Hi all 
! Welcome to my first sponsored grow journal! I’m very excited and also a little nervous about this new adventure, but there’s no turning back now...
Here we go!
In December of 2020, I was recommended, by a very generous and supportive member of this community, to test one of Atreum Lighting's products and write a journal in the process. As it turns out, my current tent set up includes lights that are very similar to Atreum's newest product, the Hydra-1000...and Atreum was generous enough to provide me with two Hydra-1000s to test in my new 2x4 tent.
The reps @Atreum Lighting - Mike and Jason - have been superb to work with and I'm looking forward to their participation here!
Atreum Lighting is a new sponsor here at 420 magazine. They design and manufacture high-performance lighting solutions for indoor cannabis and plant production. With a team that has diverse backgrounds in engineering, technology, photography lighting, and horticulture, their mission is to increase access to advanced horticultural cultivation tools for small-scale and commercial applications. They have some very interesting design concepts aside from the "plug and play" design of the Hydra-1000 and are reasonably priced - check them out on our sponsors page!
Let's look at what's in the box(es):
Discreetly shipped in an Amazon box.
Boxes inside of boxes!
Yep, there are two of them!
The lights are packed very well in boxes lined with a thick foam-type padding. Each light includes 3 thick, stainless steel cable hangers, 2 adjustable rope hangers, a power cable, an RJ11 cable for multi-light dimming capability, and a 6 foot extension cable which allows the control box and driver to be mounted elsewhere in the tent or even outside of it. The extra long cable is actually very helpful if you don't have a lot of height in your tent, your plants "accidentally" get to tall, or you have heat issues in your tent.
Another cool feature of the Hydra-1000 is that you can see the watts being used at the various levels of power.
Ready and waiting for plants! The diodes are algorithmically placed on the Hydra-1000, so I’m going to need to figure out the ideal spacing of the two of them in the 2x4 tent. I hope there isn’t too much math involved....
haha.
I am thankful that I've got some quality seeds to work with during this journal, and they are ones that I've been really excited to try. I am only planning to grow 2 autoflowing plants in this journal so I needed to narrow it down from this:
To this:
I'm really excited about both of these strains....but the Purple Lemonade has me a little more excited.
Here are their descriptions:
DOS SI DOS AUTO™ is an extraordinary new super breed of autoflower that is Indica-dominant with 65% Indica / 35% Sativa. This jewel brings together the historical parental power of Face Off OG x Girl Scout Cookies now crossed with our BF Super Auto #1 = Increased yields, power and trichome production providing DOS SI DOS AUTO™ with a serious genetic boost. Dos Si Dos Auto™ smooths away anxiety and pain and softens your day in every way. Lingering lime flavours will remind some of granny’s lemon meringue pie, fresh out the oven. This spellbinding speed demon grows to an indoor height of 100cm and up to 140cm outdoors. This plant explodes from seed to harvest in a mere 70-75 days generating stupendous yields of up to 600g/m2, with THC measured above 20%. Dive into a delicious dream of divine delight with the one and only Dos Si Dos Auto™, the autoflower that lets you transcend reality.
Fastbuds Purple Lemonade auto is a new strain from the auto-masters which should appeal to the sweet-toothed smoker out there. Auto Purple Lemonade is an indica leaning autoflowering strain with zesty flavours and a high that balances sativa kick and an indica body stone. Purple lemonade goes from seed to bud in 8-9 weeks and will produce some heavy yields. Growers can expect their Purple Lemonade to attain around 70-110 cm in height (about 3ft). She’ll develop multiple chunky bud sites around the stem, making a great contrast between the bright green stem, the dark purple bud development and the darker green and purple sugar leaves growing around the buds. A beautiful strain with great internodal spacing.
I dropped them yesterday (and yes, there are three there - one is a Dark Devil auto that I've vowed to drop everytime I drop new seeds...until they are gone or I get a biggie!)
And into the solo cups they went this afternoon.
I'd like to thank @Atreum Lighting for giving me this opportunity and also the respected member of the 420 community for recommending me.
I would love for you all to follow, and invite others! @InTheShed, @Mr. Sauga, @Carcass, @Amy Gardner, @BigD13, @Virgin Ground, @Heavenly Hybrid, @copperrein, @Justin Goody,@Konks Dirt Empire, @Squiggle, @Grand Daddy Black, @Atreum Lighting Apologies if I've missed anyone, all are invited!
