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Hi everyone, my only exposure to cannabis growing before this was a seed I found in some “bush weed” (wild crop that was 100% untended to) i got off a mate in 2011. This grow lasted till its second set of leaves and my dog couldn’t resist the blood and bone I had top dressed with so that was a goner.
I did grow 4 plants (1 Male, 3 female as it has been a nightmare trying to get seeds in Australia) in 1.5 gal fabric pots started 1st march, I now understand why they didn’t grow very tall in 4 months, though they were heavily seeded. I decided to reveg the youngest of the 3 ladies, and every plant you see growing is from seeds from that one lady. 0 seeds from the other 2 have been viable (over 100 planted). the seedlings vary anywhere from 4 weeks to 1 day, had a couple of surprise guests pop up in the last couple of days.
My current soil mix is WAY more productive than my first grow, only difference is pots and water source (tap vs Fresh), other than that its all the same apart from vermiculite instead of perlite.
5L Vermiculite https://www.bunnings.com.au/brunnings-5l-vermiculite_p3016191
10L Soil Starter Mix (Sphagnum Peat Moss and Coco Coir) https://www.bunnings.com.au/osmocote-10l-professional-seed-raising-and-cutting-mix_p3020058
~10L Composted Cow Manure https://www.bunnings.com.au/fine-farms-25l-cow-manure_p3010234
~10L Organic Compost (claims to be made from 100% organic sources and contains microbes, micro-organisms, fungi, and protozoa) https://www.bunnings.com.au/scotts-pure-organic-25l-premium-compost-and-soil-improver_p2962160
I water all the plants with water from the local river (200 ppm Freshwater that constantly flows from a huge reservoir about 3 km upstream), and at this point have used the following to a ppm of 350-400 for the last 3 weeks and 750-800 as of today. 200 ppm water, 200 ppm seaweed extract, 400 ppm powerfeed.
Seasol – Seaweed garden health treatment
Powerfeed – Fish, Compost, Seaweed – (12-1.4-7)
this is the pack i got, the link also has a copy of the back label if that helps anyone.
In the space i have (3.5’x1.5’x5.5′ with an effective area of ~2ftx1.5ft) i was thinking either
3x square 5gal https://www.bunnings.com.au/northcote-pottery-300mm-graphite-square-villa-plastic-pot_p2941127
2x rectangular 5 gal https://www.bunnings.com.au/northcote-pottery-600mm-navy-villa-plastic-window-box_p0087734
3x 3 gal Standard black nursery pot 300mm
6x 1 gal – this is my current setup (can fit 10 in my cupboard, currently have 8 plus a few small seedlings), but all but 1 of the plants are less than 4 weeks old, was wondering if that setup will work if I only veg them for 6 weeks or so, ditch the males, or at least move them away from the females. I feel a 1 gal is just too small though…
Its also coming up to growing season here in Australia, so I’m thinking im gonna have a go at an outdoor grow this year as well. I was going to do 10 garden beds (4ftx4ftx12″ ~110gal). 1 for my cannabis, the rest for fruit and veggies, but a 1/3 vermiculite ($450), 1/3 compost ($100), 1/3 Sphagnum peat moss ($800) mix would set me back too much. Therefore I’m just going to grow in pots in a small greenhouse/hoop house. Using pots keeps my costs down as i can just use nursery pots.
Thanks for your time, hope to hear your feedback soon
FireBeard
I did grow 4 plants (1 Male, 3 female as it has been a nightmare trying to get seeds in Australia) in 1.5 gal fabric pots started 1st march, I now understand why they didn’t grow very tall in 4 months, though they were heavily seeded. I decided to reveg the youngest of the 3 ladies, and every plant you see growing is from seeds from that one lady. 0 seeds from the other 2 have been viable (over 100 planted). the seedlings vary anywhere from 4 weeks to 1 day, had a couple of surprise guests pop up in the last couple of days.
My current soil mix is WAY more productive than my first grow, only difference is pots and water source (tap vs Fresh), other than that its all the same apart from vermiculite instead of perlite.
5L Vermiculite https://www.bunnings.com.au/brunnings-5l-vermiculite_p3016191
10L Soil Starter Mix (Sphagnum Peat Moss and Coco Coir) https://www.bunnings.com.au/osmocote-10l-professional-seed-raising-and-cutting-mix_p3020058
~10L Composted Cow Manure https://www.bunnings.com.au/fine-farms-25l-cow-manure_p3010234
~10L Organic Compost (claims to be made from 100% organic sources and contains microbes, micro-organisms, fungi, and protozoa) https://www.bunnings.com.au/scotts-pure-organic-25l-premium-compost-and-soil-improver_p2962160
I water all the plants with water from the local river (200 ppm Freshwater that constantly flows from a huge reservoir about 3 km upstream), and at this point have used the following to a ppm of 350-400 for the last 3 weeks and 750-800 as of today. 200 ppm water, 200 ppm seaweed extract, 400 ppm powerfeed.
Seasol – Seaweed garden health treatment
Powerfeed – Fish, Compost, Seaweed – (12-1.4-7)
this is the pack i got, the link also has a copy of the back label if that helps anyone.
In the space i have (3.5’x1.5’x5.5′ with an effective area of ~2ftx1.5ft) i was thinking either
3x square 5gal https://www.bunnings.com.au/northcote-pottery-300mm-graphite-square-villa-plastic-pot_p2941127
2x rectangular 5 gal https://www.bunnings.com.au/northcote-pottery-600mm-navy-villa-plastic-window-box_p0087734
3x 3 gal Standard black nursery pot 300mm
6x 1 gal – this is my current setup (can fit 10 in my cupboard, currently have 8 plus a few small seedlings), but all but 1 of the plants are less than 4 weeks old, was wondering if that setup will work if I only veg them for 6 weeks or so, ditch the males, or at least move them away from the females. I feel a 1 gal is just too small though…
Its also coming up to growing season here in Australia, so I’m thinking im gonna have a go at an outdoor grow this year as well. I was going to do 10 garden beds (4ftx4ftx12″ ~110gal). 1 for my cannabis, the rest for fruit and veggies, but a 1/3 vermiculite ($450), 1/3 compost ($100), 1/3 Sphagnum peat moss ($800) mix would set me back too much. Therefore I’m just going to grow in pots in a small greenhouse/hoop house. Using pots keeps my costs down as i can just use nursery pots.
Thanks for your time, hope to hear your feedback soon
FireBeard
