Hey guys, doing my first grow(s) this year after I planted a couple bag seeds I got out of a "Death Bubba" strain. Being unsure about the sex of these plants I wanted to follow up with some fem'd seeds to ensure some kind of yield for my efforts.
Ordered some seeds for White Widow (WW), Purple Kush (PK) and Dark Angel (DA) strains from CKS - they showed up in about 7 business days. I started out germinating 3 seeds from each strain with 100% success rate.
Fun fact, at the same time I tried germinating 5 'Great White Shark' seeds from another brand (Rare Earth Seed Company) and got a total 0% success rate, so bonus points for CKS stuff working out on the first try. I've contacted support at Rare Earth as of yesterday to see if they are willing to send me a replacement or not. I bought those particular seeds at a local retailer so we'll see how they respond I guess.
Anyways, the CKS strains I planted are just over a week old now and doing pretty well overall. One of the PK seedlings came up fairly yellow with super thin leaves, but it seems to be gaining color/health. Also one of the DA seedlings came up with only 1 leaf on it's first fold rather than 2. Doesn't seem to affect it's growth, but interesting, these little mutations.
I've done ample reading and acquired some basic/decent lights to start out with (Mars Hydro LED 250w and a couple 250w CFL's also) so I feel prepared to take this on. I'm raising these in a little 2'x2'x4' tent that I'm keeping in my closet for now. I think once the plants are bigger though I'll probably have to take them out and just use the closet as a space as they won't all fit in there when put into some bigger pots.
I don't plan to veg for very long with these guys, my Death Bubba plants are 30 days ahead and looking pretty happy, I FIM'd them when they got to the 6th node and they are just starting to show some signs of pre-flower so soon I'll hopefully get to see their sex. I wanted to give the new plants 2-3 weeks to get going and then go straight to 12-12 light to start budding. Reasons are multi-faceted but they include my schedule over the summer and on limited time I wanted to get a little more yield if possible. My solution was growing a few more plants.
I'll get some pictures up at some point. I've perused around these forums at other growers who have tried these strains, but I'm open to any suggestions anyone here might feel compelled to give.
One thing I am still looking for a good solution for - Any tips for managing odor on a project like this? My hindsight is telling me I just got too small of a tent.. I could hook up a 6" fan/CO2 scrubber system in there but space is tight, and as I mentioned I will likely have to just use the whole closet to grow. In this case, I won't have a tight air sealed place where negative air pressure will really be possible. Does this pretty much eliminate my options outside of neutralizers like Ona Gels, etc...?
[Day 31 veg for DB plants in back, others between 8-10 days]
Ordered some seeds for White Widow (WW), Purple Kush (PK) and Dark Angel (DA) strains from CKS - they showed up in about 7 business days. I started out germinating 3 seeds from each strain with 100% success rate.
Fun fact, at the same time I tried germinating 5 'Great White Shark' seeds from another brand (Rare Earth Seed Company) and got a total 0% success rate, so bonus points for CKS stuff working out on the first try. I've contacted support at Rare Earth as of yesterday to see if they are willing to send me a replacement or not. I bought those particular seeds at a local retailer so we'll see how they respond I guess.
Anyways, the CKS strains I planted are just over a week old now and doing pretty well overall. One of the PK seedlings came up fairly yellow with super thin leaves, but it seems to be gaining color/health. Also one of the DA seedlings came up with only 1 leaf on it's first fold rather than 2. Doesn't seem to affect it's growth, but interesting, these little mutations.
I've done ample reading and acquired some basic/decent lights to start out with (Mars Hydro LED 250w and a couple 250w CFL's also) so I feel prepared to take this on. I'm raising these in a little 2'x2'x4' tent that I'm keeping in my closet for now. I think once the plants are bigger though I'll probably have to take them out and just use the closet as a space as they won't all fit in there when put into some bigger pots.
I don't plan to veg for very long with these guys, my Death Bubba plants are 30 days ahead and looking pretty happy, I FIM'd them when they got to the 6th node and they are just starting to show some signs of pre-flower so soon I'll hopefully get to see their sex. I wanted to give the new plants 2-3 weeks to get going and then go straight to 12-12 light to start budding. Reasons are multi-faceted but they include my schedule over the summer and on limited time I wanted to get a little more yield if possible. My solution was growing a few more plants.
I'll get some pictures up at some point. I've perused around these forums at other growers who have tried these strains, but I'm open to any suggestions anyone here might feel compelled to give.
One thing I am still looking for a good solution for - Any tips for managing odor on a project like this? My hindsight is telling me I just got too small of a tent.. I could hook up a 6" fan/CO2 scrubber system in there but space is tight, and as I mentioned I will likely have to just use the whole closet to grow. In this case, I won't have a tight air sealed place where negative air pressure will really be possible. Does this pretty much eliminate my options outside of neutralizers like Ona Gels, etc...?
[Day 31 veg for DB plants in back, others between 8-10 days]