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Hey THC Farmer. I'm a first time grower, although I'm no stranger to plants. I've been an avid user of cannabis for over 15 years and I'm continually amazed even today by it's remarkable healing properties. That being said I know I'm preaching to the choir here so I won't make this a rant about the wonders of Cannabis. The point is, after 15 years I finally decided to cultivate my own medicine and being that I'm a medical marijuana patient in a state that allows my to grow my own, it dawned on me that I would be a fool not to.
There's a lot of Cannabis here in California and you only have to drive a few blocks just about anywhere to stumble upon a dispensary. This however doesn't mean that there's a lot of good cannabis here, and it's quite difficult sometimes to find reasonably priced, soil grown organic weed that doesn't suck or that isn't hundreds of miles away. I was also ready for a new hobby and this seemed like one that I could really get my teeth stuck into. I certainly wasn't wrong about that.
I wanted some diversity in my harvest so I went with 3 strains. Dr. Who ( A subcool strain), hence why I've named my tent 'The Tardis'. Gorilla Glue #4, a cut I obtained from Midnight Farms in C.A and Sour Tangie by Crockett Family Farms which was also a cut from Midnight Farms. The soil for this run was a base of Bu's Malibu Compost Potting Soil. I added some bio char and a little bit more areation to the mix, top dressing with EWC and Build a Soil's top dress kit. My next run (which I am preparing for now will be a mix made from scratch but more on that later. I have to say I was pretty happy with Bu's potting soil. Anyway, enough talking. Here's my setup and some pictures of my progress so far.
First things first, the tent:
Okay, I've got a home, now some light:
I decided to go with COB Led's as I wanted to keep heat and running costs to a minimum. I also like to build stuff, so any excuse really. I laid out some tape to mark my grow area so that I could figure out the best light distribution.
Initial wiring complete.
Lenses on and 'Let there be light'!
GG#4 in her first container
The happy family.
A couple weeks later
And 2 weeks later. (Had an accident with the Sour Tangie on the left. That snapping sound still ringing in my ears. Ahh well, it's a weed after all, moving on!
I got bored so I built a scog screen. These things can be bought on Amazon for $100 or they can be made in less than 30 minutes for just over $10. No brainer there.
Scrog is in.
I got bored again (maybe I need a love life) so I built a compost tea brewer. This is an airlift vortex brewer and it's working really well.
I took some clones right before the flip. Rooted with pure Aloe and coconut water.
They rooted well in about 10 days.
Ohh ohhhh. I found a male. One of the Dr. Who's to be precise. He's been banished from the tent and will be shipped off to a friends place for pollen collection. Yes I'm going to try pollination on my first time, yes I realize this is risky, but who doesn't want to cross Dr. Who with Gorilla Glue and create Dr. Zaius.. Yes that's right, you heard it here first folks. ;)
I get bored easily. I'm upgrading the light. Doubling it's power and making it look way slicker.
So now it's 8 CXB 3590's @3500K, each pushing 50W of juice.
All wired up and looking pretty slick. I've hooked the drivers up to a junction box outside the tent to eliminate heat. Those meanwells can get pretty hot.
I know... I'm being indulgent but I'm proud of my baby.
Day 10 of flower. The girls are loving their 4 new Cobs and the extra space created by the removal of the male has given me space to stretch out GG#4 in the back right corner. So far so good. Feeding with compost tea once a week with occasional feedings of Captain Neptune's Fish Fertilizer, Insect Frass, Sea Bird Guano (all very small amounts). They also got a top dress before flip, and the top dress mix is from Build a Soil. It has stuff like, Neem, Comfrey, Bio Char, EWC, etc, it looks and smells great.
Gorilla Glue Day 12
There's a lot of Cannabis here in California and you only have to drive a few blocks just about anywhere to stumble upon a dispensary. This however doesn't mean that there's a lot of good cannabis here, and it's quite difficult sometimes to find reasonably priced, soil grown organic weed that doesn't suck or that isn't hundreds of miles away. I was also ready for a new hobby and this seemed like one that I could really get my teeth stuck into. I certainly wasn't wrong about that.
I wanted some diversity in my harvest so I went with 3 strains. Dr. Who ( A subcool strain), hence why I've named my tent 'The Tardis'. Gorilla Glue #4, a cut I obtained from Midnight Farms in C.A and Sour Tangie by Crockett Family Farms which was also a cut from Midnight Farms. The soil for this run was a base of Bu's Malibu Compost Potting Soil. I added some bio char and a little bit more areation to the mix, top dressing with EWC and Build a Soil's top dress kit. My next run (which I am preparing for now will be a mix made from scratch but more on that later. I have to say I was pretty happy with Bu's potting soil. Anyway, enough talking. Here's my setup and some pictures of my progress so far.
First things first, the tent:
Okay, I've got a home, now some light:
I decided to go with COB Led's as I wanted to keep heat and running costs to a minimum. I also like to build stuff, so any excuse really. I laid out some tape to mark my grow area so that I could figure out the best light distribution.
Initial wiring complete.
Lenses on and 'Let there be light'!
GG#4 in her first container
The happy family.
A couple weeks later
And 2 weeks later. (Had an accident with the Sour Tangie on the left. That snapping sound still ringing in my ears. Ahh well, it's a weed after all, moving on!
I got bored so I built a scog screen. These things can be bought on Amazon for $100 or they can be made in less than 30 minutes for just over $10. No brainer there.
Scrog is in.
I got bored again (maybe I need a love life) so I built a compost tea brewer. This is an airlift vortex brewer and it's working really well.
I took some clones right before the flip. Rooted with pure Aloe and coconut water.
They rooted well in about 10 days.
Ohh ohhhh. I found a male. One of the Dr. Who's to be precise. He's been banished from the tent and will be shipped off to a friends place for pollen collection. Yes I'm going to try pollination on my first time, yes I realize this is risky, but who doesn't want to cross Dr. Who with Gorilla Glue and create Dr. Zaius.. Yes that's right, you heard it here first folks. ;)
I get bored easily. I'm upgrading the light. Doubling it's power and making it look way slicker.
So now it's 8 CXB 3590's @3500K, each pushing 50W of juice.
All wired up and looking pretty slick. I've hooked the drivers up to a junction box outside the tent to eliminate heat. Those meanwells can get pretty hot.
I know... I'm being indulgent but I'm proud of my baby.
Day 10 of flower. The girls are loving their 4 new Cobs and the extra space created by the removal of the male has given me space to stretch out GG#4 in the back right corner. So far so good. Feeding with compost tea once a week with occasional feedings of Captain Neptune's Fish Fertilizer, Insect Frass, Sea Bird Guano (all very small amounts). They also got a top dress before flip, and the top dress mix is from Build a Soil. It has stuff like, Neem, Comfrey, Bio Char, EWC, etc, it looks and smells great.
Gorilla Glue Day 12
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