chillnburn1
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Hello, thanks for taking the time to read my journal. Everyone's welcome to comment and join in this very special grow!
Little, about me. I am a long time grower that has been involved with some kind of grow from large mega grows, to small micro's. I've learned allot along the way, but always live by you should never stop growing (no not as in weed but as a person). So I always keep a positive disposition, and never stray from constructive criticism. Putting it short I'm always willing to learn something new. In This journal, as much as I would love to learn something new. I believe, I maybe like you will learn something I forgot along the way and thats my biggest reason for sharing this grow with you. So pack a bowl, chill n burn one and enjoy!
THE START: Well before I get into my current grow let me tell you about my previous. I am or was a MMCG who after losing my last patient to there illness decided to stop growing for others and scale things down to personal. It has been over a year since I made that change and now in my eyes had the perfect setup to fit my situation and growing needs. I don't want to get into Exactly what was in my grow because at this point it doesn't matter. so lets get to what does matter!
About three weeks ago I came home to find my complete grow destroyed with the culprit still there, my wife. Apparently, she found a dating website on my home computer that later was revealed my brother was on. assumed it was me, and while I was at work unable to explain decided to wreck what she new would hurt me the most. Holly shit She was right! wish she would of kicked me in the balls instead! Anyways I came home to coco flying everywhere. She took a hammer to my ballast and lights showering my grow in glass and magical light dust (CFL veg area was the worse). All my bags of medium ripped open and dumped all over the place and all my plants ripped to shreds with every single pot to seedling tray flipped upside down or smashed. Into this horrific pile of growing crap. Needless to say I left my house before I did something stupid and ended up gone staying with family not to return for 8 days. I dont want to get to far into my personal life and ask you hold comments about my wife we been married ten years and obviously she was beyond hurt by what she thought. Well 8 days later after talking things out and missing my family like crazy I returned home. My wife warned me she had not touched anything downstairs for fear she would make it worse lol kind of made me laugh. Anyways, I went down to clean up and after allot of tears and two big black bags of trash I finally was getting to the end cleaning out my what used to be veg/seedling departments. When before my eyes was a miracle. Now keep in mind it had been 8 days since I was home and when she had destroyed my veg/seedling area I was due to water that night. She had ripped all my vegging plants and flipped my seedling tray upside down knocked out the shelf that separated the two areas and smashed my cfl lights all over them along with dumping coco and soil all over them. Prior to hurricane dumbass My seedlings were all sprouted about 4 in. working on there second set of real leaves pass the Cotlydons. Anyways like I said i'm about done cleaning when I get to the bottom of this pile and on my second hand of dirt pull up one of my seedlings to see that unlike her sisters that were as to be expected shriveled and dead...she had life. She looked horrible all the chlorophyll gone from her leaves with her roots horrible dark and shrinking but I new some how some way she was alive! After sifting around I found one more like her in even worse shape but decided this was nothing short of a growers miracle and I had to save them!
At this point I had nothing of use so I laid them back down in the pile of crap and started to freak out I mean this was all so unorthodox and any long time grower knows you get so set in your procedures it seems like theres no other way to grow. I didn't have the time or resources to set back up right away but these two lifeless ladies needed me. So first step was needed dirt asap I wanted to just grab dirt from outside but just new the problems I could be creating for already extremely stressed out seedlings. So I knocked on my neighbors door with a bullshit story about my daughter knocked over my wife's favorite house plant and scored a quarter bag of well lets just say sterile soil lol. I had nothing to put them in so I cleaned and cut two 2 litter bottles in half and wrapped them with tape to block light from roots and wrapped paper around that to document there days and feedings. Once planted I ran to the local store and grabbed 3 CFL's 23watt 6500k got back home and rigged up a rubbermaid bin for a life support center complete with tin foil. Yes, tin foil it was an emergency and don't tell me about burns or hot spots. It was better then nothing and im running 3 CFLs not a hps or Mh. Ever try to burn ants with a magnifying glass and a flashlight doesn't work. Anyways, got them in there new home maybe one hour after finding them and started to pray. I really didn't expect them to make it over night, and the next day when there cotlydons shriveled up I thought it was the end. However, that was now a week ago and they are still alive and one making a complete turn around with actual new growth meaning she got some roots back! Im trying to go by less is best at this point and try to allow them to re-establish a healthy root system and see what happens. I know alot of you will think this is a waste of time that there gonna turn male or herm from the stress and obviously never grow to there full potential but for myself 10 days of no water no light and being covered by a mound of dirt and nasty light filament with decaying plants is far beyond stress thats death! Yet there still alive It brings me back to what I said at the beginning of this story of what I forgot along the way to becoming somewhat of a "pro grower" that weed is just that a weed and for all those new growers out there dont get to head spun in all the diffrent techniques and opinions about what you need to grow. We all start somewhere and sometimes like me we have to start over. Thanks for your time I hope all your grows go fantastic any advice is appreciated and if I can help I'm always willing to lend some knowledge. I will keep this updated with there progress and lets see what happens.
