Update time
The VEG Tent:
Well the time has come, to choose my next 6 plants that will be going on to flowering next grow, and which will go in my 3rd tent to mother for the time being. It took a lot of thought on which ones to choose since I have so many amazing strains but here is what I came up with.
University Hills OG= Unknown OG x Free Tibet (Nepalese Hash Plant x Afghani Hawaiian) x Professional 3-Way [(Unknown DJ short x Unknown Sensi Seeds) x Northern Lights #5 male)]:
I've had this strain for quite a while, and I guess I have a bond with it, since it was one of 6 strains I ran on my very first grow. I did a lot of research to track down the genetics of this strain, and I can't guarantee they are accurate, but its the best I found online after piecing together a bunch of different sources.
I am running it again for a few reasons...first off I haven't run it in at least 3 cycles, so I wanted to throw it back into the mix. Also, I am debating if I am going to keep the strain around, or get rid of it for a different OG. I really am sad I lost my cut of SFV OG, but I'm sure I can get another one or maybe even a different one, so this upcomming grow will determine whether or not the University Hills OG stays in my collection. Because of its rarity, and the crosses within it, I really would like to at least make feminized seeds of her for future use, but we will see. I also ran it in my very first LED grow, so I want to compare the results.
Blue Dream I love blue dream, its the perfect smoke for having things to do, whether its just work or projects. Blue dream definitely has one of my favorite smells and flavors I have ever come across, and also is a great yeilder which both are pluses in my book. I had to run the blue dream again because I love the strain and love to have it around. I also am a blue dream whore..haha and I have tried tons and tons of different samples of blue dream over the past few years, so I want to rate my growing ability vs what I have tried
this will give me a good gauge on how I am doing
Grandaddy Purple: Another one of my favorite strains, and the taste is unique to itself. I have never tasted anything or smelled anything like Grandaddy Purple. Its kind of like blue dream where it just has its own qualities you don't find in other strains. Anyhow, grandaddy purple is another one of my favorites and I am so happy to have it in my garden. So I wanted to run it again to see how it does.
Mystery Kush: This is a cut that was mislabled when I recieved it, so I have no idea what it is. All I know it is some kind of kush, but really I have no idea what is in it, and the place I got it from was so incompetant, I couldn't even trust them trying to tell me. So I just named it mystery kush. It definitely seems to have some bubba kush traits, but also has some traits that resemble master kush, and some traits that resemble bubba kush.. so really who knows? Anyhow I don't really like having strains that I don't know the genetics, so I decided to run it 1 last time for a few reasons.... to see if its worth keeping, even though it has no known origin... and also to see if the quality compares to past LED grows that I ran this strain. I don't think I am going to keep this strain past this grow, but I will take cuttings of it before flowering just in case.
Purple Urkle:Another one of my favorite purples, and also the half parent of Grandaddy Purple. This is such an amazing strain an just always has a fresh, sweet, grape taste to it and really packs a punch. I haven't completed a cycle with it yet, but already what I am seeing is making me really happy, so I decided to run it again.
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So That is going to be the next 6 plants you will all get to see go to flowering... If anyone would like me to swap one out for one of my other strains... let me know..and why.. and I may consider it
My goal is to narrow down the amount of strains I have on hand which right now is 10. I would like to keep a solid 5-6 of them so I can change up a few things about the way I grow and also get a few projects done that I have wanted to. I have wanted to get a feminized seed project started so having less strains will allow me room to do that in my 3rd tent. I also have wanted to possibly reduce the amount of plants I flower instead of 6 to maybe 2 or 3, with much larger pots... I am curious if by reducing the amount of plants I can get a higher gram per watt/yield because more light will be able to hit the plants, and they can spread out more in the roots and soil. I think right now by me doing 6 at a time really is hampering the capabilitys that I can have going on so hopefully by narrowing down the amount of plants/strains, I can then focus on just a few very large plants
As far as the all blue Advanced LED EX-VEG lights, I couldn't be happier... with the growth rate they are producing, I have already had to chop my plants in half about 3x just so they don't overgrow the area. I have to wait until my other tent is done flowering to use the space so I gave all 6 of the plants a very very good trimming... It wont hurt the plants, as I have done this before, but what it will do is really get them to branch out and lots of tops to form, so I will really fill up the canopy
Either way what I am saying is these EX Veg lights work amazingly and I am still only using them at 1/2 power!!! so a total of 200w in my veg tent is the draw! I'm amazed! As far as plant health, I haven't checked the brix yet, but will in a few weeks once they have grown more rootmass.
I repotted the girls from there 2 gallon round pots to 5 gallon plastic pots... with each plant I gently scored the roots with my fingertips to break up the root circling. I couldn't believe how dense the root mass was in each pot, definitely they were ready for transplant as each of them was just packed with roots! The soil that I used to fill in the rest of the 5 gallon pots was from my new rubber/plastic Bin that I use to cook/re-use/mineralize soil.
Curso turned me on to taking all the leaves and trimmings and throwing them into the soil to compost, so I have been doing this with all of my leaves and literally within a week or 2 they are gone and nice soil humus
Each time that I dump old soil into the bin, I add worm castings, the 6-5-3 and some Azomite along with some crab shell meal and fish bone meal. Then I mix up the soil and let it cook.. I don't even know how old this soil is exactly, but probably has been used about 3x or more and is over 1 year old
So here are the girls, the next 6, completely bare, naked and trimmed, in new larger pots, fresh filler soil and lots of room to grow
All of them were given just plain R/O water with no additives to help reduce any shock as well as wet the new soil to help moisten it. I also tonight hit them with a foliar feeding of R/O water, amaze, Pgr, micronutrients, cold pressed seaweed, hydrolyzed fish and carboload and yucca extract. (very very little amounts of each in a gallon of water) This was used on all my plants tonight including my flowering tent and 3rd mother tent.
Hopefully the job hunt is coming along well. Like so many of you guys, I know all about whoring myself out to some sub par employer for a paycheck. Good luck man. 
those ladies are packing weight 
