TheFertilizer
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Starting up on my new grow, got seeds planted last night.
I've planted 8 Blackberry Kush and 7 Platinum Girl Scout cookies. They're all feminized.
I am only planning on keeping 5 of them in 3 gallon pots but I don't really know for sure yet, just waiting to see which sprout. A friend of mine recommended a technique where you place shrink wrap over the top after the seed has been in the freezer, I guess it's supposed to mimic the conditions of spring thaw and the change in barometric pressure. The last time I germinated seeds I put a little bag on the top of the solo cups and they were pretty air tight over the top and it worked well, so I figure it can't hurt to try.
I'm not sure what I want to do with the "extras". I might buy a couple more pots an some more dirt, but right now I have the perfect amount for 5 pots, and I think that's a good amount and size of container for my 4x4 tent without getting things too cramped. I have a lot of one gallon pots though I was thinking I could just leave the extras in, but I also have a spot I can put them outdoors. I'm not sure if it's already too late in the season though, I guess worst case scenario they'd just be a bunch of tiny outdoor plants. At least they would finish up sooner...
Anyway I don't have much of a plan right now but I figured I would just get going on it already. I'm trying to finish up around mid December so that late flower and harvest doesn't compete with my attention to local community college classes, I think I might have timed it just right to be done flowering a couple weeks after finals on winter break.
I am using some different soil than I have ever used before too. Usually I use Black Gold Natural and Organic but I have had a lot of problems with fungus gnats with it and I think that the Fox Farms Happy Frog I got is probably a little better anyway since it has a lot of beneficial bacteria already built in and I have read somewhere on the internet that the NPK rating was pretty low, so I don't think i will have to alter my feeding routine and really have much of a learning curve with it. Mostly I just had to get rid of a whole bag of the Black Gold that wound up getting infested with gnats, or had them laying dormant in it, either way I don't know but that stuff seems like heaven for those little buggers.
I've got some organic nutrients that my neighbor gave to me that I want to try out as well. It looks like pretty good stuff...
"Molasses, Feather meal, Alfalfa meal, Bat guano, Fish meal, Kelp meal, Oyster shell, Volcanic ash, Earthwork castings and Mycorrhiza" and has a NPK of 14-12-10. He actually sells and markets the stuff under the name "Skinny Chicken Organics".
I am just not like, psyched to use it because I am more one of those people that once they found something that works, doesn't really like to deviate too much. I was getting really good results with Flora Nova and Crystal Burst, but when it comes to nutrients and beneficial bacteria I think it's probably better to play nice and use organics. But I wanna give it a try and see how it goes, I know what my trich deveopment with these strains should look like from my last grow so if I don't see the same I will just use some P and K booster along with it.
Not messing around with 12/12 from seed this time because I just want a good yield. I am planning on starting flower in mid Octoboer to get done in that mid December range, so I should have plenty of veg time to get them nice and big.
So anyway, now it's time to wait to see what pops.
Pretty sure these Blackberry Kush ones are going to sprout super fast. I didn't remember if I had planted one in a cup and started digging to make sure if it had a seed or not, just being in the medium for a matter of minutes the seed had already gotten all moist and soft looking and beggining to crack! I wouldn't be surprised if I have sprouts tomorrow morning.
I've planted 8 Blackberry Kush and 7 Platinum Girl Scout cookies. They're all feminized.
I am only planning on keeping 5 of them in 3 gallon pots but I don't really know for sure yet, just waiting to see which sprout. A friend of mine recommended a technique where you place shrink wrap over the top after the seed has been in the freezer, I guess it's supposed to mimic the conditions of spring thaw and the change in barometric pressure. The last time I germinated seeds I put a little bag on the top of the solo cups and they were pretty air tight over the top and it worked well, so I figure it can't hurt to try.
I'm not sure what I want to do with the "extras". I might buy a couple more pots an some more dirt, but right now I have the perfect amount for 5 pots, and I think that's a good amount and size of container for my 4x4 tent without getting things too cramped. I have a lot of one gallon pots though I was thinking I could just leave the extras in, but I also have a spot I can put them outdoors. I'm not sure if it's already too late in the season though, I guess worst case scenario they'd just be a bunch of tiny outdoor plants. At least they would finish up sooner...
Anyway I don't have much of a plan right now but I figured I would just get going on it already. I'm trying to finish up around mid December so that late flower and harvest doesn't compete with my attention to local community college classes, I think I might have timed it just right to be done flowering a couple weeks after finals on winter break.
I am using some different soil than I have ever used before too. Usually I use Black Gold Natural and Organic but I have had a lot of problems with fungus gnats with it and I think that the Fox Farms Happy Frog I got is probably a little better anyway since it has a lot of beneficial bacteria already built in and I have read somewhere on the internet that the NPK rating was pretty low, so I don't think i will have to alter my feeding routine and really have much of a learning curve with it. Mostly I just had to get rid of a whole bag of the Black Gold that wound up getting infested with gnats, or had them laying dormant in it, either way I don't know but that stuff seems like heaven for those little buggers.
I've got some organic nutrients that my neighbor gave to me that I want to try out as well. It looks like pretty good stuff...
"Molasses, Feather meal, Alfalfa meal, Bat guano, Fish meal, Kelp meal, Oyster shell, Volcanic ash, Earthwork castings and Mycorrhiza" and has a NPK of 14-12-10. He actually sells and markets the stuff under the name "Skinny Chicken Organics".
I am just not like, psyched to use it because I am more one of those people that once they found something that works, doesn't really like to deviate too much. I was getting really good results with Flora Nova and Crystal Burst, but when it comes to nutrients and beneficial bacteria I think it's probably better to play nice and use organics. But I wanna give it a try and see how it goes, I know what my trich deveopment with these strains should look like from my last grow so if I don't see the same I will just use some P and K booster along with it.
Not messing around with 12/12 from seed this time because I just want a good yield. I am planning on starting flower in mid Octoboer to get done in that mid December range, so I should have plenty of veg time to get them nice and big.
So anyway, now it's time to wait to see what pops.
Pretty sure these Blackberry Kush ones are going to sprout super fast. I didn't remember if I had planted one in a cup and started digging to make sure if it had a seed or not, just being in the medium for a matter of minutes the seed had already gotten all moist and soft looking and beggining to crack! I wouldn't be surprised if I have sprouts tomorrow morning.
One problem with these little cups is that they're not tall enough for the fan to really blow much wind on them, I had to put it on the highest setting just to whip up enough turbulence to get them blowing around a bit. I am keeping the light pretty darn close, I would estimate like 8-12 inches, but I have it dimmed to 200 W for now just to make sure it doesn't really light stress them. I just don't want them to get too stretchy like last time, and in combination with my low room temperature, the cooled hood, etc. I could practically have this thing right on top of them and it wouldn't be too warm.
