And it will last a long time. I think this one is going to make 3, 4 plant grows. That's pretty good! $$Found a Gallon for $30 on Amazon
My plant is probably six months away from being able to produce that much !
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Chuckeye's Sativa Grow In ProMix HP
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Chuckeye
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Day 17
The Girls each received a 1/2 cup of a solution of 1g of MC in 4L's of water in preparation for (hopefully) up potting later today !
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The Girls each received a 1/2 cup of a solution of 1g of MC in 4L's of water in preparation for (hopefully) up potting later today !
Cheers
Sloppy
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Sorry I'm late. There are some good ideas here!
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Chuckeye
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A little p*ssed at Amazon, Again. Picked up my 5 pk of 3 gallon grow bags this afternoon.
NOT Even close, sigh... The description says they are 40D x 30W x 30H centimeters, isn't that an oval ?
Assume the 30cm is the diameter and 40cm is the height, that works out to 6.22 Imperial gallons or 15.7" H x 11.8" in diameter, same rip off as the last time I ordered a different brand of 3 gallon bags from them
In reality they are 9" w x 9" H for 2.06 Imperial Gallons !
Oh well, what do you expect for 5 bags @ $11, including shipping
Now I have to figure out what to do with two of my girls for the time being.
I am ordering two more sets of saucers and plant elevators in a couple of days.
Also darn curiosity has bit me in the arse again, he, he...
Going to add GH MaxGrow and MaxBloom to the order !
Will use that on the Amnesia auto and one of the Green Cracks...
Image is their 3 gallon bag sitting inside a true 3 Imperial gallon bag.
Cheers, eh ?
NOT Even close, sigh... The description says they are 40D x 30W x 30H centimeters, isn't that an oval ?
Assume the 30cm is the diameter and 40cm is the height, that works out to 6.22 Imperial gallons or 15.7" H x 11.8" in diameter, same rip off as the last time I ordered a different brand of 3 gallon bags from them
In reality they are 9" w x 9" H for 2.06 Imperial Gallons !
Oh well, what do you expect for 5 bags @ $11, including shipping
Now I have to figure out what to do with two of my girls for the time being.
I am ordering two more sets of saucers and plant elevators in a couple of days.
Also darn curiosity has bit me in the arse again, he, he...
Going to add GH MaxGrow and MaxBloom to the order !
Will use that on the Amnesia auto and one of the Green Cracks...
Image is their 3 gallon bag sitting inside a true 3 Imperial gallon bag.
Cheers, eh ?
The70’s
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The girls look great, good luck with the grow!
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Chuckeye
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Day 18 and four of the girls have been transplanted into my 3 gallon fabric bags ! (11"W x 9"H)
Decided it's worth a trip to town tomorrow to see if I can source bags locally. The two Green Cracks are still under the 85w CFL bulb.
No pictures but the roots were already circling the bottom !
Can't remember where I read it but the shelf life of ProMix HP is said to be one year. Didn't really need another bale but I layered the old soilless with the new... BTW > a bale here is $37.
Mixed up a solution of 2g of Mega Crop in 4L of water and gave them ~ a litre each, just enough to wet the top couple of inches.
Lights are @50% and 30" from the tops.
Will see how they like that in the morning, too pooped to measure par/lux right now and just put a pork roast in the oven
Cheers
Decided it's worth a trip to town tomorrow to see if I can source bags locally. The two Green Cracks are still under the 85w CFL bulb.
No pictures but the roots were already circling the bottom !
Can't remember where I read it but the shelf life of ProMix HP is said to be one year. Didn't really need another bale but I layered the old soilless with the new... BTW > a bale here is $37.
Mixed up a solution of 2g of Mega Crop in 4L of water and gave them ~ a litre each, just enough to wet the top couple of inches.
Lights are @50% and 30" from the tops.
Will see how they like that in the morning, too pooped to measure par/lux right now and just put a pork roast in the oven
Cheers
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Chuckeye
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BTW > Mega Crop one part is ~$4.00/lb and MaxiGro/MaxiBloom is ~ $9.00/lb
Cheers
Cheers
Farmer Reading
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Look forward to seeing you get yields in three gallon containers with Pro Mix that are similar to my outdoor grows that are in 25 gallons of soil.
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Chuckeye
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My past photo grow with a 50 day veg averaged a half pound each for two plants. I'm not going for record yields this time either, just going to try and keep them under five feet, he, he...
My auto record to beat is 11 grams short of a pound with a Gorilla Glue #4
Good luck with your grow !
Cheers
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Chuckeye
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Day 19
The two Green Cracks were transplanted into new 3 gallon fabric bags this evening.
How appropriate the bags are also Green
Three bucks each at Dollarama, they are 11" high instead of wide. Don't think the girls will notice !
The handles suck but I will deal with it...
Saucers and elevators for them in the mail.
And just because I was curious I used only the old soilless !
I'm planning to do unspeakable things to at least one of these girls, he, he...
I'd like to try the ponytail thingee ! A little more management of the upper canopy than I normally do. Maybe having more plants than I planned on is a good thing !
