Squiggle Is Testing The Sylstar GL4000a: Multi Strain Grow, In A Brand New Set Up!

[copperrein]

Oh hey there dickhole....where's my tag? You started a new journal and didn't tag me? Wtf?

Holy crap your new kit is hot.

 

[Paul Squiggle]

Oh hey there dickhole....where's my tag? You started a new journal and didn't tag me? Wtf?

Holy crap your new kit is hot.

Is that your pet name for me? Dickhole! Sorry mate. I forgot.. I actually haven't tagged anyone.
The new kits amazing. This cheap light I was getting to review has cost a fortuneThanks for popping in anyway.. if you hadn't showed your face by page 5, I would have sent you a snotty message anyway

 

[Paul Squiggle]

I have same wifey. She quit complaining when she noticed pot has a Viagra effect on me

Lucky you. It has the opposite effect on me. I cant be arsed to unzip my pants!!

 

[Paul Squiggle]

Howdy do folks.

Hows it growing?

I will be starting the journal after this post and running the review/test at the same time. I really appreciate that you have all been checking in on things.
Speak to you all soon.

Squiggle

 

[Paul Squiggle]

I'm going to call this journal GROWING PAINS

GERMINATION DAY 1

Light: Sylstar GL-4000a
Medium: Store bought compost.
Pot size and type to be confirmed.
Grow space: 1metre X 1metre X 2metre
Strains: 1xSour diesel. 1xStar dawg. 1xBlueberry OG. All photoperiod and 1x White widow Auto
Nutrients: liquid organic feed (if needed)
Water: Mineral, pH'd to 6.5


Howdy do folks, I thank you all for stopping by.

This grow is going to be a challenging one for me. As you already know, its all new equipment, which will give me a new environment to control.

I will be using the same medium as my last grow. It's pretty hassle free, water and walk away. They will only be drinking shop bought mineral water, which is rich in calcium and magnesium. It seemed to work well for the last plants, they were pretty healthy to the end; so I thought why change something that isn't broken.

Anyway.. here is the the list of seeds I had to pick from.

The plan is to veg the photoperiods along side the auto and when the auto is harvested, I will flip the others into flower; as suggested by @Listersmeghead . Thanks for the idea mate

My skills and knowledge are rather limited and I am learning each time grow. I am also learning a hell of a lot from you guys. So I thank you all.

Right, let's get to it.
After choosing the above mentioned strains; I started soaking them in mineral water for 24 hours

Please excuse the messy handwriting on the cups. For some strange reason I decided to write it on after I had put the water and seeds in. Which did result in the white widow getting spilled out of it's container and onto the floor of the tent. After searching for the tiny little seed on the tent floor for ten minutes, I finally realised it was stuck to the inside of the cup still.
Rookie mistake...

I will leave them in the tent for 24 hours and then use the paper towel method as I've always used. The tent temperature is constantly around 20c at the moment, so all should be good. But I would like all suggestions going forward. If you think I am going about something the wrong way; please jump in and tell me I'm stupid and not to do it

I will be updating every night, on the progress of the seeds and soon to be plants and also the upgrades to the grow area.

At the weekend I should be doing the Par test thingymebobs on the new light also..
Anyway. I thank you all for checking in.. don't be shy with the suggestions, I still class myself as a novice and I am open to all ideas.

Thanks for reading

Squiggle

 

[Spitz]

Just about to harvest a WW myself. She’s a solid plant but taking forever to finish. Sour Diesel is on a short list for me too! Happy germination!!

 

[Paul Squiggle]

Just about to harvest a WW myself. She’s a solid plant but taking forever to finish. Sour Diesel is on a short list for me too! Happy germination!!

Thanks mate. I will be picking your brains on the WW. Thanks for stopping by

 

[Sticky fingaz]

Howdy do.

Right!! Where do I start
I will write a few pages of the journey on how I got here; before I start the review and the journal. Just so you all have a little bit of a background knowledge of me and my calamities.

