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DeanWest89
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Strain info- Mint chocolate OG by humboldt seed organization. 80% indica 20% sativa 22-26 % THC CBD- unknown
Enviorment into- I am running this plant in a 5 gal space bucket project I made , it consists of a main food grade bucket and 11 spacers to give me enough room for the mars hydro 300. I originally had it set to the recommended height, I soon realized even at the 24” mark it was burning my plant, so had to do a little trial and error to get where I am with the height of the bucket. There is an intake fan at the top of the main bucket ( it’s at level with my medium) I put a scrog on one of the spacers and an internal fan on another to keep everything moving. There is also an out take fan at the top near the grow light. This is my first time growing in a space bucket so bare with me.
Medium- Organic living soil with 25% perlite for aeration. I have the plant in a 3 gal root pouch ( I absolutely love how these pots air prune and your plant will NEVER get root bound, you’ve never seen a root ball until you’ve seen out of a fabric pot)
Nutrients- I used gaja green organic dry amendments, I start my seeds right into this medium. It’s a slow release and relies on microbial life to break down the organic matter, when the microbial life poop out what they’ve eaten it now is readily available for the roots to take up , without this process my plants won’t eat( I ph @ 6.8 because that’s the optimum ph for microbial life I do dip down to 6.5 at times, I am feeding the soil and the soil feeds the plants. I inoculate my soil with 1 bubble tea before I plant and she’s good to go.
NOTE- mixing into your soil lasts a lot longer then a top dress so I almost get my whole veg out of the first mix , and top dress you get about 5 weeks, so you need to plan your last feeding properly so the plant uses the nutes before harvest ( you get a cleaner smoother smoke when the plant fades away)
For veg I use 75% all purpose 4-4-4 and 25% power bloom 2-8-4 to help with my topping and training. The plant seems to bounce back faster then just doing the 4-4-4
Before I switch to 12/12 I use 50% 4-4-4 and 50% 2-8-4 , this is done by top dressing and watering in
5 weeks before harvest I do 75% power bloom 2-8-4 and 25% all purpose 4-4-4
If you have any questions on any of this please feel free to ask me . I just wanted to give you guys as much info as possible so you can get a feel for what I’m doing here
March 4/19
Seed is being germinated in my home made seed starter/cloner. I don’t do a lot at a time so it’s perfect size for me
March 7/19
She broke ground and I couldn’t be happier. She’s already in amended soil with the slow release of gaja I’ve never had problems burning my seedlings you just need to mix your medium well do there isn’t any hot spots.
March 8/19
She’s begun to open up and you can see the start of its first true leaves
March 9/19
This is my first led grow so I struggled with watering there’s isn’t as much heat and I was over watering a tad
March 11/19
The growth was really slow due to overwatering I felt like I was gonna kill the plant so I quickly transplanted into my 3 gal root pouch ( I’ve always Used them so I struggle with regular pots)
March 13/19
Just before transplant
March 15/19
Today is the day I transplanted into my 3 gal root pouch , I’ve struggled with the regular pots since I was so used to root pouches she was really heavy and falling over due to my own ignorance . But this is the time she started to bounce back
I still have a lot of content to update you guys on , this plant is on day 50 from the day it reached out of the soil . Stay tuned and thank you su much for reading and stopping by , if you have any advice please don’t be shy I am not to indoor growing and any help would be great
Enviorment into- I am running this plant in a 5 gal space bucket project I made , it consists of a main food grade bucket and 11 spacers to give me enough room for the mars hydro 300. I originally had it set to the recommended height, I soon realized even at the 24” mark it was burning my plant, so had to do a little trial and error to get where I am with the height of the bucket. There is an intake fan at the top of the main bucket ( it’s at level with my medium) I put a scrog on one of the spacers and an internal fan on another to keep everything moving. There is also an out take fan at the top near the grow light. This is my first time growing in a space bucket so bare with me.
Medium- Organic living soil with 25% perlite for aeration. I have the plant in a 3 gal root pouch ( I absolutely love how these pots air prune and your plant will NEVER get root bound, you’ve never seen a root ball until you’ve seen out of a fabric pot)
Nutrients- I used gaja green organic dry amendments, I start my seeds right into this medium. It’s a slow release and relies on microbial life to break down the organic matter, when the microbial life poop out what they’ve eaten it now is readily available for the roots to take up , without this process my plants won’t eat( I ph @ 6.8 because that’s the optimum ph for microbial life I do dip down to 6.5 at times, I am feeding the soil and the soil feeds the plants. I inoculate my soil with 1 bubble tea before I plant and she’s good to go.
NOTE- mixing into your soil lasts a lot longer then a top dress so I almost get my whole veg out of the first mix , and top dress you get about 5 weeks, so you need to plan your last feeding properly so the plant uses the nutes before harvest ( you get a cleaner smoother smoke when the plant fades away)
For veg I use 75% all purpose 4-4-4 and 25% power bloom 2-8-4 to help with my topping and training. The plant seems to bounce back faster then just doing the 4-4-4
Before I switch to 12/12 I use 50% 4-4-4 and 50% 2-8-4 , this is done by top dressing and watering in
5 weeks before harvest I do 75% power bloom 2-8-4 and 25% all purpose 4-4-4
If you have any questions on any of this please feel free to ask me . I just wanted to give you guys as much info as possible so you can get a feel for what I’m doing here
March 4/19
Seed is being germinated in my home made seed starter/cloner. I don’t do a lot at a time so it’s perfect size for me
March 7/19
She broke ground and I couldn’t be happier. She’s already in amended soil with the slow release of gaja I’ve never had problems burning my seedlings you just need to mix your medium well do there isn’t any hot spots.
March 8/19
She’s begun to open up and you can see the start of its first true leaves
March 9/19
This is my first led grow so I struggled with watering there’s isn’t as much heat and I was over watering a tad
March 11/19
The growth was really slow due to overwatering I felt like I was gonna kill the plant so I quickly transplanted into my 3 gal root pouch ( I’ve always Used them so I struggle with regular pots)
March 13/19
Just before transplant
March 15/19
Today is the day I transplanted into my 3 gal root pouch , I’ve struggled with the regular pots since I was so used to root pouches she was really heavy and falling over due to my own ignorance . But this is the time she started to bounce back
I still have a lot of content to update you guys on , this plant is on day 50 from the day it reached out of the soil . Stay tuned and thank you su much for reading and stopping by , if you have any advice please don’t be shy I am not to indoor growing and any help would be great
