Hey folks, let me jump right into things and tell you about my set up, current progress, future plans, and my overall goals... I will be growing in a 4'x4'x6 1/2' tent with a 6" 2'x2' blockbuster hood by sun system w/ 1k watt mh/hps bulbs(eye hortilux) in 4x 20 gal smart pots w/ coots organic soil recipe. I will be training my top 4 girls via the scrog method. For genetics I went with Bodhi's Sunshine Daydream which came with 11 regular seeds in a pack. I planted my seeds in 18oz solo plastic cups in a 60/40 CSPM/worm power EWC mix with 1cup/c.f. of oyster shell flour added and a dash of kelp meal. I also put a scoop of perlite in the mix for some aeration. The seeds were planted on April 22 at about 4:20pm... 10/11 seeds have sprouted and are thriving with the last seed having sprouted but being stuck in the seed shell. I will be transplanting the seedlings into 1 gal plastic containers ~10 days in, on 5/6. I then plan to move them again another ~10 days after the first xplant on 5/16, day 20, after I get them sexed, into their final homes, the 20 gal smart pots, with the mycos etc. added here ofc. I am hoping that the seedling stage lasts 2 weeks, the veg stage lasts 4 weeks, the flowering stage lasts 8 1/2 weeks and I can harvest after 107 full days, on day 108 (8/7/16), with 5 tacked onto the whole process (already included) because of the time waiting for the seeds to sprout. I am really hoping to pull that 1 gram to watt ratio off and get 2 lbs. from this run but will be very pleased with 1.5-1.75 lbs. of extremely high grade dank. Here are some pics of my set up and my seedlings, I put domes on them to keep the humidity at an appropriate level.
Well I will be transplanting into 1 gal containers today and plan to use regular coots mix to plant them into. I have Canadian sphagnum peat moss by sunshine but i might need more (about 2.5-3.5 c.f. fluffed up), pumice(2c.f.) and perlite(1-1.5c.f.), Worm Power EWC 2 3/4 c.f. and oly mountain fish compost(2c.f.). I will use 1/3 c.s.p.m / 1/3 (50/50 pumice/perlite) / 1/3 (50/50 w.p. EWC/ oly mountain fish compost) and for amendments my local hydro shop has a lot of down to earth brand so most of what i use comes from them but I did use BAS as well as a local farm store and neemresource.com. per c.f. I will use 1/2 cup kelp meal, 1/2 cup neem cake(this I got from neemresource.com), 1/4 cup shimp meal, 1/4 cup crab meal. For minerals per c.f. I will be using 1 cup basalt rock dust, 1 cup glacial rock dust, 1 cup gypsum, 1 cup oyster shell flour. during veg I will probably do 1-2 kelp/alfalfa tea's because i do want to incorporate alfalfa. I will also pick up some malted barley from the local brew store (6 row) and grind it up for my MBP. I have bio ag ful power and aloe vera flakes/coconut water powder/Agsil16H so I will water it in with a blend of that stuff over the course of its life. I also have excess EWC/fish compost to top dress with and BAS clover seed pack for a cover crop (may only use dead mulch) and barley straw to mulch with. I use a 10 stage water filter from amazon to water my plants with. Oh ya and they are currently under 750w MH (1kwatt eye hortilux blue mh) 18 inches from tops, will switch to full 1k after transplant. today is day 10 for them. here are some pics from a day or two ago, Ill post new ones after the transplant.
