HopHead
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This is my first journal, don't really know if I'm doing this right so I'm wide open to any suggestions.
This is my first grow in 8 yrs. I had thought 10 yrs but I checked my archives and 2007 was my last grow.
SEEDS: In 2007 I was given a few seeds and told they were Afghani and Northern Lights. I believe I was given 6 of each. I sowed them Jan 11/07 in soil and 7 emerged. 4 NL and 3 Afghani. I grew them indoors under a 400w HPS in soil. Mar 31/07 I switched to 12/12 to flower. Prior to switching I had made clones for the next harvest of females only. 3 NLs turned out to be female with 1 male. 1 Afghani turned out to be female with 2 males. I grew all 7 together and harvested pretty good bud and over 2600 seeds. I kept the seeds from each plant separated, labeled and frozen until now.
Nov 7, 2015 - sowed 4 NL seeds and 4 Afghani in Miracle Grow Germination Potting Soil 0.0 - 0.01 - 0.0 in 1.5" plastic pots. The pots were on a heating mat under 4 - 4' reg. fluorescent lights in a room around 20 degrees Celsius day and 16 night. (Have other garden plants growing under same lights.) They all germinated after 2-4 days and have been under the same lighting and conditions. One of the NLs (Noil) emerged with cotyledon leaves similar to cabbage family. I like out of the ordinary; will be looking for any growing differences. Seems to be stunted as it opened up noticeably slower than the rest.
Nov 16
This morning I discovered 1 of the NLs is calling it quits.
My suspicion is the roots can't breath.
I've used this soil for my garden vegs and although the germination rate is excellent I find the soil is susceptible to waterlogging. I think that's what happened here. I have to be more careful when watering and I will have to remember to add perlite next time. I'm only looking for 4 females to flower so losing one seedling isn't a problem. Might be a sign of weakness on his/her part and/or stupidity on mine. Because the starter soil has practically no nutrients I watered them as the pots got dry with Ohrstrom's Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed 0-0-1. I mix 25ml with 2 L of water. I'll have to see what other fertilizers I have around the house because they will soon need more food. I plan to transplant into 4" pots with much better potting soil after they have 2 sets(4) of true leaves. They now have 1 set(2) of true leaves. Once transplanted I'll be moving them to the growing room under the 400w HPS. Started working on that room yesterday.
The Family
Abby
Ally
Arlo
Atly
Nell
Noel
Noil
Noil up close
Unnamed tapped out too early
Next posting planned is after transplanting and move into new quarters. Should be about a week.
This is my first grow in 8 yrs. I had thought 10 yrs but I checked my archives and 2007 was my last grow.
SEEDS: In 2007 I was given a few seeds and told they were Afghani and Northern Lights. I believe I was given 6 of each. I sowed them Jan 11/07 in soil and 7 emerged. 4 NL and 3 Afghani. I grew them indoors under a 400w HPS in soil. Mar 31/07 I switched to 12/12 to flower. Prior to switching I had made clones for the next harvest of females only. 3 NLs turned out to be female with 1 male. 1 Afghani turned out to be female with 2 males. I grew all 7 together and harvested pretty good bud and over 2600 seeds. I kept the seeds from each plant separated, labeled and frozen until now.
Nov 7, 2015 - sowed 4 NL seeds and 4 Afghani in Miracle Grow Germination Potting Soil 0.0 - 0.01 - 0.0 in 1.5" plastic pots. The pots were on a heating mat under 4 - 4' reg. fluorescent lights in a room around 20 degrees Celsius day and 16 night. (Have other garden plants growing under same lights.) They all germinated after 2-4 days and have been under the same lighting and conditions. One of the NLs (Noil) emerged with cotyledon leaves similar to cabbage family. I like out of the ordinary; will be looking for any growing differences. Seems to be stunted as it opened up noticeably slower than the rest.
Nov 16
This morning I discovered 1 of the NLs is calling it quits.
My suspicion is the roots can't breath. I've used this soil for my garden vegs and although the germination rate is excellent I find the soil is susceptible to waterlogging. I think that's what happened here. I have to be more careful when watering and I will have to remember to add perlite next time. I'm only looking for 4 females to flower so losing one seedling isn't a problem. Might be a sign of weakness on his/her part and/or stupidity on mine. Because the starter soil has practically no nutrients I watered them as the pots got dry with Ohrstrom's Maxicrop Liquid Seaweed 0-0-1. I mix 25ml with 2 L of water. I'll have to see what other fertilizers I have around the house because they will soon need more food. I plan to transplant into 4" pots with much better potting soil after they have 2 sets(4) of true leaves. They now have 1 set(2) of true leaves. Once transplanted I'll be moving them to the growing room under the 400w HPS. Started working on that room yesterday.The Family
Abby
Ally
Arlo
Atly
Nell
Noel
Noil
Noil up close
Unnamed tapped out too early
Next posting planned is after transplanting and move into new quarters. Should be about a week.
with 1/4 strength Schultz Plant food solution. I had mixed 1 litre of the solution so when this is gone I'll switch to something else. I did the same thing with the NL (mother) seeds. And then I placed them on my heating pad along with the rest of the Family about 3" from the fluorescent lights. I would like them an inch closer but plant markers are in the way. It's much closer than before so I expect to see an improvement over the first week of growth compared to the first batch.
Was my first order but it won't be my last. Anybody have suggestions on which strain is most effective for arthritis? My arthritis is in my knees and they have bothered me for many years.
