chuckeye
Well-Known Member
Greetings !
I've narrowed it down to
Durban Poison, Lambs Bread, Double Chocolate, Green Crack and an Amnesia auto (sativa dominate freebee) just to see how an auto fairs under 12/12.
All Canuk seeds from True North except the Green Crack from Crop Kings. Only had two seeds of the Green Crack so I decided to germinate both and clear my inventory from that seller
My intention is to top/train and try to keep these under four feet. This will challenge my trimming skills, I Hate cutting off healthy growth and a 2' x 2' footprint per plant isn't a lot for a sativa.
Three gallon fabric pots with ProMix HP with Mychorrhizae, their version of Dynomyco
Fourteen inch saucers and thirteen inch plant elevators.
Nutrients are Mega Crop one part with Bud Explosion later in flower.
Well water with a ppm of ~500 and ph of ~7.5. I will not be using ph down !
The ProMix HP is ph buffered and the MC is chelated (?) and worked well in my last grow !
My grow room or enclosure is a number of 4' high moveable panels with roughly a 4' x 4' footprint. Inside a 10' x 10' x 8' high room inside a 26' x 36' x 10' room. The panels are 1/4" hollow core plastic lined with tin foil and sit 3/4" above the floor.
With two Honeywell 7" fans at 30 degrees, the idea is they draw air from the bottom and direct it up to the light. Then there is another fan exhausting the room. I normally don't have any problem keeping the temps in the mid 70's.
The light weight panels make it easy to move them out of the way to train/water/etc. I've also got some 2" casters coming so I won't have any excuses...
Plants in the image are Autos
I don't do anything special for humidity. Evaporation from the fabric pots and the plants will usually help keep the RH a little above ambient for the rest of the larger room, 40-50% depending on the season.
The light is a 600w MH/HPS bulb in a 42" parabolic reflector. This combination of reflector and tin foil worked so well on my last grow I would forget to turn the plants !
For germinating seeds I've settled on placing each seed in a shot glass with about 1/2" of distilled water. They are then placed inside a plastic contain and set on my kitchen table.
Last grow, five seeds, five seedlings. This grow six seeds, six seedlings...
Thirty six hours in the water and all had cracked or had a tap root. I let them go 48 hours before planting them in yogurt containers and under a 85W CFL bulb.
My half bale of ProMix HP is likely a year old and dry so I wet it to run off with .7g of MC in 2.5L of water. Half of their recommended dose for seedlings.
I'm going to call this Day 1
All seeds were above ground this morning but I waited until this evening (four full days from in water) before taking a picture.
A couple are hanging on to their helmet head but all six are roughly the same size.
Totally forgot about my usual procedure, pock a hole with your index finger the depth of your fingernail !
Place seed in the bottom and gently fill with soil. I used a toothpick to make a cone shaped hole and had some trouble getting a few seeds in without undue handling, sigh.... Senior moment, eh ?
As I understand it, the depth helps the seedling shed it's shell easier...
Cheers
I've narrowed it down to
Durban Poison, Lambs Bread, Double Chocolate, Green Crack and an Amnesia auto (sativa dominate freebee) just to see how an auto fairs under 12/12.All Canuk seeds from True North except the Green Crack from Crop Kings. Only had two seeds of the Green Crack so I decided to germinate both and clear my inventory from that seller
My intention is to top/train and try to keep these under four feet. This will challenge my trimming skills, I Hate cutting off healthy growth and a 2' x 2' footprint per plant isn't a lot for a sativa.
Three gallon fabric pots with ProMix HP with Mychorrhizae, their version of Dynomyco
Fourteen inch saucers and thirteen inch plant elevators.
Nutrients are Mega Crop one part with Bud Explosion later in flower.
Well water with a ppm of ~500 and ph of ~7.5. I will not be using ph down !
The ProMix HP is ph buffered and the MC is chelated (?) and worked well in my last grow !
My grow room or enclosure is a number of 4' high moveable panels with roughly a 4' x 4' footprint. Inside a 10' x 10' x 8' high room inside a 26' x 36' x 10' room. The panels are 1/4" hollow core plastic lined with tin foil and sit 3/4" above the floor.
With two Honeywell 7" fans at 30 degrees, the idea is they draw air from the bottom and direct it up to the light. Then there is another fan exhausting the room. I normally don't have any problem keeping the temps in the mid 70's.
The light weight panels make it easy to move them out of the way to train/water/etc. I've also got some 2" casters coming so I won't have any excuses...
Plants in the image are Autos
I don't do anything special for humidity. Evaporation from the fabric pots and the plants will usually help keep the RH a little above ambient for the rest of the larger room, 40-50% depending on the season.
The light is a 600w MH/HPS bulb in a 42" parabolic reflector. This combination of reflector and tin foil worked so well on my last grow I would forget to turn the plants !
For germinating seeds I've settled on placing each seed in a shot glass with about 1/2" of distilled water. They are then placed inside a plastic contain and set on my kitchen table.
Last grow, five seeds, five seedlings. This grow six seeds, six seedlings...
Thirty six hours in the water and all had cracked or had a tap root. I let them go 48 hours before planting them in yogurt containers and under a 85W CFL bulb.
My half bale of ProMix HP is likely a year old and dry so I wet it to run off with .7g of MC in 2.5L of water. Half of their recommended dose for seedlings.
I'm going to call this Day 1
All seeds were above ground this morning but I waited until this evening (four full days from in water) before taking a picture.
A couple are hanging on to their helmet head but all six are roughly the same size.
Totally forgot about my usual procedure, pock a hole with your index finger the depth of your fingernail !
Place seed in the bottom and gently fill with soil. I used a toothpick to make a cone shaped hole and had some trouble getting a few seeds in without undue handling, sigh.... Senior moment, eh ?
As I understand it, the depth helps the seedling shed it's shell easier...
Cheers
