2024 ONE GALLON CHALLENGE DISCUSSION TOPIC

[Mikedin]

I was tempted to use this.
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Well… it’s kinda a big kids craft….

 

[Mikedin]

Cali blues mother left Frostette mother right under that SF600

 

[BearWater]

I was tempted to use this.
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You can only use that if you ate all the glue from it!

 

[BearWater]

Well… it’s kinda a big kids craft….

Sub category… most/best bling or flair

 

[Mikedin]

Sub category… most/best bling or flair

Figured I’d show those they are in Gaia green buckets probably short 1/2 gallon at best lol

 

[RootFarmer]

You can only use that if you ate all the glue from it!

Ummmmmm........

 

[BearWater]

Ummmmmm........

I was a glue stick licker back in my young school days!

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

@PlumberSoCal2

Something like this? Lol It ain't pretty but might work.....hopefully.
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Function over beauty works every time

I got a couple of these LED burple 4 x 12" Amazon special several years ago. Never liked 'em in either greenhouse but in one of these? Might work

 

[cannafarmer420]

Ok so how are they judged? What is the goal? Sorry I'm way out of the loop

 

[BB22]

Ok so how are they judged? What is the goal? Sorry I'm way out of the loop

I’m looking at it as a fun way to talk smack and learn how others grow

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Got my 1 gallon pots & coco coir

and my seeds

Sarsaparilla my S1's 2023 and Bobby's Widow x Toof Decay cross 2022.

Once upon a time I worked with autos. Glad that's outta my system. They didn't stand up to regulars, at least the regs I grew. I did enjoy the grow so there's that. I'm eady for Monday

 

[PlumberSoCal2]

Ok so how are they judged? What is the goal? Sorry I'm way out of the loop

We're competing against ourselves and each other. Basically to show others how we do it. No prizes, just fun. I plan to pick three, first or second or third timer growers and offer 'em some seeds but really, no prizes, all for fun & pride/bragging rights.

Once we do this we can chat about more with different categories and real prizes. Maybe even one in spring/summer for all the outdoor growers too?

Back in the day here we use to have solo cup grows to grow "Christmas Trees."

 

[jetbtkng]

these are my pots, ones a metal bucket planter the other an little old round ice bucket i drilled holes in, im going ghetto, lol... also my plants i have growing now, 2 maui wowie & 2 star somethings

 

[Mikedin]

Ok so how are they judged? What is the goal? Sorry I'm way out of the loop

Wait… we don’t judge we just encourage…

That’s still kinda up in the air, I’ll look back and find the idea list I had started, it’s not final by far but it’s a good brainstorming start, gunna set the dates for each phase first though, we’ll have plenty of time to determine judging. Biggest thing for now is getting this going!

 

[Mikedin]

Basically I’d like
1: 1 gallon (your medium choice)
2: Photos or auto (no clones this time)
3: Everyone will get the same start date, that will be the seed splash date, once everyone’s seed has popped we will select a date 20-30 days in the future to flip for photos, not sure of the Veg timing for most autos I know some are fast some veg longer, so we’ll have to account for that. Maybe find an somewhat average veg time for autos and select a flip date for the photos based off that but I’d like a short veg quick flip type challenge
4: training and topping is obviously a decision everyone will have to make given the short veg time allotment we will have to plan so folks will have to very carefully select timing for any topping etc before veg time runs out
5: your choice synthetic or organic we can seperatly vote on whatever we’d like afterwards, group the autos together make a poll, group the photos together, make a poll, group the males together etc but we don’t need seperate topics for the grow we can separate it out however we’d like for a vote at the end, and make those decisions as we go during the comp
6: Genetics, your choice as long as it’s seed, fem reg whatever strain you’d like, hell some might even be wanting a male to pop

This was a quick idea lost

Maybe

best grow style (time management)
Heaviest weight
Best overall appearance

If we’d like to break it down we can have an organic / synthetic vote separate

Same for photos and autos

Photo organic
Photo synthetic
Auto organic
Auto synthetic

But I think that’ll separate folks too much, not enough in each category, so I’d say we just break it down to autos / photos, your choice of neuts synthetic or organic

 

[Mikedin]

I might be interested in participating in this little event if it happens. I haven't read through all of the replies in this topic, (and I have limited bandwidth and time to do so) but has anyone outlined the general rules for this contest, yet? Like, what will be considered the "start" of it - from the moment you plant a seed? The moment you snip a clone? Or maybe the moment you plant a germinated seed, or plant a rooted clone into said 1 gallon? Finishing could be defined in several different ways, as well as final judgement, such as overall size of plant, end product weight wet or dry, etc.. These are all things to consider. Maybe even have a side contest for best photo, presentation, etc.

As far as a set "finish date" I think in order to keep things fair it might be best to allow plenty of time for strains to finish properly, so maybe not have a certain date, rather just keep an allotted time for veg. Maybe set a final date out far enough that even 14 week strains can finish, for final entries to be submitted?

And to keep things fair as far as end product weight, maybe allow time for drying and weigh ~62% humidity or so just to keep it consistent.

Just a few thoughts, take it or leave it

Grouping up some good options so I can filter easier

 

[Mikedin]

Got my 1 gallon pots & coco coir
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and my seeds
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Sarsaparilla my S1's 2023 and Bobby's Widow x Toof Decay cross 2022.

