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Okaaaaaaaaay, gang. I was supposed to start this grow about eight months ago, but, you know, shit happens. We found a couple tumors on one of my boxers in June which ended up costing us twelve grand to treat (I would've paid a million dollars if I had to; he's a good boy...). That, along with a lot of other expensive stuff that me and my girl weren't anticipating spending money on, ended up causing me to put this grow off for a lot longer than I wanted to. But Bowie (my boy dog) is all good now and cancer-free. Anyway....
This grow is the same as all of my others. Soil mix is Coot's, although for this run I mixed up a new batch of soil. Last May, I sent in a sample of the soil I'd been using for the last few years and the analysis came back really salty. I have no idea why that might've been, but in any event, I hemmed and hawed for a couple weeks, debating whether or not I should flush the shit out of my recycled soil and use that or just mix up a new batch of soil. Obviously, I ended up mixing a new batch and just tossing the old soil in the big-ass planter I have in my backyard. I'm still using my trusty Apache AT600 for lighting (it is a gawddamned good light and I highly recommend it to every grower). Been watering with straight RO water, mostly, with a couple AACT's and a few K Silicate/fulvic foliars here and there. Y'all know me, I subscribe heavily to the "less is more" theory. So...
On November 30, I planted eight seeds each of the Big Sur Nigerian/NL2 and the Mendo Purps/Sunshine Daydream. I know a lot of people think Mendo Purps is garbage, but I think that that's just because they haven't smoked legit Mendo Purps. It's one of my favorite strains, although I haven't seen any around in almost ten years. Anyway, all eight of the Big Surs and one of the Mendo's was above ground in 72 hours (I don't bother with soaking or paper towels or any of that, I just plant my seeds straight into my dirt). The rest of the Mendo's were above ground a day later. So, 100% germination rates.
A couple weeks after planting the seeds, a cold front blew in to LA and dried everything up. Humidity levels were insanely low, down in the low teens. I use outside air to cool my room, so this wasn't good. Even though I was running two humidifiers, I still couldn't get humidity levels above 20% or so. Ended up buying a third humidifier that's rated for a 600 square foot room (my room is 10 ft x 10 ft and my tent is 5 ft x 5 ft) and that STILL wasn't enough. So I bought a couple of these mini-greenhouse things and put all of the plants in those. Tents inside of a tent haha. Those first few weeks were brutal and got me really depressed. The plants looked like shit and the leaves were getting all crispy and yellow and dying off pretty much as soon as they grew. I even considered maybe never growing again, but once I got the plants into those greenhouses, the humidity levels increased. And for the past few days, it's been raining a LOT here, which has also raised humidity levels (obviously).
My point is, everything's going great now haha!
Here's a few pictures. Just groups shots. I'll take more detailed photos as we get closer to flowering, which should be in just two weeks or so. I always veg my plants for sixty days, so we're getting pretty dang close. I may veg for 65 or 66 days or so this time, depending on how long it takes for these plants to outgrow their current half-gallon containers. We'll see, but I have to say, GAWDDAMN! I missed growing....
The broad-leaved plants in these pics are the Mendo Purps/SSDD and the narrow-leaved, extremely Sativa-looking ones are the Nigerian/NL's. One thing I've noticed about the Nigerians are that they have extremely wide internodes. I expect them to stretch like crazy once I induce flowering. Another thing I noticed about them is that they have, like, zero side-branching. Straight up, straight down. I topped them last night, even though I don't think that'll be beneficial (they look like they're the type of plant to just do one big-ass main cola), but I had to, just because once flowering's induced, I think they're gonna end up being twice the size of the Mendos. Either way, YAY! Growin' again!
Last thing: they smell delicious. Really, really good. When I was transplanting them into their current containers two Sundays ago, one of the Mendos reeked of straight-up grape candy. I hope that that stays all the way through finish. We'll see....
This grow is the same as all of my others. Soil mix is Coot's, although for this run I mixed up a new batch of soil. Last May, I sent in a sample of the soil I'd been using for the last few years and the analysis came back really salty. I have no idea why that might've been, but in any event, I hemmed and hawed for a couple weeks, debating whether or not I should flush the shit out of my recycled soil and use that or just mix up a new batch of soil. Obviously, I ended up mixing a new batch and just tossing the old soil in the big-ass planter I have in my backyard. I'm still using my trusty Apache AT600 for lighting (it is a gawddamned good light and I highly recommend it to every grower). Been watering with straight RO water, mostly, with a couple AACT's and a few K Silicate/fulvic foliars here and there. Y'all know me, I subscribe heavily to the "less is more" theory. So...
On November 30, I planted eight seeds each of the Big Sur Nigerian/NL2 and the Mendo Purps/Sunshine Daydream. I know a lot of people think Mendo Purps is garbage, but I think that that's just because they haven't smoked legit Mendo Purps. It's one of my favorite strains, although I haven't seen any around in almost ten years. Anyway, all eight of the Big Surs and one of the Mendo's was above ground in 72 hours (I don't bother with soaking or paper towels or any of that, I just plant my seeds straight into my dirt). The rest of the Mendo's were above ground a day later. So, 100% germination rates.
A couple weeks after planting the seeds, a cold front blew in to LA and dried everything up. Humidity levels were insanely low, down in the low teens. I use outside air to cool my room, so this wasn't good. Even though I was running two humidifiers, I still couldn't get humidity levels above 20% or so. Ended up buying a third humidifier that's rated for a 600 square foot room (my room is 10 ft x 10 ft and my tent is 5 ft x 5 ft) and that STILL wasn't enough. So I bought a couple of these mini-greenhouse things and put all of the plants in those. Tents inside of a tent haha. Those first few weeks were brutal and got me really depressed. The plants looked like shit and the leaves were getting all crispy and yellow and dying off pretty much as soon as they grew. I even considered maybe never growing again, but once I got the plants into those greenhouses, the humidity levels increased. And for the past few days, it's been raining a LOT here, which has also raised humidity levels (obviously).
My point is, everything's going great now haha!
Here's a few pictures. Just groups shots. I'll take more detailed photos as we get closer to flowering, which should be in just two weeks or so. I always veg my plants for sixty days, so we're getting pretty dang close. I may veg for 65 or 66 days or so this time, depending on how long it takes for these plants to outgrow their current half-gallon containers. We'll see, but I have to say, GAWDDAMN! I missed growing....
The broad-leaved plants in these pics are the Mendo Purps/SSDD and the narrow-leaved, extremely Sativa-looking ones are the Nigerian/NL's. One thing I've noticed about the Nigerians are that they have extremely wide internodes. I expect them to stretch like crazy once I induce flowering. Another thing I noticed about them is that they have, like, zero side-branching. Straight up, straight down. I topped them last night, even though I don't think that'll be beneficial (they look like they're the type of plant to just do one big-ass main cola), but I had to, just because once flowering's induced, I think they're gonna end up being twice the size of the Mendos. Either way, YAY! Growin' again!
Last thing: they smell delicious. Really, really good. When I was transplanting them into their current containers two Sundays ago, one of the Mendos reeked of straight-up grape candy. I hope that that stays all the way through finish. We'll see....
