Controlled Environment Agriculture by Shrubs

[Shrubs First]

Hey peeps, this is going to be my second journal here on the RIU network. And the
first grow for my company Controlled Environment Agriculture LLC.

I am going to assume that you have seen my last journal and that you understand
my setup, if you don't here is a link to that journal Previous Grow Journal which explains
my whole setup quite thoroughly.

My last time around I was testing several different strains from a local friend who
has a nursery with around 20 different strains, I grew 7 different strains.... It worked out
and I found a couple strains which should work great in my setup and on a larger scale.

This grow I will be flowering 8 Sour Diesels, and 8 Mendo Purps.. I am drooling..

I will also be allowing a little bit more veg time for the ladies, in my last grow they
received roughly one week of veg time, this time around I will be giving them
two atleast.

I will be growing in 40% Canna coco, 40% Expanded Clay Pellets and 20%
Roots Organics Soil-Less coco Mix..... I wasn't going to use the Roots again this
grow although I have about 3/4's of a bag left and I might as well get some in
there with the rest of my media.

Anywhoo back to work, stay tuned.

 

[Someguy15]

I'll watch, bout to be big business going on in here.

 

[Drella]

im here with SG15 in the front row. i predict your room getting dialed in this time, good luck bro!

 

[smokingrubber]

yep, I'll pull up a lighter.

 

[Shrubs First]

Sweet, glad to have ya along, just got 8 sour diez and 1 of my purps,
other 7 are still rooting.... Should be done in about a day or so

 

[Shrubs First]

Everythings going real smooth, I've been spending ridiculous money
on supplies... This time around I will be using several new feed additives.

Canna's PK 13/14 and Canna's Rhizotonic, both are great products from
what their ingredients tell me.

I also bought two new Bulbs (Sunpulse 3k's), a Carbon Filter and some Ona Gel...

I threw up a Trellis netting which should help me gauge and size my
plants correctly this grow...

The Purps^

Sour Diesel^

I will also be adding a new inocculent which I have been really wanting
to try..... Great White, Premium Mycorrhizae.

I'm still waiting on 4 more Purps' roots to poke through and then I'll be back at 16 plants.

Fed the ladies a great feeding today..

1 mL Master A
1 mL Master B
1 mL Cal/Mag Plus
.5 mL Hum-Bolt
.5 mL Flavor-Ful
1 mL Mayan Microzyme
5 mL Hygrozyme
1 mL Humboldt Roots
1 mL Rhizotonic
1/4 Tspoon Great White PM

ppm 700, pH 6.1, Reservoir Temp 66 F

 

[Shrubs First]

Plants were droopy earlier today, now they are lookin pretty prime.

That feeding was pure justice... I can only hope these other clones
pop soon or they will be behind..

 

[TrynaGroSumShyt]

cant believe i missed the 1st gro.. im here.

 

[notoriousb]

stoked youre trying out the great white Ive been wanting to try it for awhile but it was a little on the pricey end at my hydro store.

I'll be watching this grow closely. I like the strain line up too

high and scribed

 

[Shrubs First]

cant believe i missed the 1st gro.. im here.

Great, roll one up and enjoy friend, i'm tryna grow some shit as well.... The last
one was great coco experience, I'm pretty sure this one is gonna be much better in
a botanical sense.

stoked youre trying out the great white Ive been wanting to try it for awhile but it was a little on the pricey end at my hydro store.

I'll be watching this grow closely. I like the strain line up too

high and scribed

For sure dude, Great White has had my eye since I saw an Addvert for it in Maximum
Yield a couple months back, figured if it's a product dedicated to Inocculents its
probably better than what Humboldt puts out to compete with it.. and as far as
biological diversity goes it blows everything else away, 8 Endo Mycorrhizae, 7 Ecto Mycorrhizae, 2 Trichoderma, 11 species of Bacteria.. As well as a vitamin
package, it should be worth the money... I paid $35.00 for 4 oz and have been
usin the shit out of it...

Glad to have you along as well, give any input if ya think it'll help the cause.

And I like the strains too, this Sour Diesel pheno is a RezDawg pheno cutting...
A SICK one, produces some of the nastiest Diesels I've seen... And the Purps
was the most high quality of my last harvest, but I only had 1 plant of it!
I can't wait to have some serious weight of it....

 

[Shrubs First]

Got 3 more purps popped and placed in coco, fed with some Rhizotonic, Roots, and Mayan Microzyme

15 Ladies in 4x4's, waiting on just ONE more... she is being stubborn....

Lovin it

 

[smoked321]

looks good so far. subscribed

 

[Shrubs First]

looks good so far. subscribed

Sweet, join in dude...


