Re: First Planting - Blueberry, Purgatory, Kushberry - Indoor Organic Soil - LED & HP
Kushberry Plant #1: Nutrient Burn Survivor of Original Planting
Kushberry Plant #2: Nutrient Burn Survivor of Original Planting
Kushberry Plant #3: The first seed planted after I fixed my nutrient-overloaded soil, shown here on Day 4 but popped on the 48 hour mark
Kushberry Plant #4: The second seed planted after I fixed my nutrient-overloaded soil, shown here on Day 4 but popped at hour 58.
Blueberry Plant #4: This strain took a little longer to pop, but still made it out during Day 3; they have also been given fresh, unaltered, organic potting mix with zero nutrients.
Blueberry Plant #5: Freshly reaching out of the medium, this little guy popped this morning.
Blueberry Plant #6: This is the first plant to pop from the newly sewn Blueberry Seeds after the first attempt with nutrient overload.
Vegetative Day 28 (Week 4 Complete) - Kushberry Seedlings #1 & #2
After one hell of a near-death-experience, Kushberry Seedlings #1 & #2 have begun sprouting new growth and have also gained their leaves' original healthy green back. The only signs of burning noticeable now are the spots where the first burnt leaves were pruned from. I'll take stunted growth over plant death any day.
Vegetative Day 24 - Blueberry Seedlings #1 & #2; Day 17 - #3
Blueberry Seedlings #1 & #2 are in impeccable shape for having been overloaded by nutrients; this speaks wonders about the plant's genetics, given how quickly TGA's Purgatory fried. They have not changed much from the previous post's pictures so I didn't include them in this photo set.
I am strongly considering pulling the plug on Blueberry Seedling #3; it is still quite stunted and hasn't shown any sign of new growth, though it remains green and the roots are not weak. I am going to give it another week and if it hasn't gotten the lead out by then, it will be flushed.
Vegetative Day 6 - Purgatory Seed #1; Bloom Day 11 - Purgatory Seedling #2
Purgatory Seedling #1 still has not popped its head out of the potting medium, even though it was given a zero-nutrient home. I dug down to it very gently and noticed that it has cracked itself open, extending a very short tap root; the only strange thing is that the tap root didn't seem to find its way into the soil, and instead lay protruding out, 95% of the root being white and the very tip being a light brown. I don't believe that I gave it enough water for this to be a sign of root rot, in fact I have been giving the new seedlings substantially less water than I had before. I re-planted it with the tap root facing down, gently patting it in and then another dose of water. Maybe we'll see some action from this one soon if we are lucky.
Purgatory Seedling #2 looks fantastic, and has begun sprouting its third set of leaflets in the Bloom Room. It is quite entertaining to see how much stronger this particular seed has been in terms of dealing with its nutrient overload; it is definitely my experimental subject plant, as I left it in its nutrient-overloaded medium even after putting it into 12/12. I am quite certain the only reason it is alive is because of the swap to 12/12; even though it will most definitely not yield the same amount as the others may have the potential to, I feel that I will at least have saved the plant's ability to produce something rather than die and waste my time or money (even if it's a bud on a short stick).
Day 4 - Kushberry Seedlings/Seed #3-#5
Wow, these little girls are quite persistent and reliably pop up faster than a boner at the worst time imaginable to have one; I am glad that these were the feminized seeds that I have chosen, because I honestly expected any feminized seeds to be a bit weaker in their genetic resilience. Seedlings #3 & #4 have emerged, so I am only waiting for #5 to make its fashionably late entrance.
Day 4 - Blueberry Seedlings #4-#6
All of my Blueberry Seeds have now been used, and I will mention that though I killed a few with nutrient overload, 100% of them did pop so at least my germination method is reliable. I will not change the Propagation Chamber's layout, considering the success I've had with at least popping these seeds. I am ecstatic that everything seems to be coming together, so far.
Equipment Updates
So I went a little crazy on Amazon because I'm just sitting around recovering from surgery for a few weeks, and decided to get started building the Clone Mothership. I also decided to buy a covered, aeroponic cloning machine and 65W LED to go with it.
Mothership Kit:
-Quictent 16"x16"x48" Mylar, Light-Sealed Grow Tent
-VIPARSPECTRA Reflector-Series 300W Full-Spectrum Hanging LED
-6" 2-Speed Clip Fan
-(2x) 80mm PC Fans
-(15x) 5"x5"x12" Sea of Green Grow Pots
-(25x) 3' Natural Bamboo Stakes
I am pretty excited about this particular build, though I have been wondering about how to deal with my current spacial limitations. All of my pots are too wide and not deep enough for a plant to grow healthily and reside in for a long period of time, unless I start out in 5-gallon cloth, which would waste a ton of space in my cabinets in terms of height and width. The decision came down to between 2-liter soda bottles with the tops cut off or a bunch of tall, skinny, plastic pots with similar dimensions; given the dimensions of my new tent and the dimensions of the plastic pots that I found, it seems that I will be able to accommodate nine overall plants in just the Mothership tent by approaching it this way. Not only that, but this should allow me to also alleviate spacial constraint in all of the other cabinets except for my Propagation Chamber, due to its height. I am very glad to have found a uniform look for everything that fits my required dimensions, and I will draw the updated layout for all of my cabinets in the next day or two to show you what I'm anticipating.
Clone Thunderdome Kit:
-TurboKlone T24D Aeroponic Cloning System with 24 Site Cloners and Humidity Dome
-Amats 45W Full-Spectrum hanging LED
-HydroDynamics Clonex Clone Solution (1 Quart)
-HydroDynamics Clonex Rooting Gel (100ml)
This purchase came down to my inability to control humidity properly in the Propagation Chamber, at least to the much more substantial extent that I would need to make any clones viable. I really like the idea of continuously taking cuttings from prime mother plants for a free source of clones to raise and flower. I feel it could knock my expenses for this hobby down even further by letting me use the same strains for the next few years. After reading about the success rates of these machines, it seemed stupid to waste my time trying another method, even with the initial cost of the cloner.
I'm rooting for a fellow outdoorsman turned into a civilized indoor grower 