orggrwr said:

Welcome to the farm and good luck

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Afterburner said:

It can be a rewarding hobby, but also cause stress. You have to take both. What are you wanting to learn about?

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W.Costigan said:

Hello everyone, I wanted to introduce myself and state how excited I am to begin my grow journey. Can’t wait to learn so much from people here and I’m happy that I joined. I’ve never grown anything and just started. Wish me luck on my journey!
-W.C.

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F1cultivator said:

Good luck on this fabulous journey! Warm welcome to the farm!!!!

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Afterburner said:

good job.

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Afterburner said:

Thanks! I put a lot of thought and effort into the plants. Had my share of problems, but eventually got into a good groove. Yes, sometimes I use salt nutrients, they are valuable tools. Something I would recommend having on the shelf for a fast help in certain situations. Not a bad place to start, but keep it simple with a 2 or 3 part line. Like A for vegetative and B for bloom. Perhaps the optional 3rd for adding in late flower. Sometimes I use compost, fish emulsion...organic nutrients, sometimes i use both in the same grow. I have to use epsom salt each time to correct my tapwater for the plants. If you want to use tapwater, get a water report for your area. You may have to correct more than the pH. You can also use distilled water, rainwater, or RO water.

How do plan to go forward yourself?

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Afterburner said:

I give credit to the little place I get the seeds from for the plants. The genetics are the foundation of the grow, and my small part of being a gardener to observe and appreciate them is just the last chapter of that story. I grew a variety of popular genetics from the usual suppliers and was disappointed with the end user experience. I felt like I wasted 4 months growing them and wasted resources on weed where the highs felt incomplete, or annoying...empty and boring. It was a hard lesson to learn. I'll never go back to the generics. The good stuff is never shoved in your face, or needs hype to sell it. You have to hunt it down. Search through a mountain of BS to find the gems.
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When starting out, any give-away quality seed, or cheap, or pop genetics are fine to learn on. You will need that experience and knowledge later when you go to grow something meaningful. Its those later grows, if you get there, that bring a whole new depth to the cannabis growing hobby that you don't get with the fast food of canbabis genetics, the popular commercial polyhybrid stuff. But right now you need to get orientation and experience, build your knowledge. The rest will come on its own, wherever your particular path goes.

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