Ongoing Soil Grow

[OldSmokie76]

That looks really nice.. Looks like some good sticky icky..

I just installed my new lights. Hoping to really get some nice grows going..

Nice. I'm interested. Those custom made strips or manufactured? What kind? Specs? There's always the debate, LED vs HID. What were you using previously?

 

[PassTheJ]

Lmfao.

3 years of Chinese burples and now SpyderXPlus..

Obviously not even worth comparing. My face melts from the intensity of light.

They truly are amazing.. But again, I used burples so anything is amazing..

 

[PassTheJ]

I'm LED all the way.. Live in an old house with bad central so temp is always an issue.

 

[OldSmokie76]

That a 4x8 tent? Each strip what output? Total? I'm interested in led for a new veg cabinet. Short of building cob I wouldn't mind installing strips. Spyderx, huh?

 

[PassTheJ]

From their website.. Yea.. You cant go wrong with these.. PAR is insane..

Best one on the market.. FOR NOW... lol

 

[OldSmokie76]

Big girl starting to fill in a little. I staked the four large spires. Damn thing looks like a castle with towers. Lol. The two Deathstar aren't doing the same. Both setting up to bud, but one is looking a little on the light side. Hmm. I'll give her little dose of N. Maybe?

 

[OldSmokie76]

Aerogarden clone update....

We have roots! So far, 2 of 6 cuttings are showing root. Good thing too cuz I put all my mature strawberry cough into flower. Didn't keep any in veg.

 

[OldSmokie76]

3 wks to show roots... Sigh. I'm content just getting a few out of the bunch, but only wish it was a touch faster.

 

[OldSmokie76]

A little update on things. Clones are doing well. 5 total from 7 cuttings. 4 from the aerogarden and 1 placed in the peat pellets. Hoping the plastic inserts from the aerogarden do not interfere with the roots. Thinking I'm good. The flower tent is looking good. 1 Strawberry Cough a couple weeks from harvest. 2 other SC a few weeks behind. With 2 Deathstar about a week behind those. The big SC had to be supercropped to stay away from the light. It's yellowing bad. I bumped it with some N heavy feed. The same with one of the DS. I also have 3 more DS and that huge Critical Cheese in veg awaiting a cutting session.

 

[OldSmokie76]

Trimmed the under carriage of that critical cheese once more. Hoping to put that lovely lady in flower soon. Couple days to recover from the pruning and into the tent. I got a few extra cuttings to run. I'm planning to stick to a strict schedule for these next few I have lined up. 30 day veg, then flip. More plants but grown smaller in hopes to maximize sq ft in tent. I have plans to set up half the tent as usual with wildly trained larger plants. On the other half, more but smaller plants. Just hoping to test some methods of technique. I've got the basics down.

 

[OldSmokie76]

I just crammed another half dozen cuttings from the Critical Cheese into the clone cabinet. Wish em luck.
I also found another pic of the Strawberry Cough. My phone isn't the greatest. I cropped this one and applied the "auto" filter to the image. Not sure what auto does? Kind of took away some depth of color but really brightened it up.

 

[kansabis]

Yeah I think with the aero cloner I wouldn't put the peat in there,just root gel and stick it in bare,might work better,might not work at all,might be the same,just my wonder wheels turning lol

 

[OldSmokie76]

Yeah I think with the aero cloner I wouldn't put the peat in there,just root gel and stick it in bare,might work better,might not work at all,might be the same,just my wonder wheels turning lol

I did. Third day...

 

[New2dagame]

That looks really nice.. Looks like some good sticky icky..

I just installed my new lights. Hoping to really get some nice grows going..

Interested in why you have two filters above the lights ?Never seen set up like that .

 

[OldSmokie76]

Had to move the older plants outta the dome under a T8. Too tall. Leave the dome for the cuttings to establish now. Which sparks the veg box idea. Still hoping to muster up the motivation to build a cabinet for vegging.

 

[OldSmokie76]

I was gifted some new genetics tonight. Feminized Vanilla Kush bean. That's all.

 

[OldSmokie76]

Strawberry Cough clone taking off. I decided to use this one as a mother for a bit. I topped it with five nodes below and the upper cutting is a specimen clone cut. As the five lower nodes produce new branches, those will be cut for cloning once ready. Probably same process for the Deathstar in the near future. Farmin' is Fun.

 

[OldSmokie76]

Getting ready to initiate project "March of the Clones". LMAO. Trying to fill 2x2 tent with 9 plants. Veg em for 2 wks or less and flip. Complete grow in the 2x2.

 

[OldSmokie76]

9 or 15, hmmmm. Lol. So these are a touch larger than a solo cup. Can I run complete thru to harvest in this or should I upsize the container.

 

[OldSmokie76]

More random thoughts on the 2x2 grow. Bottom fed in flood tray? Messy and more equipment to buy. Drip h2o? I have a water timer. Could set up exterior reservoir. Watering schedule for soil medium? Hmm.