krikri
Seedling
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Hey all
Thought I should post my journal here, so that you would be able to help me out with my adventures.
I'm growing inside a spacious unused room in my apartment, which is also used as a storage room for now. The pot is located inside a cardboard box, which is dressed in Mylar on the inside (used a Mylar blanket I got from an outdoor shop). This solution is not light-proof, some light is leaking from one side, because I have a small table fan on the outside blowing air into the box and at the plant. I don't really like this, but the fan wouldn't fit inside the box, and until I get a PC fan to install in there this is the way it's gonna go.
In the beginning of the vegging, the light was very close to the seedling, and I also made the mistake of watering it twice within twelve hours, second time with some growth nutrients - these are probably the reasons why the two initial leaves became curled and looked a bit withered on the sides. I have not watered since, and have increased the distance between the plant and the light, waiting for the soil to dry. In a discussion, I was told that this might also have been a Ph problem, since the tap water I'm using is high in chlorium (~7.5 - 8.15 Ph), so I ordered a Ph test kit and a Ph down solution just in case.
Currently on day 19 from seed, the plant seems to be growing steady, if not a bit on the slow side, but the best thing is that none of the new leave sets, after the first two, are curled or look wilted. Lost several days of growth due to left the plant outdoors during the first days of its life, and also due to the first transplant shock. Thing is, I'd like to put the plant into flowering mode around day 34-38 if possible, and harvest before or around Christmas - I'll be having some guests around Christmas, so I'd rather grow and harvest a smaller plant than going through another transplant shock.
To be safe, I'm thinking about LST'ing the plant, just in case I would need to stealth it somehow, but I'm not sure when is the best time to do this, and also how difficult it would be to transplant (if needed) an LST'ed plant.
It looks like I'm growing a sativa, judging by the shape of the leaves, and maybe by the growth rate. Anyone else thinks the same?
Pics of the plant:
Thought I should post my journal here, so that you would be able to help me out with my adventures.
I'm growing inside a spacious unused room in my apartment, which is also used as a storage room for now. The pot is located inside a cardboard box, which is dressed in Mylar on the inside (used a Mylar blanket I got from an outdoor shop). This solution is not light-proof, some light is leaking from one side, because I have a small table fan on the outside blowing air into the box and at the plant. I don't really like this, but the fan wouldn't fit inside the box, and until I get a PC fan to install in there this is the way it's gonna go.
In the beginning of the vegging, the light was very close to the seedling, and I also made the mistake of watering it twice within twelve hours, second time with some growth nutrients - these are probably the reasons why the two initial leaves became curled and looked a bit withered on the sides. I have not watered since, and have increased the distance between the plant and the light, waiting for the soil to dry. In a discussion, I was told that this might also have been a Ph problem, since the tap water I'm using is high in chlorium (~7.5 - 8.15 Ph), so I ordered a Ph test kit and a Ph down solution just in case.
Currently on day 19 from seed, the plant seems to be growing steady, if not a bit on the slow side, but the best thing is that none of the new leave sets, after the first two, are curled or look wilted. Lost several days of growth due to left the plant outdoors during the first days of its life, and also due to the first transplant shock. Thing is, I'd like to put the plant into flowering mode around day 34-38 if possible, and harvest before or around Christmas - I'll be having some guests around Christmas, so I'd rather grow and harvest a smaller plant than going through another transplant shock.
To be safe, I'm thinking about LST'ing the plant, just in case I would need to stealth it somehow, but I'm not sure when is the best time to do this, and also how difficult it would be to transplant (if needed) an LST'ed plant.
It looks like I'm growing a sativa, judging by the shape of the leaves, and maybe by the growth rate. Anyone else thinks the same?
Pics of the plant:
- Day 13
- Day 15
- Day 16
- Day 17
- Day 18
- Day 19 (yesterday)