Doctor Derp
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I've been meaning to get this thread up here for a while, but getting the op built out, then up and running, has taken up most of my time over the last couple weeks. So, here we go.
The total space I've got is about 200 square feet, but this area is about 12 feet by eight feet I would say.
I'm running approx. six gallons of soil in seven gallon grow bags, the bottom half of which is a cooked / composted super soil. There are two pods of nine bags each, all of which have a single seedling of Mephisto Genetics' Double Grape. The beans germinated over a 24 hour period between wet paper towel, then were placed directly into soil approximately 3/4th of an inch down, and loosely covered back up. Special attention was paid to proper orientation of each fledgling to ensure no delays in their breach of the surface. After an additional 24 hours, all eighteen seedlings have started to stretch their leaves towards the light.
Lighting consists of eight QB304 being driven in pairs by four Meanwell HLG-320H-C1400A. The boards are currently about 36 inches above the soil surface and all drivers are turned to their minimum setting. Once I see comfortable growth the drivers will be turned up over a period of weeks to ensure the plants can easily adjust to their lighting. All lighting will be run 24/7 for the duration of this grow.
Other than perhaps experimenting with a compost tea or two, I intend to only give PH'd, aerated RO/DI water throughout the grow. If this is a mistake, feel free to convince me otherwise.
I have a single GSC plant that was harvested about a week ago, and I deemed worthy of preservation. So, we are going to attempt to re-veg this plant and take cuttings for future growth / mother plants. There is a small growth coming from the original seedling-stem area of the plant, which has a pair of single leaves, and then what looks like a couple of very tiny growth tips as well. I'm hoping that more areas will appear over the coming weeks. This plant is in a 5 gallon DWC bucket running 1/4 strength GH flora series veg nutrients. I'll be changing this out once weekly until I'm comfortable that the roots are stable in their new environment.
And here are a couple of pictures. The webcam bucket is for a time lapse video that I'm going to put together of one of the seedlings. I'm taking one frame every 30 seconds. As the seedling broke the surface, you can see clear movement over as few as 10-12 frames. The growth at this young stage of the plant's life is incredible.
The total space I've got is about 200 square feet, but this area is about 12 feet by eight feet I would say.
I'm running approx. six gallons of soil in seven gallon grow bags, the bottom half of which is a cooked / composted super soil. There are two pods of nine bags each, all of which have a single seedling of Mephisto Genetics' Double Grape. The beans germinated over a 24 hour period between wet paper towel, then were placed directly into soil approximately 3/4th of an inch down, and loosely covered back up. Special attention was paid to proper orientation of each fledgling to ensure no delays in their breach of the surface. After an additional 24 hours, all eighteen seedlings have started to stretch their leaves towards the light.
Lighting consists of eight QB304 being driven in pairs by four Meanwell HLG-320H-C1400A. The boards are currently about 36 inches above the soil surface and all drivers are turned to their minimum setting. Once I see comfortable growth the drivers will be turned up over a period of weeks to ensure the plants can easily adjust to their lighting. All lighting will be run 24/7 for the duration of this grow.
Other than perhaps experimenting with a compost tea or two, I intend to only give PH'd, aerated RO/DI water throughout the grow. If this is a mistake, feel free to convince me otherwise.
I have a single GSC plant that was harvested about a week ago, and I deemed worthy of preservation. So, we are going to attempt to re-veg this plant and take cuttings for future growth / mother plants. There is a small growth coming from the original seedling-stem area of the plant, which has a pair of single leaves, and then what looks like a couple of very tiny growth tips as well. I'm hoping that more areas will appear over the coming weeks. This plant is in a 5 gallon DWC bucket running 1/4 strength GH flora series veg nutrients. I'll be changing this out once weekly until I'm comfortable that the roots are stable in their new environment.
And here are a couple of pictures. The webcam bucket is for a time lapse video that I'm going to put together of one of the seedlings. I'm taking one frame every 30 seconds. As the seedling broke the surface, you can see clear movement over as few as 10-12 frames. The growth at this young stage of the plant's life is incredible.
