The Coco Shop

Here we go again. Fresh off of my last 10 zip harvest, and things are still in motion. I have made a few changes in my shop, added a few products and will be going SoG. I am waiting for my Apollo's to finish, which are coming down on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the mean time I have all the time in the world to get this SoG rockin

Nutrients:

Gen Hydro floramicro & florabloom - 6ml/9ml gallon in veg,few weeks into flower, drop the micro and up concentration to 10ml gallon
The micro is a 5-0-1 base with 5% calcium, and trace amounts of iron, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, cobalt, and molybdenum. The bloom is a 0-5-4 base with magnesium and sulfur added. I drop the micro in bloom on an 8 week strain at start of week 5.
Botanicare Cal-Mag - 5ml gallon every other feeding
Cal-Mag also has 2% nitrogen in it, as well as trace iron. I supplement with every other feeding, and drop about 5 weeks into an 8 week strain.
Botanicare Silica Blast - 5ml gallon every feeding
Contains 2% silicon, helps strengthen the plants tissue, allowing them to flourish in adverse environments. Great if you have heat issues, dry conditions, and cold nights.
Enggy's H-2 by Advanced Nutrients - 7-10ml gallon every feeding
Humic acid helps with micronutrient uptake, another food aid delivery system. I feel this is a must with every watering, it is expensive though at $30 a quart.
Botanicare Hydroplex - 2ml every feeding in flower
This is a new product for me, but others rave about it. This is a bloom maximizer/booster. The bottle states to use 2-5ml every feeding, I am currently running 2ml. A 0-10-6 base with available magnesium and sulfur, and other trace elements. Interested to see what, if any, are the benefits.
Earth Juice Catalyst - 5-7ml gallon every feeding
Another nutrient uptake with trace amounts of nitrogen, phosphate and potash. I also use this as a natural ph down. This is always the last product I add, and it always hits 5.5-5.8ph, hence the 5-7ml.
Earth Juice Hi-Brix molasses - 5ml gallon every feeding in flower
Another new product I have started using. It's only $8, it's molasses, enough said.


I use neem oil, and Organicide for pest control, alternate between the two if I see anything, or just keep up on the neem once a month. Pretty general really.



To start, I am germinating 12 Jack White seeds, which will veg for 1-2 weeks in my closet under CFL's. They will then move into the flower tent.



I have some other clones going as well that will enter the flower tent as I see fit, they have had a rough start and are behind, but are on the mend. Also germinated one blue widow, one critical +, and one burmese kush. They will become moms and supply clones every two weeks.



Here is the tent currently, 4 Apollo's out on Tuesday or Wednesday. 2 Jack 47's, one Apollo and one 6th clone, all entered the flower tent on the 1st.



I still have some work, cleaning and random shit to do. If anyone has any questions, fire away.

 

Is your Darkstar and heavy Duty Fruity reg seeds like mine were? I thought it was all fem seeds they were handing out.

 

I haven't seen a grapefruit diesel cross with PPP before, should be a sweet cross. I didn't want to run any regular seeds just yet just because I don't have the room to sex 24 plants lol

yeah pretty much, they may not even veg that long. Basically want them no more than 10-12" tall when they go into flower.

 

Hey guys, been a while. I had to go out of town again for an extended trip, which put a lot of stress on my girls me not being here. To update....

The apollo's came down, were awesome, I yielded 123 grams, slightly over 4 zips.

Of the 12 Jack White I started, one survived. I came back to a terrible powery mold/mildew issue on the tops of the coco in every starter container. Even the current flowering girls had some on their coco. The Apollo and 6th mums had it the worst, the tops were completely white, and I had to cut them down. With so much that went wrong I had to perform triage, and keep the ones that were able to be saved. This sent me into overdrive, I picked up some horticultural grade hydrogen peroxide to help combat it, along with some more nutes; Earth Juice microblast and Botanicare sweet. Also picked up a few totes for resevoirs, which I lined the outside with 3 mil black tarps, and also a 45 psi air pump. However, I am still fighting very small amounts of algae, I think, a real light whitish bubbles around the edges. Also, I think this pump is too weak to fully keep the solution mixed up, that or the airstone block I am using is too small. It is the 4 inch cylinder type airstone block.

I also picked up another tent which is 4x4, a 20,000 lumen 4 foot 4 bulb T5 fixture, and some fans. Hoping this will help with airflow, which it should, versus the closet which gets nill. In the flower chamber I have 8 ladies, 4 went in first on the 1st of April, and 4 more on May 2nd. In total, I have one of the Jack White cross, two Apollo, two 6th clones, two Jack 47 clones, and one mystery plant from seed. It is either a Jack White, Apollo, or 6th clone, apparently the label came off while I was gone and for the life of us we can't remember what it was

Picked up a better camera, so here ya go.

Trying to reload, mix of strains from Attitude Promo

 

Here are some shots of the seedlings

 

6'4" x 6'4" and I have a tent that is 4' x 4'

 

Yeah man, been hella busy and the latest 10 day heat wave has been killin me. I think I am going to download the GC android App to try to post more frequently. It has been near 100 F each day, hardly any rain, but tons of humidity.

Since I do not have functional A/C, which blows, I haven't been flowering anything, and just have some ladies from the Attitude promo in my veg tent. Here is a shot from what I took down a few weeks ago. Smoke was really good as usuall on the Apollo's. The other has been interesting, mixed reviews. The Apollo (2nd picture) was a short single cola clone, that was too heavy to support itself when I untied it.




The ladies in veg, the larger mums preparing for flower. I am going to take some clones of each, clean out the growth underneath and flower them next week. Various clones and seedlings on right.



Then I have my outdoor garden. 50/50 coco and promix with perlite added. The few cucumber plants and tomatoes look deficient in nitrogen so I have upped that this week. Just pulled some anaheim peppers and my second Bell.

 

Yep still good man, just got lazy on posting. You can only post so many of the same pics and updates that after a while it becomes very repetitive and no real knowledge is passed on or gained. Temps have been ridiculous, especially on my outdoor garden, apparently these cucumbers hate intense heat and need to be showered in water constantly.

I'm diggin this Gc forum app on my Droid. I would recommend it to you guys, check it out.

 

Hey thanks for checking in. The tray is a standard hydrofarm 4x4 inner and 4'9" x 4'9" outer, it is very durable and can hold considerable weight. A good strong tray is a must in any tent, really makes things easier.

 

So aside from my girls from Attitude with the lockout issues, here are the three mums that went into the flower chamber on Saturday. From left to right is Critical+, Blue Widow is the tall girl of the bunch, and bushy as hell Burmese Kush. Since I am retooling, Im going to flower these mums out, train and tie the hell out of them cover the majority of the tray.