Aberration
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Well, here we go! First, background. This is my second attempt to grow pot. Here is my first attempt. If you don't read anything else from that thread, read about my setup.
Those plants are doing well in better hands, and I have done well with the ones that replaced them. In fact, I vegged them fairly successfully for 39 days and I feel like I'm getting it. I think my biggest problem has been and still is knowing when to feed. But I seem to be doing fine.
As there does not seem to be a facility for uploading text files, I have put them on a public download site. I don't want to post these lengthy things to the thread and neither do you, but they are worth a read I hope. Stay safe. If this is an issue for anyone, I will edit it out (assuming I still can
).
Now that the record keeping is done...
They are blooming!
There are six:
On the left you are mostly seeing the PG4. I tied it out. In fact, I tied several down and/or out. You'll see it in the pictures. They are doing great and I had no real trouble with that.
Here is Pot of Gold 1 (POG1), and 2 (POG2). They are quite different considering they are clones:
Then we have Lavender (L) and Kaia Kush (KK). The KK is the youngest, but it'll triple and it's already big enough.
Finally PG4 (that's all I know) and Gravity (GV). I tied the PG4 out into a great big bowl, so it needs to be on a bucket right now to keep up, but make no mistake, it is formidable. Pictures don't do it justice - it's putting up tops in a 28 inch diameter circle. Woot:
With them in the room are a flat of garlic chives, a cactus, and a dead laurus nobilis cutting.
The garlic chives are a weak attempt at companion planting. I have read that spider mites are repelled by them:
The cactus is one of a few that got left out over winter in the rain. Most exploded. This was the only survivor. When these get dry, they flop over. He's still rather plump though. When he gets thinner, I'll feed him, and he'll stand right up. He needs a bigger pot so he can root in multiple places and form a patch:
The last is the laurus nobilis, better known as Bay Laurel, the source of bay leaves you cook with. They are apparently quite difficult to propagate successfully. I read that even seeds are rare to take and could need 6 months to do it. This one is dead, but it poses no risk and my wife is sentimental about the little guy. So he's still here:
I have a veg under floro tubes in a 3x6 flood table (not hooked up yet). Lots of residents there:
The Frankonditioner still reigns supreme:
Other changes include better ducting of warm exhaust and my new wet-vac. The ducting now is forced out instead of venting to the garage space. That made it too hot. Now I have 6" ducts like this in the attic space:
And I got this little wet-vac. I don't know about you guys, but this is awesome for sucking the excess water out of the drip trays. You can find it at a local major hardware chain for $30 and it works great:
So now some details:
Today (5/16) is day 11 for the bloomers. The L is expected to finish around 45. The rest are supposed to start finishing at 60-ish days. They are in all organic soil with (also organic) amendments (I'll have to find the specifics). They are in 7 gallon grow bags.
I have AC/heat and humidity under control. Temps in the upper 70's and humidity in the upper 40's. They have two 18" oscillating fans on opposite sides of the room to hassle them continuously. There is a carbon filter and 6" inline fan scrubbing the air continuously, but the only outside air comes in through the door. It is a sealed room. I have supplemental CO2 in a cylinder with solenoid and controller, although I have yet to open the valve. Soon.
I take measurements and keep records, and I will share them. For instance, here's their growth since I got them. The vertical red line is the changeover from the former 21/3 light schedule to their current 12/12 bloom schedule:
I'll keep an ongoing record with pics as well as I can here. I'll also talk about the improvements I make, including the automation software I'm developing for my grow.
If you have questions, ask. I'm easy going and hard to offend. I like to talk almost as much as I like to smoke.
For now, though, I'll leave you with a picture of the door that leads to the bloom room. It's a backdoor I removed from my house and replaced, and now it lives a second life in my grow space. I painted it white, blacked out both sides of the window with black/white poly, and gave it all new gaskets. It's solid and light tight.
I have a sign nearby that says:
This is the "back door", and I plan to sign it as such soon.
