This is my first grow.
I am attempting to grow without chemicals. I have sensitivities to pretty much all chemicals. even when used to grow foods. Cannabis helps me a lot with my reactions. unfortunately we live in a world wrath with chemicals and i react badly to all of them. I grow my own food. hunt and forage in the forest for medicines. I make all my own cleaners and personal care items so it only made sense for me to grow my own cannabis.
I do know a lot about herbs and plants so I was hoping what I know would help me with this new adventure. I am always looking for new knowledge so I am thought that posting what I am doing I would collect new techniques and get guidance. I am in the second week of bloom at the moment but will bullet post the beginning pictures of my grow.
The laws in my state for medical grow is you can have five plants over five inches tall and you cannot grow outdoors.
I built my own tent out of mylar. the tent is 8x9. i have a separate grow room that is 5x4.( I had to add this because of other plants not so far along)
I am using 600 led full spectrum lights
I am growing in 18 gallon tubs.
I created my own soil with a blend of living soil, peat moss, worm casting, bat guano, bone meal, blood meal and basic manure.
I use well water blended into a tea. I use a light mixture of the above ingredients for the tea. I make sure that the bacterium that the plants feed off from are well fed so my plants stay happy.
I put bat guano and neem oil on top of the soil to deter pests.
I do have a watering schedule and have changed the mixture to up the phosphorus and calcium.
I keep the lights about 20 inches on veggie and 16 on bloom.
I used the philosophies of espalier and bonsai to keep her trained.
I also used the living soil and living water mindset.
I also have bagged mushroom waste for co2 that i have hanging above the lights and plants.
i keep the room in the 80s range in the day and mid 70s at night for veggie and drop both temps by ten degrees in bloom.
I keep the humidity around the 40 range for veggie and upped it to 50 range for bloom so far.
The sticks you see in the pictures are for training.
I also cut the center after the first four sets of leaves grow to keep her from releasing the hormone that may stunt her since I am training her.
I spread her out to promote her natural defense to keep herself cool to get her bushier. This is why I keep laying her down exposing her main stems.
The picture where she looks picked apart is where I took some clones. I figured since I am trying something new and had the grow limit available I thought why not. I will post more pics in my next post
I am attempting to grow without chemicals. I have sensitivities to pretty much all chemicals. even when used to grow foods. Cannabis helps me a lot with my reactions. unfortunately we live in a world wrath with chemicals and i react badly to all of them. I grow my own food. hunt and forage in the forest for medicines. I make all my own cleaners and personal care items so it only made sense for me to grow my own cannabis.
I do know a lot about herbs and plants so I was hoping what I know would help me with this new adventure. I am always looking for new knowledge so I am thought that posting what I am doing I would collect new techniques and get guidance. I am in the second week of bloom at the moment but will bullet post the beginning pictures of my grow.
The laws in my state for medical grow is you can have five plants over five inches tall and you cannot grow outdoors.
I built my own tent out of mylar. the tent is 8x9. i have a separate grow room that is 5x4.( I had to add this because of other plants not so far along)
I am using 600 led full spectrum lights
I am growing in 18 gallon tubs.
I created my own soil with a blend of living soil, peat moss, worm casting, bat guano, bone meal, blood meal and basic manure.
I use well water blended into a tea. I use a light mixture of the above ingredients for the tea. I make sure that the bacterium that the plants feed off from are well fed so my plants stay happy.
I put bat guano and neem oil on top of the soil to deter pests.
I do have a watering schedule and have changed the mixture to up the phosphorus and calcium.
I keep the lights about 20 inches on veggie and 16 on bloom.
I used the philosophies of espalier and bonsai to keep her trained.
I also used the living soil and living water mindset.
I also have bagged mushroom waste for co2 that i have hanging above the lights and plants.
i keep the room in the 80s range in the day and mid 70s at night for veggie and drop both temps by ten degrees in bloom.
I keep the humidity around the 40 range for veggie and upped it to 50 range for bloom so far.
The sticks you see in the pictures are for training.
I also cut the center after the first four sets of leaves grow to keep her from releasing the hormone that may stunt her since I am training her.
I spread her out to promote her natural defense to keep herself cool to get her bushier. This is why I keep laying her down exposing her main stems.
The picture where she looks picked apart is where I took some clones. I figured since I am trying something new and had the grow limit available I thought why not. I will post more pics in my next post
