juliando said:

Next Indoor run will be Northern Lights. I was excited to receive these seeds from Homegrown Cannabis for a number of reasons - First, this is one of the first strains I ever grew. Back in the mid/late 90s when it was still sketchy buying seeds online (and even sketchier to grow) we managed to get them from somewhere in Canada. So Im looking forward to seeing how this compares - its been awhile, but still.
Also, Ive been growing Sativa dominant for the past few years now and Im looking forward to any type of Indica for once.
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Taking no chances, broke down and Nuked the Veg tent today - bleach spray best I could (all surfaces and flaps and nooks and zippers and things)
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Ive started 3, Ill keep one indoors, in soil here. My hope is for 12 weeks total - 4 weeks veg ending with a 90° stem bend, and 8 weeks of flower (and Ill keep one outside too, just to compare)

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Looking forward to following your grow with those NL #10. I'll be starting some in a few weeks myself.

2 days - 2 sprouts, impressive. I figured 1 was big enough to plant (didnt want it to grow into the paper towel) Ill give the other another day. If the 3rd doesnt open by the end of the week, ill probably try one more.

Got her in promix with a dome on the heat pad until it can break the surface.

But the tents are empty, clean and smellin like a public pool - so, good to let things sit empty and air out a bit.

Also, I still have a 300w blurple light that ive had good flowering results with in the past, thinkin I may want to bust it out for one of these. Not sure if its the spectrum or the intensity that does it, but the results were prettt great. This is a blue dream from a few years back.

All 3 opened up (so i wont try any more for now) and got all 3 in soil - 1 day between each planting. The last one is still domed on the heat pad for now, but will go outside eventually.
Took the domes off the 2 in the veg tent, turned the light down to 75% and dropped it to 30"


Ill see how they act/stretch at first, but will probably turn the light back up to 100% after they add a few inches of height.

I usually keep their feet wet for the first 3 weeks (or so) then give them their first dry out and feed after. But, depends on how they act - Ive had some strains that needed feed sooner, so TBD.

All 3 up...and I think mostly on track for 5 days (oldest) to 3 days (youngest)
Temps dropped down again to high 40s outside, so it got a little cool in here (low 60s) So I thought they may have slowed down a bit? (Maybe just paranoid)
Hoping to keep the soil on the warm side - I lowered the ventilation a little to let the light raise the temperature.

A few days in the 80s and theyre back on track, mostly. One still pretty small for 7 days - but Ill give her a chance. I only have the tent space for 2, so just as well.

Maybe Ill put her in "time-out" with my other spare clones - Ive got a table with some low power LEDs on 18hrs light where I keep spare strain bonzais I dont have time for.

Now that everyones established and settled, time to start playin with lights. Decided to transfer now instead of switching later at flower.
I have the 300w 9-band blurple light set up in the flower tent.

I had them all in the veg tent under the VS1000, 100% @ 30"
But only 1 was really happy about it, 1 was neutral and 1 was still sort of stalled.


I dropped the VS1000 down to 28" then 26" after a few days, just to see - and to prepare 1 for its move over to the 300w light. And the results were a little surprising...

The largest one did not appreciate the change, eventually started to shrink away. The stalled one perked up immediately and the middle one remained neutral.

So (as a test) figuring the little one was light hungry - I moved her over to the 300w 100% @ 40" and she loved it. Figuring the neutral (middle sized) one would tolerate the increase in light as well I moved her over too.


Leaving the largest by itself in veg to recuperate, with the light back up @ 30" where she likes it - fingers crossed.


And if the other 2 stay happy Ill continue to drop the 300w over time. Whoever does best will flower in that tent, the other maybe goes outside or something, idk.

Couple days under the new light and theyve really responded. Ive continued to drop it a few inches each day, down to 34" - if anything they seem to be stretching for it, so Ill keep lowering.

The one left in the "veg" tent, that responded poorly to the light being lowered, has perked up some. I have the light at 32", still relatively compact but Ill see what the new growth does before I change anything again.

Just about ready for repotting, as soon as I can see a root at the bottom. Maybe a bit early for a feed at 2 weeks (I usually wait until 3) but theyve been workin hard so I gave everybody a little bit of 1/4 dose 2-2-2.