Charmanderrr
Well-Known Member
Hey what’s up guys, I finished a batch of my first plants last year around September. (Lvl 1) My first solo grow, it was considerably Simplistic. I used liquid nutes, topped them a little late, let them over grow the tent, was forced to Use a lot of high stress training, but came out ok. One of the plants still produced spectacular buds. I immediately had a go at another set of plants but the hectic holiday season took too much of my time and i could t give them the support they needed and they never made it to this new year. So in January I started up again, with the intent of making changes for the better this time around. With that said, I’ll stop the digression and introduce you to lvl 2.
I’ll describe my form of elements used.
Earth. - for the medium I’m using the classic soil blend. Fox Farms OF and HF. (I got low on soil and topped the rest off with Mother Earths Terracraft because of it’s slightly different quick and slow release amendments)
Nutes. - Or as Matilda would say, “It’s a Newt!” I use a weird mix that sort of just came about from past experiences and learnings.
As a seed I only apply mycorrhizae. When transplanting, I add some more mycorrhizae and some homemade banana peel meal from organic banana peels that I sun dry and grind in a coffee grinder to the finest powder. At about a month, I feed the seedlings a teaspoon of FF Big Bloom, Liquid Seaweed, and if needed I might Introduce trace amounts of CalMag at this stage. Which I did this time.
A week or two of feedings and I start to apply the FF Grow Big, while upping the ante on the previously mentioned mix. Once i change the light schedule, I swap out Big Bloom for Mega Morpheus by Nectar for the Gods. It’s very similar to Big Bloom except instead of bat guano, it has seabird guano, doubling the phosphate, and lowering the nitrogen. Lastly I’ll add Flora Nova’s Bloom bottle for the heavy hits of phosphate and potassium while in flower. (And continuing use of the seaweed, tea, and CalMag) Finally, though I have ph up and down, (Olympus Up and Hades Down) I’ve never even opened them yet =pWind. - I have a charcoal carbon filter and an intake fake but I never even use them either. I just put a hand full of small fans in my 2x4 tent with one pulling air in the bottom, one pushing out the top, and a couple more inside for circulation. If it isn’t summer time the heat stays at about 80. In Summer it gets to 90.
Water. - I always keep jugs of RO water lined up and ready. If I have to use sink water here and there I don’t fret.
Fire. - This is always my favorite form of the Elements, I’m Fire bending 4 strains at the moment.
1. Banana Sundae from Crop King (Online)
1. Gorilla Zkittles from Burneys Farm (Online)
1. Ghost Og clone from Cali Kosher (local)
1. Softie’s Tea from Equilibrium (local)
(Germination rates were incredible for all the seeds)
Here’s a little show of the happenings so far.
This is where i start all my seeds (after I sentence them them to 24 hours in water and another 24 served in paper towels) As you can see, Apollo watches over and protects them.
This is right after transplanting to their final pots, 3 gallon fabric cubes. The red clip on the clone was me experimenting with methods of training but I only came to regret even bothering with those lst clips. DONT BUY OR USE THEM!
The yellow leaves were just from the old Crappy soil I used in the pots before the 3 gallons. They now rest in the freshest of soils. The strains are, Gorilla Zkittles on the top left, banana Sundae to the right, Sofie’s Tea on the bottoms left, and the Ghost Og to the right of that.
Now you can see they have grown enough to withstand being tied down.Last time in lvl 1, I didn’t tie the plants down at all. I just topped a lot and used HST and LST, lollipopping, and a bunch of love.
At this point I started using the humidifier and the tank of Co2 I placed in front of the fan because I couldn’t find a good way to hang it up.
You’ll notice the growth and perhaps the movement of the plants. I tend to swap the placements around ever now and again. You may also notice the potatoes. I find they chit faster in the tents conditions, especially with the humidifier so they’ll be gone soon,planted in a bucket outside.
Here we have its final days of veg. This is a recent picture, as I just flipped the light schedule from 24-0 to 12-12 and started the Mega Morpheus feeding instead of the Big Bloom.
Obviously, I use different lighting In flower. Instead of 2 75w LED lights I flip on the purple 300w LED and turn down the 75w’s, but not off. I slowly raise the strength of the 75w lights while the plants adapt to the new lumens. This is my most recent picture so this is where I am now in the process. Waiting for the light flip to take effect and I’m very excited to see the bowser shells start coming through, exposing the bus sites. Hopefully I won’t have to use as much high stress training as my first run. I began the flowering schedule much sooner than last Time as I did not expect them to double in size after the veg stage during lvl 1.
If you made it this far then really I thank you for the interest in my little corner of these forums. I can say I am truly passionate about my plants, even my herbs and veggies equally as much. it may be a simple set up but I’ll keep leveling up as I go on through the years and maybe even swap mediums to those clay ball thingies and try my hand at hydro in the future. Maybe Hydro is around lvl 5. Idk, I’ll take it onestep at a time. I’ll make changes to each operation and widdle down a system I can set in stone. Be it in soil or whatever else.
