WhiteDynomite
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'sup all. Been lurkin' for a bit and this seems like the right place to set shop!
Anyway, decided to grab a couple bagseeds and give this thing a tryout, maybe learn a thing or two and look into some finer strains of bud!
Keeping it simple for the first round. Using a dirt cheap Sunleaves 125watt blue spectrum CFL reflector array. Running a 18/6 light and fan schedule and keeping it 1" over the plant. Started with some well composted garden soil but learned something ...bad. effing. idea! I came home one day and the entire seedling went horizontal and I thought I was going to puke. Soil was full of baddies and cutworms and the suckers damaged the main stem right above the feeders. So 12 days ago I cut off the damaged part and transplanted into some Black Gold Organic soil. Set the stem about 3" into the soil and had about 4" above the soil line. It's responded well...
So far its received two nutrient feedings. The first was probably a week early based on what I've since picked up on. Soil is holding moisture well so tomorrow will make it 7 days between feedings. Not sure if I'm spreading that too thin but so far it's seems to be working. Using a double dose of General Hydoponics BioThrive, CaMG+ and BioRoot. Been checking the PH of everything and so far it's flat even and I'd like to get it down to 6.5 if I can. Need to get a better test meter but the cheap meters seem to be completely unreliable and I'd like to keep the cost down. Not sure what to do so I'll prolly keep it as is for the first grow...
Temperature is around a constant 78 and humidity ranges between 60-70%, so I don't think I should have any environmental concerns right now.
Here she is!!
1) and 2) - 7 days after re-potting 3) and 4) - 13 days after re-potting 5) and 6) - 15 days after re-potting
Things are looking pretty good, I think. A friend came over and said it looked like a fake plant ..so I take that as a good sign. The stem came up with a bend but with a little light training it's evened out quite a bit, and has tripled in girth. It took about 9-10 days until the seedling really started to burst and now it's really taking off. Pretty cool to see the progress! Not too many concerns and there are barely any insects so far. Since the grow is in an open basement I keep these little guys around just for that. They've been popping in the room over the last coupla weeks and I'm letting them loose ...
Only couple of things I'm concerned about (aside from its sex) is when the right time to start the flowering stage. It seems that timing is dependent on the strain but isn't the whole point of inside growing to control this?
The other is flushing. I'm read up a bit on nute lockout, but I'm not sure when or how to proceed with flushing or how to tell if I even need to. Is there a rule of thumb on this?
Well that's it. Hope to pick up some things around here and contribute where I can with what I gain from my humble little set up. Next step in my evolution will be a closet grow. Tomorrow I'll be painting and setting up shelving for a basement closet. My biggest concern will be ventilation because there ain't shit in that little corner of the world. It's buried in corner of a room without any windows. Air gets a little stagnant. But I think I'll be ok until I get to flowering. I'm considering a 400 watt HPS upgrade but I may just add 4 vertical CFLs and stick to that. I plan on dividing the closet in half and I can move the CFLs to the lower section for vegging and run the HPS on the top section for flowering. It might get a little tricky for venting but I'll rig up a unit at some point if I move up to high intensity.
Here's the closet pre-prep:
By the way ....any chance of identifying just what the hell strain this is from based on the pics?
Later on ...
(edit to remove unnecessary info)
Anyway, decided to grab a couple bagseeds and give this thing a tryout, maybe learn a thing or two and look into some finer strains of bud!
Keeping it simple for the first round. Using a dirt cheap Sunleaves 125watt blue spectrum CFL reflector array. Running a 18/6 light and fan schedule and keeping it 1" over the plant. Started with some well composted garden soil but learned something ...bad. effing. idea! I came home one day and the entire seedling went horizontal and I thought I was going to puke. Soil was full of baddies and cutworms and the suckers damaged the main stem right above the feeders. So 12 days ago I cut off the damaged part and transplanted into some Black Gold Organic soil. Set the stem about 3" into the soil and had about 4" above the soil line. It's responded well...
So far its received two nutrient feedings. The first was probably a week early based on what I've since picked up on. Soil is holding moisture well so tomorrow will make it 7 days between feedings. Not sure if I'm spreading that too thin but so far it's seems to be working. Using a double dose of General Hydoponics BioThrive, CaMG+ and BioRoot. Been checking the PH of everything and so far it's flat even and I'd like to get it down to 6.5 if I can. Need to get a better test meter but the cheap meters seem to be completely unreliable and I'd like to keep the cost down. Not sure what to do so I'll prolly keep it as is for the first grow...
Temperature is around a constant 78 and humidity ranges between 60-70%, so I don't think I should have any environmental concerns right now.
Here she is!!
1) and 2) - 7 days after re-potting 3) and 4) - 13 days after re-potting 5) and 6) - 15 days after re-potting
Things are looking pretty good, I think. A friend came over and said it looked like a fake plant ..so I take that as a good sign. The stem came up with a bend but with a little light training it's evened out quite a bit, and has tripled in girth. It took about 9-10 days until the seedling really started to burst and now it's really taking off. Pretty cool to see the progress! Not too many concerns and there are barely any insects so far. Since the grow is in an open basement I keep these little guys around just for that. They've been popping in the room over the last coupla weeks and I'm letting them loose ...
Only couple of things I'm concerned about (aside from its sex) is when the right time to start the flowering stage. It seems that timing is dependent on the strain but isn't the whole point of inside growing to control this?
The other is flushing. I'm read up a bit on nute lockout, but I'm not sure when or how to proceed with flushing or how to tell if I even need to. Is there a rule of thumb on this?
Well that's it. Hope to pick up some things around here and contribute where I can with what I gain from my humble little set up. Next step in my evolution will be a closet grow. Tomorrow I'll be painting and setting up shelving for a basement closet. My biggest concern will be ventilation because there ain't shit in that little corner of the world. It's buried in corner of a room without any windows. Air gets a little stagnant. But I think I'll be ok until I get to flowering. I'm considering a 400 watt HPS upgrade but I may just add 4 vertical CFLs and stick to that. I plan on dividing the closet in half and I can move the CFLs to the lower section for vegging and run the HPS on the top section for flowering. It might get a little tricky for venting but I'll rig up a unit at some point if I move up to high intensity.
Here's the closet pre-prep:
By the way ....any chance of identifying just what the hell strain this is from based on the pics?
Later on ...
(edit to remove unnecessary info)