ChubStudly's 9x5 - Super Soil - 630 LEC - Girl Scout Cookies - Green Crack

ChubStudly

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Hello fellow 420 aficionados!!! This will be my first grow journal and I look forward to sharing the experience with everyone. I've learned a lot from this community and have been growing for the last 2 years with a somewhat similar setup to what is running today. Thanks for stopping by, let's kick this pig!!

Setup
Sunlight Supply LEC630 with 3100k lamps
Gorilla Grow Tent 9x5 with 1ft extension (8 ft ceiling height)
Lightrail 4.0 - moving light 24", 33 second pause on both ends, 41 second traverse.
6 inch inline variable speed duct fans - intake and exhaust
6 x 24 inch Phresh carbon filter
second 6 inch inline variable speed duct fan to offset AC unit
7 gallon fabric pots with handles
Super Soil is a Subcool base +20% amendments, some volcanic ash and Liquid Karma added
RO water filter measures in teens PPM down from close to 400 PPM at tap

Tent is in my garage with ducting running from the house into the tent. I have an intake filter on the 6 inch line starting inside the house.

Tent temps run 80-84, humidity is a little low around 40%.

No CO2 enhancements,

Seeds
First time growing strains from MSNL - my experience with ordering and shipping was A+++! I have run seeds from Herbies on my previous grows with great results.

Girl Scout Cookies x 5 - I know the strain/source is a bit controversial - GSC in seed form from overseas, is it real? I'm going to give it a try to see what we get. No experience with this strain.
Green Crack x 4 - I love happy, energetic, sativas...I'm hoping this one doesn't disappoint. Also, no experience with this strain.

Freebies - Great White Shark x 1 and Lemon Skunk x 1


You're joining the mission approximately a week before switch to flower. We've had a fairly uneventful ride thus far. I did add an AC to the tent which is new for me and ran temps a bit low for about a week during which there was a notable slowing in growth. Other than that, very happy girls.

Seeds were placed in RO water for 12 hours then transferred to wet paper towels inside Ziploc bags. 5/5 on Girl Scouts, 4/5 on Green Crack, 2/2 on Freebies.

Planted in Solo cups with Roots Organic 707 soil. Placed under 160 watts fluorescent shop lights in propagation tray with humidity dome.

Day 5 switched on one of the LEC630 bulbs, seedlings now under 315LEC 3100K

Light waterings with seaweed extract.

Day 11 added second bulb, now full 630 watts of LEC lumination!

Adding some foliar feedings with Heavy16 Foliar Feed - very light 1/4 strength building to 1/2 strength.

Day 19 transferred to 1 gallon plastic pots filled with Super Soil.

Begin tea brewing - veg = worm casting, high N bat guano, seabird guano, kelp meal, 4 gallons H2O, 4 TBS molasses, 20 ml Liquid Karma. Wrapped in cheese clothe and brewed for 24-36 hours. Feed at 1/2 strength.

Day 27 topped everyone

Day 33 super cropped GC and GWS, low stress training on GSC

Day 39 transplanted to 7 gallon fabric pots (permanent homes)

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Day 43 second topping on GC, more aggressive LST

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Day 47 installed light rail

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Day 51 Which is where we are joining our girls after having their first defoliation - just lower branches that were not finding light.

That's probably not everything but at least you have an idea of how we got here. Now the real fun begins!!
 
Day 53!

All of the girls are looking very happy this morning. Super green, no signs of any issues.

They received a foliar feeding just before lights out - 20 ml Heavy 16 Foliar in 600 ml RO H2O (almost recommended full strength). They always respond very well to a nice pre-nap shower!

We're also starting flower today!! These plants are definitely much more developed and trained than my previous efforts. I moved from a 5x5 Secret Jardin that was an awesome tent, it just always had me thinking about plant height. The LEC is a big light and takes up a good chunk of real estate at the top of the tent, the LEC630 is best at 24-30" from canopy top so basically 3 feet+ of my 6'11" was not suited to plants. So much less stress having the new 9x5 Gorilla tent with the ceiling extension.

5x5 previous runs = Day 35-38 from sprout I'd flip to flower
9x5 this run = Day 53 from sprout switch to flower

Here are a few pics of the plant structure (sorry having trouble getting some pics to upload), the gear, and the office itself.
Great White Shark upskirt
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Ventilation - adding another carbon filter to the A/C offset vent
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The Office.
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Flower Day 1!!

I ran veg with lights set at 18/6 now on 12/12 for flower. Since the tent is in my garage, dark cycle is during daytime hours to help with the extra heat that builds up - my garage door faces south which doesn't help much either.

Here's a few pics of a previous grow. I was using Heavy16 nutrients in Ocean Forest with some perlite added at 1/4. Little different with the super soil on this one. I have one grow under my belt same time last year and loved the results. I was going for a second last spring but ran into a bit of a hermie issue and had to cut my losses.

This was Northern Lights Blue and Purple Paralysis

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Hope all is well in your world.

How did this grow turn out?

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Sending you lots of love and positive energy.

:Namaste:
 
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