One last thing I guess I can mention is I have a way of watering that friends have given me flak for.
The plants will look like this before I will water them. I have a history of overwatering at nearly all stages of plant life and this is how I learned to remedy that. My plants must be physically asking me for water like this, otherwise I assume the feet are still wet and I leave it alone. If anyone has any thoughts or facts on if this is good or bad let me know. I’d love some tips and tricks to bring into lvl 3 When I get there.
This story is soon to be continued. I hope it’s worth a ride along!
I’ll describe my form of elements used.
Earth. - for the medium I’m using the classic soil blend. Fox Farms OF and HF. (I got low on soil and topped the rest off with Mother Earths Terracraft because of it’s slightly different quick and slow release amendments)
Nutes. - Or as Matilda would say, “It’s a Newt!” I use a weird mix that sort of just came about from past experiences and learnings.
As a seed I only apply mycorrhizae. When transplanting, I add some more mycorrhizae and some homemade banana peel meal from organic banana peels that I sun dry and grind in a coffee grinder to the finest powder. At about a month, I feed the seedlings a teaspoon of FF Big Bloom, Liquid Seaweed, and if needed I might Introduce trace amounts of CalMag at this stage. Which I did this time.
A week or two of feedings and I start to apply the FF Grow Big, while upping the ante on the previously mentioned mix. Once i change the light schedule, I swap out Big Bloom for Mega Morpheus by Nectar for the Gods. It’s very similar to Big Bloom except instead of bat guano, it has seabird guano, doubling the phosphate, and lowering the nitrogen. Lastly I’ll add Flora Nova’s Bloom bottle for the heavy hits of phosphate and potassium while in flower. (And continuing use of the seaweed, tea, and CalMag) Finally, though I have ph up and down, (Olympus Up and Hades Down) I’ve never even opened them yet =pWind. - I have a charcoal carbon filter and an intake fake but I never even use them either. I just put a hand full of small fans in my 2x4 tent with one pulling air in the bottom, one pushing out the top, and a couple more inside for circulation. If it isn’t summer time the heat stays at about 80. In Summer it gets to 90.
Water. - I always keep jugs of RO water lined up and ready. If I have to use sink water here and there I don’t fret.
Fire. - This is always my favorite form of the Elements, I’m Fire bending 4 strains at the moment.
1. Banana Sundae from Crop King (Online)
1. Gorilla Zkittles from Burneys Farm (Online)
1. Ghost Og clone from Cali Kosher (local)
1. Softie’s Tea from Equilibrium (local)
(Germination rates were incredible for all the seeds)
Here’s a little show of the happenings so far.
This is where i start all my seeds (after I sentence them them to 24 hours in water and another 24 served in paper towels) As you can see, Apollo watches over and protects them.
The yellow leaves were just from the old Crappy soil I used in the pots before the 3 gallons. They now rest in the freshest of soils. The strains are, Gorilla Zkittles on the top left, banana Sundae to the right, Sofie’s Tea on the bottoms left, and the Ghost Og to the right of that.
Now you can see they have grown enough to withstand being tied down.Last time in lvl 1, I didn’t tie the plants down at all. I just topped a lot and used HST and LST, lollipopping, and a bunch of love.
At this point I started using the humidifier and the tank of Co2 I placed in front of the fan because I couldn’t find a good way to hang it up.
You’ll notice the growth and perhaps the movement of the plants. I tend to swap the placements around ever now and again. You may also notice the potatoes. I find they chit faster in the tents conditions, especially with the humidifier so they’ll be gone soon,planted in a bucket outside.
If you made it this far then really I thank you for the interest in my little corner of these forums. I can say I am truly passionate about my plants, even my herbs and veggies equally as much. it may be a simple set up but I’ll keep leveling up as I go on through the years and maybe even swap mediums to those clay ball thingies and try my hand at hydro in the future. Maybe Hydro is around lvl 5. Idk, I’ll take it onestep at a time. I’ll make changes to each operation and widdle down a system I can set in stone. Be it in soil or whatever else.
One last thing I guess I can mention is I have a way of watering that friends have given me flak for.
The plants will look like this before I will water them. I have a history of overwatering at nearly all stages of plant life and this is how I learned to remedy that. My plants must be physically asking me for water like this, otherwise I assume the feet are still wet and I leave it alone. If anyone has any thoughts or facts on if this is good or bad let me know. I’d love some tips and tricks to bring into lvl 3 When I get there.
This story is soon to be continued. I hope it’s worth a ride along!
I'm having terrible luck with my ck seeds generally, but I have a banana sundae that just might survive seedling stage and will go most likely into a dwc. I look forward to your next reports and send best regards!
