A few months back a buddy and I were smoking out of his bag when he noticed there were a few seeds in it. No idea what strain of weed it is, but it was decent smoke. Anyway I took those 6 seeds and decided to see if I could sprout them --with no real plan to grow anything at that point. But they sprouted regardless, and that started this journey.
I had nothing except a handful of 2 quart plastic pots and a bag of miracle grow soil and after sprouting in a paper towel, in the soil they went. Now there were 6 baby plants. A had a cheap $20 grow light from Lowes and a small closet and that is about it.
Right after putting them in soil, I began overwatering them. Little did I know lol. They spent the first 2-3 weeks of their life barely hanging onto life, and not growing much at all. At that point I began reading and watching vids. So I backed off watering big time, and not long after they began to grow better.
My friend gave me a small grow tent, and once it was set up, I was off to the races…
It went fairly well, mostly considering I havent measured the PH or really have done anything at all except water them when the pots get light. But they still never really took off, and after a couple months, I switched to 12/12 lights to see if they would bud. The only thing I did was top a few of them to experiment. But they were still pretty thin on the stocks and whatnot.
By the time I got to the 2nd week of flower, 3 showed were males and got pulled, and I had a new led grow light and some other gear like a filter and vent fan and my buddy who has grown a few times gave me a net to help spread the stems out at first and now moreso hold them up as they get heavier.
I didnt take pics of them for a while until recently. After 21 days of flower, they were going slow so I did a big time defoliation, hoping I would not kill them. Well, they didnt die. In fact, although the plants are pretty small the buds really have taken off in the last week or two. They are frostin over really good. I have no idea how much bigger these buds will get, but I dont expect much bigger because I figure I did a lot of things wrong along the way…
I’m at day 31 in flower. What should I expect now? Will these buds get much bigger over the next 4 weeks or so? The only nutrients I use are Earth Juice, which were another hand-me-down. I stick with the amount the label says to use.
If I could do it over, I would many things differently. In fact I am going to order some auto seeds from ILGM and make my first effort on growing with good seeds.
