Mr Teddy's Greek Indoor Grow - Indicas - Soil - LEDs

[OldMedMan]

Well, now you've done it! There is nothing to say when things are done to perfection. Your grow is just.....just..perfection in progress.
Be very proud of yourself my good man.

 

[Teddy Edwards]

OMM. Your comment has got the week off to a lovely start. It's all down to doing the research and having the support of members. And a good fairy dust sprinkling of luck.

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HELP NEEDED

Hey everyone. I'm trying to advise new member Boppa about setting up a grow room, lighting, etc from scratch. I'm hardly the best qualified. If you've got a few minutes could you pop over to his journal and give him your 2cents please? He needs more than my 1cent.


Here's the link:
My First Grow: I Hope This Goes Well!

 

[MaxYields]

OMM. Your comment has got the week off to a lovely start. It's all down to doing the research and having the support of members. And a good fairy dust sprinkling of luck.

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HELP NEEDED

Hey everyone. I'm trying to advise new member Boppa about setting up a grow room, lighting, etc from scratch. I'm hardly the best qualified. If you've got a few minutes could you pop over to his journal and give him your 2cents please? He needs more than my 1cent.


Here's the link:
My First Grow: I Hope This Goes Well!

Just put in my two cents, hope he finds it useful!!

You're such an awesome member of this community MrTeddy, I want to thank you for going out of your way to help Boppa. I was in the same scenario as him not to long ago, and an experienced grower (just like you) gave me guidance and it inspired me more than anything to keep growing. You are what makes this community so enjoyable. So again, thank you.

 

[Teddy Edwards]

Just put in my two cents, hope he finds it useful!!

You're such an awesome member of this community MrTeddy, I want to thank you for going out of your way to help Boppa. I was in the same scenario as him not to long ago, and an experienced grower (just like you) gave me guidance and it inspired me more than anything to keep growing. You are what makes this community so enjoyable. So again, thank you.

Well, Max, it's as if you, OMe and Gray had built a grow room for him whilst he sleeps. And I learnt a load of stuff too. So everybody wins.

I'm only doing what this community has done for me. As a wise man wrote on Boppa's thread, "It's what the 420 community is all about".

 

[MaxYields]

Well, Max, it's as if you, OMe and Gray had built a grow room for him whilst he sleeps. And I learnt a load of stuff too. So everybody wins.

I'm only doing what this community has done for me. As a wise man wrote on Boppa's thread, "It's what the 420 community is all about".

A very wise man indeed!!!

Honestly though thank you! I am glad that OMe Graytail and I could come together and build an entire Grow Room.. without even meeting each other in person!

Always happy to help and always happy to learn Mr. Teddy, that's my outlook!

 

[B A R]

Such positive energy guys...

 

[MaxYields]

Such positive energy guys...

Must be a side effect of... REEFER MADNESS.

 

[420Brother]

Looking great Mr. Teddy, top shelf happy lookin' plants



Just out of curiosity, how come you didn't scrog them ?

I'm using a small space myself and i find scrog / lolipopping helpful when it comes to delivering them lumens on an equally spread cannopy



Nevertheless everything looks wonderful, puff puff pass

 

[Jaga]

Mr Teddy this is the only journal I am managing to keep up with to date
I am loving the way they are shooting up and flowering very very nicely
I loved the pic of you an ted out for a walk in the snow I speak for many when I say that I am so glad you joined 420
all our very best with loads of hugs an love hugs an please give teddy a cuddle an kiss from us Me an Miss P

 

[Teddy Edwards]

A very wise man indeed!!!

Honestly though thank you! I am glad that OMe Graytail and I could come together and build an entire Grow Room.. without even meeting each other in person!

Always happy to help and always happy to learn Mr. Teddy, that's my outlook!

I watched it happen. It was like one of those dreadful, management team-building days - you know the type of thing, you've got a safety pin, an egg and a sewing machine, now build a bridge - except it was done by guys who WANTED to do it. And who knew exactly what they were doing. I won't forget that in a hurry. Magic.

Such positive energy guys...

Must be a side effect of... REEFER MADNESS.

Or maybe, just maybe, it was simple human kindness. Lord knows the world could do with a bit more of that. If we could bottle the spirit of - bunch of stoners, often quite poorly, often quite poor, which the world would look down on because the world does not know the love and knowledge that exists here - and sprinkle it around like a priceless perfume, then the world would be a much better place.