So this final clone is really startin to annoy me. Not much I can do except keep
her warm and humid til she pops....

 

[Drella]

looking great shrubs, the next generations gonna be great, longer veg this time right? how long did ur clones took to root?

 

[Shrubs First]

looking great shrubs, the next generations gonna be great, longer veg this time right? how long did ur clones took to root?

Yea, longer veg, roughly 2 weeks longer.. I'm tryin to get a good portion of this
trellis netting filled in.

Clones took between 7 days on some and one still hasn't rooted and its on day 11
but I'm feelin pretty good about tomorrow

I've been feedin the plants a simple mix of Rhizotonic, Humboldt Roots, Mayan
Microzyme, and Hygrozyme..

 

[Drella]

great shrubs! seven days, you are the master? do you have a temp regulator for your clone heat mat? the only thing i notice is when they wilt, i remedy this by lessening the light, or taking it away till they perk up again. i have 100% succes with my clones, but they take 10-15 days to root, but i wait till they root like crazy! keep it up shrubs!

 

[Shrubs First]

great shrubs! seven days, you are the master? do you have a temp regulator for your clone heat mat? the only thing i notice is when they wilt, i remedy this by lessening the light, or taking it away till they perk up again. i have 100% succes with my clones, but they take 10-15 days to root, but i wait till they root like crazy! keep it up shrubs!

Yea, keeps it at 80 degrees... Fill the tray with Water and H2O2 and let em sit for
a week without touching them...

If you're having 100% success over time you are indeed the master my friend.....

And I used to wait til they root like crazy, but started planting them when they
just had like 5-6 shoots coming out and it takes about the same amount of time
maybe even less for them to start veg growth.... But I will say the plants with
more roots had a more vigorous growth and yield.

 

[Shrubs First]

I've been bored here chillin with my dick in my hand
waitin for this clone to root, she is solidly in the cube,
so I know she's got a base, but nothings poppin thru.

In light of this, i took some pics of the setup, and am going
to explain it a little betterfor those who didn't catch the last write-up.

I've got a Dark Room 150, this is a 5'x5'x6'7'' grow tent
approximataly 150 Cubic Feet. For Intake I've got a 100 CFM
Squirrel Cage, and for Outake I have a 200 CFM Squirrel Cage
with a Can 9000 Carbon Filter.

I also have two 12" Airkings moving a combined 3500 CFM.
These things really move the air around in the hut.. The
oscillation is key.

I run two 600 Watt Bulbs, in this grow I will be using the 3K
Sunpulse Pulse Start Metal Halides throughout the entire grow.

I also have two Hagen Glo T5-HO's with 2x 40W Bulbs in each=160W.
These are used for sidelighting, and enhanced blue and UV spectral
output.

If the Sunpulse's don't impress me the good news is that bulbs are
cheap and I can buy a new set next grow, but I am pretty confident
in these newer Digital bulbs, in all the research I've done these make
the most sense out of any lighting system out there.

Example of what my ladies see

What I see when I crack the tent

Front Shot

I built raised beds for run-off ease, they also allow me to observe the plants
without having to bend over all day.

Sour Diesel

The Purps

Sour Diesel growth

I feed using a 20g Rubbermaid as a reservoir.

In this reservoir I keep a 150W Aquarium Heater, 2 Large airstones hooked up to a
air pump rated for 60 gallon fish tanks. 2 Aquarium blowers rated to move a combined
600 gallons per hour, and a submersible pump rated at 1500 gallons per hour hooked
up to that coiled hose and water wand.

I test the brews with a Oakton PTTestr which measures PH/PPM/Temp

The nutrient shelf

I use Humboldt Nutrients Master A&B with all their additives and a couple
additions of my own. My last yield was my highest quality by far, this time
I'm hopin to couple that with a much larger overall yield. Thanks for checkin,
let me know if you got some suggestions, I'm glad to help you as well.

 

[Shrubs First]

Noticed some beautiful root growth on the ladies in the 100% coco..
I might be growin 100% coco this grow, and leave out the clay pellets...
The ladies just look so much happier in the coco.

 

[Someguy15]

I was considering pure coco in the future. Can coco be used with synthetic nutes and without the beneficial bacteria additives? I started off synetic and with minimal additives to learn, but now I'm exploring other options. Coco seems really light and fluffy to, probably have to be watered twice a day or more in flower right? I've heard it's water retention properties are similar to hydroton. What are your opinions! Love how you're always trying new things out, an inspiration to us rookies