Those plants are doing well in better hands, and I have done well with the ones that replaced them. In fact, I vegged them fairly successfully for 39 days and I feel like I'm getting it. I think my biggest problem has been and still is knowing when to feed. But I seem to be doing fine.
As there does not seem to be a facility for uploading text files, I have put them on a public download site. I don't want to post these lengthy things to the thread and neither do you, but they are worth a read I hope. Stay safe. If this is an issue for anyone, I will edit it out (assuming I still can
).Now that the record keeping is done...
They are blooming!
There are six:
On the left you are mostly seeing the PG4. I tied it out. In fact, I tied several down and/or out. You'll see it in the pictures. They are doing great and I had no real trouble with that.
Here is Pot of Gold 1 (POG1), and 2 (POG2). They are quite different considering they are clones:
Then we have Lavender (L) and Kaia Kush (KK). The KK is the youngest, but it'll triple and it's already big enough.
Finally PG4 (that's all I know) and Gravity (GV). I tied the PG4 out into a great big bowl, so it needs to be on a bucket right now to keep up, but make no mistake, it is formidable. Pictures don't do it justice - it's putting up tops in a 28 inch diameter circle. Woot:
With them in the room are a flat of garlic chives, a cactus, and a dead laurus nobilis cutting.
The garlic chives are a weak attempt at companion planting. I have read that spider mites are repelled by them:
The cactus is one of a few that got left out over winter in the rain. Most exploded. This was the only survivor. When these get dry, they flop over. He's still rather plump though. When he gets thinner, I'll feed him, and he'll stand right up. He needs a bigger pot so he can root in multiple places and form a patch:
The last is the laurus nobilis, better known as Bay Laurel, the source of bay leaves you cook with. They are apparently quite difficult to propagate successfully. I read that even seeds are rare to take and could need 6 months to do it. This one is dead, but it poses no risk and my wife is sentimental about the little guy. So he's still here:
I have a veg under floro tubes in a 3x6 flood table (not hooked up yet). Lots of residents there:
The Frankonditioner still reigns supreme:
Other changes include better ducting of warm exhaust and my new wet-vac. The ducting now is forced out instead of venting to the garage space. That made it too hot. Now I have 6" ducts like this in the attic space:
And I got this little wet-vac. I don't know about you guys, but this is awesome for sucking the excess water out of the drip trays. You can find it at a local major hardware chain for $30 and it works great:
So now some details:
Today (5/16) is day 11 for the bloomers. The L is expected to finish around 45. The rest are supposed to start finishing at 60-ish days. They are in all organic soil with (also organic) amendments (I'll have to find the specifics). They are in 7 gallon grow bags.
I have AC/heat and humidity under control. Temps in the upper 70's and humidity in the upper 40's. They have two 18" oscillating fans on opposite sides of the room to hassle them continuously. There is a carbon filter and 6" inline fan scrubbing the air continuously, but the only outside air comes in through the door. It is a sealed room. I have supplemental CO2 in a cylinder with solenoid and controller, although I have yet to open the valve. Soon.
I take measurements and keep records, and I will share them. For instance, here's their growth since I got them. The vertical red line is the changeover from the former 21/3 light schedule to their current 12/12 bloom schedule:
I'll keep an ongoing record with pics as well as I can here. I'll also talk about the improvements I make, including the automation software I'm developing for my grow.
If you have questions, ask. I'm easy going and hard to offend. I like to talk almost as much as I like to smoke.
For now, though, I'll leave you with a picture of the door that leads to the bloom room. It's a backdoor I removed from my house and replaced, and now it lives a second life in my grow space. I painted it white, blacked out both sides of the window with black/white poly, and gave it all new gaskets. It's solid and light tight.
I have a sign nearby that says:
HIPPIES
USE
BACKDOOR
-------->
NO
EXCEPTIONS
USE
BACKDOOR
-------->
NO
EXCEPTIONS
This is the "back door", and I plan to sign it as such soon.
I love it ...
