Colesdad Tries Again - LED - GGG Baby Freedom - Ideal420 Soil - 12/12 From Seed

You've got heart.. That is for sure! I don't know what to tell you.. "Put your change in your left pocket" comes to mind. A seedling has a tough time telling you that she is over/under watered because she can't droop. You've got to just trust your gut. next watering, giver her about a cup. That is the size that I would swap over from a mist bottle to hand watering. She looks good! Good luck CD
 
...don't overthink it...those babies shouldn't need anything more than a lil water and light...h00k...
 
So, I just had a thought hit me....
As I was getting my water for the plant I realized that I hadn't check the pH of my soil, bc Ideal420 says you only need to add ro/bottled water. But, I thought to check it.
I added some soil to a glass, added some tap water, stirred, strained out some water and checked it. And bam, run off was less than 6.0! So, maybe I'm on to something.
I adjusted ph to a little less than 7, and gave a pretty decent amount of water.
Now, we wait........
 
Okay. So I watered my Afghani from the bottom, at her in a bowl of ph'ed water and let the entire pot get wet. Why? Because she is struggling. Again, I have a seedling with yellowing starting from the inside on all leaves, and the newest are starting to get brown and crispy on the outer edges. So, I figured, what do I have to lose?
If course, the baby Blue Blood looks great, but all my sprouts do. And they always give me problems when the second set of leaves start. But, I'm expecting the BB to do well, I'm an optimistic kinda guy.
I have one BB Feminised seed left. I'm going to save her. Even if these two fai, I'm going to wait on dropping my last. If I fail now, I'll wait till Christmas and load up on a new soil and line of nutes and hit Herbies again. I will not quit, because my tumor isn't stopping either. I will not lose, I will not surrender, I will not stop.
Her is a pic of my Afghani
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I flushed the soil last night, a feed her a full gallon of gh nutes this morning . If she burns and fails, then so be it. I'm thinking of yanking my BB from the soil (still working her full set of leaves) and going to a solo cup hempy style. t And then transplant into a final home.
I'm done with Ideal 420 Soil.

Saw my other neurologist yesterday. It's a disappointing appointment when instead of the usual 30 minutes or takes, it turns into a 3 hour appointment. It is time to address tumor growth. I have a grade 2, so it does grow, but slowly.
My first surgery was 2007. Then I did chemo in 2010 because it was getting too big. Then in 2012 I had another surgery. Yesterday I learned I will be doing chemo again, the pill form, for 365 days straight. Yuck. But, my wife and I have done this before and got through it, so it is just another bump in the road.

Before you read more, know that I am the guy that makes people chring when I joke about things. Since I belong in the brain tumor-seizure-cancer-chemo club, I will joke about it and laugh. Having said all this, there are some positives about my situation....
My tag on my windshield gives me the best parking spots.
I will be back at the weight I was in high school (eat your heart out!)
I get to take a lot of naps.

So, there it is. I love my life, I honestly do. My wife and I often wonder what it would have been like without my diagnosis, but we always agree that we are exactly where we need to be right now and wouldn't trade a single moment.
 
We battled breast cancer. I say "we" but it was really she. She's finished up her 4th(and hopefully last) surgery a year ago. My cancer research is what led me here (as well as many other stops along the way). You will win this battle! I won't pretend to know what you're going through but I've played a different role in a very similar fight. Trust the people that love you, find something to help the mind as well as the body. That's really why I have these plants in the ground. "Two birds with one stone". Keep fighting
 
soak the soil with tap water or filtered tap water till you get runoff then let the soil dry out for at least 3 days.
 
It's been a crazy few days..
Wednesday around 4pm I started having seizures back to back, and between them I was throwing up. So, once again, a ride in the ambulance to the hospital. FRIDAY I wake up. We have added a medicine to my regimen and I started my chemo pills. I had a great nights sleep last night and it feels wonderful to be home!
A piece of good news...
The BB I put in a small hempy is still alive, my wife and mother watered it for me. And the Afghani that was pretty much dead is alive and beautiful! I guess flushing the soil and a full strength dose of GH nutes worked. The brown curly leaves are completely dead, but she had two luscious green leaves.

Look!
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Seeing this yesterday when I got home was such a great feeling. I'm not sure how my body is going to adjust to all my meds and my pill count per day is up to 16, but so far so good.
 
Hang in there Bud!!...sending best of thoughts your way...your perseverance is inspirational!...h00k...
 
Spitz said:
Looking much better! Glad to hear you are home. A little gardening should ease the mind. Peace!
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dr.h00k said:
Hang in there Bud!!...sending best of thoughts your way...your perseverance is inspirational!...h00k...
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Thanks y'all.

I know it's only been 24hrs since my last photo, but she is very happy and green!
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Things are going well. I've seen wonderful growth on the Afghani (soil) and slow, but healthy growth on the BB. BB's roots have yet to hit the resv, so I'm not concerned she is slower.
Here is the growth from Afghani in3 days. The first set of leaves (soil issue) have completely shriveled and died.
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She hasa little something going on with her leaf tips. I'm going to search and see what's going on. If you know of something let me know, if not, I'll look around. They aren't crispy, just slightly discolored and droopy. Overall she is a little droopy, but I flushed and feed her soil and it is still wet
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Hey b. Leds are super high, over 30in. They each have two cfl, about 3in above the bb and 6in above the aAfghani. I really just have the led to raise temps to help with drying the soil. The issue got worse today. I am thinking it was a zinc deal. I flushed two gallons of ph 6.5ish through her. A caught some of the early run off to check what the pH of the soil was, it was over 8. I'm hoping this was my issue. After the issue in the very beginning of the current Afghani I began questioning the soil. I put a cup of soil and two cups of 6ish ph water, stirred and let sit for a while. I found this mix to be super high ph, around 8ish, I think.
I'm hoping I have figured this out. I will never drop another bean in this soil, ever. I was hoping this dirt was going to help a newbie like myself, but I have tried everything.
There is a grow store about 40 miles away, I'm going to absorb some of the advice I've been given about ddifferent soils and nutes and ditch ideal 420. It seems to work great for some, but im ready to try something else.
I hit you up with a question about your led in your journal.
 
Try not to let any of that soil spill on your lawn on the way to the trash can. I made a few runs in Roots Organic and I like it. To be honest, with the types of issues you've had, I recommend Happy Frog. If nothing else, it's IMO the easiest soil to get plants started in. Whatever you choose, give me hell!
 
Quick question about my cfls.
I'm using 23w (actual wattage), 5000k, 1600 lumens.

I found some in the house that are 800 lumens, 6500k.

Is the 6500k better, even though it is physically smaller and not as bright (lumens)?

I stopped my 24hr light schedule and have now switched to 18/6, which I plan on staying with until the 12/12 starts.
 
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