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[Thurston]

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Today is the start of my Spring crop. So I will be starting the germination process on six seeds.

1. Bag of Oranges x White Widow. From MIRedbud and have tried 3 times to germinate with no luck. Try try try again.
2. Gorilla Glue #4. From Altitude Seed bank USA.
3. Jelly Donutz. From HSC
4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds
5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds
6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm

Will add seeds as required to end up with six plants.
Seeds/seedlings will be in a closet. The flower room is in an unattached garage/shop.
Lights = DIY build of 8 QB272 boards with two 600W PS. over a 4'x7' area.
Medium = Coco coir/perlite 80/20 mix. in 2 gallon Floraflex pots.
Watering system will be automated with timing starting out at 2 times per day and increasing to 5 per day. Pump is a 800 GPH impeller pump which operates for 20 seconds each run. This results in about 700ml per plant with about 100-200 ml runoff.
Nutrients are Megacrop 1P, epsom salt, touch of dawn and a pinch of pool shock. Bud explosion will also be added in flower.
Nutrient reservoir is a 55 gallon poly drum filled to ~50 gallons. This will last 7 days at the highest rate. I vacuum out any remaining water and scrub inside of tank every other refill.
Our water is from a community water coop with 6 wells I believe. Nearest well to us is about 2000 feet away. Water will run thru paper and charcoal filter. No RO.
The ambient temperature in the room is controlled by a 1500W oil filled radiant heater (which a fan is always directed at) or a floor model 8000BTU AC unit. The room has ~6 clip-on fans to circulate air around the room. Two AC infinity duct fans for incoming and outgoing air flow are set to 85°F. AC Infinity humidifier is used only when needed.
Usually 45-60 days from germination to flower. Never flower less than 63 days, usually 70-84 days.

This is my second run with Megacrop.

Ok what did I forget to mention.......

 

[tvanmunhen]

Today is the start of my Spring crop. So I will be starting the germination process on six seeds.

1. Bag of Oranges x White Widow. From MIRedbud and have tried 3 times to germinate with no luck. Try try try again.
2. Gorilla Glue #4. From Altitude Seed bank USA.
3. Jelly Donutz. From HSC
4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds
5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds
6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm

Will add seeds as required to end up with six plants.
Seeds/seedlings will be in a closet. The flower room is in an unattached garage/shop.
Lights = DIY build of 8 QB272 boards with two 600W PS. over a 4'x7' area.
Medium = Coco coir/perlite 80/20 mix. in 2 gallon Floraflex pots.
Watering system will be automated with timing starting out at 2 times per day and increasing to 5 per day. Pump is a 800 GPH impeller pump which operates for 20 seconds each run. This results in about 700ml per plant with about 100-200 ml runoff.
Nutrients are Megacrop 1P, epsom salt, touch of dawn and a pinch of pool shock. Bud explosion will also be added in flower.
Nutrient reservoir is a 55 gallon poly drum filled to ~50 gallons. This will last 7 days at the highest rate. I vacuum out any remaining water and scrub inside of tank every other refill.
Our water is from a community water coop with 6 wells I believe. Nearest well to us is about 2000 feet away. Water will run thru paper and charcoal filter. No RO.
The ambient temperature in the room is controlled by a 1500W oil filled radiant heater (which a fan is always directed at) or a floor model 8000BTU AC unit. The room has ~6 clip-on fans to circulate air around the room. Two AC infinity duct fans for incoming and outgoing air flow are set to 85°F. AC Infinity humidifier is used only when needed.
Usually 45-60 days from germination to flower. Never flower less than 63 days, usually 70-84 days.

This is my second run with Megacrop.

Ok what did I forget to mention.......

Looking forward to watching this. Thanks.

 

[Thurston]

 

[curious2garden]

Today is the start of my Spring crop. So I will be starting the germination process on six seeds.

1. Bag of Oranges x White Widow. From MIRedbud and have tried 3 times to germinate with no luck. Try try try again.
2. Gorilla Glue #4. From Altitude Seed bank USA.
3. Jelly Donutz. From HSC
4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds
5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds
6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm

Will add seeds as required to end up with six plants.
Seeds/seedlings will be in a closet. The flower room is in an unattached garage/shop.
Lights = DIY build of 8 QB272 boards with two 600W PS. over a 4'x7' area.
Medium = Coco coir/perlite 80/20 mix. in 2 gallon Floraflex pots.
Watering system will be automated with timing starting out at 2 times per day and increasing to 5 per day. Pump is a 800 GPH impeller pump which operates for 20 seconds each run. This results in about 700ml per plant with about 100-200 ml runoff.
Nutrients are Megacrop 1P, epsom salt, touch of dawn and a pinch of pool shock. Bud explosion will also be added in flower.
Nutrient reservoir is a 55 gallon poly drum filled to ~50 gallons. This will last 7 days at the highest rate. I vacuum out any remaining water and scrub inside of tank every other refill.
Our water is from a community water coop with 6 wells I believe. Nearest well to us is about 2000 feet away. Water will run thru paper and charcoal filter. No RO.
The ambient temperature in the room is controlled by a 1500W oil filled radiant heater (which a fan is always directed at) or a floor model 8000BTU AC unit. The room has ~6 clip-on fans to circulate air around the room. Two AC infinity duct fans for incoming and outgoing air flow are set to 85°F. AC Infinity humidifier is used only when needed.
Usually 45-60 days from germination to flower. Never flower less than 63 days, usually 70-84 days.

