Hello.
First attempt at this, so have mercy on me. Joined in progress after prompting in the Introduce Yourself forum.
Six plants going, from seed. Sprouted 12/5 and 12/6 2019, germinated via wet paper towels and then popped into perferrated Solo cups a half inch deep. All six broke the surface, but one Amnesia had helmet head and one Cali Orange had goofy looking cotyledons. More on her later.
Strains are Amnesia (2), California Orange (2), a White Widow, and an Alaskan Purple. All are hybrids, the White Widow and Alaskan Purple being Indica dominants, the other two are Sativa doms. Seeds procured from Seedsman, approximately three weeks of transit time from Spain to central US.
My set up is typical beginner 101. 48”x48”x78” tent. Two Chinese LED burples, one pulling 185 watts, the other pulling 615 watts. Yes, I fell for the “1000 watt” spiel on the initial lamp, only learning later that my space would be seriously underlit with just that lamp. I added the 615er (advertised as a 3000 watter of course) to get up to snuff, thinking I’ll eventually upgrade and add another tent, effectively giving myself a veg tent and a flower tent. Yes, I’m THAT addicted already.
Medium is FF Happy Frog, stock, straight from the bag into 5 gal smartpots. Seedlings moved into these pots around the time the leaves cleared both sides of the Solos. No issues noted below decks, all six had filled the Solos with twisty white roots.
Temperatures have been between 77F and 50F, humidity very low originally (upper 20s to mid 30s), so I added a humidifier, and then it got moist here. Ha! Currently maintaining 55 to 65 RH with the occasional post-drink surge to 70 or so.
I have an oscillating fan in one tent corner, one of those tower thingamajigs, and I have an inline 4” tent fan/carbon filter rig with dryer tubing that I haven’t gotten around to installing yet. I have the FF trio of nutrients, have been adding the Micro and Grow at 1/2 strength every other watering cycle for the last 10 days or so. The girls seem to like it so far.
They got topped above the fourth node once I could get my scissors in there, and I still managed to lop off one side of the fourth node on one Amnesia plant. She hasn’t complained much, but looked a little lop-sided until I bent her over and tied her down, just like her sisters.
More later. Tonight we drink, and some out of tent pictures shall be taken.
Happy growing and thanks for reading.
TK
First attempt at this, so have mercy on me. Joined in progress after prompting in the Introduce Yourself forum.
Six plants going, from seed. Sprouted 12/5 and 12/6 2019, germinated via wet paper towels and then popped into perferrated Solo cups a half inch deep. All six broke the surface, but one Amnesia had helmet head and one Cali Orange had goofy looking cotyledons. More on her later.
Strains are Amnesia (2), California Orange (2), a White Widow, and an Alaskan Purple. All are hybrids, the White Widow and Alaskan Purple being Indica dominants, the other two are Sativa doms. Seeds procured from Seedsman, approximately three weeks of transit time from Spain to central US.
My set up is typical beginner 101. 48”x48”x78” tent. Two Chinese LED burples, one pulling 185 watts, the other pulling 615 watts. Yes, I fell for the “1000 watt” spiel on the initial lamp, only learning later that my space would be seriously underlit with just that lamp. I added the 615er (advertised as a 3000 watter of course) to get up to snuff, thinking I’ll eventually upgrade and add another tent, effectively giving myself a veg tent and a flower tent. Yes, I’m THAT addicted already.
Medium is FF Happy Frog, stock, straight from the bag into 5 gal smartpots. Seedlings moved into these pots around the time the leaves cleared both sides of the Solos. No issues noted below decks, all six had filled the Solos with twisty white roots.
Temperatures have been between 77F and 50F, humidity very low originally (upper 20s to mid 30s), so I added a humidifier, and then it got moist here. Ha! Currently maintaining 55 to 65 RH with the occasional post-drink surge to 70 or so.
I have an oscillating fan in one tent corner, one of those tower thingamajigs, and I have an inline 4” tent fan/carbon filter rig with dryer tubing that I haven’t gotten around to installing yet. I have the FF trio of nutrients, have been adding the Micro and Grow at 1/2 strength every other watering cycle for the last 10 days or so. The girls seem to like it so far.
They got topped above the fourth node once I could get my scissors in there, and I still managed to lop off one side of the fourth node on one Amnesia plant. She hasn’t complained much, but looked a little lop-sided until I bent her over and tied her down, just like her sisters.
More later. Tonight we drink, and some out of tent pictures shall be taken.
Happy growing and thanks for reading.
TK