GreenDhumb
420 Member
Hey all. This will be both my introductory post to the forums and the first post of my journal..
Have been a user of this fine herb medically and recreationally for 15 years now and recently moved into our new home and decided why not save some money and have some fun while doing it by doing something I've wanted to do since the very beginning of this adventure... growing my own!
So I now have my little Vivo Sun 4x2 tent set up with a Mars Hydro TSL 2000, a Vivo Sun 4" scrubber set up, and 2 clip on Vivo Sun oscillating fans. Because I'm growing in my basement which is usually around 18-19 degrees celcius in the summer, I have a space heater hooked up to a smart switch, as well as my scrubber, so that I can remotely increase and decrease temperature and air flow when I'm away. I also have a camera in there giving me a live feed of how things are going and what the temp and humidity is within my propagation chamber.
Now the plants... 4x Barney Farms Blue Cheese Feminized. They were all germed in paper towel that was kept moist with plastic wrap covering 95% of the plate the paper towel was on and was seated on my heated floor in the bathroom. Next time I think I'll be going direct into soil... All 4 cracked and were showing their roots within 21 hours. I then placed them 1/4" deep into solo cups that were filled with fox farms ocean forest. After that they were lightly watered with a mister using tap water which comes from my sand filtered well at an approximate PPM reading of 185 with a PH of about 7.5 and placed into the propagation chamber on top of a laundry basket to keep them off the cold floor. I've been maintaining the propagation temp at right around the 25 degree celcius mark and a humidity of approximately 75%. This morning (2.5 days after planting the germed seeds) i started noticing some sprouting going on. I've continued to keep the soil moist by moderately spritzing it about 3 times a day which is about how long it takes for the TSL 2000 on its lowest setting at about 3 feet distance above the chamber to mostly dry out the top of the soil. I've been running the light on an 18/6 schedule and so far everything is looking groovy to my untrained eyes. 3/4 are showing so far. It's been raining like mad here today so I've collected some rain water which tests at 2 ppm and has a ph of 7.5 (on my uncalibrated tester..) and will be using that on the next waterings. I should also mention I'll be using gaia dry amendments and organic teas for keeping these girls In tip top shape.
Will continue to update as things progress. Looking forward to constructive criticism and learning along the way and making new friends.
Have been a user of this fine herb medically and recreationally for 15 years now and recently moved into our new home and decided why not save some money and have some fun while doing it by doing something I've wanted to do since the very beginning of this adventure... growing my own!
So I now have my little Vivo Sun 4x2 tent set up with a Mars Hydro TSL 2000, a Vivo Sun 4" scrubber set up, and 2 clip on Vivo Sun oscillating fans. Because I'm growing in my basement which is usually around 18-19 degrees celcius in the summer, I have a space heater hooked up to a smart switch, as well as my scrubber, so that I can remotely increase and decrease temperature and air flow when I'm away. I also have a camera in there giving me a live feed of how things are going and what the temp and humidity is within my propagation chamber.
Now the plants... 4x Barney Farms Blue Cheese Feminized. They were all germed in paper towel that was kept moist with plastic wrap covering 95% of the plate the paper towel was on and was seated on my heated floor in the bathroom. Next time I think I'll be going direct into soil... All 4 cracked and were showing their roots within 21 hours. I then placed them 1/4" deep into solo cups that were filled with fox farms ocean forest. After that they were lightly watered with a mister using tap water which comes from my sand filtered well at an approximate PPM reading of 185 with a PH of about 7.5 and placed into the propagation chamber on top of a laundry basket to keep them off the cold floor. I've been maintaining the propagation temp at right around the 25 degree celcius mark and a humidity of approximately 75%. This morning (2.5 days after planting the germed seeds) i started noticing some sprouting going on. I've continued to keep the soil moist by moderately spritzing it about 3 times a day which is about how long it takes for the TSL 2000 on its lowest setting at about 3 feet distance above the chamber to mostly dry out the top of the soil. I've been running the light on an 18/6 schedule and so far everything is looking groovy to my untrained eyes. 3/4 are showing so far. It's been raining like mad here today so I've collected some rain water which tests at 2 ppm and has a ph of 7.5 (on my uncalibrated tester..) and will be using that on the next waterings. I should also mention I'll be using gaia dry amendments and organic teas for keeping these girls In tip top shape.
Will continue to update as things progress. Looking forward to constructive criticism and learning along the way and making new friends.
nah it's the seed shell that I helped off of one of my girls. Thought it looked pretty neat zoomed in on.