The transplant went really well, here is a pic of them 13 days in. Lights are at the full 1k watts now and they are ~14 inches from the tops
Here are a couple more pics 14 full days/nights in, on 5/11/16. My next watering on either the 13th or the 14th depending on when they need it will be using 200x aloe vera flakes, coconut water powder, Agsil16H, and bioag ful power. I will also be using this mix for my first foliar spray even though the coconut water likely wont be absorbed from what i read? The recipe I plan to use is as follows: 1 Gal filtered water 1/4 tsp 200x Aloe Vera flakes 1/2+ tsp coconut water powder just under 1/2 tsp Agsil16H 1 tbs 1 tsp bioag ful power since I'm using this as a foliar and soil drench for 10 plants in 1 gal pots i will probably need 1 1/2 - 2 gallons so I will make 2 gallons just to be safe. After 5/12 they are 1 week into the transplant and I'm hoping to move them again, into their final containers, by 5/16, 10 days into the first transplant. The plan is to get them sexed within the next week and transplant the top 4 females into the 20 gal smart pots with mycos (bioag vam)/worms (red wigglers, about 15 per pot?)/clover cover crop(possibly just dead mulch)/bioag tm-7 added as well as some much needed barley straw for mulch and left over worm power EWC/Oly Mountain fish compost for top dressing. They have been and will continue to get 1300-1500 ppm co2 on a 15/15min on/off titan control during the day, too, btw. Anyways, here are the pics. EDIT: I will definitely be getting 6 row malted barley from the local brew store within the week and once I have that I really don't need anything else for this grow and most likely the next In about 10 days (~day 25) I will likely give the plants an Alfalfa/Kelp aerated tea because I did not incorporate any Alfalfa into my soil. I will likely use it as a soil drench and foliar spray. The recipe I intend to use is as follows: 4 Gal filtered water 1 cup Alfalafa meal 1/2 cup Kelp meal Aerated 24-36 hours add 2x 1 tsp scoops of Agsil16H add 1x 1 tsp scoop of 200x Aloe Vera flakes add 1/2 cup BioAg Ful-Power mix/aerate another ~20 minutes? I also have a Neem cake/Kelp meal tea I will likely use as a soil drench/foliar at some point during veg too, the recipe I intend to use is as follows: 4 Gal filtered water 1/2 cup Neem cake 1/2 cup Kelp meal Aerated 24-36 hours add 2x 1 tsp scoops of Agsil16H add 1x 1 tsp scoop of 200x Aloe Vera flakes add 1/2 cup BioAg Ful-Power mix/aerate another ~20 minutes? Now, seriously, here are the pics. 14 full days/nights in, right when lights came on for day 15 on 5/11/16.
first reply! tyvm , don't have half the space 80%+ of the people around here have but I do the best I can with what I have, and love it at that. I'm hoping to get more room very soon, though.
The plants looked pretty stressed when the lights came on today for day 17 so I moved the lights back to 18" and measured the lux with my hand held dr.meter detector. nothing was over 50k and nothing below 30k so I'm pretty sure they were just getting too much light. The conditions are 77 degrees with about 55% humidity and 1300-1500 ppm co2 15/15min on off cycles (the 15 min off cycle co2 is around 500ppm for ~10-12 minutes) so all is ideal. Will keep you guys updated.
Moving the lights back really solved any signs of stress I was seeing. Here is a shot ~ 14 hours into day 18 after being watered with 1gal filtered water + 1/4 tsp 200x aloe vera flakes, 1/2+ tsp coconut water powder, 1/2 tsp Agsil16H, and 1 tbs 1 tsp BioAg Ful Power when the lights came on. I also gave them all their first foliar spray with this water as well.
It looks like it is going to take longer than I was hoping to sex these plants. I'm a few hours from when I was hoping to transplanting my top 4 girls into the 20 gallon smart pots, but none of them are showing pollen sacks or pistils yet :/ I'm hoping by the end of the 4th week around day 28 will be the latest I get them sexed by. I don't want to keep them in these 1 gallon pots for much longer >< I should have picked up 11x 3gal smart pots or reg pots, don't know about transplanting out of a smart pot. I will be moving my lights back another 3 inches to ~ 21" when the lights come on for day 20 anyone have any comments/questions/suggestions?
