duchieman
Well-Known Member
A few people are starting new journals so I thought it might be a good time to start one for me. I've been posting pics here and there but I feel a little homeless. I've recently moved, and prior to the move I harvested everything I had, finished or not, and tore everything down. After the move, and a little settling in, I got right back to work, starting pretty much from scratch. For this reason, I don't want to revive my old thread and decided to start all new here as well.
Other personal things have happened in my life recently that's bringing with it a lot of change and exciting new things, so another reason for my new thread. It's been a long time since I've felt excited about things in my life and I spend a fair amount of time here at RIU so I'd like to keep this ball rolling here too.
So, what do I have, you might ask?
I run 2 1m square tents with 600's in each. One is digital with a cool tube, and the other is, for now, magnetic with a plain open reflector. I plan on a new digi ballast in the next month, as well as replacing the cool tube with another open reflector. I'm drawing air through 2-6" carbon filters, using an 8" inline mounted over the tents in my drop ceiling. For vegging I have a large cabinet that I'm currently converting to a stealth cabinet, and in it I'm running 26W cfl's @200W total. This I plant to change out for a 4 bulb T5 fixture but most are 4' and my cabinet is not that wide. I can order a 3' to be made but that might be more hassle than finding an alternative veg cabinet. Also inside this cabinet I have my 6" Vortex inline and filter.
My soil is a mix of coir, peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite. To that mix, on an as needed basis, I will add worm castings, alfalfa, rock phosphate, Humik and Dolomitic lime.
Other nutrients and micros I use through the grow are; mychorrhizae, kelp, fish hydrolysate, activated EM's (effective micro-organisms), molasses, epsom salt and soon I'll be adding sea minerals.
I start my seed in a peat moss mix or pellets, soaked in a mild kelp/EM solution and mychorr in every hole. I'll get into more detail later about all that.
Currently under my one 600 I have 8 pretty girls flowering.
2 Deep Psychosis for Breeder Boutique
2 Casey Jones (freebies from BB)
2 Strawberry Sour Diesel (T-Light) Devils Harvest
1 Double Koosh Motarabel
1 Dog X Extrema.
They all were switched on Sept 6th.
In tent 2, yesterday afternoon, I place a whole bunch of topped plants into darkness to start sexing. They will get their first hit of HPS light this evening when lights come on. In this bunch I have a whole bunch of Extrema. Fourteen is what I started with. Also there are a couple more Deep Psychosis, some Hericules, a Calizahr X Caseyband and BSB X Caseyband (Highlanders Cave) and a mystery bean (lost the tag). These were all topped and cloned and most made it. I'm looking for the best female and male from the extremas. If all goes well, I'll make more Extrema from these two, and I'll harvest pollen from the male for future projects.
Out of all of this, I'm really just trying to narrow it down to a few good moms that I can clone from and maybe breed. At least for myself and friends. I have a lot of good people to pay back here.
So, gonna take a break and I'll come back and add some pics.
Cheers
Other personal things have happened in my life recently that's bringing with it a lot of change and exciting new things, so another reason for my new thread. It's been a long time since I've felt excited about things in my life and I spend a fair amount of time here at RIU so I'd like to keep this ball rolling here too.
So, what do I have, you might ask?
I run 2 1m square tents with 600's in each. One is digital with a cool tube, and the other is, for now, magnetic with a plain open reflector. I plan on a new digi ballast in the next month, as well as replacing the cool tube with another open reflector. I'm drawing air through 2-6" carbon filters, using an 8" inline mounted over the tents in my drop ceiling. For vegging I have a large cabinet that I'm currently converting to a stealth cabinet, and in it I'm running 26W cfl's @200W total. This I plant to change out for a 4 bulb T5 fixture but most are 4' and my cabinet is not that wide. I can order a 3' to be made but that might be more hassle than finding an alternative veg cabinet. Also inside this cabinet I have my 6" Vortex inline and filter.
My soil is a mix of coir, peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite. To that mix, on an as needed basis, I will add worm castings, alfalfa, rock phosphate, Humik and Dolomitic lime.
Other nutrients and micros I use through the grow are; mychorrhizae, kelp, fish hydrolysate, activated EM's (effective micro-organisms), molasses, epsom salt and soon I'll be adding sea minerals.
I start my seed in a peat moss mix or pellets, soaked in a mild kelp/EM solution and mychorr in every hole. I'll get into more detail later about all that.
Currently under my one 600 I have 8 pretty girls flowering.
2 Deep Psychosis for Breeder Boutique
2 Casey Jones (freebies from BB)
2 Strawberry Sour Diesel (T-Light) Devils Harvest
1 Double Koosh Motarabel
1 Dog X Extrema.
They all were switched on Sept 6th.
In tent 2, yesterday afternoon, I place a whole bunch of topped plants into darkness to start sexing. They will get their first hit of HPS light this evening when lights come on. In this bunch I have a whole bunch of Extrema. Fourteen is what I started with. Also there are a couple more Deep Psychosis, some Hericules, a Calizahr X Caseyband and BSB X Caseyband (Highlanders Cave) and a mystery bean (lost the tag). These were all topped and cloned and most made it. I'm looking for the best female and male from the extremas. If all goes well, I'll make more Extrema from these two, and I'll harvest pollen from the male for future projects.
Out of all of this, I'm really just trying to narrow it down to a few good moms that I can clone from and maybe breed. At least for myself and friends. I have a lot of good people to pay back here.
So, gonna take a break and I'll come back and add some pics.
Cheers