Pictured day 1 "back to the light"
they were planted in potting soil and given drops of distilled water.
Little, about me. I am a long time grower that has been involved with some kind of grow from large mega grows, to small micro's. I've learned allot along the way, but always live by you should never stop growing (no not as in weed but as a person). So I always keep a positive disposition, and never stray from constructive criticism. Putting it short I'm always willing to learn something new. In This journal, as much as I would love to learn something new. I believe, I maybe like you will learn something I forgot along the way and thats my biggest reason for sharing this grow with you. So pack a bowl, chill n burn one and enjoy!
THE START: Well before I get into my current grow let me tell you about my previous. I am or was a MMCG who after losing my last patient to there illness decided to stop growing for others and scale things down to personal. It has been over a year since I made that change and now in my eyes had the perfect setup to fit my situation and growing needs. I don't want to get into Exactly what was in my grow because at this point it doesn't matter. so lets get to what does matter!
About three weeks ago I came home to find my complete grow destroyed with the culprit still there, my wife. Apparently, she found a dating website on my home computer that later was revealed my brother was on. assumed it was me, and while I was at work unable to explain decided to wreck what she new would hurt me the most. Holly shit She was right! wish she would of kicked me in the balls instead! Anyways I came home to coco flying everywhere. She took a hammer to my ballast and lights showering my grow in glass and magical light dust (CFL veg area was the worse). All my bags of medium ripped open and dumped all over the place and all my plants ripped to shreds with every single pot to seedling tray flipped upside down or smashed. Into this horrific pile of growing crap. Needless to say I left my house before I did something stupid and ended up gone staying with family not to return for 8 days. I dont want to get to far into my personal life and ask you hold comments about my wife we been married ten years and obviously she was beyond hurt by what she thought. Well 8 days later after talking things out and missing my family like crazy I returned home. My wife warned me she had not touched anything downstairs for fear she would make it worse lol kind of made me laugh. Anyways, I went down to clean up and after allot of tears and two big black bags of trash I finally was getting to the end cleaning out my what used to be veg/seedling departments. When before my eyes was a miracle. Now keep in mind it had been 8 days since I was home and when she had destroyed my veg/seedling area I was due to water that night. She had ripped all my vegging plants and flipped my seedling tray upside down knocked out the shelf that separated the two areas and smashed my cfl lights all over them along with dumping coco and soil all over them. Prior to hurricane dumbass My seedlings were all sprouted about 4 in. working on there second set of real leaves pass the Cotlydons. Anyways like I said i'm about done cleaning when I get to the bottom of this pile and on my second hand of dirt pull up one of my seedlings to see that unlike her sisters that were as to be expected shriveled and dead...she had life. She looked horrible all the chlorophyll gone from her leaves with her roots horrible dark and shrinking but I new some how some way she was alive! After sifting around I found one more like her in even worse shape but decided this was nothing short of a growers miracle and I had to save them!
At this point I had nothing of use so I laid them back down in the pile of crap and started to freak out I mean this was all so unorthodox and any long time grower knows you get so set in your procedures it seems like theres no other way to grow. I didn't have the time or resources to set back up right away but these two lifeless ladies needed me. So first step was needed dirt asap I wanted to just grab dirt from outside but just new the problems I could be creating for already extremely stressed out seedlings. So I knocked on my neighbors door with a bullshit story about my daughter knocked over my wife's favorite house plant and scored a quarter bag of well lets just say sterile soil lol. I had nothing to put them in so I cleaned and cut two 2 litter bottles in half and wrapped them with tape to block light from roots and wrapped paper around that to document there days and feedings. Once planted I ran to the local store and grabbed 3 CFL's 23watt 6500k got back home and rigged up a rubbermaid bin for a life support center complete with tin foil. Yes, tin foil it was an emergency and don't tell me about burns or hot spots. It was better then nothing and im running 3 CFLs not a hps or Mh. Ever try to burn ants with a magnifying glass and a flashlight doesn't work. Anyways, got them in there new home maybe one hour after finding them and started to pray. I really didn't expect them to make it over night, and the next day when there cotlydons shriveled up I thought it was the end. However, that was now a week ago and they are still alive and one making a complete turn around with actual new growth meaning she got some roots back! Im trying to go by less is best at this point and try to allow them to re-establish a healthy root system and see what happens. I know alot of you will think this is a waste of time that there gonna turn male or herm from the stress and obviously never grow to there full potential but for myself 10 days of no water no light and being covered by a mound of dirt and nasty light filament with decaying plants is far beyond stress thats death! Yet there still alive It brings me back to what I said at the beginning of this story of what I forgot along the way to becoming somewhat of a "pro grower" that weed is just that a weed and for all those new growers out there dont get to head spun in all the diffrent techniques and opinions about what you need to grow. We all start somewhere and sometimes like me we have to start over. Thanks for your time I hope all your grows go fantastic any advice is appreciated and if I can help I'm always willing to lend some knowledge. I will keep this updated with there progress and lets see what happens.
Pictured day 1 "back to the light"
they were planted in potting soil and given drops of distilled water.
