dontcopnone
Well-Known Member
Reading some of the posts on this and other grow forums I'm amazed at how often people fail in their grows. First off, I feel a lot of it has to do with unnecessary complexity that people incorporate into their grows. Complexity + intoxication is not a recipe for success. Besides that let me list some things I've done wrong (sometimes intentionally) in my first grow.
Germination - Did not provide warm environment at first, and the seeds did not respond. When I did provide warmth and got results I did not pay attention and the taproots got well over 2" and the paper towels got uncomfortably dry.
Seedling - Saw some stunted growth that was surely due to overwatering. Did not make humidity domes for my plants, probably never had better than 30% humidity.
Vegging - Saw slow growth continue and finally wised up to the overwatering, growth improved.
Flowering - Thought I was going to have to move soon & decided to flower early. Underwatered, lowest foliage died. Used too sharp/thin of a string to LST on one plant which started cutting into the stem - removed & replaced - no apparent lasting damage. My LST is probably too high stress as I have little to no internode stretch - CFL lighting and overwatering has produced super compact plants - if I untie them they're probably no more than 8" tall. I've also busted off fan leaves a time or two. I also have never had any active ventilation in my dr60 tent, which sometimes has put me over 90 deg F. I use the guess method when adding nutrients, although to my credit I started on the weak side and have been increasing it at each watering with no visible damage to the plants. Heck I regularily get my leaves wet during waterings at the start of their day and I've never seen signs of damage from light burn.
I don't have a camera to show how well my plants are doing, but despite all my neglect they are doing quite well. I am finally getting an exhaust fan, but only because I need to control the smell. I've been watching carefully for signs of the plants going hermie, as they are G13 Labs stock and besides that I've been inducing a lot of stress. Absolutely no signs of balls yet.
It seems like no matter what I do wrong, they just keep thriving. All that said, I'm no master botanist and this is going to be a very small harvest due to the size of my girls. All I ever wanted from this first grow was proof that my setup would work while staying stealth - mission accomplished so far. The hardest part has been my paranoia which has been totally unfounded.
The question remains...how do people screw this up so badly?
Edit: I'm pretty sure I'm going to pick up a camera in the next few days and show some early bud porn. Stay tuned for a new thread.
Germination - Did not provide warm environment at first, and the seeds did not respond. When I did provide warmth and got results I did not pay attention and the taproots got well over 2" and the paper towels got uncomfortably dry.
Seedling - Saw some stunted growth that was surely due to overwatering. Did not make humidity domes for my plants, probably never had better than 30% humidity.
Vegging - Saw slow growth continue and finally wised up to the overwatering, growth improved.
Flowering - Thought I was going to have to move soon & decided to flower early. Underwatered, lowest foliage died. Used too sharp/thin of a string to LST on one plant which started cutting into the stem - removed & replaced - no apparent lasting damage. My LST is probably too high stress as I have little to no internode stretch - CFL lighting and overwatering has produced super compact plants - if I untie them they're probably no more than 8" tall. I've also busted off fan leaves a time or two. I also have never had any active ventilation in my dr60 tent, which sometimes has put me over 90 deg F. I use the guess method when adding nutrients, although to my credit I started on the weak side and have been increasing it at each watering with no visible damage to the plants. Heck I regularily get my leaves wet during waterings at the start of their day and I've never seen signs of damage from light burn.
I don't have a camera to show how well my plants are doing, but despite all my neglect they are doing quite well. I am finally getting an exhaust fan, but only because I need to control the smell. I've been watching carefully for signs of the plants going hermie, as they are G13 Labs stock and besides that I've been inducing a lot of stress. Absolutely no signs of balls yet.
It seems like no matter what I do wrong, they just keep thriving. All that said, I'm no master botanist and this is going to be a very small harvest due to the size of my girls. All I ever wanted from this first grow was proof that my setup would work while staying stealth - mission accomplished so far. The hardest part has been my paranoia which has been totally unfounded.
The question remains...how do people screw this up so badly?
Edit: I'm pretty sure I'm going to pick up a camera in the next few days and show some early bud porn. Stay tuned for a new thread.
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