ourkansaw
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So I've decided to start a separate grow journal for the SOG that I am about to get started with, even though it will be flowering alongside the ScrOG that is described in my other journal. I'm using clones of the same plant for this operation, but I expect the SOG to continue in perpetuity, while the ScrOG will likely be a one-time deal.
Here are the basics:
Genetics:
For the time being at least I'll be using clones of Dinafem Super Silver (from a freebie seed from Attitude). Here's a recent pic of Mother, the clone that I'll be using as a mother (creative name for her, right?):
I'll be transplanting her into a shallower-but-wider pot soon (think bonsai pot), something that will take up almost the entire surface area of the mother chamber I made out of a styrofoam cooler, but provide more vertical space for the plant than this pot does:
This strain is notorious for going 100+ days of flowering, so it'll be interesting to see how it does when I do 12/12 from the moment I root the clones.
Growing medium:
Organic potting soil cut with perlite for drainage. Nothing fancy. I'll be using either small flower pots like the one Mother is currently in, or I'll reuse old 32oz yogurt tubs, whichever seems to work out best. I'll try both out pretty early on in the process and then stick with the winner.
Nutes:
For now I'm just mixing some Espoma Plant-tone in with the potting soil, but I'll probably add some bloom nutes when I decide on a good brand.
Lights:
I will be starting each clone under its own 26w CFL in a standard clamp light reflector. Depending on how big the plants end up getting, I will hang some bare bulbs between plants to provide better light for lower branches.
Flowering box:
My goal is to have a total of 10-12 plants flowering at a time once the SOG is in full operation, and I'll be adding one and harvesting one every 10-12 days. The grow box I'm using has a floor space of about 1.5' x 3.5', with a feasible vertical space of about 3.5' as well. I've built it in my attic, and I'm lining it inside AND outside with mylar, to insulate it as best I can from the likely oven-like conditions in the attic on a hot summer day. The air intake is a tap directly from my central air conditioning ducts, so it gets blasted with cold, dry air when the a/c is running. When the a/c isn't running, my exhaust fan "passively" pulls room temperature air up through the ducts from the ceiling vents in the top floor of my house. I'm going to be adding a second exhaust fan before summer hits full strength, just to be on the safe side.
For the next 80-90 days or so, the SOG will need to share its grow box with this ScrOG, which is the original seedling of the same plant (this photo taken yesterday, day 17 of 12/12, and day 42 from seed):
The ScrOG is taking up about half the grow box floor space, so the SOG will probably start to get pretty cramped during the last few weeks of flowering for the ScrOG.
I think that about covers everything. I will be taking the first clone as soon as Mother is ready to give one -- I'd say about one week from now is a good guess. I'll update this journal at that time!
Here are the basics:
Genetics:
For the time being at least I'll be using clones of Dinafem Super Silver (from a freebie seed from Attitude). Here's a recent pic of Mother, the clone that I'll be using as a mother (creative name for her, right?):
I'll be transplanting her into a shallower-but-wider pot soon (think bonsai pot), something that will take up almost the entire surface area of the mother chamber I made out of a styrofoam cooler, but provide more vertical space for the plant than this pot does:
This strain is notorious for going 100+ days of flowering, so it'll be interesting to see how it does when I do 12/12 from the moment I root the clones.
Growing medium:
Organic potting soil cut with perlite for drainage. Nothing fancy. I'll be using either small flower pots like the one Mother is currently in, or I'll reuse old 32oz yogurt tubs, whichever seems to work out best. I'll try both out pretty early on in the process and then stick with the winner.
Nutes:
For now I'm just mixing some Espoma Plant-tone in with the potting soil, but I'll probably add some bloom nutes when I decide on a good brand.
Lights:
I will be starting each clone under its own 26w CFL in a standard clamp light reflector. Depending on how big the plants end up getting, I will hang some bare bulbs between plants to provide better light for lower branches.
Flowering box:
My goal is to have a total of 10-12 plants flowering at a time once the SOG is in full operation, and I'll be adding one and harvesting one every 10-12 days. The grow box I'm using has a floor space of about 1.5' x 3.5', with a feasible vertical space of about 3.5' as well. I've built it in my attic, and I'm lining it inside AND outside with mylar, to insulate it as best I can from the likely oven-like conditions in the attic on a hot summer day. The air intake is a tap directly from my central air conditioning ducts, so it gets blasted with cold, dry air when the a/c is running. When the a/c isn't running, my exhaust fan "passively" pulls room temperature air up through the ducts from the ceiling vents in the top floor of my house. I'm going to be adding a second exhaust fan before summer hits full strength, just to be on the safe side.
For the next 80-90 days or so, the SOG will need to share its grow box with this ScrOG, which is the original seedling of the same plant (this photo taken yesterday, day 17 of 12/12, and day 42 from seed):
The ScrOG is taking up about half the grow box floor space, so the SOG will probably start to get pretty cramped during the last few weeks of flowering for the ScrOG.
I think that about covers everything. I will be taking the first clone as soon as Mother is ready to give one -- I'd say about one week from now is a good guess. I'll update this journal at that time!
