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Hello fellow farmers! Starting my 2022 journey, and I'm going to try to actually keep a grow diary this time... I said that last year too and was lazy about it... well more like my ladies were massive and required all my extra time.
So I start indoors because I'm in the Northeast and I have to. Last year I had 12 plants, yeilded 10 pounds, about 7 of nice bud and 3 smaller buds destined for various edibles and extractions. The 5 in my garden were babied, the 7 in other locations were cared for but semi neglected at times. My biggest gal yeilded about 2 and a half pounds, she was a white widow.
This year I'm scaling it back a bit. Starting with 8 seeds, might make a few clones if time and space permit, we shall see... I do like to give babies to my friends.
On 3/19 I put my seeds in water to germinate and placed the cups in a box on my warming mat. I have a Super Skunk, an Amnesia Lemon, a Black Cherry Punch and 5 Texada Time Warps, which is a new strain for me, so I'm excited about them. All are photoperiod obviously, I think the Texada are regular, not feminized, but I'm honestly not sure, we shall see! The others are feminized and I grew all 3 of those strains last year as well.
As of yesterday, 3/21, all but the Texada Time Warps had sprouted tails, I'm hoping that's just an indication that they are super robust and need extra time to break through thier shells.
Last night I put all the germinated seeds in their pots. 1 gallon garden pots filled 2/3 of the way with an organic soil mixture which has mushroom compost and worm castings, added some coir for moisture purposes and some perlite for aeration. The top third of the pot I just used organic seed starter with some extra perlite, I think it's mostly peat and some coir. I do it this way so that I can avoid one transplant, they start in the plain mix and by the time the root gets down to the soil mixture, it's a little more robust and ready for the delicious organic soil. I'm currently using my sun mimicking people light that is used to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder, I usually use a plain fluorescent shop light, but my new spot does not accommodate the 4 ft light, so I'm working with what I have. The bulbs are basically fluorescents on steroids lol. Once they are up and looking ready to grow out of the seedling stage, I'll hang my Mars Hydro.
Hoping for a successful season and looking forward to warm summer days in the garden!
So I start indoors because I'm in the Northeast and I have to. Last year I had 12 plants, yeilded 10 pounds, about 7 of nice bud and 3 smaller buds destined for various edibles and extractions. The 5 in my garden were babied, the 7 in other locations were cared for but semi neglected at times. My biggest gal yeilded about 2 and a half pounds, she was a white widow.
This year I'm scaling it back a bit. Starting with 8 seeds, might make a few clones if time and space permit, we shall see... I do like to give babies to my friends.
On 3/19 I put my seeds in water to germinate and placed the cups in a box on my warming mat. I have a Super Skunk, an Amnesia Lemon, a Black Cherry Punch and 5 Texada Time Warps, which is a new strain for me, so I'm excited about them. All are photoperiod obviously, I think the Texada are regular, not feminized, but I'm honestly not sure, we shall see! The others are feminized and I grew all 3 of those strains last year as well.
As of yesterday, 3/21, all but the Texada Time Warps had sprouted tails, I'm hoping that's just an indication that they are super robust and need extra time to break through thier shells.
Last night I put all the germinated seeds in their pots. 1 gallon garden pots filled 2/3 of the way with an organic soil mixture which has mushroom compost and worm castings, added some coir for moisture purposes and some perlite for aeration. The top third of the pot I just used organic seed starter with some extra perlite, I think it's mostly peat and some coir. I do it this way so that I can avoid one transplant, they start in the plain mix and by the time the root gets down to the soil mixture, it's a little more robust and ready for the delicious organic soil. I'm currently using my sun mimicking people light that is used to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder, I usually use a plain fluorescent shop light, but my new spot does not accommodate the 4 ft light, so I'm working with what I have. The bulbs are basically fluorescents on steroids lol. Once they are up and looking ready to grow out of the seedling stage, I'll hang my Mars Hydro.
Hoping for a successful season and looking forward to warm summer days in the garden!