Darth Fader
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Well that got your attention. It's more of a tent really.
Darth Fader here. Mr. Fader if you're nasty.
Time for a new journal. This is another seed grow, but I'm going back to my buckets and the SCROG technique. Hand-watering was a great learning experience, but it requires dedication and a lot of time and it isn't practical for my set-up. I was having to feed with runoff every or every-other day and clean-up the run-off daily from the tray in my tent w/ a turkey baster. Not a big deal, but not something you want to have to do at every feeding. This also led to 70% RH. Bottom-feeding w/ buckets & smartpots cuts that RH level down to the 30% range.
Starring in this grow are: (2) Larry OG S1's from 44 seed supply and (2) OGR WiFi, both from fem seed.
We're currently in flower at day 13 and the girls have been under a screen now for 3 wks w/ a digilux 600w MH overhead. Just pruned sucker branches off this morning and will let them thru the screen for the last wk of stretch.
I like to use these small coco cups from the hardware store for transplanting rooted clones into. They're great for keeping bonsai moms in.
Here's a few getting way too big. These were from seed & are perfect for big cuts but I'm going to flower these out & make bonsai mom's from cuts I took a couple wks ago.
Hand watering every day, or even every other day is a chore, and what if you need to go away for a few days? The simplest way to deal w/ this is by using a wick. I set up these coco cups w/ microfiber strips for a little passive-hydro wick-fed system. You just need to set them on a reservoir of some type and they'll feed themselves. The plants in the first photo actually all have styrofoam cups of solution under the (upside-down) plastic container.
Just put a little slit in the bottom of the coco cup & pull the wick thru. I put a knot about 2-3 from one end of the wick so that it doesn't get pulled out for whatever reason.
You can use a marker to label the coco pots and then you're ready to pack them w/ loose coco and add your rooted clones.
These clones were rooted w/ Root Riot plugs, but I've also used rockwool cubes. Pretty soon your coco pots will have roots aplenty poking out. You can then either transplant to bigger pots or cut down your plants, shaping them into bonsai moms. The coco pots will air-prune the roots, so no need to worry about those.
Darth Fader here. Mr. Fader if you're nasty.
Time for a new journal. This is another seed grow, but I'm going back to my buckets and the SCROG technique. Hand-watering was a great learning experience, but it requires dedication and a lot of time and it isn't practical for my set-up. I was having to feed with runoff every or every-other day and clean-up the run-off daily from the tray in my tent w/ a turkey baster. Not a big deal, but not something you want to have to do at every feeding. This also led to 70% RH. Bottom-feeding w/ buckets & smartpots cuts that RH level down to the 30% range.
Starring in this grow are: (2) Larry OG S1's from 44 seed supply and (2) OGR WiFi, both from fem seed.
We're currently in flower at day 13 and the girls have been under a screen now for 3 wks w/ a digilux 600w MH overhead. Just pruned sucker branches off this morning and will let them thru the screen for the last wk of stretch.
I like to use these small coco cups from the hardware store for transplanting rooted clones into. They're great for keeping bonsai moms in.
Here's a few getting way too big. These were from seed & are perfect for big cuts but I'm going to flower these out & make bonsai mom's from cuts I took a couple wks ago.
Hand watering every day, or even every other day is a chore, and what if you need to go away for a few days? The simplest way to deal w/ this is by using a wick. I set up these coco cups w/ microfiber strips for a little passive-hydro wick-fed system. You just need to set them on a reservoir of some type and they'll feed themselves. The plants in the first photo actually all have styrofoam cups of solution under the (upside-down) plastic container.
Just put a little slit in the bottom of the coco cup & pull the wick thru. I put a knot about 2-3 from one end of the wick so that it doesn't get pulled out for whatever reason.
You can use a marker to label the coco pots and then you're ready to pack them w/ loose coco and add your rooted clones.
These clones were rooted w/ Root Riot plugs, but I've also used rockwool cubes. Pretty soon your coco pots will have roots aplenty poking out. You can then either transplant to bigger pots or cut down your plants, shaping them into bonsai moms. The coco pots will air-prune the roots, so no need to worry about those.