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Ok, I know this isnt Maine's first grown journal, but I needed a title and since I also wanted to do a grow journal and since I also didn't see anything like it here in the 'Maine' section, it worked. I've been debating joining a Forum for years (rollitup vs 420 mag vs grasscity) but just wasn't sure which one to join. When I saw this Maine specific forum here at thcfarmer.com, I figured I had to start here.
So a little backgound on me...
Been smoking since I was 11 (picked it up from good old dad). Started researching growing in middle school on the library computers after school. Having no horticultural roots or any interest in plants in general, this plant just facinated me. Maybe it was the psycological effects taking hold of my young brain...maybe it was the uniqueness of the plant visually...maybe it was just the right time for me to get a real interest in life...I don't know. But I do know I fell in love. I smoked from 11 to 15 and tried to learn as much about the plant as possible. The summer of 1998 my family moved to Maine from Mass, and I actually stopped smoking for a few years. I continued to research and learn about the plant and eventually got back into smoking when I was 17 going off to college. It wasn't until I was 18 and returned home from my freshman year of college that I even truly acknowlegded to my dad that I smoked and that we finally smoked together. Shortly there after we started our first grows together. I don't even know/remember where the plants came from or how we got started but we did. That was about 2003-4 give or take. Between then and now my father developed lung cancer. He wasn't diagnosed until stage 4 early in 2016...and passed shortly thereafter. I have continued on with the knowledge gained and shared between us over the years and have completed 2 complete grows on my own since his passing and currently am working to complete my 3rd (somewhere around DAY 35-40 of flower). I am also currenty working to start a new grow, in a newly built grow room, with all new equipment...which is where this Grown Journal starts :)
Details -
Room # - 2 (have '1' already - planning a '3' - plus my general work / clone space)
Size - 13ft x 7.5ft
Lights - 1 x 1000 MH/HPS and 2 x 1200 King-LEDs
Water / Feed system - Recirculating Ebb and Flow
Nutes - General Hypdroponic Flor Series
Medium - Clay
Plant sites - 6
Plants - MOB (been growing for about 6 years now)
And those are the dirty details. This room was built / based off a current system I already have in Room 1. That system you cant really buy any more (which is why I built one, plus it was much cheaper), but it's basically a 'simpler' version of the Hydrofarm complete systems you can easily find on Amazon, but without the fancy digital control bucket. Basic Ebb and Flow with - 1 x 55 Gal Res, 1 x 5 Gal Control bucket, 6 x 5 Gal Grow Sites (with grow bags), 2 x Air Stones, 1 x Pump to Control Bucket from Res to fill the sytem, 1 x Pump to Res from Control Bucket to drain the sytem and 2 digital programmable timers to control the timing of the pumps. 3 of my grow sites actually came from Room 1 cause they were not being used, but the others (and the control bucket) are simply black buckets from Home Depot, drilled and connected with the approriate fittings and 3/4" Black line. I even sewed the needed grow bags cause I couldn't seemingly find any to fit in a 5 Gal bucket (they all had the wrong dimentions...and as mentioned, the previous system my father bought 6 years ago is no longer available). I am almost ready to get my 'little guys' into this room and am excited to see how it performs in comparison to Room 1 and the set up in there. Right now they are all still in my clone space under a T5 just working on getting a little bigger. they are fully rooted and growing, I just like my plants a certain height before I put them in these buckets. Yesterday, a buddy of mine came over and gave me a hand hangin mylar around the room, and I do have to say it has certainly brightened up an already pretty bright space haha. Was pleasently surprized :)
I've included some pics of Room 2 and some shots from what I've got going on in Room 1. Once I get my third room up and running I will have the perfect rotational system. Especially here in Maine where I can only Flower 6 at a time and have 12 others in Veg. I will end up with - 1 Room in Flower 12hr/12hr lights (6 plants) ready to switch back to veg when finished - 1 Room in Veg 20hr/4hr lights (6 plants) ready to switch to Flower when the other room finishes - 1 room constantly in Veg 24hr lights (6 plants) to begin the grows for a couple weeks (first site for the clones and no veg) - and 1 general work area / clone space. If I can get this down to a good system then I should be able to get a rotational harvet ever 2 - 3 Months (should be right around 2) and might not even need to create a Room 3...but who doesn't want more space haha. As noted, I've been growing MOB for about 6 years now, exclusively, but just bought some Purple Bud Fem Seeds from White Label Seed Company off SeedSupreme.com and they are also sending me a couple free Fems from random :) Super excited to see what those are (keeping my fingers crossed they are NYC Desiel, but I know I'm dreaming haha). I'll be updating this journal weekly with updates and pics...and I sure hope there are some Mainers out there who will enjoy this journey. Take a look at the pics and let me know what you think. Feel free to ask questions or just chat about growing here in Maine. Peace folks...