! Welcome to my first sponsored grow journal! I’m very excited and also a little nervous about this new adventure, but there’s no turning back now... Here we go!In December of 2020, I was recommended, by a very generous and supportive member of this community, to test one of Atreum Lighting's products and write a journal in the process. As it turns out, my current tent set up includes lights that are very similar to Atreum's newest product, the Hydra-1000...and Atreum was generous enough to provide me with two Hydra-1000s to test in my new 2x4 tent.
The reps @Atreum Lighting - Mike and Jason - have been superb to work with and I'm looking forward to their participation here!Atreum Lighting is a new sponsor here at 420 magazine. They design and manufacture high-performance lighting solutions for indoor cannabis and plant production. With a team that has diverse backgrounds in engineering, technology, photography lighting, and horticulture, their mission is to increase access to advanced horticultural cultivation tools for small-scale and commercial applications. They have some very interesting design concepts aside from the "plug and play" design of the Hydra-1000 and are reasonably priced - check them out on our sponsors page!
Let's look at what's in the box(es):
Discreetly shipped in an Amazon box.
Boxes inside of boxes!
Yep, there are two of them!
The lights are packed very well in boxes lined with a thick foam-type padding. Each light includes 3 thick, stainless steel cable hangers, 2 adjustable rope hangers, a power cable, an RJ11 cable for multi-light dimming capability, and a 6 foot extension cable which allows the control box and driver to be mounted elsewhere in the tent or even outside of it. The extra long cable is actually very helpful if you don't have a lot of height in your tent, your plants "accidentally" get to tall, or you have heat issues in your tent.
Another cool feature of the Hydra-1000 is that you can see the watts being used at the various levels of power.
Ready and waiting for plants! The diodes are algorithmically placed on the Hydra-1000, so I’m going to need to figure out the ideal spacing of the two of them in the 2x4 tent. I hope there isn’t too much math involved....
haha.I am thankful that I've got some quality seeds to work with during this journal, and they are ones that I've been really excited to try. I am only planning to grow 2 autoflowing plants in this journal so I needed to narrow it down from this:
To this:
I'm really excited about both of these strains....but the Purple Lemonade has me a little more excited.
Here are their descriptions:
DOS SI DOS AUTO™ is an extraordinary new super breed of autoflower that is Indica-dominant with 65% Indica / 35% Sativa. This jewel brings together the historical parental power of Face Off OG x Girl Scout Cookies now crossed with our BF Super Auto #1 = Increased yields, power and trichome production providing DOS SI DOS AUTO™ with a serious genetic boost. Dos Si Dos Auto™ smooths away anxiety and pain and softens your day in every way. Lingering lime flavours will remind some of granny’s lemon meringue pie, fresh out the oven. This spellbinding speed demon grows to an indoor height of 100cm and up to 140cm outdoors. This plant explodes from seed to harvest in a mere 70-75 days generating stupendous yields of up to 600g/m2, with THC measured above 20%. Dive into a delicious dream of divine delight with the one and only Dos Si Dos Auto™, the autoflower that lets you transcend reality.
Fastbuds Purple Lemonade auto is a new strain from the auto-masters which should appeal to the sweet-toothed smoker out there. Auto Purple Lemonade is an indica leaning autoflowering strain with zesty flavours and a high that balances sativa kick and an indica body stone. Purple lemonade goes from seed to bud in 8-9 weeks and will produce some heavy yields. Growers can expect their Purple Lemonade to attain around 70-110 cm in height (about 3ft). She’ll develop multiple chunky bud sites around the stem, making a great contrast between the bright green stem, the dark purple bud development and the darker green and purple sugar leaves growing around the buds. A beautiful strain with great internodal spacing.
I dropped them yesterday (and yes, there are three there - one is a Dark Devil auto that I've vowed to drop everytime I drop new seeds...until they are gone or I get a biggie!)
And into the solo cups they went this afternoon.
I'd like to thank @Atreum Lighting for giving me this opportunity and also the respected member of the 420 community for recommending me.
I would love for you all to follow, and invite others! @InTheShed, @Mr. Sauga, @Carcass, @Amy Gardner, @BigD13, @Virgin Ground, @Heavenly Hybrid, @copperrein, @Justin Goody,@Konks Dirt Empire, @Squiggle, @Grand Daddy Black, @Atreum Lighting Apologies if I've missed anyone, all are invited!
. But if I was to say something it would be along the lines of "You'd most likely miss! It's just a wee little thing".