[puffjoe]

Step 1

First thing to do (assuming your grow space is set up and you have your seeds) is to go to the garden center and pick up supplies for your grow. In this case:

Starter pots - Square plastic starter pots or alternatively paper cups with holes pushed in the bottom.

Tomato pots - These are really cheap and a good size for small plants.

Drip Trays - To fit the above pots. This will save your nice white grow room floor getting too dirty and will allow you to water your plants from below.

Unfertilized soil - any brand will do just be sure to check that there is no continuous feeding factor and that the ph is reasonably neutral. Don't be too fussy, we're growing WEED.

Fertilizer and soil additions - Now this is where you can get complicated if you like.

The easy way would be to buy a fairly level natural fertiliser (7-7-7 N-P-K is a good rating) that can be added to your water to make a tea, this can then be added when you water the plant.

A slightly more complicated way is to mix your own fertilizer which can either be added to the soil when potting on or added to water to make a tea.

I tend to use the latter though I do added some worm casing to regular potting soil on most occasions.

I tend to use guano combinations to make my feeding tea. 13-8-2 seabird guano during veg and 0-13-0 (with small amounts of additional veg fert) Indonesian bat guano with additional rock phosphate for flowering. There are all sorts of fertilizers and schedules you can go with though and that's a topic in itself that will be covered later.

Per lite - This is an indispensable supply that you must mix with your soil when planting. This is an entirely neutral substance that is used purely to increase drainage in your soil.