Rider509
Well-Known Member
First time grower and I don't even partake! I stopped smoking over 30 years ago but I keep several strains on hand for my friends that do, just as I keep my bar well stocked. I love researching strains, the smell of marijuana, and seeing the differences in buds of different strains, but mostly I'm looking forward to the challenge and experience of doing the best grow I can. I tend towards short term obsessions so this may be my only grow or it could become a life-long hobby. Only time will tell.
My germination station is the cup warming top of a Nuova Simonelli commercial single group espresso machine, which was my last and ongoing obsession. It maintains an even 80F and the White Widow seeds I soaked in water for 24 hours popped radicles in that time period. I then transplanted into sphagnum germination pucks until roots were evident on the puck surface, about four days, after which I moved the pucks into Fox's Ocean Forest soil in 16oz red Solo cups with drain holes melted in the bottoms.
For light I'm using a 65watt triple tube CFL at 6500 kelvin about two inches above the plants in an insulated mylar chimney of my own design.
I'm about two weeks into the grow and I just LSTed the plants in prep for scrogging. Two of the plants, Billy and Beth, got off to a good start but the third, Booby, had a hard time shedding the seed shell and lost a cotyledon in the process. Booby seems to be pulling through but is a bit behind in growth. I'm pulling for the underdog.
I'll post up some pics when I figure out how to do it according to forum rules.
The rest of my grow equipment:
Gorilla 4'x4' grow tent (built to keep sharks out and keep bears in)
Apollo Horticulture GLK600LS24 600 Watt Grow Light Digital Dimmable HPS/MH System, Air Cool Hood Set
Apollo Horticulture 6” Inch 440 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Built-in Variable Speed Controller
Fox Farm Liquid Nutrient Trio Soil Formula: Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom
3 gallon Smart Pots (should have ordered 5 gal)
Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil
one very understanding wife
My germination station is the cup warming top of a Nuova Simonelli commercial single group espresso machine, which was my last and ongoing obsession. It maintains an even 80F and the White Widow seeds I soaked in water for 24 hours popped radicles in that time period. I then transplanted into sphagnum germination pucks until roots were evident on the puck surface, about four days, after which I moved the pucks into Fox's Ocean Forest soil in 16oz red Solo cups with drain holes melted in the bottoms.
For light I'm using a 65watt triple tube CFL at 6500 kelvin about two inches above the plants in an insulated mylar chimney of my own design.
I'm about two weeks into the grow and I just LSTed the plants in prep for scrogging. Two of the plants, Billy and Beth, got off to a good start but the third, Booby, had a hard time shedding the seed shell and lost a cotyledon in the process. Booby seems to be pulling through but is a bit behind in growth. I'm pulling for the underdog.
I'll post up some pics when I figure out how to do it according to forum rules.
The rest of my grow equipment:
Gorilla 4'x4' grow tent (built to keep sharks out and keep bears in)
Apollo Horticulture GLK600LS24 600 Watt Grow Light Digital Dimmable HPS/MH System, Air Cool Hood Set
Apollo Horticulture 6” Inch 440 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Built-in Variable Speed Controller
Fox Farm Liquid Nutrient Trio Soil Formula: Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom
3 gallon Smart Pots (should have ordered 5 gal)
Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil
one very understanding wife
good like . I love how you give names to your plant 