This is my second run with Megacrop.

Ok what did I forget to mention.......

There's got to be a prize for best journal title!! Great thinking Thurston

 

[Thurston]

Lol thanks. I restarted the seeds now that I am coherent. Looking forward to the GG4 seeds from @Laughing Grass. Hopefully Gilligan keeps away!

 

[Thurston]

I got pretty sick right after starting germination and was unable to eat or drink for several days. By the time I got back to them, the seeds were dead. The BOOxWW still didn't germinate. I only have a few seeds left and will try again with all the remaining seeds of BOOxWW in the fall. Also the Jelly Donutz didn't germinate. So here is the new lineup and all seeds have germinated this morning and are under a CFL bulb.

1. Gorilla Glue #4. From @Laughing Grass aka LG Cut
2. Blueberry from Divine Fatale Genetics.
3. Apple Crumble from G13 Labs.
4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds.
5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds.
6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm.

Placed the germinated seeds in peat pellets. Will transfer to coco solo cups after leaves form.

 

[tvanmunhen]

I got pretty sick right after starting germination and was unable to eat or drink for several days. By the time I got back to them, the seeds were dead. The BOOxWW still didn't germinate. I only have a few seeds left and will try again with all the remaining seeds of BOOxWW in the fall. Also the Jelly Donutz didn't germinate. So here is the new lineup and all seeds have germinated this morning and are under a CFL bulb.

1. Gorilla Glue #4. From @Laughing Grass aka LG Cut
2. Blueberry from Divine Fatale Genetics.
3. Apple Crumble from G13 Labs.
4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds.
5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds.
6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm.

Placed the germinated seeds in peat pellets. Will transfer to coco solo cups after leav form.

Hopefully you're feeling better. Nice line up of seeds.

 

[Hillbill]

HEKA in my Underdog this very moment.
Extremely potent, lots of big milky trykes, all pressed together on some.
Had me wondering if it might be wrong to feel soooooo good

Got over that “Stinkin Thinkin” pretty quick

 

[Thurston]

Moving along.

 

[Thurston]

Going slow. Maybe due to a draft of cold air.

 

[curious2garden]

Going slow. Maybe due to a draft of cold air.
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They look good!

 

[Thurston]

They are coming along! Even without my daily interaction. Will add the tomato cages soon.

 

[tvanmunhen]

Is fat bastard the front center? Where is the HEKA?

 

[Thurston]

Funny you should ask. It has been 36 days since sprouting. Switching to 12/12 lights tonight. They are all getting trimmed (lollipop) sometime this weekend. Then I’ll switch to feed 5 times a day 20 sec each to about 200 ml runoff. Now for the updated pics.
1. Gorilla Glue #4. From @Laughing Grass aka LG Cut

2. Blueberry from Divine Fatale Genetics.

3. Apple Crumble from G13 Labs.

4. Fat Bastard. From Blimburn Seeds.

5. Permanent Marker. From Blimburn Seeds.

6. HEKA. From Brothers Grimm.

This one has been droopy since it sprouted. So that makes it the underdog. There is always one. Lol.

 

[Thurston]

Good morning Dolls! Permanent Marker is outgrowing the others, although Fat Bastard is not far behind, GG4 is smallest I think. HEKA is still droopy but thriving.

 

[Laughing Grass]

Good morning Dolls! Permanent Marker is outgrowing the others, although Fat Bastard is not far behind, GG4 is smallest I think. HEKA is still droopy but thriving.
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I'm gonna have to steal your tomato cage idea. I think it's the cleanest I've seen for floraflex pots.

 

[Thurston]

I like it better than fixed nets. I move the plants around regularly.

 

[Laughing Grass]

I like it better than fixed nets. I move the plants around regularly.

I'd like to move plants around. The trellis really cramps my style!

 

[Thurston]

These have been under 12/12 lighting for 12 days. Nice weather here, sunny and in the 70’s.

Ok back to working on my concrete project.

 

[Dboybudz]

These have been under 12/12 lighting for 12 days. Nice weather here, sunny and in the 70’s.View attachment 3824View attachment 3825 Ok back to working on my concrete project.

Man they got a shot of growth from last picture,those leafs are huge on that one!