Having a good well water day, ph after adding 2g of MC to 4 L of water is 6.0 !
Ppm's were 650, I checked the waters ppm's a couple of days ago with no nutrients and it was 450 .
Both readings shift a bit with the seasons.
Gave them 2 L of feed each. I feed at every watering but I've been know to overfeed and need a flush
But that is the beauty of ProMix HP, very easy to flush. I put a couple of pieces of wood across a 5 gallon pail, put the pot on them and flush away. 4L x 2 of just water and then another 4L with feed.
At next watering I'll likely increase to 3 L and then the next maybe the full 4 L.
Depends on how long it takes for the bags to feel dry (by weight).
I don't like to see them go more than three or four days to dry at this stage.
Temperature currently is 28.5C (83F) and rh is 41%.
Lights are now @75% and phone app gives me a par reading of 360.
BTW > the girls didn't skip a beat after their transplant, even the girl I fumbled and lost part of the medium before I could upend it and get it into it's prepared hole
About an hour ago...
This is my pot set up.
The plan is to rotate them 180 degrees and one spot to the right at every watering.
And increase my area to 4' x 5' soonish and to 5' x 5' in the next few weeks. The flat panels will go from 14" wide to 24" wide.
Likely pick up a sheet of 3/4" rigid insulation for $18 and just put it on top of the existing panels. Description says it has a reflective side so maybe I won't even have to add tin foil
Cheers
The two Green Cracks were transplanted into new 3 gallon fabric bags this evening.
How appropriate the bags are also Green
Three bucks each at Dollarama, they are 11" high instead of wide. Don't think the girls will notice !
The handles suck but I will deal with it...
Saucers and elevators for them in the mail.
And just because I was curious I used only the old soilless !
I'm planning to do unspeakable things to at least one of these girls, he, he...
I'd like to try the ponytail thingee ! A little more management of the upper canopy than I normally do. Maybe having more plants than I planned on is a good thing !
Having a good well water day, ph after adding 2g of MC to 4 L of water is 6.0 !
Ppm's were 650, I checked the waters ppm's a couple of days ago with no nutrients and it was 450 .
Both readings shift a bit with the seasons.
Gave them 2 L of feed each. I feed at every watering but I've been know to overfeed and need a flush
But that is the beauty of ProMix HP, very easy to flush. I put a couple of pieces of wood across a 5 gallon pail, put the pot on them and flush away. 4L x 2 of just water and then another 4L with feed.
At next watering I'll likely increase to 3 L and then the next maybe the full 4 L.
Depends on how long it takes for the bags to feel dry (by weight).
I don't like to see them go more than three or four days to dry at this stage.
Temperature currently is 28.5C (83F) and rh is 41%.
Lights are now @75% and phone app gives me a par reading of 360.
BTW > the girls didn't skip a beat after their transplant, even the girl I fumbled and lost part of the medium before I could upend it and get it into it's prepared hole
About an hour ago...
This is my pot set up.
The plan is to rotate them 180 degrees and one spot to the right at every watering.
And increase my area to 4' x 5' soonish and to 5' x 5' in the next few weeks. The flat panels will go from 14" wide to 24" wide.
Likely pick up a sheet of 3/4" rigid insulation for $18 and just put it on top of the existing panels. Description says it has a reflective side so maybe I won't even have to add tin foil
Cheers
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Chuckeye
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Day 21
The pots were relatively dry this morning. I attribute that to the addition of old soilless which was completely dry and relatively high temperatures of ~35C.
Gave them all 2L and moved the panels apart a few inches and turned up the extraction fan.
I'm now thinking I will leave the panels apart instead of making the flat ones wider. Temps are usually a little higher until the parabolic reflector is raised above the level of the side panels.
Cheers
The pots were relatively dry this morning. I attribute that to the addition of old soilless which was completely dry and relatively high temperatures of ~35C.
Gave them all 2L and moved the panels apart a few inches and turned up the extraction fan.
I'm now thinking I will leave the panels apart instead of making the flat ones wider. Temps are usually a little higher until the parabolic reflector is raised above the level of the side panels.
Cheers
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Chuckeye
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Some fun with the camera and set a reference point for Day 22.
Double Chocolate photo @ 8 1/2", second is the Amnesia Auto @ 7 1/2".
The Green Crack that was in a single serving yogurt container is 5", she's got some root growing to do !
Rest of the girls range from 5" to 6".
It is all coming back to me now why I prefer to wait for fall/winter grows
On a whim, I turned up the lights to 100% two days ago. Internodal spacing went from inches to fractions of an inch on the new growth ! Not really an issue but...
No matter how I arranged my fans/panels the temperature was + 35C, sigh..
The larger room temperature remained around 22C with A/C. Crazy hot here the last couple of days, 40C in the shade north side of the house.
So back to 50% power for now, temperature now @ 29C and slowly dropping !
With this heat the top surfaces of the pots looked Really dry. And in my pictures there seemed to be a slight green cast to the soilless. So I fluffed up the top and sure enough, just under the surface is slightly moist.
