Tead's Indoor-ish, Winter, Hempy, OGK, SOG

AKgramma said:
Oh, and, being Old School soil grower, I wouldn't sprout seedlings in just perlite, either.
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lexort420 said:
Ya i sprout my seeds in peat pucks so ya lol.
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And I'm the exact opposite. Peat pucks have been a failure in my hot world. Popping seeds directly in perlite seems to be the only working method for me.
 
I was poking in the shed so I took caught an overview shot of the bloom room.
Left to right...
3g OGK on a Dyna-Gro diet I just moved into bloom this morning. Way to small for blooming... but trying to keep the supply going.
3g OGK on a Osmo+ diet. You can see I've been feeding from her quite heavily.
2L OGK on a Dyna-Gro diet. Deep in the 'fireworks' stage.

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I think I'll play it safe with my Blow Mind Auto seed and sprout in a Rockwool cube. I'll drop a bag seed though to do a try in the perlite. I'd like to see if that would work in my moderate environment.

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Thanks. No I'm not going anywhere earth shatteringly fun- just typical weekly migrations for work. I'll be back soon so I'm not too worried. I think I'll just push those pots down into the tub a little for now. Next chance I'll toss the tub idea and hook up the hexapus - for ? waterings per day? Or abandon the perlite dtw idea if it's too much of a pain in the butt to get started.
This is the part that's challenging - being away a lot and trying to somehow manage the babies when trying new things like this.

AK, I know your humidity is very low but mine is more like Tead's- trying to be 100% most of the time. So I don't tend to lose much moisture from evaporation. Looks like I'll need something bringing in water from below though.
Will sort something today. Thanks for the help :thumb:
 
You've really created a system with an external res. This res is uncovered and open to light intrusion. Bad things WILL grow in the external res.
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Isn't my contraption pretty much the same as a Swick? Wouldn't a swick be an example of an open external reservoir, from which monsters could arise?
 
Weaselcracker said:
Isn't my contraption pretty much the same as a Swick? Wouldn't a swick be an example of an open external reservoir, from which monsters could arise?
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Well, maybe... but one has to think that most of the water would be evaporating off the bottom tray rather than finding it's way up thru the pots on top.
The only reason hempy pots work is the internal res at the bottom of the pot. If that water had any way to go other than up, it would. The pot lets the water move up thru evaporation and wicking. If you were to open the res up to the outside air, it would just evaporate out instead of working it's way up the pot.
 
AKgramma said:
I really enjoyed us comparing what we do, according to our local weather conditions! It puts our advice into perspective. The bottom line seems to be "Whatever works for you in your climate". :circle-of-love:
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And it's not just climate. Other factors come into play. Light intensity, air movement, etc...
I prefer a "Whatever works for you in your garden" kind of idea.
Having said that, climate is probably the most important of those issues.
 
Isn't that your veg tent?
 
I hesitate to ask, cause probably if I dig through the thread I'll find the answer, but I'm too lazy. Anyway -this is important basic stuff- chapter one or two of hempy 101.
Does a hempy with water in the res provide enough water up at the top for my precious baby sprouts? Basically in the beginning stages- do I have to water them or not? Hopefully not because if so they are soon to be dead :)
 
Tead said:
I do pour water over the babies daily. Usually until they're bigger than about 4 leaf sets. Not much... just a touch to make sure the roots stay nice and wet.
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Ok, that's pretty relevant info, so thanks for the share Tead.
 
Social faceplant....

So, Tead's not a refined character. Not from lack of exposure and rearing from fine refined humans, more from choice.
I've spent too many hours exposed to the seedier side of the social gumbo.
To be honest, life just feels a touch more real on the gritty side.... if ya know what I mean.

Anyway... Tead likes to see himself as a humorous sort of guy and had, to this point, didn't feel the need to rein in his humor. This morning, I found the line. I attempted a bit of grotesque humor that was just too far over that line. I offended my next door neighbor.
Tead will correct his loutish behavior and watch his P's and Q's in the future, of course.

Shame tho. Never fun to live next door to a touchy person. Then again, it's probably not fun to live next door to a lout either.
Meh....

The irony of the situation... the husband is a comedian wannabe doing local non-paying gigs. You'd think if there would be anyone sympathetic to failed humor, it would have been him.... not so much tho.

Tead once again proves that he's just not acceptable to be in public. It does, however, make him appreciate his long suffering spouse a touch more.
 
Tead once again proves that he's just not acceptable to be in public. It does, however, make him appreciate his long suffering spouse a touch more.
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That made me smile- in recognition mostly. Lately I've been doing so many face plants I don't even bother getting up- just slither along with my friends the snakes and the bugs.
 
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