A few weeks ago @Sylstar offered us UK growers an awesome deal on the GL4000a, as long as we wrote a review. Well, with me being impulsive; I said yes, before even knowing the specs..
Well, after reviewing the specifications of the light, I realised my little 2x2 was not suitable.
So, after a few arguments disagreements with the wife, I finally persuaded her we needed a bigger tent. She said I couldn't have a 4x4 as it will take up too much room and I could only have a 3x3.
Fortunately, she can't read a tape measure properly, so I got a metric one. A 1mx1m, which is bigger than a 3x3 but a little bit smaller than a 4x4

So, this is where the fun starts
Putting the the new tent up whilst totally baked.
The instructions may as well have been written in Klingon, as I could not understand them .

Is it me or is that confusing?
It's probably just me.
Anyway, after a right struggle, I got the frame up and a bit of the tenty material.
The instructions said put the material on from the bottom first, so God only knows why I put it on from the top..

2 hours later

3 hours later

Taadaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

done

Time for a bong and to sit back and admire my handy work!!

That's it for today folks, I'm as high as kite and can't stop giggling at things..
I will be back tomorrow with more updates.
Hopefully the review and journal will start in the next few days..

Thanks for stopping by.
Take care

Squiggz

I've seen it all now, replacing the home gym with a grow tent, wont see that again until Jan 1st
Awesome though dude

 

[Paul Squiggle]

I've seen it all now, replacing the home gym with a grow tent, wont see that again until Jan 1st
Awesome though dude

gym?? I thought it was a heavy duty clothes horse.. don't do that exercise stuff. It makes you all tired and achey..
Thanks for popping in. Really appreciate it..

 

[Sticky fingaz]

@Squiggle Heyy buddy! How the bloody hell are you dude Been a while it seems. How did the trip over the hills go, bet you had a great time!! How's Mrs squiggs doing, or have you two not spoke much since harvest lol.
It's taken me longer than I'd hoped to get started again, soooo glad I am now. Like I had something majorly missing from life, almost mourning But, glad to see your up & going also. will be pulling up a front row seat. Congrats on the light btw.....jammy bugger.
One

 

[Paul Squiggle]

Im great mate, thanks for asking. I was wondering where you had vanished to.. great to see you back and you have got off to a flying start. How have you been?
Me and the missus are fandabydosy. We got away for a week. It bloody piddled down the entire time.

Since the harvest, she has never shut up; the old moby dick makes her chatty and she just talks a load of old cobblers
The light is a monster.. very lucky to have it.. loving your set up by the way.. are you all excited to grow?
I will be front row at yours to. Im excited for you

Speak soon..

 

[RetiredRN]

Im still unsure whether to grow autos or photos mate. Ive never grown autos before but now I've got the extra space, I would like to veg photos out longer than I used to. I could only veg a plant for 4 weeks as my little 2x2 was only 4ft tall and I had to try hard to keep them small and compact. Now I've got the space to have a wild grow, I might go down that route
I need to make my mind up this week.. I will put a list of strains up that I have and I will get all feedback off you guys.. thanks for stopping by.

I’m doing just the opposite. I put a Godfather OG in the soil 2 days ago (my first photo plant) . I started it inside for now in a window and will move it to the deck for growing all summer. I’m nervous it will get monster size. I normally grow autos and really like them.

 

[Paul Squiggle]

I’m doing just the opposite. I put a Godfather OG in the soil 2 days ago (my first photo plant) . I started it inside for now in a window and will move it to the deck for growing all summer. I’m nervous it will get monster size. I normally grow autos and really like them.

Howdy do.

You will be fine. We can all help out if you are unsure, With a little bit of training, you will be able to control her size. I'm pretty jealous you have the weather to grow outside.. are you starting a journal for it? I love outdoor grows.
Thanks for dropping In.

 

[Sticky fingaz]

Im great mate, thanks for asking. I was wondering where you had vanished to.. great to see you back and you have got off to a flying start. How have you been?
Me and the missus are fandabydosy. We got away for a week. It bloody piddled down the entire time.

Since the harvest, she has never shut up; the old moby dick makes her chatty and she just talks a load of old cobblers
The light is a monster.. very lucky to have it.. loving your set up by the way.. are you all excited to grow?
I will be front row at yours to. Im excited for you

Speak soon..