Outside of my plants taking longer to show their sex than I would like them to things are going perfectly. I took the plants off the table stand I was using which has given me more vertical and horizontal space to work with which is great. Here are some more pics:
Alright so I didn't feel like anyone was paying attention so I kind of fell off on keeping this grow log up to date :/ but since I just flipped over to flower yesterday I figure Ill give it a few weeks in flower and see if anyone is interested. So I transplanted into a "20" gallon smart pot but i swear there is 25 gallons of soil in there then I top dressed each pot with about 3 gallons of compost each (about 1 gallon worm power vermicompost and about 2 gallons of Bu's Blend for the biodiversity) so a total of 28 gallons. I'll list the recipe after the update pics, and without further delay... Right before I was planning to flip over to flower, around day 54 or 55, I was scrogging my plants which were very thirsty and I snapped the main stem on one of my four plants which made me delay flower about 8 to 10 days, I let them go a full 65 days in veg with co2 @ 1300-1400 ppm on 15min on/off cycles, here is what the break looked like after being tapped up for 48 hours: So I tapped it back up and left it alone for a while and continued to veg normally but decided to leave that main stem alone and let it grow vertically for as long as it needed to, here are a few pics from day 62 or 63 before during and after one of my final scorggings: The main stem had made a solid recovery so I decided to flip the tent over to flower on day 66 using a 1000 watt hortilux super hps bulb, here is a shot from the first few hours of day 66 aka day 1 of flower aka yesterday aka 7/1/16: Things are going extremely well and I am expecting to hit that 1:1 watt:gram ratio or at least close to it! Now here is a shot of the break at the same time as the above pic, within the first few hours of day 66 aka day 1 flower aka yesterday aka 7/1/16: Lookin good lookin good! Luckily the growth above the break never really wilted or suffered much ever really and they are absolutely killing it now so I am confident this will not cause any problems, if anything I will likely yield more due to the extra tops developed during the extra 8-10 days of veg. Please stay tuned and post to LMK I'm not talking to my self and I'll be sure to keep this updated much more regularly! Thanks GCO!
Here is the latest update: This is a shot from the start of day 7, before evening the canopy out Another angle This is them after being evened out This is the latest photo taken from the start of day 9 flower (7/9/16 @ ~ 9:00pm) after being watered with plain h2o
Time to mix up some soil and plant some seeds... Next up we have Bodhi's Buddha's hand which is a cross of a famous indica lemon thai from someone whose name escapes me at the moment and a sativa lemon thai from bodhi's private stash crossed with the male snow lotus. So there is equal chance of finding indica leaning lemon thai pheno's as there is of popping a sativa leaning pheno. added a 3x3 tent with a 315w 3100k Sun System LEC that I will run the same style of grow in with 4 15 gal burlap geo pots. I will be planting the seeds in the containers shown in the picture (equivalent to the size of the red plastic beer cups), then I will be transplanting them into 3 gal pots til they show their sex... then into their final homes they go! I am also turning my closet into a cloning station and will have pictures of that up in a couple days. I really needed to expedite the process so I decided adding another tent to veg in while flowing as well as a place to keep clones would be pivotal in the progression of my grow. BTW this entire grow is being done in the room I'm LIVING in, and It is NOT a large room... Working hard towards my goals.
Alright, got a lot of updates for the grow log... First off, I got my Buddah's Hand seeds from bodhi planted and waiting to pop. I tried something a little different this time around, I soaked my seeds in 2 cups filtered water with a few aloe vera flakes added and just under 5ml fulvic acid for about 17 hours. then planted them in here I also got some cloning done. I mixed up 1/2 gal filtered water, .165g aloe vera flakes, 1/2 tsp 7.8% agsil 16h, 12ml fulvic adic and soaked my root riot plug in that solution for a few hours as well as poored the same solution into 4 cups for each plant being cloned. After soaking everything for a while, I put the plugs into my tray and inserted the clones I have a 24w 2' eye hortilux power veg T5 bulb set up in my closet that I set my clones under Here is how everything looked when I woke up super successful, we will see how long it takes for them to root. Here is what the 4x4 flower tent looked like when the lights came on yesterday, I gatta even the canopy out... BTW i took clones AFTER these pictures so they are much cleaner underneath the canopy now. Ill post pictures of that soon. feel free to add any advice or comments you have at any time!
Here is a shot of the Buddha's hand seedlings after 14 days, I transplanted them into 3 gal pots w/ about 2.5g soil and mycos added back on day 9 Here is one of the Sunshine Daydream clones I took This is a shot of the Sunshine Daydream plants before the lights came on for day 26 Here is the most current shot of the Sunshine Daydream plants after 28 full days and nights; it's my favorite pheno because of how fast it's chunkin and frostin up compared to the rest. It is the plant in the back left.
One pheno is a real stretcher Here is a shot after the lights went off following day 30 of the left rear plant, my favorite pheno so far.
Looking great, honestly pretty surprised no one else has really taken interest in this thread. Keep the updates coming! Even if you don't have a big audience it's great to keep a step by step log for personal reference Sent from my Nexus 6 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
thanks. i have ig for the log though. Its actually kinda a bit out of my way to post everything up here :/ if no one is watching ill abandon it, no biggie.
thanks. i have ig for the log though. Its actually kinda a bit out of my way to post everything up here :/ if no one is watching ill abandon it, no biggie.