Hello sunlover

Welcome to UK420. You will love it here.

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Mrs HC

Sounds like a good place to start

Both WW and blueberry are classic strains although akaik the blueberry can be a bit temperamental but I've not grown it so cannot say for sure

As for fems again its a personal choice.I've read plenty on here from both sides of the argument.In some cases there is more of a risk of hermying from female seeds plus plenty of people have had males from fems.However plenty of people grow femmed seeds with no problems at all.. your decision i suppose

i just cant wait to get started!

I'm no expert I'm afraid sunlover but lots of people seem to have a pretty good opinion of DP, certainly plenty of people growing thier seeds.I'm just finishing some WW that were DP in a roundabout kind of way and I have to say they are mighty fine


How many plants do you want to end up with? You can normally hope for about 50/50 male /female with standard seeds but there is no guarantee.My first grow I did 10 seeds for 3 females, my friend did 5 seeds and got 5 females

funny thing is i have an NVQ1 & NVQ2 in horticulture and plant nusery & a RHS in horticulture, but with these "weeds" i feel totally out of my depth cos they can be so temperamental!

Only really because they're indoors so the natural balance of pests and diseases is out of kilter - so you have to be scrupulously clean.

And growing plants in a cupboard is similar to the issues around the differences between soil and compost when growing in containers.
The temperature and humidity might say "lovely summer's day in Jamaica", but you really can't have too much ventilation. (says he with his grow acting as illumination and heating for the living room and only a crappy bathroom fan to keep the fumes down during the day . )

But it's seriously cool to be manipulating the plant's natural grow cycles. It may not be as good as the Jamaican sun, but there are never any clouds - so "spring" and "autumn" have as much sunshine as "summer" - and they flower exactly when you decide they will flower.

Since you're a gardener I would say stick with normal seeds - it's part of the learning process.

Yep props are the way to go for germing seedlings, a heated one even better

I wouldn't recommend a heated prop, as they have been known to frazzle seedlings

Why pay them inflated prices anyway? Surely a normal £3 one (or even less) and an airing cupboard does the trick ;)

i just thought i would use it cos i already had it for years

i thought perhaps the airing cupboard might be too hot

will try the kitchen towel method in the airing cupboard with the bought seeds i think

I wouldn't recommend a heated prop, as they have been known to frazzle seedlings

Why pay them inflated prices anyway? Surely a normal £3 one (or even less) and an airing cupboard does the trick ;)

Keep talking, all points of views welcome





Nothing wrong in that ;)

One man's wine is another man's poison ;)

Hey there sunlover and all the best,,what will you be growing in by the way?,as for fem seeds,ive done 3 crops with fem seeds,,PPP Nirvana,,Euforia DP,and Great white shark Paradise seeds,,all have grown well never had any probs with fem seeds and also a few freinds of mine use fem seeds and they same also,as for heated prop,i was also informed by grow shop to not bother with them unless really really cold else they just frazzle,but each to there own,,ppl succesful with both so down to your own view of it really,,ah yes i also got a fem white widow in flower at moment also grown very well and healthy,so personally id say go for fem seeds first "a good stable strain" ww,,skunk northern lights,all the best will pop in see how ya goin on

Hi herb, thanks for the info, i am gonna be growing in compost. i have bought 5 dutch passion bluberry (fems) 5 big budda cheese (fems) and 10 white widow fems, the room almost completed, all but the mylar and my hubby got to put the extraction vents or whatever they are called in (hes the technical one), so gonna germinate my seeds this week hopefully. how do you germinate your seeds, thought i would try the paper towels and 2 plates at room temperature cos my airing cupboards is really too hot i think , cheers:spliff:

Hey there,nice choice of seeds,iv used 2 methods,,soaked rockwool in ph water of 5.5,then popped the seeds in and put in dark cupboard in heated prop,"seems to take long" compared to my last way,,i just popped the seeds into some ph treated water 5.5 again let it stand for 24 hrs befor you put seeds in,also in dark,takes about 24/48 hrs for the root to pop out ,then ya can carefully transplant.

when i smoke it stops me sleeping for some reason

could be the strain you've been smoking or it could be too fresh. try leaving a few buds out in the sunshine for a week and try again, alot of the THC will have degraded to CBN and you'll get a soporific effect. you might also try indica as opposed to sativa for a body effect rather than a cerebral one.