It's time to start my second journal. So here goes.
I am starting with 2 Ice, 2 ATF, 2LVPK, 1 Cin-x, 1 LA Confidential and 1 Blue Cheese. Thanks to our own HEADY for the generous donation of the LA con and the Blue Cheese. You will get first pick of the Cin-x when available. That's before me! It may change to 2 Cin-x if the little one takes off and I may have to get rid of a couple later if they don't fit in the light pattern. I have to build out my new room as it is too cold here to grow in the barn like last time, so, time to break out the tools. Any ways, here are the particulars.
Strain: See above
Into Veg now
Fox Farms Ocean Forest cut with 33% perlite by volume
In home made fabric pots, 3 gallon for now. 7 gallon later?
Under 200 or so actual watts CFL, will go to 600 watts MH, then 1200 watts HPS at flip. Will be air-cooled
Plan on using Earth Juice products and home made teas
Currently 71º & 41% RH
Will be watering as needed, the plants will tell me
Took clones, picked up clones and I am now ready for my next grow. I did pretty good I think on my first grow and have learned from my mistakes and my good decisions so hopefully this will be a good grow. I used 600 watts HPS on my first grow and have decided I need more light. I also decided that I wanted to go more organic. I am not going to be fanatical about it but if there is an organic choice for something that works I will choose the organic. If not, so be it.
I asked my wife to make me some fabric pots with identifying markers and she did just that. I may have done it a little bit differently but hey, I didn't have to do it. But they seem fully functional so I am grateful! I gave her the dimensions and she ran with it.
Yesterday we transplanted the clones that were ready. Watered them in with H2o with a little molasses mixed in. I still have 3 to transplant in a few days. My plan is to veg for 3 weeks or so and check the roots. If they are filling in the pot nicely I will put into 7 gallon pots. If not, will keep in veg until the height I want and then flip. But, I will have a nice root ball, nearly filling the pot before I switch. Last run I transplanted into 7 gallon pots and switched after a week. When I pulled them they hadn't filled in any from after the transplant. So that was a waste of soil and nutes. Let alone the price of the larger pots. This was an important lesson to me. A good root system generally mean larger, happier thus better producing plants. Hopefully the fabric pots help facilitate a good root system.
So here is a pic of how things stand now. I will be building my room as this goes, just like last time. I would just buy a tent but we live in an "a-frame" so the tent would have to be in the middle of the room and my wife just won't go for that.
The pots have matching bias on the top for strength and to differentiate the strains. The ric-rac is to identify between the two plants of the same strain. It will be easy to keep track of each one with Herbies program. This will be my first time using that and it looks like it will work well for my tracking needs. It tracks rooms, equipment, feeding schedules, individual plants ect.
Well, time enough spent here for now. It's time to get the tape measure out and start planning for the big build. I will report when there is something new to report.
I am starting with 2 Ice, 2 ATF, 2LVPK, 1 Cin-x, 1 LA Confidential and 1 Blue Cheese. Thanks to our own HEADY for the generous donation of the LA con and the Blue Cheese. You will get first pick of the Cin-x when available. That's before me! It may change to 2 Cin-x if the little one takes off and I may have to get rid of a couple later if they don't fit in the light pattern. I have to build out my new room as it is too cold here to grow in the barn like last time, so, time to break out the tools. Any ways, here are the particulars.
Strain: See above
Into Veg now
Fox Farms Ocean Forest cut with 33% perlite by volume
In home made fabric pots, 3 gallon for now. 7 gallon later?
Under 200 or so actual watts CFL, will go to 600 watts MH, then 1200 watts HPS at flip. Will be air-cooled
Plan on using Earth Juice products and home made teas
Currently 71º & 41% RH
Will be watering as needed, the plants will tell me
Took clones, picked up clones and I am now ready for my next grow. I did pretty good I think on my first grow and have learned from my mistakes and my good decisions so hopefully this will be a good grow. I used 600 watts HPS on my first grow and have decided I need more light. I also decided that I wanted to go more organic. I am not going to be fanatical about it but if there is an organic choice for something that works I will choose the organic. If not, so be it.
I asked my wife to make me some fabric pots with identifying markers and she did just that. I may have done it a little bit differently but hey, I didn't have to do it. But they seem fully functional so I am grateful! I gave her the dimensions and she ran with it.
Yesterday we transplanted the clones that were ready. Watered them in with H2o with a little molasses mixed in. I still have 3 to transplant in a few days. My plan is to veg for 3 weeks or so and check the roots. If they are filling in the pot nicely I will put into 7 gallon pots. If not, will keep in veg until the height I want and then flip. But, I will have a nice root ball, nearly filling the pot before I switch. Last run I transplanted into 7 gallon pots and switched after a week. When I pulled them they hadn't filled in any from after the transplant. So that was a waste of soil and nutes. Let alone the price of the larger pots. This was an important lesson to me. A good root system generally mean larger, happier thus better producing plants. Hopefully the fabric pots help facilitate a good root system.
So here is a pic of how things stand now. I will be building my room as this goes, just like last time. I would just buy a tent but we live in an "a-frame" so the tent would have to be in the middle of the room and my wife just won't go for that.
The pots have matching bias on the top for strength and to differentiate the strains. The ric-rac is to identify between the two plants of the same strain. It will be easy to keep track of each one with Herbies program. This will be my first time using that and it looks like it will work well for my tracking needs. It tracks rooms, equipment, feeding schedules, individual plants ect.
Well, time enough spent here for now. It's time to get the tape measure out and start planning for the big build. I will report when there is something new to report.
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