hours of light for at least the next week, or until they reach the vegetative stage. I feel like I'm starting to understand all the procedures a bit more now. Hopefully, I'll start to see some growth over the next few days! I've updated the pictures with today's work as well!
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kitkat332986
kitkat332986commentedweek 15 years ago
Hi, please don't take this the wrong way but three at a push will fill that size tent. I have a tent that size and four in 10l pots fill it. I also have a 180 x 180 x 80 tent and will be having six in there. Also you are growing soilless with canna coco so you need to be spot on with nutrients and always start low I would even say a quarter of what manufacturers say to prevent lock. You need a ph tester also and watch the ladies they would let you know if something is wrong straight away. Are you using an extractor fan with carbon filter?
Firebug
Firebugcommented5 years ago
@kitkat332986, Got me a PH/Light/Humidity detector, as well as Canna coco A+B & Calmag. I've also got everything planted today too. Thanks for all the advice!
kitkat332986
kitkat332986commented5 years ago
@Firebug,Hi you need a PH tester as it is important for soiless grows to work in the right conditions and you will need some form of Calmag after ten days or so. As the seeds will germinate and grow quite happily with their own stored nutrients to start with. PH testers start at about £9.99 on Amazon they work ok but if you are going to be growing a lot for your own consumption I would get a better one. I use an Apera PH20 and its easy to calibrate and accurate. Its not so much about the grow times its the size the plants get that will cause you problems in a small tent. Grow times don't really count look at my sugar mama diary 10-11 weeks they say I'm on week 13 now😂 If you need to know anything more just ask away. If you lived in Doncaster I would loan you a tent and light 👍
Firebug
Firebugcommented5 years ago
@kitkat332986, thanks for the advice! Most (I think all) of these plants have a short growing period of around 7 weeks, so I'm hoping I can encourage the to grow at different heights to fit more. As this is y first grow, I'm not expecting a lot, just a chance to get to grips with everything I need to know for a serious grow. I haven't picked up and nutrients, bit I was planning on using canna a+b, I don't think I need anything else, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, there's no carbon filter yet, but I'm playing with a few usb desk fans, which create pretty good negative air pressure so I'm hoping I can stick a carbon scrubber on the top. I don't know a lot about pH, how important is it and what pH should I be looking for?
Greenfingers3713
Greenfingers3713commentedweek 15 years ago
My 1st grow also..... Will be following your progress good luck ✌️
kitkat332986
kitkat332986commentedweek 15 years ago
Hi, don't feed nutrients to the seedlings. Just ph'd water for the first week and you dont need much just a splash until you see the wet patch dry up. Then the following week the same the third week add cal mag that will prevent nutrient shock. Look at one of my diaries to see my schedule👍
Firebug
Firebugcommentedweek 15 years ago
I've updated the week with the work I've done today!