So a little backgound on me...
Been smoking since I was 11 (picked it up from good old dad). Started researching growing in middle school on the library computers after school. Having no horticultural roots or any interest in plants in general, this plant just facinated me. Maybe it was the psycological effects taking hold of my young brain...maybe it was the uniqueness of the plant visually...maybe it was just the right time for me to get a real interest in life...I don't know. But I do know I fell in love. I smoked from 11 to 15 and tried to learn as much about the plant as possible. The summer of 1998 my family moved to Maine from Mass, and I actually stopped smoking for a few years. I continued to research and learn about the plant and eventually got back into smoking when I was 17 going off to college. It wasn't until I was 18 and returned home from my freshman year of college that I even truly acknowlegded to my dad that I smoked and that we finally smoked together. Shortly there after we started our first grows together. I don't even know/remember where the plants came from or how we got started but we did. That was about 2003-4 give or take. Between then and now my father developed lung cancer. He wasn't diagnosed until stage 4 early in 2016...and passed shortly thereafter. I have continued on with the knowledge gained and shared between us over the years and have completed 2 complete grows on my own since his passing and currently am working to complete my 3rd (somewhere around DAY 35-40 of flower). I am also currenty working to start a new grow, in a newly built grow room, with all new equipment...which is where this Grown Journal starts :)
Details -
Room # - 2 (have '1' already - planning a '3' - plus my general work / clone space)
Size - 13ft x 7.5ft
Lights - 1 x 1000 MH/HPS and 2 x 1200 King-LEDs
Water / Feed system - Recirculating Ebb and Flow
Nutes - General Hypdroponic Flor Series
Medium - Clay
Plant sites - 6
Plants - MOB (been growing for about 6 years now)
And those are the dirty details. This room was built / based off a current system I already have in Room 1. That system you cant really buy any more (which is why I built one, plus it was much cheaper), but it's basically a 'simpler' version of the Hydrofarm complete systems you can easily find on Amazon, but without the fancy digital control bucket. Basic Ebb and Flow with - 1 x 55 Gal Res, 1 x 5 Gal Control bucket, 6 x 5 Gal Grow Sites (with grow bags), 2 x Air Stones, 1 x Pump to Control Bucket from Res to fill the sytem, 1 x Pump to Res from Control Bucket to drain the sytem and 2 digital programmable timers to control the timing of the pumps. 3 of my grow sites actually came from Room 1 cause they were not being used, but the others (and the control bucket) are simply black buckets from Home Depot, drilled and connected with the approriate fittings and 3/4" Black line. I even sewed the needed grow bags cause I couldn't seemingly find any to fit in a 5 Gal bucket (they all had the wrong dimentions...and as mentioned, the previous system my father bought 6 years ago is no longer available). I am almost ready to get my 'little guys' into this room and am excited to see how it performs in comparison to Room 1 and the set up in there. Right now they are all still in my clone space under a T5 just working on getting a little bigger. they are fully rooted and growing, I just like my plants a certain height before I put them in these buckets. Yesterday, a buddy of mine came over and gave me a hand hangin mylar around the room, and I do have to say it has certainly brightened up an already pretty bright space haha. Was pleasently surprized :)
I've included some pics of Room 2 and some shots from what I've got going on in Room 1. Once I get my third room up and running I will have the perfect rotational system. Especially here in Maine where I can only Flower 6 at a time and have 12 others in Veg. I will end up with - 1 Room in Flower 12hr/12hr lights (6 plants) ready to switch back to veg when finished - 1 Room in Veg 20hr/4hr lights (6 plants) ready to switch to Flower when the other room finishes - 1 room constantly in Veg 24hr lights (6 plants) to begin the grows for a couple weeks (first site for the clones and no veg) - and 1 general work area / clone space. If I can get this down to a good system then I should be able to get a rotational harvet ever 2 - 3 Months (should be right around 2) and might not even need to create a Room 3...but who doesn't want more space haha. As noted, I've been growing MOB for about 6 years now, exclusively, but just bought some Purple Bud Fem Seeds from White Label Seed Company off SeedSupreme.com and they are also sending me a couple free Fems from random :) Super excited to see what those are (keeping my fingers crossed they are NYC Desiel, but I know I'm dreaming haha). I'll be updating this journal weekly with updates and pics...and I sure hope there are some Mainers out there who will enjoy this journey. Take a look at the pics and let me know what you think. Feel free to ask questions or just chat about growing here in Maine. Peace folks...
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