kylester816
New Member
First Grow! Oaksterdam Clones from the blue sky coffee shop right by the campus
I'm still relatively new to growing but I'm doing the best I can with what I have. I did a small 2 plant grow last but that was just for fun. This time I decided to get a little more serious with things. I know it's not the most amazing set up but I'm gonna try to do my best with it and give every ounce of love to my babies possible.
Now, to the "serious" business!
I just picked up 7 clones from the blue sky coffee shop right by the Oaksterdam campus. They were cloned amazingly with no complains in the health of them at all, thanks to the wonderful students/faculty at Oaksterdam
Here's the breakdown:
They're all relatively new breeds of clones or new to me at last
3 - Purple Dawg's (GrapeTrain Kush x Star Dawg)
2 - G-Dawg's (G-13 x Star Dawg)
2 - Mystery Dawg's "Joker" (Shiva Skunk x Star Dawg)
I plan on growing 4 plants to maturity and keeping 3 as desk/window plants (not enough room/lights to grow all 7).
I'm starting the clones out with 248 watts of CFL's.
4 x 28w = 112
3 x 24w = 72
1 x 64w = 64
total: 248 watts
I'm gonna bring in a 400 watt metal halide (HPS for flowering) once they get a little bigger and once I can afford it should be in the next couple weeks. The CFL's will stay on them the whole time to keep the internodal distance short. And they're more than ok for the beginning parts of vegging.
I transplanted the clones into red dixie cups with some soil to start (anticipating a couple to not make it (they all did :])) and then moved the 4 healthiest into 5 gallon felt-like cloth pots called Smart Pots. The guy at the hydroponic them recommended them when I asked him about the air pots that prune the roots when they get close to the edge and said that these were fairly similar.
As a medium, I am using my own hand mixed batch of about 40% Perlite, 30% Sphagnum Peat Moss, 30% Vermiculite. The perlite should let it aerate pretty well while the peat moss and vermiculite should hold the nuts + water pretty well. The vermiculite isn't too thick of a medium either so should aerate nicely as well.
As far as nutrients, I started them with a very low dose of Osmocote Plus in the red cups and then moved them to a normal dose in the regular medium when I transplanted them to the Smart Pots. I've been doing a lot of recent research on Osmocote Plus and it seems like a fairly easy nutrient to use. It's a CRF but apparently (a first) it releases at good rates and has almost all of the nutrients needed. I might add some liquid seaweed extract just b/c its so helpful with the small stuff. I'll see how the Osmocote Plus is and go from there.
The one's I ended up keeping and will be growing with:
2 x Purple Dawg's
1 x G-Dawg
1 x Mystery Dawg ("Joker")
I can't wait to try all three of them; from everything I've read up on the strains and from what I know from personal experience, these are gonna be some dank strains! :]
Please remember I AM still relatively new to this and would LOVE any help that any of you more experienced growers might have for me! Thanks again for tuning in! hope for a successful grow
pics coming soon, gotta upload all of these
I'm still relatively new to growing but I'm doing the best I can with what I have. I did a small 2 plant grow last but that was just for fun. This time I decided to get a little more serious with things. I know it's not the most amazing set up but I'm gonna try to do my best with it and give every ounce of love to my babies possible.
Now, to the "serious" business!
I just picked up 7 clones from the blue sky coffee shop right by the Oaksterdam campus. They were cloned amazingly with no complains in the health of them at all, thanks to the wonderful students/faculty at Oaksterdam
Here's the breakdown:
They're all relatively new breeds of clones or new to me at last
3 - Purple Dawg's (GrapeTrain Kush x Star Dawg)
2 - G-Dawg's (G-13 x Star Dawg)
2 - Mystery Dawg's "Joker" (Shiva Skunk x Star Dawg)
I plan on growing 4 plants to maturity and keeping 3 as desk/window plants
(not enough room/lights to grow all 7).I'm starting the clones out with 248 watts of CFL's.
4 x 28w = 112
3 x 24w = 72
1 x 64w = 64
total: 248 watts
I'm gonna bring in a 400 watt metal halide (HPS for flowering) once they get a little bigger and once I can afford it
should be in the next couple weeks. The CFL's will stay on them the whole time to keep the internodal distance short. And they're more than ok for the beginning parts of vegging. I transplanted the clones into red dixie cups with some soil to start (anticipating a couple to not make it (they all did :])) and then moved the 4 healthiest into 5 gallon felt-like cloth pots called Smart Pots. The guy at the hydroponic them recommended them when I asked him about the air pots that prune the roots when they get close to the edge and said that these were fairly similar.
As a medium, I am using my own hand mixed batch of about 40% Perlite, 30% Sphagnum Peat Moss, 30% Vermiculite. The perlite should let it aerate pretty well while the peat moss and vermiculite should hold the nuts + water pretty well. The vermiculite isn't too thick of a medium either so should aerate nicely as well.
As far as nutrients, I started them with a very low dose of Osmocote Plus in the red cups and then moved them to a normal dose in the regular medium when I transplanted them to the Smart Pots. I've been doing a lot of recent research on Osmocote Plus and it seems like a fairly easy nutrient to use. It's a CRF but apparently (a first) it releases at good rates and has almost all of the nutrients needed. I might add some liquid seaweed extract just b/c its so helpful with the small stuff. I'll see how the Osmocote Plus is and go from there.
The one's I ended up keeping and will be growing with:
2 x Purple Dawg's
1 x G-Dawg
1 x Mystery Dawg ("Joker")
I can't wait to try all three of them; from everything I've read up on the strains and from what I know from personal experience, these are gonna be some dank strains! :]
Please remember I AM still relatively new to this and would LOVE any help that any of you more experienced growers might have for me! Thanks again for tuning in! hope for a successful grow
pics coming soon, gotta upload all of these