That's great to hear, me, been slightly stressed recently, had a lot going on. But I wont darken your sunny journal with my woe's, I'll save that for my dark corner thread
Your lucky buddy, my Mrs doesn't need the weed to talk cobblers. In actual fact, I even started a Diary in her name, just for some of the random words that sneak through the lips. She knows what she means, just doesn't quite come out right sometimes bless her lol.

Excited isn't the word, a kid in a candy shop jumps to mind & with some of these new strains around, it really is like being in a candy shop lmao.

We'll journal binge together then buddy, gotta be better than netflix

 

[copperrein]

They will only be drinking shop bought mineral water, which is rich in calcium and magnesium

Oh ho ho! Fancy! Poshie

Since the harvest, she has never shut up; the old moby dick makes her chatty and she just talks a load of old cobblers

Would that be rambling about everything pointless with maximum passion? If so that's what I do with some strains. Very quickly I toe the line between Noam Chomsky and tinfoil hats.

 

[Sticky fingaz]

Oh hey there dickhole....where's my tag? You started a new journal and didn't tag me? Wtf?

Holy crap your new kit is hot.

I didn't either, don't take it personal... we just have to gatecrash

 

[Paul Squiggle]

That's great to hear, me, been slightly stressed recently, had a lot going on. But I wont darken your sunny journal with my woe's, I'll save that for my dark corner thread
Your lucky buddy, my Mrs doesn't need the weed to talk cobblers. In actual fact, I even started a Diary in her name, just for some of the random words that sneak through the lips. She knows what she means, just doesn't quite come out right sometimes bless her lol.

Excited isn't the word, a kid in a candy shop jumps to mind & with some of these new strains around, it really is like being in a candy shop lmao.

We'll journal binge together then buddy, gotta be better than netflix

They always know what they mean mate. It's us that picks it up wrong; apparently.. it's never them

Exactly like a candy shop.. its full of different flavours and smells.
You don't know what to choose first.. I want the lot..

I will catch up with you in the corner mate.. have a chat there..

I will no doubt bump into you later.

Speak soon.

 

[Paul Squiggle]

They will only be drinking shop bought mineral water, which is rich in calcium and magnesium

Oh ho ho! Fancy! Poshie

Since the harvest, she has never shut up; the old moby dick makes her chatty and she just talks a load of old cobblers

Would that be rambling about everything pointless with maximum passion? If so that's what I do with some strains. Very quickly I toe the line between Noam Chomsky and tinfoil hats.

It's cheapo bargain basement Mineral water.. I can't afford Evian..
Our tap water is rank. It smells like strong bleach. It stings your eyes when you're in the shower. I won't drink It, so I won't let the plants drink it..

What's wrong with tin foil hats?? Ive got two.. one for stopping the 5G cooking my brain and the other for weddings..
Who's Noam Chomsky?

Do you actually need any strain to talk about pointless stuff with maximum passion?? I thought that is just a typical woman

 

[Sticky fingaz]

It's cheapo bargain basement Mineral water.. I can't afford Evian..
Our tap water is rank. It smells like strong bleach. It stings your eyes when you're in the shower. I won't drink, so I won't let the plants drink it..

What's wrong with tin foil hats?? Ive got two.. one for stopping the 5G cooking my brain and the other for weddings..
Who's Noam Chomsky?

Do you actually need any strain to talk pointless stuff with maximum passion?? I thought that is just a typical woman

Mate, buy ashbeck water from tesco. It's what I use, PH 6.0 at the source £1.20 per Gallon or...5 Litres sorry. Got 2 metric systems in my head, next thing I'll be calling a quarter pounder a 'Royale with cheese'

 

[Paul Squiggle]

Mate, buy ashbeck water from tesco. It's what I use, PH 6.0 at the source £1.20 per Gallon or...5 Litres sorry. Got 2 metric systems in my head, next thing I'll be calling a quarter pounder a 'Royale with cheese'

I do mate, that and the co-op and Aldi, it's all the same price..
I just hate Aldi. The tills are manic..
I wrote a poem about Aldi. I will PM it to you. As we will get told off for not staying on topic ..