GrilledCheese
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Hello Everyone!
I am new to this forum and am happy to be here with fellow cultivators and enthusiasts! I am currently in the middle of my first grow after stopping about a decade ago. I wish I never put down the green thumb, but things happen sometimes! It all comes full circle and here I am with a new set up and better understanding of my relationship with this plant! I am very green when it comes to cultivation, even though I have grown before, and welcome all advice and constructive criticism. I am at the end of the vegging cycle so I will be taking clones soon, letting them recover, and then flippin' the light cycle! Very excited for that, but I need to dial things in and take clones.
My current set up is:
4'x4' tent (craigslist find)
Growers Choice ROI-E720 4'x'4' (used in 3 flower cycles, also craigslist)
T5 and CLFs for beginning veg
2 small red and blue LEDs (full spec I think - also craigslist)
Age Old Nutrients - Grow, Kelp, Fish/Seaweed, Microsynergy, and Flower
Smallboy from Hydrologic - *Not RO* unfortunately - Tap water filtration (gets the ppms to ~50 and ph ~7.2 to start)
Carbon Filtered intake/exit fan plus base fan for air movement in tent
Small humidifier running 24/7 - super dry where I am, probably need another one
I have 4 different strains, 2 in Coco and 2 in Soil. The largest (back right) is Black Cherry Gelato, I started her on a 24/7 cfl light back in December for fun - seed was in some flower I purchased. The one closest on the right side is Grilled Cheese from Colorado Seed Inc. The closest left is Aloha Limone, also from Colorado Seed Co. The back left one is a mix of Chemy Jones and a hybrid called Danky Kong. These seeds were given to me from a fellow cultivator. These other three seeds were started in January. Because I was slowly collecting items and relearning many things my plants took a very long time to grow, hence how small they are for their age!! I've been trying to learn as I go, without making too many mistakes but it's hard as you all know!
Black Cherry Gelato:
Age: Week 14
Medium: Soil (Ocean Forest by Fox Farm)
PPM runoff: 900 (way too high, been flushing all plants!)
Ph runofff: 7.1
Grilled Cheese (Cheese Quake x Gupta Kush)
Age: Week 11
Medium: Soil (Ocean Forest, Fox Farm)
Ppm runoff: 750
Ph runoff: 6.8
Aloha Limone (Hawaiian Sunrise x Nina Limone)
Age: 8 weeks
Medium: Coco
Ppm runoff: 648
Ph runoff: 7.8
Danky Kong x Chemy Jones*
Age: 8 weeks
Medium: Coco
Ppm runoff: Too high (unknown)
Ph runoff: 7.8
*only half of this seed actually grew into the plant. At germination half of the seed withered away. So it's been a struggle from the beginning. This plant has grown slower than the others and seems more delicate overall.
I am currently flushing all the plants. I realized the ppms were too high last week because I was over feeding and now am trying to correct that!
I am new to this forum and am happy to be here with fellow cultivators and enthusiasts! I am currently in the middle of my first grow after stopping about a decade ago. I wish I never put down the green thumb, but things happen sometimes! It all comes full circle and here I am with a new set up and better understanding of my relationship with this plant! I am very green when it comes to cultivation, even though I have grown before, and welcome all advice and constructive criticism. I am at the end of the vegging cycle so I will be taking clones soon, letting them recover, and then flippin' the light cycle! Very excited for that, but I need to dial things in and take clones.
My current set up is:
4'x4' tent (craigslist find)
Growers Choice ROI-E720 4'x'4' (used in 3 flower cycles, also craigslist)
T5 and CLFs for beginning veg
2 small red and blue LEDs (full spec I think - also craigslist)
Age Old Nutrients - Grow, Kelp, Fish/Seaweed, Microsynergy, and Flower
Smallboy from Hydrologic - *Not RO* unfortunately - Tap water filtration (gets the ppms to ~50 and ph ~7.2 to start)
Carbon Filtered intake/exit fan plus base fan for air movement in tent
Small humidifier running 24/7 - super dry where I am, probably need another one
I have 4 different strains, 2 in Coco and 2 in Soil. The largest (back right) is Black Cherry Gelato, I started her on a 24/7 cfl light back in December for fun - seed was in some flower I purchased. The one closest on the right side is Grilled Cheese from Colorado Seed Inc. The closest left is Aloha Limone, also from Colorado Seed Co. The back left one is a mix of Chemy Jones and a hybrid called Danky Kong. These seeds were given to me from a fellow cultivator. These other three seeds were started in January. Because I was slowly collecting items and relearning many things my plants took a very long time to grow, hence how small they are for their age!! I've been trying to learn as I go, without making too many mistakes but it's hard as you all know!
Black Cherry Gelato:
Age: Week 14
Medium: Soil (Ocean Forest by Fox Farm)
PPM runoff: 900 (way too high, been flushing all plants!)
Ph runofff: 7.1
Grilled Cheese (Cheese Quake x Gupta Kush)
Age: Week 11
Medium: Soil (Ocean Forest, Fox Farm)
Ppm runoff: 750
Ph runoff: 6.8
Aloha Limone (Hawaiian Sunrise x Nina Limone)
Age: 8 weeks
Medium: Coco
Ppm runoff: 648
Ph runoff: 7.8
Danky Kong x Chemy Jones*
Age: 8 weeks
Medium: Coco
Ppm runoff: Too high (unknown)
Ph runoff: 7.8
*only half of this seed actually grew into the plant. At germination half of the seed withered away. So it's been a struggle from the beginning. This plant has grown slower than the others and seems more delicate overall.
I am currently flushing all the plants. I realized the ppms were too high last week because I was over feeding and now am trying to correct that!