It's 5 o'clock somewhere
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After a whirl wind summer and fall it's finally time to get back to my winter hobby. Work slows down in the winter and i'm always looking for something to do/ Last year I tried my hand at gardening for th first time.
This year I decided to try something a little different. I started with almost 80- seeds from 3 different plants. I planted them all on the same day and 48 came up. I will grow these out in veg for a while and then take one good cutting from each one and flower them for sex. All the males will be seperated and taken to another location where they will be flowered to find the most vigorous and best looking one for a dad. while the females will remain here to finish flower. Of the female's one from each set of seeds will be kept for mothers. I will be looking for uniformity in growth, vigor and ease of rooting th clones as well as crystal production and potency.
As with the first grow I am using soil again. I use fox farms ocean and seed starter soils. I will be saving up my pennies to buy a really nice hydro set up with 3 rows of 6 plants for a total of 18 at a time. Each row will be staggered by 2-3 weeks so they don't all ripen at the same time. It will cost some money so for the first flowering i will be using soil. The guy at the hydro shop told me with th new set up I can take a cutting from a plant put it in the cloner and after 3 weeks it can go straight into the hydro set up with out the need for th roots to set up in dirt or rock wool, thus cutting out 2-4 weeks of further veg time.
Although I have 48 babies, it will be like a season of american idol where only the best will be allowed to move on to the next stage. Here are some pic's of the temporary set up. The room is 4x8x7 and should give me plenty of room for a nice grow. Keep tuning in for updates every few days or so.
To start with I was using a Sunleaves Pioneer 8 with 2 100 watt flos because of the sheer number of plants right now. They get plain water and have lights on 24/7 til they get 5-6 nodes then I will turn it back to 18/6. I will be moving fast this time as I'm trying to eliminate the plants I don't want rather than try to get the most out of only a few, so they won't get very big before they get flowered.
Stay tuned...... The MH light in the corner is going to be put to use in a week or so..
This year I decided to try something a little different. I started with almost 80- seeds from 3 different plants. I planted them all on the same day and 48 came up. I will grow these out in veg for a while and then take one good cutting from each one and flower them for sex. All the males will be seperated and taken to another location where they will be flowered to find the most vigorous and best looking one for a dad. while the females will remain here to finish flower. Of the female's one from each set of seeds will be kept for mothers. I will be looking for uniformity in growth, vigor and ease of rooting th clones as well as crystal production and potency.
As with the first grow I am using soil again. I use fox farms ocean and seed starter soils. I will be saving up my pennies to buy a really nice hydro set up with 3 rows of 6 plants for a total of 18 at a time. Each row will be staggered by 2-3 weeks so they don't all ripen at the same time. It will cost some money so for the first flowering i will be using soil. The guy at the hydro shop told me with th new set up I can take a cutting from a plant put it in the cloner and after 3 weeks it can go straight into the hydro set up with out the need for th roots to set up in dirt or rock wool, thus cutting out 2-4 weeks of further veg time.
Although I have 48 babies, it will be like a season of american idol where only the best will be allowed to move on to the next stage. Here are some pic's of the temporary set up. The room is 4x8x7 and should give me plenty of room for a nice grow. Keep tuning in for updates every few days or so.
To start with I was using a Sunleaves Pioneer 8 with 2 100 watt flos because of the sheer number of plants right now. They get plain water and have lights on 24/7 til they get 5-6 nodes then I will turn it back to 18/6. I will be moving fast this time as I'm trying to eliminate the plants I don't want rather than try to get the most out of only a few, so they won't get very big before they get flowered.
Stay tuned...... The MH light in the corner is going to be put to use in a week or so..