Once upon a time I worked with autos. Glad that's outta my system. They didn't stand up to regulars, at least the regs I grew. I did enjoy the grow so there's that. I'm eady for Monday

How often do you anticipate hand watering? Never played with coco but it’s on my list, I’d run coco in a 5 gallon bucket hand watered but not sure how long that’s go between needing waterings

Same here with the photo / autos I do think the autos are cool and have a use case though, say if you’re like me and have the flower tent plus a veg tent with another additional space, my 4x8 flower tent is full with 3 plants atm Frostette will rotate out in about 10-14 days and I can bring in more but otherwise I’d be able to flower some autos with my veg plants, but my rotation usually keeps me more than supplied, I’d rather run 2 huge plants then 6 small, these 12 gallon pots are nice, in my 5 gallon buckets I’d be watering daily at this point but I’m still making it 48 hours between watering near the end of flower

If I was allowing clones this run this Frostette would be it haha

 

[Mikedin]

OFFICIAL TIMELINE FOR THE 2024 ONE GALLON CHALLENGE!

Start date 8/5
Germ timeline: 8/5 - 8/12 (7 days)
Seedling timeline 8/12-8/26 (14 days)
Veg timeline 8/26 - 9/30 (36 days)

This timeline leaves 92 days from end of veg / start of flower, to new years. Most plants should finish within this timeline. There will be no exact finish date, when all entrants have finished flower the contest will end, we will determine an adequate dry time (most likely 2 weeks) then we will vote on weight and manicured bud appearance last. For the other categories voting can begin when the last plant finishes.

May have a best appearance vote at end of veg as well (best plant shape / most efficient training method etc)

The dates above are final, all entrants must follow the timeline, I will split the final members list into 2 or 3 groups (not dependent on strain or auto / photo I will use a random generator to determine groups) you will be placed in group 1 or group 2,

Mondays and Thursdays will be photo submission date for group 1

Tuesdays and Fridays will be photo submission days for group 2

A designated topic will be created tomorrow for ALL entrants to show their seed / strain a medium / explain your grow and your goals, In one post each, after the initial posts no further comments will be allowed in the photo submission topic all posts besides the photo submissions will be deleted.

An additional category for males will be made if we have any come up during the competition!

This current topic will continue as the chat topic for the contest.

 

[RootFarmer]

The tarp seems to be ok as far as light dep but turns out it's quite a bit more of a glow than expected. The first pic waz taken in the afternoon during daylight. The other pics were taken around dusk so I imagine even brighter appearing in the dark of night. It's only a 55w light but still pretty damn bright.

 

[Natep]

Basically I’d like
1: 1 gallon (your medium choice)
2: Photos or auto (no clones this time)
3: Everyone will get the same start date, that will be the seed splash date, once everyone’s seed has popped we will select a date 20-30 days in the future to flip for photos, not sure of the Veg timing for most autos I know some are fast some veg longer, so we’ll have to account for that. Maybe find an somewhat average veg time for autos and select a flip date for the photos based off that but I’d like a short veg quick flip type challenge
4: training and topping is obviously a decision everyone will have to make given the short veg time allotment we will have to plan so folks will have to very carefully select timing for any topping etc before veg time runs out
5: your choice synthetic or organic we can seperatly vote on whatever we’d like afterwards, group the autos together make a poll, group the photos together, make a poll, group the males together etc but we don’t need seperate topics for the grow we can separate it out however we’d like for a vote at the end, and make those decisions as we go during the comp
6: Genetics, your choice as long as it’s seed, fem reg whatever strain you’d like, hell some might even be wanting a male to pop

This was a quick idea lost

Maybe

best grow style (time management)
Heaviest weight
Best overall appearance

If we’d like to break it down we can have an organic / synthetic vote separate

Same for photos and autos

Photo organic
Photo synthetic
Auto organic
Auto synthetic

But I think that’ll separate folks too much, not enough in each category, so I’d say we just break it down to autos / photos, your choice of neuts synthetic or organic

OFFICIAL TIMELINE FOR THE 2024 ONE GALLON CHALLENGE!

Start date 8/5
Germ timeline: 8/5 - 8/12 (7 days)
Seedling timeline 8/12-8/26 (14 days)
Veg timeline 8/26 - 9/30 (36 days)

This timeline leaves 92 days from end of veg / start of flower, to new years. Most plants should finish within this timeline. There will be no exact finish date, when all entrants have finished flower the contest will end, we will determine an adequate dry time (most likely 2 weeks) then we will vote on weight and manicured bud appearance last. For the other categories voting can begin when the last plant finishes.

May have a best appearance vote at end of veg as well (best plant shape / most efficient training method etc)

The dates above are final, all entrants must follow the timeline, I will split the final members list into 2 or 3 groups (not dependent on strain or auto / photo I will use a random generator to determine groups) you will be placed in group 1 or group 2,

Mondays and Thursdays will be photo submission date for group 1

Tuesdays and Fridays will be photo submission days for group 2

A designated topic will be created tomorrow for ALL entrants to show their seed / strain a medium / explain your grow and your goals, In one post each, after the initial posts no further comments will be allowed in the photo submission topic all posts besides the photo submissions will be deleted.

An additional category for males will be made if we have any come up during the competition!

This current topic will continue as the chat topic for the contest.

Awesome thanks for putting all this together.