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I would like to share my 2019 winter grow with you guys. I try to strive for the easiest/least-stressful processes for me while still putting quality first. I am not as concerned with time or electricity cost. My basement is cool and dry- I keep the thermostat set at 64 and the rh will only vary from 25-40. It is what it is.
4X4 tent with homemade outward-curved side-brace poles. You know what I mean- to keep the sides from sucking in under negative pressure and reducing the square footage.
Lighting:
Germination/seedling- I run a HLG65. I love that little light and so do the plants. It really works well, and for longer than you would think at only 65watts.
Veg- I just purchased and put up a 315CMH conversion kit($200) for my 6"Blockbuster hood and it looks like a winner. This is my first experience with the CMH bulbs but I expect it will do well. I formerly used a 600w MH that I thought was merely mediocre considering it was 600w. We'll see how this goes.
Flowering- 1000w SE Hortilux Hps (super or enhanced, whichever it is). This is overkill in a 4x4 but I am going to try to do a little better job with paying attention to the light-stress and dim it as required. My last grow was my first under the 1000w and I did end up with some crispy leaves but other than that, I see no reason to abandon it. Heat is a benefit here and it grows big buds.
Soil:
I am still running TheRev's 2.0 soil mix and I like it. It does use a shit-ton of different amendments but, once you have them all, it really isn't that hard to keep up with the ones you run out of. I actually really enjoy this aspect of the grow with the research and experimenting of new soil/water/tea additions. This grow will be with a 4th generation re-amended mix. Last spring I sent a used & new sample to LoganLabs to have it evaluated (to see if I had any excesses building up) and it came back looking great.
Water:
I have well water here that is around 140ppm and ph8.3. I use a RO unit that is connected to a timer (set it and forget it) in my utility sink and then I cut that water back to 50ish ppm with the tap water. I don't worry about the ph with the ppm being so low. I usually don't even check it anymore.
Strains:
3x Bogglegum (Bog seeds)
2x Loki Skunk (the Naturefarm)
3X Skunktosis (the Naturefarm -freebies)
2x HolyPunch fem. (Green House seeds)
My best case scenario is for (1) each of the 4 strains.
The first picture is about 10 days ago and the second is today (after the first 18/6hrs cmh). I kept the seedlings under 12/12 lighting for the first 2weeks above ground to hopefully help with early sexing. This does seem to set them back in growth some early-on but I am hoping to avoid up-potting to final containers of any plants that I am unsure of only to end up tossing two weeks later.
4X4 tent with homemade outward-curved side-brace poles. You know what I mean- to keep the sides from sucking in under negative pressure and reducing the square footage.
Lighting:
Germination/seedling- I run a HLG65. I love that little light and so do the plants. It really works well, and for longer than you would think at only 65watts.
Veg- I just purchased and put up a 315CMH conversion kit($200) for my 6"Blockbuster hood and it looks like a winner. This is my first experience with the CMH bulbs but I expect it will do well. I formerly used a 600w MH that I thought was merely mediocre considering it was 600w. We'll see how this goes.
Flowering- 1000w SE Hortilux Hps (super or enhanced, whichever it is). This is overkill in a 4x4 but I am going to try to do a little better job with paying attention to the light-stress and dim it as required. My last grow was my first under the 1000w and I did end up with some crispy leaves but other than that, I see no reason to abandon it. Heat is a benefit here and it grows big buds.
Soil:
I am still running TheRev's 2.0 soil mix and I like it. It does use a shit-ton of different amendments but, once you have them all, it really isn't that hard to keep up with the ones you run out of. I actually really enjoy this aspect of the grow with the research and experimenting of new soil/water/tea additions. This grow will be with a 4th generation re-amended mix. Last spring I sent a used & new sample to LoganLabs to have it evaluated (to see if I had any excesses building up) and it came back looking great.
Water:
I have well water here that is around 140ppm and ph8.3. I use a RO unit that is connected to a timer (set it and forget it) in my utility sink and then I cut that water back to 50ish ppm with the tap water. I don't worry about the ph with the ppm being so low. I usually don't even check it anymore.
Strains:
3x Bogglegum (Bog seeds)
2x Loki Skunk (the Naturefarm)
3X Skunktosis (the Naturefarm -freebies)
2x HolyPunch fem. (Green House seeds)
My best case scenario is for (1) each of the 4 strains.
The first picture is about 10 days ago and the second is today (after the first 18/6hrs cmh). I kept the seedlings under 12/12 lighting for the first 2weeks above ground to hopefully help with early sexing. This does seem to set them back in growth some early-on but I am hoping to avoid up-potting to final containers of any plants that I am unsure of only to end up tossing two weeks later.
. It doesn't look like any of them open up though. The triches are cloudy with a few ambers mixed in. The nanners are a bummer as I pollinated a couple of the lower branches but now, I don't know if I would want to take the chance with them. Between that and the overall size both this plant and the Skunktosis (coming down next and she is frosty AF), this grow is a bit disappointing but I still enjoyed it and this Bogglegum should still give me a few zips of some tasty herb. I'm learned a bit this grow for sure.
