Awesome thread! I'm in. You are going to have an awesome harvest when you chop down your soon to be jungle.
There is a nice little diy thread
here if you decide that the ona bucket needs a little extra help from more carbon filtration. I agree with McBudz that you will probably wind up needing a quality duct fan before this is over.
I understand your concerns about low humidity during veg but I think you will be fine. I have one grow under my belt here in sunny southern California and my humidity never stays above 50% for long. I never even monitored my humidity and had a respectable harvest. However I think you are prudent to monitor it in order to learn how all the variables affect your ladies. I do wish I had monitored my humidity late in my grow. I had a small case of bud mold that I caught early and was able to correct. However, If I had monitored my humidity I probably could have prevented it all together. Probably lost about 5% of my yield.
Best of luck on your grow. you are off to a great start. +reps for the great DIY ingenuity.
Hey PotPie! Just hope I GET a jungle for ya to watch!
Loved the DIY link - YES, I bet that would work! Thank you for the link! After checking out "quality" fans (agree this is what is needed to be effective) and their prices, I'm thinking it may just be best to spend a little more for a quality carbon scrubber that is known to work - might save me money AND worry in the future. But the DIY ONA bucket is working REALLY nice and will definitely benefit a couple different areas as this continues.
Yeah, my humidity really fluctuates. I had concerns when it was in the 20s for much of a day. However, I'm not going to worry about it - I'm already seeing it rise cuz I transplanted to larger pots - pic below temp is 72.9 and RH is 63%...
Today is 4 weeks from the date I soaked the seeds.
Everything was pretty dry yesterday morning so I decided to check root growth. The largest plants had roots wrapping around the bottom and the smallest had roots through to the bottom of the 4" pots. So I
gently transplanted everything to 1 gal pots.
As you can see in both pics, I did NOT saturate the entire pot's soil. I did as McBudz suggested and watered slowly in the center. I made sure where the roots are got soaked in with water, but did not saturate the entire pot and no water leaked out the bottom. And I tried to treat them as individuals in their water needs, with less soaking in for those who looked overwatered.
Here is a pic of the group today, the day after transplanting...
I think they liked the change - they were smilin at me this morning.
And yes, it changed my humidity to a better level. Now running in the 50s and 60s. I set them back with overwatering, but think the GENTLE transplant will do them a lot of good. ALL had roots through to the bottom now those roots will have plenty of room to grow. And overwatering will be a bit harder to do!
BUT... if you can see a white powder on the floor and in the bottom of the large plastic containers that hold the pots... well, the powder is food grade diatomaceous earth (DE) being used to kill the GNATS that most likely came with the organic soil. Dammit. I only sw a few young ones... but they can lay a lot of eggs in a short time and God knows how many may already be in the soil - so I want to get control NOW.
Anyways, DE is organic and safe to use. Not actually earth (dirt) at all. It is described as: "Diatomaceous Earth is a naturally occurring siliceous sedimentary mineral compound from microscopic skeletal remains of unicellular algae-like plants called diatoms." Anyways, I've used it before with gnats and it worked very nicely - and I had it available!
How it works is mechanically - NOT chemically. The diatomaceous earth scrapes the protective outer shell off of insects. Without this protective layer, the insects quickly dry up and die. Just about any bug that touches it - dies. You can watch a gnat land on it and quickly loose it's ability to fly, which in my environment lands it in more and a fairly quick death.
The only concern is making sure you shut off all fans when you apply it and breath in as little as possible. The dust is not supposed to be inhaled when applying and a fan can sure kick it up into the air. I have dusted plants (other herbs) with it in the past, but do not want to take any chances with this herb. Thus, I simply applyed a fair amount to the floor and around the bottom of the plant pots - not on the plants themselves. You can also apply it directly to the top of the pot's soil - but the soil needs to be dry and the DE needs to be replaced after each watering. I'll only do this if I find I don't have control.
I know... I sure do ramble!!! Oh well, it's my journal and I guess I can ramble if I want! LOL
My babies look pretty good considering what I've put them thru. I hope to see some real nice growth in the next two weeks. Hopefully I'll get to start LST somewhere in there!
I love looking at my babes.
The biggest, Super Nova Chronic #10 is just beginning a teeny bit of side growth from the lower nodes and a few others are not far behind on that.
I don't think I'll have side growth at all with the Medijuana (hope to be able to clone tho!). In the image above, they are the 5 in the top left corner. They just keep growing the next nodes growth with virtually no space between the nodes. When compared to other plants that are also growing their third and fourth set of leaves, these are so short and stout - only the Blueberry (also supposed to be indica dominent) is at all comparable at this point.
Still disappointed in the Thai Tanic. I want some of this really bad (memories of past Thai experiences). I'm going to order a few more Thai Tanic seeds because these plants are just not looking good and I'm only going to run 2 cycles of the sativa dominent strains which have longer flowering periods and will take up more grow space (Thai Tanic, Utopia Haze, and G13 Haze). I can only grow a few of each and want the few to be quality and not sick plants that struggle all the way thru. I am going to pick up a couple more LD seeds at the same time cuz I only have one LD survivor. It's a good looking plant, but I want to assure I have a female and the odds aren't near as good with just one plant.
That's it for today! May each of your days be filled with green thumbs!
Doin' the happy dance here.
As for the Medijuana, I don't know that it's been around long as a strain - or at least I can't find info on it like I can on others. I am sure lookin' forward to the adventure of seeing how the different varieties grow AND smoke. Glad to see you visiting!
