So I have started up an indoor grow a couple weeks ago. I have 8 Grimm Truffles (White Truffles x Cindy99) and then 4 Vijackra (Gluey x Jack Herer.) They are currently on day 24 under x4 qb132 4k at 185w in 5" square cowpots. My goal is to flip around new years and will be transplanting into 5 gallons for truffles and 3 gallons for Vijackra. I am using a 2:1 mix of coco coir/chunk with promix. I am running pure blend pro with minor additives. Day 21
Nice bro!! I’m running 4 HEKA 4 glueystone n 1 more headband 99. Jus harvested 1.3 lb of headband 99. Love BG!! Subbed n good luck.
I had a couple freebie seeds of Grimm Truffles from an order a couple years ago and grew out one outside this last summer. I had to pull early because weather but I liked it enough to grab few tester packs of it. It seems to respond to northern light cycles better then Cindy so decided I will go pheno hunting. I germed a couple Vijackras just to have some variety and a comparison. I also have some mota hari and sticky ricky packs. I have been growing Cindy for years, the above picture is one outdoors in a 400 or 500 gallon bag can not remember.
i am growing grimm starter seeds too headbandxx i have 3 of them at that size(2 weeks) and 5 of them at 5 weeks are you planning on topping them soon? i topped mine at that age right there and only once and had great results i will show you how they took to topping early
Overall have only had one major issue, the day after transplanting from a 2" square to the cowpots the weather changed drastically and dropped to sub zero outside with 35% rh. This caused the growth during that period to be a little distorted due to the dry air, I ended up having to run two humidifiers maxed out plus placing a tray of water in front of my greenhouse heater. This happened a little after a week in and lasted for 3 days before it went back to more normal wetter weather for this area. I figure if it had gone on for much longer I would have ended up with irreversible damage and would have just popped replacements. I did get a 3rd humidifier just in case this happens again but the chances of needing it will go down as the canopy fills out. I tried to load a picture from the 10th but GC just did not want to play nice with that picture. They were topped the day the picture above was taken (the 7th day 21.) I tend to just pinch out the tip and leave behind the fan leaves at that node until the side branches have grown up some once the branches are up to that node I then remove the 2 fan leaves which are covering them up. I usually only leave them on for a couple more days after removing the tip but it gives the plant just a little bit more surface area to collect light while the branches grow. I am most likely only going to establish 4 main branches and let them bush out a little bit due to the fact they will be close together when planted out to final bag. The Truffles will end up on the floor in 5 gallon bags in roughly a 4x5 area and the Vijckras are going into 3 gallons in the tray where everything is currently at.
The round pots are for the Grimm Truffles the squares are for Vijackra This was my root growth from a week ago will post the same plant again at week 4
It was enough to make difference, I was struggling to get to 50% letting the temps drop to 66 f. I have two Vivosun 6l humidifiers but they are "smart" devices so they will not auto restart from cutting the power so they are unable to work with my controller. In most circumstances they have been more then adequate and will pump out some water if manual set to their highest setting. The 3rd humidifier I just bought is a "dumb" device with a a single knob that turns on and off and adjust the rate and works fine with a switched outlet. So after a little testing I will probably buy a second one and replace my current ones. Then I will set aside the old ones as backups. Although soon it will be less of a problem once I have a canopy and I am watering my pots.
Dude, I just cannot keep those Pete cups properly watered. I can’t believe I just discovered rapid rooters, and those definitely my favorite seed starting after a wet paper towel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
They are cowpots, while looking like peat pots, they are different being made from cow manure. They do dry out like peat pots but do tend to be hydrophilic so they tend to rewet better. The size used here is a 5" square which happens to fit down inside a standard 6" square nursery pot which greatly reduce water loss from the medium giving you a little over days worth of time before needing to water even when the plants are on the large size. I originally started using them in 2016 for vegetable starts which I sold at market and they were to replace the panda bags I had been using before. I have found as long you know what your working with they make great tool for avoiding transplant stress although the price is a little steep if you do not order them by the case.
