Sweetsue's Tiny Closet - Second Grow - Sweet Dark Devil & Bomb Berry Bomb - CFL - LED

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i know , its hard to keep up on the journal lol :) but thats all good , i am happy sue is getting lots of attention ,she seems a great person , reminds me of my own mother . And thanks to 420 for bringing us all together , :thumb: peace love give and teach :)
 
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The only thing I'll add to Doc's recommendation for height is to start high for seedlings and start lowering height on 2nd-3rd sets of real leaves until you get to the low number. I've burnt the tips of my seedlings by being too close (they recovered so no problem, but still....)
 
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Daily Update: Dark Devil Auto - Day 7

One week old today! These early days, when it looks like nothing's going on, but we all know the roots are establishing their contact with the soil food web and getting ready for the explosive growth we all anticipate.

Here she is, all alone in the closet, with only the living mulch to keep her company. Hopefully, within the week I can get some new seeds going and add more companions.

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We have to have a shot with this beautiful LED lighting, eh? Thank you for the tip newoldguy. That was very helpful.

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My fungus gnats are too smart for the bottle of vinegar. Not a single suicide. Time to break out the big guns.

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I keep a bottle of diatomaceous earth handy for puffing onto the mulch layer. This way as the gnats climb through the mulch they get torn up by the sharp edges of the microscopic fossilized exoskeletons that make up DE.

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This bottle has a feed tube that runs to the bottom and acts beautifully to puff a fine mist of DE across the surface.

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After I'm done puffing it on I wiggle it into the mulch with my fingers a bit to get a wider broadcast. Now I just leave it to do its work.

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The added benefit of using DE is the input of silica it adds to the soil. I was going to invest in Agsil for my weekly coconut water/aloe vera juice drenches, but in researching this past week on The Logical Gardener I learned that for a small container garden like mine DE is an excellent choice, and I have a huge bag of it on hand.

Because I dusted with DE today I'll wait for tomorrow to do the coconut/aloe drench. That way we eliminate many gnats before we water the DE in. Maybe set the water portion up with a dunk in it overnight to hit the gnats with a double whammy. Sounds like a plan.

I topped off the reservoirs today - 1 1/2 cups each. I also turned off the small fan because evidentially this light moves enough air in this tiny closet to keep it at a nice 73 degrees at the moment. I'm ok with that for now. Humidity is still around 50-60% and holding steady. No need for anything else this morning. Just let her grow.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the HB addition, it's racing at top speed laying plans for this step. Orders go out on Wednesday for supplies. I need to start some seeds for the LOS pot though. I'm thinking at least one bag seed tiered in each pot so I can watch the differences with the same strain in different mediums. Thankfully I have another 7 gallon Geo Pot for the HB plantings. So excited! WooHoo!! Now, life needs to cooperate with the set up plans. After it's up and running both approaches are essentially water only.

I can't tell you how exciting it is to be able to demonstrate how easy it can be to grow high quality cannabis in what I believe are the two best approaches available. This is like being in gardening heaven.

I want to thank you all for the encouragement and reps. I can't keep up with all of them because I'm also tracking over 80 journals and threads, but I smile every time I notice them posted. Such a nice way to pat someone on the back. I feel so protected here. You have no idea. :Love:

You all have a wonderful day. Spread some joy while you're at it. :laughtwo::green_heart:
 
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paddysmoke said:
i know , its hard to keep up on the journal lol :) but thats all good , i am happy sue is getting lots of attention ,she seems a great person , reminds me of my own mother . And thanks to 420 for bringing us all together , :thumb: peace love give and teach :)
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I'm growing more attached to this community every day. :Love:
 
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Good morning Sue! Congrats on the new light and kit! Yes indeed this community is awesome and I'm very happy with what they have done for you, karma is a wonderful thing and yours must be superior. You deserve this so enjoy it! :circle-of-love:
 
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everything is looking healthy and purple :)
 
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Good afternoon sue :high-five: can't believe how fast your thread moves, didn't check in for about 3 days (my bad) and it's moved to over 40 pages. Such a nice little family you have going on here. :cheertwo: The tiny girl looks happy all on her own with just your amazing soil for company. She looks strong already.
Keep up the good work and I promise to check in at least once a day
:goodjob::thumb::circle-of-love:
 
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Great update Sue, happy to see progress after all your effort. Thanks for the explanation on DE, I'll be grabbing some next time I'm in my local nursery. Have a great day!
 
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Wow Sweetsue....i only left for a few hours.....well,i'm all cought up again anyhow.Nice to see you have such a good following and you'le have lots of support and answers to any and all Q's. that may come up during your first LED grow. Hope your Sunday is going as well as your Saturday went....top of the day to ya girl!:circle-of-love:
 
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The journal gets away from me every now and then too. :laughtwo:

I wouldn't have it any other way. We have much to share. :green_heart:
 
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Heya sue,, just can't imagine how you keep up with it all,,, great stuff you are accomplishing. with a ton o support,, sky is indeed the limit,, cheers sue
 
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Morning sue,
Do you plan on running the 2 no till pots as is, and adding another HB kit pot in addition to those?
I can't keep up here, lol.
 
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COorganics said:
Morning sue,
Do you plan on running the 2 no till pots as is, and adding another HB kit pot in addition to those?
I can't keep up here, lol.
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My plan at this point is to cook up a batch of HB soil and run one HB and one LOS side-by-side. I can use the soil from the other pot to get my LOS seeds started and do seedlings from this point on, so that soil will be well used in the end. I also have some strawberries on the balcony that would probably love this soil base, don't you think?

My plan is to do both pots as no-tills, and tier onto them, which I think will be limited to two per 7 gallon.

Then again there's a tent sniffing 'round my garden. We may have more changes here than we thought. I may be able to run many more than I initially believed possible. This is REALLY going to be fun.

Soil building supplies, filtration system, more seeds, rearrange the bedroom - whew! It's a lot to take in and follow here too CO. See what you started? :laughtwo::green_heart:
 
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Spiraling out of control in a very cool way. Congrats! (Not out of control either, :) )
 
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COorganics said:
Spiraling out of control in a very cool way. Congrats! (Not out of control either, :) )
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Thanks CO. It was much appreciated. :Love:
 
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