Blazer420
New Member
OK, I decided that I've been here long enough without a proper grow journal like the rest of the cool kids.
I have a 4x4x7 tent that I call "The Lab" or "The Crackpot Idea Tent" where I do all my fun growing. Its where I play with all sorts of growing ideas, new strains, lighting, nutes, etc. For a while I have had some strict rules about what goes on in the tent and how things operate in it so I could have some constants when I tested new things. You can read about my latest idea here. I'll update that thread in about 2 weeks when I harvest, but so far that one was another bad idea.
Anyway, here we are now...
Here is the plan as it stands now. I may change things a bit as I go along, but for the most part this is it.
4x4x7 tent
1k light MH veg, HPS bloom
4 - 4' 33w T5 UVB lamps for later in bloom (this is new to me)
Soil - VermiFire cut with 20% FF Light Warrior and approximately 1 cup diatomaceous Earth/pot
10 gal plastic pots
Nutes: Botanicare KIND, base, grow, bloom, tea, silica blast, MaxiCrop, Yucca extract (KIND is new to me)
Right now the 3 plants are in my germination tent under a 2', 4 bulb T5 fixture. They are about 10 days old and getting their 2nd set of true leaves. Just started getting a 10% solution of KIND bas and grow (based on the KIND feed chart). Sprouted in rapid rooters and almost immediately transplanted into 4" square pots with a mix of 80% Light Warrior and 20% VermiFire. They will get transplanted into the 10 gal pots and put into The Lab in about 2 weeks when I chop what's in there now.
I have grown Sensi Star before and its one of my favorites. I've never grown out Critical+ before so this will be interesting to have them side by side.
My plan is to see just how much I can pull with just 3 plants that big tent and 1k light. Also I have a time limit - for some particular reasons I will need to chop by 4/1/14. I'm not sure about the Critical+, but my records show that I generally chop Sensi Star in 62 days of flower. That means I have until about the end of January to veg.
I thought I would throw a little "interactivenes" (I think I just made that word up) to the journal. My idea is this. I intend to only top these plants. Possibly 3 but probably just 2 times. Other than that they are growing as they see fit. The interaction bit comes in if the readers of the journal make a suggestion along the way and enough people agree to it, I'll do it to the plants. Somewhat of a "community grow" so to speak.
As to the UVB, my plan is to have them on beginning when I see the first trichomes. Initially, it will only be for about 3 hours/day, but I would like to try to work it up to a full 12 hours on. I'll let the plants tell me if they are getting too much of a suntan.
Nutes will be given according to the KIND feed chart for Coco/soil. The only change to it will be that I'm going to slow down the dosing of the veg nutes because of the hot VermiFire. Maybe around 2 weeks after going into the 10 gal pots I'll be close to full strength. Remember I'm trying to push the hell out of these girls.
Pics of the seedlings coming soon.
Here goes! Wish me luck! I either fall on my face or hit the bumper crop when I try new and/or whacky things!
Thanks!
B-
I have a 4x4x7 tent that I call "The Lab" or "The Crackpot Idea Tent" where I do all my fun growing. Its where I play with all sorts of growing ideas, new strains, lighting, nutes, etc. For a while I have had some strict rules about what goes on in the tent and how things operate in it so I could have some constants when I tested new things. You can read about my latest idea here. I'll update that thread in about 2 weeks when I harvest, but so far that one was another bad idea.
Anyway, here we are now...
Here is the plan as it stands now. I may change things a bit as I go along, but for the most part this is it.
4x4x7 tent
1k light MH veg, HPS bloom
4 - 4' 33w T5 UVB lamps for later in bloom (this is new to me)
Soil - VermiFire cut with 20% FF Light Warrior and approximately 1 cup diatomaceous Earth/pot
10 gal plastic pots
Nutes: Botanicare KIND, base, grow, bloom, tea, silica blast, MaxiCrop, Yucca extract (KIND is new to me)
Right now the 3 plants are in my germination tent under a 2', 4 bulb T5 fixture. They are about 10 days old and getting their 2nd set of true leaves. Just started getting a 10% solution of KIND bas and grow (based on the KIND feed chart). Sprouted in rapid rooters and almost immediately transplanted into 4" square pots with a mix of 80% Light Warrior and 20% VermiFire. They will get transplanted into the 10 gal pots and put into The Lab in about 2 weeks when I chop what's in there now.
I have grown Sensi Star before and its one of my favorites. I've never grown out Critical+ before so this will be interesting to have them side by side.
My plan is to see just how much I can pull with just 3 plants that big tent and 1k light. Also I have a time limit - for some particular reasons I will need to chop by 4/1/14. I'm not sure about the Critical+, but my records show that I generally chop Sensi Star in 62 days of flower. That means I have until about the end of January to veg.
I thought I would throw a little "interactivenes" (I think I just made that word up) to the journal. My idea is this. I intend to only top these plants. Possibly 3 but probably just 2 times. Other than that they are growing as they see fit. The interaction bit comes in if the readers of the journal make a suggestion along the way and enough people agree to it, I'll do it to the plants. Somewhat of a "community grow" so to speak.
As to the UVB, my plan is to have them on beginning when I see the first trichomes. Initially, it will only be for about 3 hours/day, but I would like to try to work it up to a full 12 hours on. I'll let the plants tell me if they are getting too much of a suntan.
Nutes will be given according to the KIND feed chart for Coco/soil. The only change to it will be that I'm going to slow down the dosing of the veg nutes because of the hot VermiFire. Maybe around 2 weeks after going into the 10 gal pots I'll be close to full strength. Remember I'm trying to push the hell out of these girls.
Pics of the seedlings coming soon.
Here goes! Wish me luck! I either fall on my face or hit the bumper crop when I try new and/or whacky things!
Thanks!
B-