Looking great Mr. Teddy, top shelf happy lookin' plants



Just out of curiosity, how come you didn't scrog them ?

I'm using a small space myself and i find scrog / lolipopping helpful when it comes to delivering them lumens on an equally spread cannopy



Nevertheless everything looks wonderful, puff puff pass

Hullo 420brother. Lovely to hear from you and thank you for the kind words.

Why didn't I SCROG them? Well, the truth is I don't know. Obviously I've seen many examples of it here but once again it's one of those oh-so-common techniques that nobody says what its actually for. From your post I understand that it both spreads and supports the tops for maximum exposure, yes? When would you employ it - at the switch?

I hope I have many, many years of growing ahead of me. So plenty of time to try all the techniques. Right now I'm just happy that I CAN grow them. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Mr Teddy this is the only journal I am managing to keep up with to date
I am loving the way they are shooting up and flowering very very nicely
I loved the pic of you an ted out for a walk in the snow I speak for many when I say that I am so glad you joined 420
all our very best with loads of hugs an love hugs an please give teddy a cuddle an kiss from us Me an Miss P

I'm so pleased you are here, O Fellow Englishman. And delighted that you're on the mend.

Yes, every day there's more growth of the top buds and those lower on the stems are reaching up like Oliver Twist asking for more gruel. Especially on those with alternate nodes. Does that make a difference? Looks a little that way from where I'm standing and smiling.

You don't have to ask me twice to give Teddy a hug. Just between you and me, jaga, I think that what with the dog and the girls, Mrs Teddy is feeling a bit left out. Time for some re-prioritising over dinner tonight.

All good things to you and Paddi.

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Some exciting news.

Janni, a good chum now, runs by far the best garden centre at the coast. He's about 30, thin and fit if prematurely balding, who, like so many Greek boys, inherited the business from his father. During his Greek army service he was in the Marines, and by the way he sharpens his secateurs I can see why. I popped in to see him this bright blue day. I've mentioned before that he has a degree in horticulture from Berlin university. What I didn't know until this morning when I asked him if he had rock dust and he asked me why, was that he specialised in ... wait for it ... LIVING ORGANIC SOIL. He spent 6 months in the lab with 43 different ingredients, wrote his dissertation on it and was published.

He was delighted to have a customer interested in making it and we had a long chat and he is sourcing what I need. We are well on the way. I want to get going immediately. But first I need a vegging space. Mrs T is up for it - even volunteered to give up some of her studio space (now THAT'S a wife) so I need to find a cabinet to adapt. Hooray and Huzzah. Mr T goes perpetual.

One thing I wanted to ask you all however. I was asking Janni about worms. He showed me a large sack full of grey pellets and - and this is the bit I don't get - said that they were Californian worms which when mixed into soil came alive. Now I may have misunderstood. We speak a mixture of Greek, English and German, so the possibilities for misunderstanding are illimitable. A quick web search reveals nothing. Is such a thing possible? Surely not?

That's my day. I hope each of yours is or has been or will be as enjoyable. Peace be with you.

Pip Pip! Mr Teddy

 

[420Brother]

You are absolutely correct my friend, you get the logic behind it. It's both for strengthening your top buds and spread the light better among the plants. The plan behind it is that you aim for a bigger yield, so naturally you start topping early on Veg to get as many tops as possible, then when you switch, you setup your scrog net and as your plants grow you start organizing your tops into it, in a way that will give you an evenly horizontal cannopy so you take advantage of all your light power and have a better airflow aswell!


At the same time it's also recommended to lolipop your plants in a way that you are prunning anything at the bottom that's not getting any light and is consuming enengy out of your plants that could be used more efficiently (enrichening top colas). Airflow is a huge merit of lolipopping aswell.


That's just another way of increasing your yield tho, as far as i'm concerned it doesn't change anything in your bud quality, which is by far the hardest thing to accomplish in a grow, excellent quality that is. Which i see you have achieved at a respectable level, judging by the happy laddies you got there.


I'm sure you will experiment and try all these different methods and techniques given the opportunity, after all you kinda strike me as the adventurous type in your own special way

Keep it green

 

[GrizzWald]

Never heard of pellet worms.... I'm picturing a pellet that expands when submerged in water, and worms brake out? I've heard of frozen worms for retail but not pellets.... Any things possible though...it wouldn't surprise..