That means we are still on track for a 3-4 day watering.
Double Chocolate photo
Amnesia Auto
Cheers
Double Chocolate photo @ 8 1/2", second is the Amnesia Auto @ 7 1/2".
The Green Crack that was in a single serving yogurt container is 5", she's got some root growing to do !
Rest of the girls range from 5" to 6".
It is all coming back to me now why I prefer to wait for fall/winter grows
On a whim, I turned up the lights to 100% two days ago. Internodal spacing went from inches to fractions of an inch on the new growth ! Not really an issue but...
No matter how I arranged my fans/panels the temperature was + 35C, sigh..
The larger room temperature remained around 22C with A/C. Crazy hot here the last couple of days, 40C in the shade north side of the house.
So back to 50% power for now, temperature now @ 29C and slowly dropping !
With this heat the top surfaces of the pots looked Really dry. And in my pictures there seemed to be a slight green cast to the soilless. So I fluffed up the top and sure enough, just under the surface is slightly moist.
That means we are still on track for a 3-4 day watering.
Double Chocolate photo
Amnesia Auto
Cheers
DW420
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Gonna take a seat and follow along if you don’t mind sir.
Picked me up some pro-mix bx the other day and I’ve planted and up potted into this.
Picked me up some pro-mix bx the other day and I’ve planted and up potted into this.
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DW420
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That’s what I was originally going to go with was the high porosity but they was out and they was out of perlite so I just settled with the bx.
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Chuckeye
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DW420
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5 gallon Fabric on one and 2 half gallon plastic ones for starting some bubble gum seeds. Had one pop out this morning
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Chuckeye
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Sounds good.
On the plastic ones I would add about a dozen holes in the bottom And drill two rows of holes up a couple inches on the sides.
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Chuckeye
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Day 24, one week from transplant !
Before I forget, again, I should mention.
Due to circumstances both of my two auto grows with a total of six plants started with the seedlings under an 85w CFL bulb with a color temperature of 5500K for roughly 21 days before transplanting into ProMix HP.
Then under a 600w Metal Halide with a color temperature of 4200K.
One went five weeks before the move to the bigger light and yielded 13.2oz. in a 2g plastic pot with AN M/G/B nutrients !
The Ladies ranged from 3' to 4' and finished between 90 to 120 days.
Yields ranged from 6oz. to 11g short of a pound !
Last grow, 3g fabric pots with ProMix HP, MC one part. A few additions of Bud Explosion.
Done.
Looks like this is turning into a plug for ProMix HP Blame it on the Gellato 
It is buffered so if your water isn't too much out of wack, there is no need to ph.
It contains Mycorrhizae which >
The porosity is such that you can't overwater. It only holds so much before running off.
And it's a breeze to flush if you have to,
You CAN water too often, I leave the pots to feel DRY before watering again.
Best to judge by picking the pot up.
I don't fully water until the plants are able to drink what they've been given in three or four days. Right now that's 2L.
It contains no nutrients so you have Total control over the feed !
And $37 for a bale here.... 107L/60#. about 8 x 3gallon pots. $5/pot.
As I said, Day 24, seven days from transplant.
Amnesia auto.
Double Chocolate photo, a clumsy attempt at femming, sigh...
And All of the Girls..
Cheers
Before I forget, again, I should mention.
Due to circumstances both of my two auto grows with a total of six plants started with the seedlings under an 85w CFL bulb with a color temperature of 5500K for roughly 21 days before transplanting into ProMix HP.
Then under a 600w Metal Halide with a color temperature of 4200K.
One went five weeks before the move to the bigger light and yielded 13.2oz. in a 2g plastic pot with AN M/G/B nutrients !
The Ladies ranged from 3' to 4' and finished between 90 to 120 days.
Yields ranged from 6oz. to 11g short of a pound !
Last grow, 3g fabric pots with ProMix HP, MC one part. A few additions of Bud Explosion.
Done.
Looks like this is turning into a plug for ProMix HP
Blame it on the Gellato It is buffered so if your water isn't too much out of wack, there is no need to ph.
It contains Mycorrhizae which >
- Improves fertilizer uptake; reduces fertilizer costs
- Increases the resistance of plant to stresses; reduces maintenance costs
- Optimizes results without changing growing practices
- Increased root mass, flower production, plant size, yield
- Improved water uptake and increased drought resistance
The porosity is such that you can't overwater. It only holds so much before running off.
And it's a breeze to flush if you have to,
You CAN water too often, I leave the pots to feel DRY before watering again.
Best to judge by picking the pot up.
I don't fully water until the plants are able to drink what they've been given in three or four days. Right now that's 2L.
It contains no nutrients so you have Total control over the feed !
And $37 for a bale here.... 107L/60#. about 8 x 3gallon pots. $5/pot.
As I said, Day 24, seven days from transplant.
Amnesia auto.
Double Chocolate photo, a clumsy attempt at femming, sigh...
And All of the Girls..
Cheers
DW420
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Looking good man!