Start of week 4, on day 28. They are getting near the point to transplant, I could do it now but I am trying to keep them under my 4000k light as long as possible to keep my node spacing really tight. Once I move the Grimm Truffles down they will be under v1 qb288 3000k which will cause them to start stretching out a bit even in veg. I do have some brand new qb288 B specs stored away somewhere but I do not have them wired up and think I think I only have 4 so do not have enough for 1 to 1 swap. Considering I would only swap them for about a week I really do not feel like going to the effort needed to do so, plus being new they are in the original packaging which is best for keeping the panels protected. I am able to run either panel on my power supplies but the B specs take a bit more forward voltage which means I can not run them as hard as the older panels. For these panels I do not run LED drivers which are constant current and instead run 48v industrial power supplies which allows allows for me to control the output via voltage. I prefer this setup for qb288 because I am running 94% on the power conversion in about the top 3rd of the range and even while turned down they maintain a 90% efficiency. If you look at most the data sheets on constant current drivers they tend drop off in efficiency when they are dimmed down and even in some brand name prebuilt lights you are drawing up to 30% more power then the output at the lower end of the dimmed settings. I also really like how hard I can push my panels with this setup, the v1s where rated by HLG with a much lower current then the diodes can actually take. Two days ago I did run 700ml of distilled water @ 5.8 ph into each pot. I have suspected that my ph is a little high and confirmed it with run off coming high as 7.8. It is a mix of coco in the bottom half the pot with seedling mix in the top half so run off is not necessarily the most accurate because of the coco. Overall they have looked healthy but I do get some signs of low iron, indicating high ph, in the new growth but it tends to clear up after a day and I am using Calmag + which does add iron in. Depending on if the pots dry out a little more tonight, I will run be running a full strength solution through them (4ml calmag 15ml PBP grow.) I will follow up post pictures in a little bit but was typing this up while cooking dinner.
My internet went out for awhile so had to wait to post. Left side Right side, notice how much smaller the Vijackras are. Grimm Truffles #6, This is the same plant as in the above root picture. It was originally chosen because it represented the average root growth of all the plants. Grimm Truffle #7 This plant has the best root growth and is starting to fill out on the topsides of the cow pot. Vijackra #2 This is the best root growth out of the Vijackra. All of the plants have been receiving the same amount of water (minus one time I added about 100 ml less to the Vijackras because they were still wet) and they all have always received the same nutrient solution volume and strength. They have also been rotated to different spots in the trays to balance out the minor differences light intensity, air movement and heat. The way I have my tray setup the right side has a small wall which runs out about 2/3rds the way of the tray which reflects some of the light back into the tray and also receives less air flow. So that location is slightly warmer, only about 2 F, and also has a slightly higher ppfd compared to the left side which towards the end of the room not being used yet. Once I start using my other lights and they have had some time to be raised some this situation will reverse itself. I am currently running an average of about 480 ppfd across 75% of the canopy (peak 530) with a drop off on the left side to about 430 because their is no reflective surface on that side. The Vijackras because they are shorter plants are in the 450-430 range with ppfd. All my measurements are being taken with an apogee par meter which is slightly older but has never been exposed to extended high intensity light (this is important because over time the plastic defuser will degrade from light exposure and give you lower readings.) This device has been my goto for setting my lights height and intensity for over a decade. What I can say is the Vijackra is it is much weaker then the Grimm Truffles in terms of root growth and most likely will need a additional week or two to be on par. I have heard that they are smaller plants and based upon what I have seen up to this point this is most likely true and in terms of growth based upon an outdoor grow earlier, the Grimm truffles are on the upper end of a C99 but I have to do more outdoor tests to confirm this. I still have to finish flower so my interpretation of the genetics may change because at the end of the day it will be based upon how it finishes.
Decided to add this, you can see the line between the Grimm Truffles and the Vijackras clearly. Going back to smoking now.
Went ahead and transplanted today, the Grimm Truffles went into 5 gal bags and the Vijackra went into 3 gal. The mix is 1/3 coco coir, 1/3 coco chips, 1/3 promix with a small amount of oyster shell and dry humic acid added. Yesterday I water down the pots with a 5ml/gal solution of CalMag with the PH dropped to 5.8. I will feed a little be later tonight about halfway through the cycle. I will probably wait 2 days before pulling the branches down to give the roots a chance to take hold in the surrounding soil. I am now running my qb288 and have about 960w going through 6 panels. The Vijackras are still under the veg lamp but I will be changing that out with 4 panels of qb120 3000k running around 240w total.
I held off on feeding for a couple days then cut off my 1st node branches for clones on the Grimm Truffles. The Vijackra is a much slower growing plant in comparison so will probably have to wait a little longer before I pull cuts from them. My primary branching is in place now and will let them grow for a few days then defoliate the base structure.