First Time Grow Experiment

hx9eyr I got this clone from Ascend on NE 138th & NE Sandy in PDX. I figured why not try to grow one plant and see how it goes. This being my favorite strain I decided this was to be the first! I started with CFL bulbs in an old cabinet with no fans or any real ventilation. The nutrients that I used were Dyna-Grow basic plant food that my MIL had. Sadly these nutrients are literally from the 80's which I did not know when I started using it. I lined the cabinet with tin foil as that is what I had on hand. I did not PH my water or anything. I just let it sit out over night before using it.

hx9eyr Shortly after buying the clone I transplanted it to a 5 gallon pot with standard potting soil with not additives. Still using the old nutrients at this point. I bought an old lamp from a thrift store and used an all spectrum photography light along with a couple of other CFL's. At this point I found a few Facebook growing groups and had meet a couple of other local growers. Both of which were extremely generous to me and gifted me with a lot of grow equipment, clones, seeds, lights, garden pots, cloning dome, 600W veg light with hood(no ballast), 1000w flower light with another hood(no ballast), pest control products and a ton of information on where to go with my new found hobby.

hx9eyr At this point I started to bend the main stalk to the edge and started to learn a lot about LST (low stress training). I stared by looking on Google for advice on growing and plant care. I finally found the website www.growweedeasy.com and just read as much as I could. From there I started to plan to expand my grow area to include a small grow box so that I can flower and veg at the same time.

hx9eyr I kicked the plant into flower this week. After about 5 days I noticed a lot of small hairs starting to form all over. I also noticed the tips of a few leafs starting to turn brown and dry up. This is the first week I started to think about what I was giving the plant for food and really wanted to try and understand what cannabis needs to grow and flourish. I am still using the Dyna-Grow 7-9-5 and plan to use it through flower. I cant really afford to buy new nutrients at this point and am using what I have on hand. I also found out that the nutrients I am using are extremely old and probably not good at all. I continue as using them as I figure its better than nothing.

hx9eyr Not much happened this week. After an initial growth spurt the plant flat lined on growing taller. There was a small issue with what started as mites. I treated with Green Cleaner and they were gone within 3 treatments.

hx9eyr The buds are really starting to fatten up and smell really sweet. I requested some samples from a few companies and have been using them starting this week. They include Terpinator and Mammoth P.

hx9eyr I ended up harvesting early due to factors. The overall experience hooked me on growing my own. At this point I really started to invest in better lights and areas to grow.