I have just finished creating my little grow closet, so I will be posting all pictures/video concerning its /construction/operation and the things that grow in there!
Phase I - Determine height for my reflective material (kinda useless below the pot, ne?) and hang it up. (Those big boxes you see are my lights!) Also, add the fan for airflow/temp control.
Phase II - Measure/cut/hang rope for hanging/adjusting the lights.
Phase III - Hang the lights and adjust height. The one tilted up at an angle is my bloom-spectrum setup, so it won't go into use until blooming time. There's not enough space for both to hang at the same level and just one of those lights pushes 20,000 lumens with a 95 photosynthetic active radiation rating, so it's good for growing. Just FYI, I'm using a 4-foot 4-bulb 216-watt T5 fluorescent setup from HTGSupply. One has bloom bulbs, one has grow bulbs.
Phase IV - Test lighting and timer!
Starter pots (3-inch) each with half a teaspoon of Blood Meal added to the soil - this will serve as gentle initial nutes after germination.
Seeds planted in the soil (less chance of transplant shock from paper towel to soil) and watered, soil covered with cling film to prevent water from escaping while seeds germinate. (This is a common failing point for beginner growers, planting the seed and not keeping it moist by all means, so it fails to properly germinate.)
Will update when there's activity, if there's activity. The seeds weren't your tiger-striped ones, these were the uniform mature gray seeds, which means this is likely an unrefined strain of pot - likely grown and harvested wild in Jamaica. This raises hopes for it being a pure strain for genetic stock, if not an interesting experiment to say the least!
Should these fail, I do have some other seeds. I'll just start with these for now.
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