I've been thinking about starting a new thread since where I was when I started and where I am now feel leagues apart. So to start the vegging area is just a room with no bells or whistles. Its a gutted dresser painted flat white and a small bubbler outside it. In there are a few things. The dwc bucket has what I believe to have a sativa strain. I don't know what it is for sure. I've also only grown it out to 60 days so I'm sure I haven't even come close to unlocking its full potential. The soil bucket is supposedly sour diesel. I found a random seed awhile ago. She's a clone I took when I put the other in flower. It is a female and I'm not sure what my plans are for her at the moment. I just topped it the other day. The party cup is a tiny clone I took off the flowering party cup I have. Its also bag seed and I'm not sure what it is. The bubbler is currently housing 4 bag seed plants that were germed in towels then placed in some net cups to see if I could successfully start them. It also has 3 cuts I took from the sativa and am hoping to clone them as well. Lastly I'm running the veg area under 24 hours of light. I've been pondering switching to 18/6 but I don't think I'm going to. The flower area is a 4x4x8 tent. Its got 4 things going on at the moment. All the dwc setups are riding at 500 ppms and I've been letting the pH drift between 5.5 and 6.0 The party cup is soil and is around its 28th day of flower. Its grown as a 12 12 from seed. I wanted to see if I could do it. The one in the front is the SD and the other 2 are the sativa clones.
Ah I forgot one. The SD is on its 4th day of flower. I've got to start doing some research on it. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
I really like how this is coming in. I've been reading that sour d is a 10 week process. At least I'm more prepared this time around. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Bah hit the post button with nothing in it lol. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Just a quick update. Added a few more bag seed residents to the flower area. Changed up my seed starter to a rooting box. Added a small aquarium heater to the bottom of the bucket. Overall I think I'm doing a much better job this go around of maintaining my plants. They look much healthier. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
All my cuts made it through the night. Now I just need to wait for roots! I've got 2 new sour d cuts and the rest are the other. I need to do a preventative treatment today for pests in both areas. I fought them off last round and I really don't even want it to be an issue. Last go around I picked up one of these at the local rite aide store. It was about 7 bucks on sale whooohoo lol. Anyways its awesome for treatments as the canister is pressurized and its nozzle adjusts from super stream to super mist. I want to treat before lights on today. I'm assuming if I'm done approximately 30 minutes before they kick on I should be good as far as moisture burning the leaves. That bottle of azamax was expensive but as far as my experience goes it works GREAT. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Things are progressing nicely. I cut the bottoms off my tiny net cups. This way I can just remove the foam ring and take the cut straight out without having to fuss with roots. The sour d is getting hairy as well. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Some shots at lights out and a pic of the party cup. Sour d 1 week of flower down Waiting to see pistils on these 2 And my party cup
Photo update. Day 34 flower Sour d and others in the back Veg area http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Getting ready for spring. I'm setting a buddy up for some outdoor mayhem this summer. I'm thinking 22 sativa dominate cuts should do nicely. So I've got 3 out of 5 flowering in my tent at the moment. I'm waiting t for see gender on the other 2. I'm hopeful they are both female but am suspicious one is not. This party cup is rocking out. Let me tell you it is really skunky. That tiny party cup smells worse than the other 3 combined. She sure is beautiful though. Yesterday when examining her 2 dying fan leaves fell off. This grow and for those going forward I'm adhering to a strict LITFA mentality. I won't be defoliating at all. I will keep pushing and poking leaves around I'm just not going to our them off anymore. I've been monitoring my pH and what not and haven't had much issues yet. I had an airstone that wasn't doing anything so I replaced it. Apparently the particular stone I have can be soaked in warm water for about 10 minutes and then scrubbed. Does anyone bother with this?
Do any of guys just get tired of what you have? I found myself in this mode of yeah its growing again and have been just kinda meh feeling about the whole thing. Anyways here's a photo update of the tent... The plant that is front left was culled today. I was pretty certain it was a male. That leaves 3 sativa strains each a week apart in their change to 12 12. The first of the 3 is a week behind the sour d. I got a jolt of renewed interest today. A seed order came in and I've already started germinating the original strawberry cough. In the order came two freebies. One being a fem auto speedy Gonzalez. Once the first have been successfully started I'm going to start this auto. I figure if I'm running my veg light 24 0 anyways that I might as well run something under it that will bloom. Besides I'm down for learning something new. Once the strawberry cough has popped a tap root I plan on placing her directly into my hydroton. No messing with rockwool. Since I've got some beans now and I'm tired of the strain I have I think this may be the last we see of the sativa. I really want to grow one out to its full potential before I decide one way or another. I'm also really excited to see how she does outdoors. It will be an interesting summer.
Day 40 of flower 12 12 from seed party cup Sour d day 16 of flower. It already has visible trichomes. Lastly here's the sativa its about 9 days into flower. The part in the picture has already stretched quite a bit. This should get interesting. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Pulled another bag seed male today. That leaves me with 4 in flower the first three are a week apart and the fourth went in there last night. I started a strawberry cough seed and have it setup in a mini bubble seed starter. I've got a lot of work to do tomorrow. All of my cuts have rooted. I don't think I'll be keeping any of them for my setup. It'll put me back a couple weeks again but I really want to focus on one strain. That and I'm tired of my bud. It tastes good but still doesn't have much oomf. I made hash out of my trim and popcorn nugs. I do like the hash. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Outdoors time is around the corner! 6 sativa's n 2 sour d. The big planter is also sour d. I'm thinking I'm going to cut and clone the entire plant. The 8 in square planters I rooted using a bubble cloner. I think this will be my cloning method from here on out. Since I finished that round of clones I'm currently sterilizing everything that was in the bubbler. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed
Damn, everythings looking nice. Sux about the males, but you should now have a lot more room to flower those four. Consider keeping the male isolated and collecting/freezing pollen for a seed grow down the line. You can cross him with one of your females and make your own strain! Hows that lst coming along? Sorry ive been absent brother. My health has turned for the worse lately (lung disease) and its taken all my energy to remedy various situations with my gardens. Finally got everything corrected enough that i can visit my buddies here I am! Hahaha
Big updates today Cleaned up my cloner station yesterday and got it rolling again this morning. Its holding 7 sour d cuts. I chopped the sour d down quite a bit taking cuts. It should recover I hope! Next up are the previous clones I had rooting. Pictured are 6 sativa's and 2 SD. They will all be going outdoors soon. The strawberry cough is working its way to being fully germinated. It will get moved into a proper home within the next couple of days. A side comment I made a bunch of cuts of my sativa and put them directly into soil. There are 12 or so of them and it looks like maybe 6 will pull through. Flowering update!!! I love opening the tent up and looking inside. Here's the sativa's. They have a hell of a long journey ahead of them. This one stretched quite a bit. 1 week behind the first And a week behind the 2nd Solo cup 46 days of flower and getting plain water till chop. This cup is really beautiful to me. I'm glad its turning out so nice! Bud porn! Sour d Bag seed solo cup!
The Clone station is working great. Its got to be upwards of 70% humidity inside the plastic. There is also visible condensation in the corners. http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1290525-400w-MH/HPS-mixed