MrLuv2Grow
420 Member
Pot Size: 11 Liter.
Medium: 50% Regular Garden Soil 50% Home made compost.
Strain: Unknown Sativa.
Outdoor potted grow.
Nutrients: None for now.
Water: Rain water/Deep well.
Number of plants: 2
I guess for now, I'll start with a bit of background on how and why I started growing.
We decided to leave the hustle and bustle of Manila mainly due to the pandemic and moved to a remote province far from the Capital.
Having done so presented the challenge of acquiring smokes. It is not only difficult but, apparently dangerous to ask around here about smokes as this area used to be a plantation.
With the last few ounces left to smoke, I was lucky enough to find two seeds. Thought to myself "maybe I should try to germinate the seeds and see if I can grow?".
Twas around February of this year when I started reading up about this wonderful plant and found Robert Bergman's grow bible. Google was my friend (still is ) as I started research on what these ladies will need, the how to and what nots.
Thinking I was armed with some basics, I started my compost and in due time germinated the two seeds I had using the paper towel method. I was exhilarated to see them both begin to sprout and "potted the pot " in small, individual pots couple days before June. This is one of the two identical pots I planted them into:
I decided to grow em all natural, as I've read in the ebook, no artificial light can ever beat sunlight. Sun, water and air, and mother natures best with my backyard compost. Here's some of that compost (nitrogen focused) left to add onto and prepare for next years grow.
My "pot head" started dreaming of monster buds.
I was very wary of over or under watering and followed Mr. Bergman's guide to the dot. Though, as Buds Buddy have pointed out, I was guilty of over caring for my plants, my first mistake was pruning out almost all the leaves after repotting and even damaged one of the leaves, accidentally cutting it off, when trying to remove what seemed to me at the time possible insect eggs (was just dirt though).
The biggest pest was me and my overeager attitude towards growing.
I was also careless when I repotted, even after having read that it should be done with extra care. I hit a nerve on that pretty lady (picture above) and stared at her until her leaves went back up and showed signs that, at the very least, she would live.
Itching to try out every new information I get my hands onto, I may have rushed into topping them off. Articles mentioned that recovery would take couple of weeks and I started to worry as it seemed no new growth was happening. I was uneasy, dreading the consequences of my actions made in haste, fearing overstressing my girls and the possibility of having caused her to become a hermaphrodite. Her once slight but distinct smell seemed to have weakened.
She has the will to thrive, at last, signs of that rapid growth is now back in full swing.
That's all for now. Happy growing to all, and to all a good high.
Medium: 50% Regular Garden Soil 50% Home made compost.
Strain: Unknown Sativa.
Outdoor potted grow.
Nutrients: None for now.
Water: Rain water/Deep well.
Number of plants: 2
I guess for now, I'll start with a bit of background on how and why I started growing.
We decided to leave the hustle and bustle of Manila mainly due to the pandemic and moved to a remote province far from the Capital.
Having done so presented the challenge of acquiring smokes. It is not only difficult but, apparently dangerous to ask around here about smokes as this area used to be a plantation.
With the last few ounces left to smoke, I was lucky enough to find two seeds. Thought to myself "maybe I should try to germinate the seeds and see if I can grow?".
Twas around February of this year when I started reading up about this wonderful plant and found Robert Bergman's grow bible. Google was my friend (still is ) as I started research on what these ladies will need, the how to and what nots.
Thinking I was armed with some basics, I started my compost and in due time germinated the two seeds I had using the paper towel method. I was exhilarated to see them both begin to sprout and "potted the pot " in small, individual pots couple days before June. This is one of the two identical pots I planted them into:
I decided to grow em all natural, as I've read in the ebook, no artificial light can ever beat sunlight. Sun, water and air, and mother natures best with my backyard compost. Here's some of that compost (nitrogen focused) left to add onto and prepare for next years grow.
My "pot head" started dreaming of monster buds.
I was very wary of over or under watering and followed Mr. Bergman's guide to the dot. Though, as Buds Buddy have pointed out, I was guilty of over caring for my plants, my first mistake was pruning out almost all the leaves after repotting and even damaged one of the leaves, accidentally cutting it off, when trying to remove what seemed to me at the time possible insect eggs (was just dirt though).
The biggest pest was me and my overeager attitude towards growing.
I was also careless when I repotted, even after having read that it should be done with extra care. I hit a nerve on that pretty lady (picture above) and stared at her until her leaves went back up and showed signs that, at the very least, she would live.
Itching to try out every new information I get my hands onto, I may have rushed into topping them off. Articles mentioned that recovery would take couple of weeks and I started to worry as it seemed no new growth was happening. I was uneasy, dreading the consequences of my actions made in haste, fearing overstressing my girls and the possibility of having caused her to become a hermaphrodite. Her once slight but distinct smell seemed to have weakened.
She has the will to thrive, at last, signs of that rapid growth is now back in full swing.
That's all for now. Happy growing to all, and to all a good high.
