Germination Has Begun: 2nd Attempt At Growing

[Edzzed]

Still day 43 update, Took the redneck humidifier out and installed the dehumidifier. Took the stand out as well. Need to make room for growth when we flip to 12/12. If I need more humidity I can always put damp towels on top of the cookie trays. I also hooked up a Viparspectra par 600 I have. Bought two of them last year and went the build your own light route instead. They are / were a backup light source. I am now running 56.125 watts per sq. ft. 898 watts of LED. Draw from the wall is 610 for my build lights and 288 watts for the Vipar. Pretty soon we will add the 2nd Viparspectra and in flower mode run those on red spectrum lights only. Gonna be AWESOME. I hope.....

 

[Edzzed]

Day 44. We figure it is 4 weeks into vegging now.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 45. watered with fresh nutes. I am finding temps keep creeping up. Guess one fan running is just barely keeping up with cooling the tent. I now have both fans running off of the same temperature switch so we will see how that goes.

 

[Tony Urban]

Looking good in here. Big happy plants. I love the fabric pots.

One thing I learned when I moved out of the fabric pots is how much these plants drink. I needed to water a bit more often.

I tried big 32 gallon bins after the fabric pots. Those bins needed air holes drilled to oxygenate the roots and aid drainage. But were good at keeping soil life rocking.

Then I switched to the autopots system. Reservoir and tray/float system to auto feed the water. I can leave for a week with no issues, almost two weeks depending. But still think the fabric pots are the way to go. I hear they have a fabric autopot system which could be the best of both situations.

Totally understand not wanting to drive the TC during winter. I avoid it at all costs. The double lane expansion has been a huge improvement though. Especially when driving from further north down to the lower mainland. A 2am departure time also helps cut down on the stupid driver allotment. But this crazy weather has made it more dangerous. Freeze, thaw, freeze, snow in June...

I have a Crop King CBDream a few weeks from chop. Also a CKS Candy Cane Auto that is exploding in height. No complaints with their gear from me. Looking forward to watching your girls bulk up.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 46 trimmed a couple leaves off each plant except for the autos. Left them alone. Then we went grocery shopping. Left leaves all over the store. lol Odd how the plants look dark. It is just the angle.

 

[Edzzed]

Somehow we double posted

 

[Tony Urban]

lol nice

Looking good

 

[Edzzed]

day 47 and they drank a lot of water.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 48 and they appear to have really enjoyed the watering. Leaves are very perky.

 

[Edzzed]

day 49. have to add nutes to my water. Fimming went well, Gonna have a few colas on a couple plants and two colas on one plant. Never touched the autos. Sure is stinking when I open the tent. On my first grow I could hardly smell much of anything. That was last February through till harvest. Guess my sniffer is getting more sensitive. Coming up on two years cigarette free.

 

[Tony Urban]

Yeah looking good. Lots of folks do a bit of defoliation on the bottom around now to allow for more air movement and light penetration.

Up to you on that front. I dont do it because I get a lot of natural die off. But lots of folks swear it makes a difference.

 

[Edzzed]

I have been plucking a couple leaves a day. Left lots all over the grocery store too. I wonder what other shoppers thought about seeing cannabis leaves.

the

 

[Edzzed]

Day 51. Tomorrow will be 5 weeks vegging. Took quite a few fan leaves off. Odd how both autos are from the same strain yet so different in height. They are in the same pot so had the same waterings, lighting and diet. Now to try and figure out when to flip the lighting.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 52 and week 5 of vegging. Guess I will flip the lights New Years day as that'll 6 weeks. Gave them a good watering today. Estimating they tool 3 litres each with very few nutes in it. Added water to the reservoir and some 2/3 strength nutes.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 53. Plants are looking good. ordered some syringes to measure nutrient dosages. I have 1ml and 3 ml sizes but want 5 and 10ml.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 54 cleaned out the reservoir and added new nutes.

 

[Tony Urban]

Looking strong.

 

[Edzzed]

We be day 55. Nothing to do today except let the plants dry out a bit. Will probably skip watering tomorrow too. When I open the tent it feels like high humidity but both gauges say 44 RH and it has the tell tale smell from the autos.

 

[Edzzed]

We are now day 56. skipped watering today.

 

[Edzzed]

Day 57 and gave them some water.