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Dr.J's Grow thread

Dr.J20

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Hey everybody,
I decided to post a continuous thread in the grow journal section so we can all learn from my journeys through gardening. feel free to post commentary but let's please keep it civil and pertinent, thanks!

The new grow that's ramping up is a clusterfuck tent grow thats gonna be 12/12 from seed. been reading up on del66666's thread and this is gonna be a good way for me to go since it's too hot to get my shit going in the attic and 11-12 weeks should be perfect timing for that to cool down. I've got 7 headband seeds in a veg chamber under some leds and cfls; they're in a 50:50 mix of perlite and FFOF--actually if we're gonna be accurate, I've got a way of starting seedlings that works well for me but few people take the time to do: get a 18oz solo cup and burn a hole about a 1/4 the way up the side to make it into a mini-hempy bucket; fill past the hole with straight perlite; from the hole to almost the top fill with a 50/50 mix of perlite and FoxFarm ocean forest; add a top layer (1/4-1/2 inch) of straight FFOF. plant your germ'd seed in the center and throw her under a cfl or two.

So these gals (hopeful) will be under some weak light until they break the surface and then its in to the tent where they will be under some HO T5s (one fluorogrow evergreen and one quantum badboy, both 4'x4 tube). Since I'm strapped for cash right now they're only gonna get flora suns and 3000K in even mix. once they're big enough I'll get 'em into 1 gallon final homes (not sure if they'll still be hempys by then). I try to keep things organic so my nute lineup is earth juice with homemade compost teas, and I'll keep 'em in the FFOF with a wee bit of dolomite if its needed and some added perlite to help drainage.

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Tent grow: 36x24x63 Tent
Primary Light: 432w HO T5-PAR (ish) style:: lamps: stock 3000K + ZM Flora sun in 50/50 mix.
Fixtures: 1) Fluorogrow Evergreen 4'x4 bulb, 1) Quantum Badboy 4'x4 bulb
Supplemental Light-if needed: Chinese UFO LED, CFL
Medium: Soil, FFOF+ necessary amend. (dolomite, perlite)
Nutes: Earth Juice basics (grow+bloom) + Molasses 1 tsp/gal
Temps: TBD (within range)
Humidity: TBD (within range)
genetics: seeds from a headband plant who stressed out and hermied horribly
12/12 from seed
Seeds germ'd: 08/14
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Now, for the perceptive bunch of you who figured out that my lights are about 12 inches longer than my tent, they will be arranged to fit--it'll be fine i promise--i worked it all out with trigonometry.


pics soon
be easy!
 

Dr.J20

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i got 8 sprouts last night and they look to be doing fine. the pics are a little tunnel-vision b/c there isn't much room to take pics but they're under a 4bulb quantum badboy and a ufo led. the tent isn't wide enough for the badboy, but i knew i was gonna need a new tent so i'll be picking one up today. Here we go:
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Not the greatest photo shoot in the world but i was just trying to show some close ups of the girls on they're first day above surface. they all look to be getting a little stretch going but when the new tent gets set up the light management will become easier. that fourth pic shows just how much i have to angle the badboy to fit it in the tent and the ufo is just something i threw in there to get a light source a little closer (tryin to discourage that stretch). Temps and humidity are right in range (~80F/~60%RH).
Let me know what you think!
 

Dr.J20

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Here we go on day 8. temps been too high recently but a new tent and some better ventilation will solve that.
These pics are mostly of the moth attacked babies. but we're getting good growth.
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be easy,
Dr. J
 
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