goingtoguano
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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.