I just wanted to bring everything up to date from what I had planned, and what I had to work with at the start of the planning stage, and what's going on now.
Here is what I'll be working with now:
LIGHTS:
2X400w MH, 6500k, Ra:90, 32000 and 26500 luminous flux.
1x400w HPS 2500k, Ra:85, 23000 luminous flux.
1x360w HPS 2100k, Ra:25, 47500 luminous flux.
2x@430w ballasts. the MH ballast can also use a 360w HPS and the HPS ballast will run a 400w MH
plus 4x26w Repti glo 10.0(for flowering) 2100-2700k for these...idk, but it looks like it, and it don't matter as
I only want them for the 10% UVB and 50cm penetration, during flowering.
if I use all lights smartly, it should approximate the suns cycle more closely, but more quickly.
GROW ROOM:
@5x10x8 ft. single area
NUTES:
cheap retail+urine(a day old) for nitrogen, during the veg stage.
cheap retail, but with much more phosphorus, +baking powder, some(less) day old urine, and some ph down, lemon juice, during the flower stage.
STRAINS:(in probable harvest order)
Lowryder#2 x2
Mango x3
THC Bomb x3
Jack Herer x10
Medi-bud x3 (fem)
Super Silver Haze x5
Total-
26 plants
OUTLINE/GROW PLAN:
First of all, I am planning to use several methods to attain as many females as possible.
1. use Ethylene producing fruit rinds to encourage femaleness in seeds. I'll put the seeds I plan to use into a ziplock about 2 weeks before germination with the fruit rinds...seeds will be in an envelope or something, paper. rinds will not be touching the seeds. then germinate those seeds. not needed for the Medi-bud as they're feminized.
2. I will use the rinds again when switching to 12/12 light cycle. rinds will just sit on top of the soil, whole plant covered with clear plastic so the Ethylene gas will be trapped at the top, its lighter than air.
3. trying to keep the 'environment' as stable as possible, and still meet these requirements: high nitrogen consentration, low temp, high humidity, more blue light, and less daylight 14hrs, and an hr of light
during the dark cycle. I'll do this until flowering.
4. giving carbon monoxide treatment to all plants. first time 2 days ago, second time today, and I'll do, at lease, a third time, in about 3 days.
I'm using a kerosene heater. it has a 'chimney' designed to burn the kerosene cleaner, but I removed that and now it pours out CO. I put it on
low, go sit outside the door for 10 min, then crawl back in to shut it off, crawl out, and close the door for several hrs. then air it out.
all this just for a few more females!
These are all high sativa/mix sativa plants, flower time is 7-10+ wks.
SSH, MB, will all be LST'd, vegged for about 6wks, then flower until harvest.
JH will veg for about 5wks, then flower to harvest.
the others will veg for 5-6wks, then flower to harvest.
LR2 is an auto-strain.
I planted the MB and LR2 Jan. 12th.
THCB and SSH on Jan 16th.
Mango on Jan 19th.
JH on Jan 23rd.
so the harvest will be light to begin, heavy in the middle, then finishing up strong with the SSH(10wks+).
(lights have changed since I added the Aerolights fixture)
Lights will begin with 400w MH x 2, >2ft from the canopy, started at 20/4, just changed to14/10, then 18/6 after a few wks
I'll exchange the weaker MH for the 360w HPS when I change to 12/12 flowering cycle on March 1. then swap the MH for 400w HPS
about mid way through the averaged flower cycle. I will also add the Repti glo UVB bulbs, to the area of plants which should finish
flowering first, then move them to the slower maturing plants. of course, I'll use them first for the LR2, probably just one bulb for both.
so, I'm thinking...I'll get some buds from LR2, early...if I could get 20g from each, I'd be happy. because I'm going to end up vegging longer than planned, there should be an increased yield from all plants. and the harvest will be spread out over several weeks, a month+!
I chose high THC and high yield plants, but my veg time is not long. I'm hoping to balance time, THC and yield.
Seeds are from
http://www.marijuana-seeds.nl/index.html
GO BACK, LOOK AT THE PICS, READ THE POSTS.
that's for you! check back in a week or so to see a big, green, explosion of new growth!
