CaptKimura
New Member
Hey all,
New member to the board but have relied upon the info here all through my first grow. This will be my second grow, having started with a dispensary clone of Strawberry Dream (Strawberry Cough x Blue Dream) kept organic start to finish.
12/9: Germinated 7 Cookies and 1 "Unknown", giving me a starting total of 8 viable seedlings; paper towel method with Kelp and Super Thrive at mild strength diluted in water. Fortunately, The "Unknown" is either a Blue Diesel or Tiger Blood OG, though so far it's growth is showing like the first. Considering they're bagseeds, I do not intend on finishing through should they hermie on me randomly, simply out of respect. BUT, and thats a big BUT, Im really hoping the mothers hermie'd out of stress rather than genetics, but only time will tell.
Unfortunately, privacy issues forced me to abandon my grow tent and 600w MH/HPS for guerrilla grow spots within my own home, garage, backyard, etc (catch my drift?). Anyway, this makes me new to CFLs and working in small spaces so I welcome help. Eventually, once I clone and sex them sometime this week, I hope to have a semi-permanent stealth type grow rig going for one or two plants. The smaller the better, so if anyone has suggestions, send them over.
Im currently housing the Blue Diesel** and 3 of the strongest Cookies sprouts in a store bought, 4-slot polypropylene wine carrier which looks and works just like a smart pot. The final and largest Cookies, transplanted a week earlier - soil from napkin, is the only planted in its own 1-gallon nursery pot.
**Update: Yet again, the stress surrounding this grow attempt forced an emergency transfer earlier today. I was planning to let them veg for a week and grow some real roots, sitting low in an 18-gallon container complete with privacy top, before moving the females (IF ANY!!!) to a stealth rig. Well, that didnt happen and the rushed transplant could have gone better. The "Blue Diesel", the one and only shot I have at a female with the incredible strain, suffered the worst when I snagged her largest taproot. Damn near broke my heart, but the show must go on.
ill be finishing the third week since breaking soil and shedding seed on Friday, though they are definitely still younger than what I started with my first go around. Straight waterings with the distilled variety and 1 teaspoon of Blackstrap molasses. They did, however, receive a 1/2 strength fert/tea soil drench the second week in the cups. This last transplant has left them rather hurtin, but im hoping we'll avoid the shock.
I go for definite dry/wet periods between waterings and generally rely on teas to keep up the micro- and macro-'s but also to keep the microbes happy. Not using a particular "super-ultra-mega-extreme veg and bloom" nutrient line, but I have the organic equivalents in bat guano, kelp meal, bone meal, gypsum, worm castings, and the lot. Ill be sticking with EB Stone Premium Organic Potting Mix as I liked the consistency from my first grow.
As for lights, stuck with the basics until i design my compact CFL rig. Currently:
32w x 2 (6500K) T8
23w x 3 (5000K) CFL
23w x 1 (2700K) CFL
Hopefully, things at home straighten out and I can finish them in my tent with the HPS, but Im only looking for a personal grow for my medical needs so who knows. As a new member, I welcome the community's help and suggestions. Peace.
***Pics up soon***
New member to the board but have relied upon the info here all through my first grow. This will be my second grow, having started with a dispensary clone of Strawberry Dream (Strawberry Cough x Blue Dream) kept organic start to finish.
12/9: Germinated 7 Cookies and 1 "Unknown", giving me a starting total of 8 viable seedlings; paper towel method with Kelp and Super Thrive at mild strength diluted in water. Fortunately, The "Unknown" is either a Blue Diesel or Tiger Blood OG, though so far it's growth is showing like the first. Considering they're bagseeds, I do not intend on finishing through should they hermie on me randomly, simply out of respect. BUT, and thats a big BUT, Im really hoping the mothers hermie'd out of stress rather than genetics, but only time will tell.
Unfortunately, privacy issues forced me to abandon my grow tent and 600w MH/HPS for guerrilla grow spots within my own home, garage, backyard, etc (catch my drift?). Anyway, this makes me new to CFLs and working in small spaces so I welcome help. Eventually, once I clone and sex them sometime this week, I hope to have a semi-permanent stealth type grow rig going for one or two plants. The smaller the better, so if anyone has suggestions, send them over.
Im currently housing the Blue Diesel** and 3 of the strongest Cookies sprouts in a store bought, 4-slot polypropylene wine carrier which looks and works just like a smart pot. The final and largest Cookies, transplanted a week earlier - soil from napkin, is the only planted in its own 1-gallon nursery pot.
**Update: Yet again, the stress surrounding this grow attempt forced an emergency transfer earlier today. I was planning to let them veg for a week and grow some real roots, sitting low in an 18-gallon container complete with privacy top, before moving the females (IF ANY!!!) to a stealth rig. Well, that didnt happen and the rushed transplant could have gone better. The "Blue Diesel", the one and only shot I have at a female with the incredible strain, suffered the worst when I snagged her largest taproot. Damn near broke my heart, but the show must go on.
ill be finishing the third week since breaking soil and shedding seed on Friday, though they are definitely still younger than what I started with my first go around. Straight waterings with the distilled variety and 1 teaspoon of Blackstrap molasses. They did, however, receive a 1/2 strength fert/tea soil drench the second week in the cups. This last transplant has left them rather hurtin, but im hoping we'll avoid the shock.
I go for definite dry/wet periods between waterings and generally rely on teas to keep up the micro- and macro-'s but also to keep the microbes happy. Not using a particular "super-ultra-mega-extreme veg and bloom" nutrient line, but I have the organic equivalents in bat guano, kelp meal, bone meal, gypsum, worm castings, and the lot. Ill be sticking with EB Stone Premium Organic Potting Mix as I liked the consistency from my first grow.
As for lights, stuck with the basics until i design my compact CFL rig. Currently:
32w x 2 (6500K) T8
23w x 3 (5000K) CFL
23w x 1 (2700K) CFL
Hopefully, things at home straighten out and I can finish them in my tent with the HPS, but Im only looking for a personal grow for my medical needs so who knows. As a new member, I welcome the community's help and suggestions. Peace.
***Pics up soon***