 

[B A R]

Sounds like getting to know Janni was a win win Teddy.

 

[SoilGirl]

LOL - probably hard to believe but I might be nearly as excited as you Mr. Teddy! That's so freaking cool!! As far as the dry worm pellets.... no clue. at all. I've been googling like mad too- and nothing. If Janni is as much of a LOS guy as you say - I'd bet he knows what he's talking about but just to make sure, I'd go back and talk to him about worms for worm castings. You want something for high quality vermiculture, not just another composter.

still looking.... hmm could this be something like what he was showing you?

Organic Microbial Bio-Stimulant Fertiliser Pellets Plus Nutrients & Minerals - Wormtec : Wormtec

maybe he just meant the soil came alive after you mixed them in?

IDK.

 

[Teddy Edwards]

Kali mera everyone.

Thanks so much for your input and comments, 420brother, Grizz and BAR. Always really appreciated.

And YES, SG. They look exactly like what he was showing me. Everything seems to be leading me to LOS. I'd be crazy not to listen to you and Janni.

So much can be lost in translation. And Greek is all about the stress too. When we first came here I asked for exi avra in a shop. Six eggs. I came out with six bottles of water. avRA is egg. AVra means health/good spirit and is a brand of mineral water.

So, before I get my own worm farm on the go, would top-dressing on my next grow with the pellets be ok, d'ya think?

 

[SoilGirl]

Mr. Teddy if Janni seems to think they're good stuff, and they're completely organic like what I just posted, made from worm castings and compost/composted manures and an inoculant, then I see no reason they wouldn't be an acceptable temporary substitute. Just, no dry pellet is going to compare to fresh, homemade vermicompost for an explosion of micro life. The same goes for any dry inoculant. (like the Azos and Mykos I use) Dry isn't conducive to life haha. Also the homemade stuff will be considerably cheaper/free once you get it all set up.

I think it will do great things for your soil. just once you get a worm bin, you'll be doing even greater.

those pellets are DEFINITELY a step up from your liquid nutes. If you use those pellets instead of your veg nutes from now on I guarantee you won't have N problems haha, AND you'll be building micro life instead of disrupting it. Trust in Janni.

P.S. - since Janni's looking into sourcing rock dusts - I really think its worth checking with him for Neem Cake, Kelp, and Crab/Crustacean meals, or any single one of them that you can get if at all possible; though together they form quite the trifecta, any of them would be a HUGE plus.

Also, he might be someone to ask about local top cover crops that could be viable for you. Something compatible with mycorrhizae networks, but that adds back to the soil. I've really noticed faster growth in my plants, especially early growth, when using living mulch.

 

[Teddy Edwards]

as always, SG. A shopping list! Solid gold info as ever.

The girls last night were looking very happy. Blueberry in particular with her alternate nodes (does that make a difference?) is really bursting with fattening buds. At lights on this afternoon they will need a water so I'll post a full picture update.

 

[OMeWanCannabi]

"No harm ever came from a but of dramatic anticipation," said the Doctor.
"There is an art to the building of suspense. A prince from Denmark told me that."
― Dan Abnett

 

[Teddy Edwards]

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[Teddy Edwards]

FLOWERING DAY 23

A quick photo update because this evening we are heading the 40 miles into the city with friends for an evening of the local white spirit with fabulous meze. I won't tell you what the local spirit is called because it's famous throughout Greece and associated only with this region - people come here from Athens and Thessoloniki - but what's great is the food with it. Every time you order a tiny bottle you get a plate. It starts with the cheaper dishes - potato salad, mussels, anchovies, pickled veg - but after a few rounds the langoustine, sea aenenomies and octopus arrive. Very civilised. Particularly since I will not be driving.

Disclaimer: Mrs Teddy wishes it to be known that if any eagle-eyed reader spots a quilt top in progress in these pictures, please note that it is a commission from a wealthy Athenian whose brief was "pink" and whose style is traditional. Mrs Teddy's own work is rather more interesting.

No dramas to report. All is calm. All is bright.

MAZAR

BLUEBERRY (Slightly more advanced with bigger flowers than the other two at the moment. Yellowing of one or two lower fans but ain't nothing serious. She had a tiny touch of nute-burn from feeding 5 days ago, so this time everyone was just given good, pure spring-water.)

MASTERKUSH

Until next time, good-bye and good gardening.

Mr Teddy x