I've been looking for a good Mimosa EVO x Orange Punch (MEVOOP) journal to guide my grow. I found a really good one from LKA Budman (LKABudMan's Orange Grove - 4 Mimosa x Orange Punch In RDWC - Sponsored By VIVOSUN) but it didn't turn out as well as he had hoped and we never got to see what that strain can really do. The other journals I found included other strains and don't really focus on the MEEVOP, so I thought I'd give it a go and document what I learn along the way. This is my third grow. My first two (Bruce Banner #3 (2021 Indoor, Soil, Bruce Banner #3, Senorita Bruce, Grow Journal) and GrandDaddy Purple) turned out to be very high quality, but low yield. I "think" I have figured that out with help from this board, so with fingers crossed, here......we.......go!
The Setup
I will be growing a Barneys Farm MEEVOP indoors, in soil, and plan to mainline her to produce 8 colas
1. Soil: Happy Frog + Perlite + Dolomite Lime
2. Spyder Farmer Tent 2.2'x2.2'x5'
3. Spyder Farmer T1000 LED
4. Water: Distilled, brought to PH, EC and temp, shaken not stirred
5. Nutes: FoxFarm
6. Carbon Filter and extract fan
7. Humidifier with the silly baby lights (turn those off)
8. Grow Location: Basement and in late fall/winter (temperatures and RH are more easily controllable at this time of year)
10/31/2022 (Halloween) (Day 1)
Dropped 5 Barneys Farm MEEVOP beans in PH balanced DI for 24 hours in darkened, 75d tent. Moved them to paper towels for another 24 hours. All 5 seeds sprouted and were moved to 4" peat pots and soil mix noted above + good dash of Great White Myco in the seed holes, and left in the dark tent on a seed matt/heater and kept damp. On 11/4 (day 5) all 5 seeds had broken ground. Initiated lights on with an 18x6 schedule, 18" away, 25% intensity, 85% RH. Watering with a sprayer to keep damp with 25% dilution of PH balanced DI, Big Bloom and Calmag. Over next 5 days maintained that warm, humid environment and on 11/9, day 10 of life, we have the first true leaves showing. Gave her her first "feed", 25% solution of Big Bloom, Grow Big, and Calmag. This is much earlier than I have ever fed, but she has taken two of these feedings like a champ and w/o negative impact. As of today, 11/15, 16 days of life, I have culled the 5 I started with down to 2 beautiful, 4-node tall, alpha females. The bad news is I have to retire one of them to make room for the other in what amounts to a very small tent space (unless one of you wants a little MEEVOP princess to call your own?). I have a few more days to decide and in the meantime, I am slowly hardening these two (50% light intensity, 70%RH, 78d as I type). I'll take a few pictures tomorrow and then be more current in the posts going forward.
The Setup
I will be growing a Barneys Farm MEEVOP indoors, in soil, and plan to mainline her to produce 8 colas
1. Soil: Happy Frog + Perlite + Dolomite Lime
2. Spyder Farmer Tent 2.2'x2.2'x5'
3. Spyder Farmer T1000 LED
4. Water: Distilled, brought to PH, EC and temp, shaken not stirred
5. Nutes: FoxFarm
6. Carbon Filter and extract fan
7. Humidifier with the silly baby lights (turn those off)
8. Grow Location: Basement and in late fall/winter (temperatures and RH are more easily controllable at this time of year)
10/31/2022 (Halloween) (Day 1)
Dropped 5 Barneys Farm MEEVOP beans in PH balanced DI for 24 hours in darkened, 75d tent. Moved them to paper towels for another 24 hours. All 5 seeds sprouted and were moved to 4" peat pots and soil mix noted above + good dash of Great White Myco in the seed holes, and left in the dark tent on a seed matt/heater and kept damp. On 11/4 (day 5) all 5 seeds had broken ground. Initiated lights on with an 18x6 schedule, 18" away, 25% intensity, 85% RH. Watering with a sprayer to keep damp with 25% dilution of PH balanced DI, Big Bloom and Calmag. Over next 5 days maintained that warm, humid environment and on 11/9, day 10 of life, we have the first true leaves showing. Gave her her first "feed", 25% solution of Big Bloom, Grow Big, and Calmag. This is much earlier than I have ever fed, but she has taken two of these feedings like a champ and w/o negative impact. As of today, 11/15, 16 days of life, I have culled the 5 I started with down to 2 beautiful, 4-node tall, alpha females. The bad news is I have to retire one of them to make room for the other in what amounts to a very small tent space (unless one of you wants a little MEEVOP princess to call your own?). I have a few more days to decide and in the meantime, I am slowly hardening these two (50% light intensity, 70%RH, 78d as I type). I'll take a few pictures tomorrow and then be more current in the posts going forward.