Hello and welcome to my 2nd organic, stealthy, cabinet grow. Much credit to all those the journals I've learned from.
Seeds - Big Bud (BB), Bubblegum (BG), Bag seed (BS) and maybe Northern Lights (NL).
Soil - Fox Farms Ocean Forrest with ~20% perlite
Containers - Germinating in 1 gallon pots. Transplanting using double potting method.
Cabinet - Sterilite Cabinet 25-3/4" L x 19" W x 69-1/2" H
Lights - 200 Watt CFL (1 x 2700) & 125 Watt CFL (1 x 6500)
Hood - A DIY which hold both large Bulbs.
Nutrients - All natural with blackstap molasses, bat shit, kelp...
Water - Reverse osmosis and pH adjusted.
Air flow - PC fans blowing out with passive intake.
Odor Control - I didn't need any with the first grow. Not sure how stinky the bag seed will be. If needed I have plans for a simple Ona crystal deodorizing box that the exhaust fans will blow through.
The cabinet is small and is fine for 1-2 plants. Right now I have 6 plants growing. One of them is a female clone that comes from a friend I gave a few Northern Lights and Big Bud seeds. I might have given her Bubblegum too. But she mixed them up and we don't know which one it is.
The rest of the plants were germinated from seed and their sex is unknown at this point.
Germination - This time I soaked the seeds in the dark for 12 hours and then used the paper towel method. This method was almost 100% effective as nearly all the seeds sprouted. My last grow I just soaked the seeds and planted them, which was not nearly as successful.
The clone was planted 5/31. I didn't know if it would work as my friend brought it to me in a pot with moldy water and the wrong kind of soil for a clone. It just feel out of the soil with no roots and the bottom 1.5 inches was hard and dead. I cut off the dead part just above a node and had a little over an inch of stem to bury in the soil. I had no cloning gel. I covered with plastic wrap and hoped for the best. It worked beautifully and she's growing great.
All 6 plants are growing in 1 gallon pots with stones at the bottom for drainage. The plan is to grow them as much as possible without getting too crowded in there and bring them to switch to 12/12 to sex them. I assume some will be males and I'll have more space for the remaining females. I might try to go back to 18/6 if they haven't grown enough. I know this isn't advised, but it will be an interesting experiment.
Rather than transplant into 4 gallon pots I'm going to try a double potting method. Either putting the 1 gallon pots on top of another 1 gallon pot or perhaps two 1 gallon pots on top of the 4 gallon pots.
Of the 5 plants that were germinated from seeds. The bag seed and a Big Bud sprouts were planted 6/3 and broke through the soil 6/5. Another Big bud, 2 bubblegum sprouts were planted 6/4 and broke through 6/6 & 6/7.
Here are some pics that I will call day 16, but for the second batch of sprouts it is more like day 14.
Group Shot...
Here's the clone. I hope it's Northern Lights...
Here's the Bag Seed. It's the fastest growing and comes from some very potent high quality herb a friend gave me. It already has a nice aroma forming... but I'm almost at 3 weeks and these pics are from 2 weeks...
Here's a Bubblegum - the 2nd fastest growing...
Here's 1 Big Bud... not so perfect
Here's the other imperfect looking Big Bud...
Here's a weird stunted Bubblegum. I'm probably going to get rid of it, but for now, I'm just watching to see if the runt grows into a monster. But I seriously doubt it...
In 2 days these kids will be about 21 days. Hopefully I will update then. My plan is to upload photos once a week.
Seeds - Big Bud (BB), Bubblegum (BG), Bag seed (BS) and maybe Northern Lights (NL).
Soil - Fox Farms Ocean Forrest with ~20% perlite
Containers - Germinating in 1 gallon pots. Transplanting using double potting method.
Cabinet - Sterilite Cabinet 25-3/4" L x 19" W x 69-1/2" H
Lights - 200 Watt CFL (1 x 2700) & 125 Watt CFL (1 x 6500)
Hood - A DIY which hold both large Bulbs.
Nutrients - All natural with blackstap molasses, bat shit, kelp...
Water - Reverse osmosis and pH adjusted.
Air flow - PC fans blowing out with passive intake.
Odor Control - I didn't need any with the first grow. Not sure how stinky the bag seed will be. If needed I have plans for a simple Ona crystal deodorizing box that the exhaust fans will blow through.
The cabinet is small and is fine for 1-2 plants. Right now I have 6 plants growing. One of them is a female clone that comes from a friend I gave a few Northern Lights and Big Bud seeds. I might have given her Bubblegum too. But she mixed them up and we don't know which one it is.
The rest of the plants were germinated from seed and their sex is unknown at this point.
Germination - This time I soaked the seeds in the dark for 12 hours and then used the paper towel method. This method was almost 100% effective as nearly all the seeds sprouted. My last grow I just soaked the seeds and planted them, which was not nearly as successful.
The clone was planted 5/31. I didn't know if it would work as my friend brought it to me in a pot with moldy water and the wrong kind of soil for a clone. It just feel out of the soil with no roots and the bottom 1.5 inches was hard and dead. I cut off the dead part just above a node and had a little over an inch of stem to bury in the soil. I had no cloning gel. I covered with plastic wrap and hoped for the best. It worked beautifully and she's growing great.
All 6 plants are growing in 1 gallon pots with stones at the bottom for drainage. The plan is to grow them as much as possible without getting too crowded in there and bring them to switch to 12/12 to sex them. I assume some will be males and I'll have more space for the remaining females. I might try to go back to 18/6 if they haven't grown enough. I know this isn't advised, but it will be an interesting experiment.
Rather than transplant into 4 gallon pots I'm going to try a double potting method. Either putting the 1 gallon pots on top of another 1 gallon pot or perhaps two 1 gallon pots on top of the 4 gallon pots.
Of the 5 plants that were germinated from seeds. The bag seed and a Big Bud sprouts were planted 6/3 and broke through the soil 6/5. Another Big bud, 2 bubblegum sprouts were planted 6/4 and broke through 6/6 & 6/7.
Here are some pics that I will call day 16, but for the second batch of sprouts it is more like day 14.
Group Shot...
Here's the clone. I hope it's Northern Lights...
Here's the Bag Seed. It's the fastest growing and comes from some very potent high quality herb a friend gave me. It already has a nice aroma forming... but I'm almost at 3 weeks and these pics are from 2 weeks...
Here's a Bubblegum - the 2nd fastest growing...
Here's 1 Big Bud... not so perfect
Here's the other imperfect looking Big Bud...
Here's a weird stunted Bubblegum. I'm probably going to get rid of it, but for now, I'm just watching to see if the runt grows into a monster. But I seriously doubt it...
In 2 days these kids will be about 21 days. Hopefully I will update then. My plan is to upload photos once a week.
