Good day folks and welcome to my new grow tent. Some of you may already know me, for those that don't, I'm Dick, and it's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada and have been growing indoors for 5 or 6 years now. This is my first time growing in an actual grow tent, I purchased it from a friend of mine that used it once. I placed it in my 10x12 grow room for now to have as another space to keep a perpetual grow going, but starting a new journal for this grow as I will flower the plants we are going to grow, in that tent. This is not a sponsored grow, but using lots of sponsored products. So, lets have a look at what we will be doing in here, what equipment we will be using, and any other info I can think of to relay right now.
Grow Space(s)
- 10' x 12' vented grow room in the basement - being used to flower at the moment in another journal
- 5' x 4' Vipar Spectra grow tent with propagation section - 1' x 4' seedling, 4' x 4' veg/flower
- Lighting - 2 x 54w T5's for seedlings - 2 x BestvaLED P1000 panels for veg/flower
- Furnace blower for main room exhaust on a speed controller, 6" in-line duct fan for propagation, may purchase another exhaust for the tent
- Fans available are a 6" and an 18" oscillating
- Any other equipment used will be outlined later
- Unsure of temps/rh yet, still testing. RH will be low until spring sets in with moisture, in need of a good humidifier soon to
Strain Being Grown
- 4 x Blue Dream Auto by Garden of Green Seeds - description from their website
Medical benefits: Great for social anxiety, stress relief, and relaxation, also sedative in larger quantities
Genetic Background: Sativa Dominant Hybrid
Lineage: Blue Dream x Auto Haze
Yield Indoor: 450g/m2
Yield outdoor: 300g per plant
Flower Time: 9 – 10 weeks
Flower Time: Outdoor all year round in greenhouse
Height: 90 – 120cm
THC 20% CBD 0.5%
Nutrients, Water and Medium
- Mantis Buffered Nutrients - All-in-one 1.5-2.7-2.3 - 1 bottle and same dose through the whole grow, that's it. 5ml/L
- GH CaliMagic will be used at 1-2ml per gallon prior to nutrients being mixed in due to water
- Reverse Osmosis water - this is why we add calmag supplement
- ProMix HP mixed with Sunshine #4 to start, need to find more ProMix, both peat based with sunshine having more water retention
So now, we get to sit and play the waiting game. I got 4 seeds soaking in paper towels right now waiting to pop, these should be fairly fresh seeds with no issues, but they were freebies, so we will see. Once they crack and appear to be poking out a tap root, they will go into jiffy peat pellets. Then they will be placed on a tray with a humidity dome and placed in the propagation side of the tent under the T5 lights. Lights will stay on for 24hrs a day until we see good roots poking out of the peat pods and are put into containers.
That's about it to start it off I suppose. Next few days will likely be slow going but I will be around to answer anyone's questions that they may have. So pull up a chair, bring a doobie and lets chat! Thanks to everyone who stops by. Have a great day and keep it green out there!
Grow Space(s)
- 10' x 12' vented grow room in the basement - being used to flower at the moment in another journal
- 5' x 4' Vipar Spectra grow tent with propagation section - 1' x 4' seedling, 4' x 4' veg/flower
- Lighting - 2 x 54w T5's for seedlings - 2 x BestvaLED P1000 panels for veg/flower
- Furnace blower for main room exhaust on a speed controller, 6" in-line duct fan for propagation, may purchase another exhaust for the tent
- Fans available are a 6" and an 18" oscillating
- Any other equipment used will be outlined later
- Unsure of temps/rh yet, still testing. RH will be low until spring sets in with moisture, in need of a good humidifier soon to
Strain Being Grown
- 4 x Blue Dream Auto by Garden of Green Seeds - description from their website
Medical benefits: Great for social anxiety, stress relief, and relaxation, also sedative in larger quantities
Genetic Background: Sativa Dominant Hybrid
Lineage: Blue Dream x Auto Haze
Yield Indoor: 450g/m2
Yield outdoor: 300g per plant
Flower Time: 9 – 10 weeks
Flower Time: Outdoor all year round in greenhouse
Height: 90 – 120cm
THC 20% CBD 0.5%
Nutrients, Water and Medium
- Mantis Buffered Nutrients - All-in-one 1.5-2.7-2.3 - 1 bottle and same dose through the whole grow, that's it. 5ml/L
- GH CaliMagic will be used at 1-2ml per gallon prior to nutrients being mixed in due to water
- Reverse Osmosis water - this is why we add calmag supplement
- ProMix HP mixed with Sunshine #4 to start, need to find more ProMix, both peat based with sunshine having more water retention
So now, we get to sit and play the waiting game. I got 4 seeds soaking in paper towels right now waiting to pop, these should be fairly fresh seeds with no issues, but they were freebies, so we will see. Once they crack and appear to be poking out a tap root, they will go into jiffy peat pellets. Then they will be placed on a tray with a humidity dome and placed in the propagation side of the tent under the T5 lights. Lights will stay on for 24hrs a day until we see good roots poking out of the peat pods and are put into containers.
That's about it to start it off I suppose. Next few days will likely be slow going but I will be around to answer anyone's questions that they may have. So pull up a chair, bring a doobie and lets chat! Thanks to everyone who stops by. Have a great day and keep it green out there!
Yay! 2 more seeds popped and were showing tap roots when I got home today. And again, I'm really bad at getting those pictures of the seeds. I just really want to get them in the dirt apparently lol
