Hot Diggity's Lab

Chapter 6 - Day 41
Flowering - Day 25

Decided on a major lighting change tonight. I was not happy with the 2 row LED approach. I'm going back to the drawing board and will have something new by next update. As of now, the Quantum Boards are off and the 1K MH is back on.

Tomorrow will be the last day for the males - I will be doing pollen collections and killing them. I'll be sure to get some pics of them before I kill 'em.

We'll start with a sexy close-up of some girl parts

Chapter 6 - Day 43
Flowering - Day 27

Pollen was collected from the two males that made the cut and were killed right after. Some of the best females should be ready for a bit of selective pollination in just a few more days.

I finished my LED design and I'm really happy with it. I ended up putting the 1K MH back online which is somewhat overkill but this round is not an exercise in efficiency. Plus, despite being June, the extra heat generated is needed. Right before I photographed tonight's entry, I decided to swap out the 1K MH with a 1K HPS and I kind of like it! I think I'm going to roll with this setup for a while and see where it takes me.

(The HPS was on for these pictures - I'll be sure to turn it off from now on)

Chapter 6 - Day 45
Flowering - Day 29

I collected pollen from 2 remaining males - they happened to both be Lemon Hashplant. Yesterday, I turned off all of the fans and shut the HPS off (to control the heat). I took a very small paint brush and selectively, and carefully, brushed pollen onto about half of the females. I chose 1 or 2 lower branches from each chosen female and left the tops alone. This 1st round of pollination will yield:
Lemon Hashplant x Lemon Hashplant
Lemon Hasplant x Sunshine Daydream
Lemon Hashplant x Guava Wookie

The females I chose were just the ones that looked the best. Most of the sunshine daydreams, for example, don't look all that good. They seem incredibly finicky with watering frequency and they don't seem to like the living soil I made. Many of them are droopy and just don't look very happy. There are 2 SSDD's that look decent. The Lemon Hashplant and Guava Wookie females, however, look fantastic and are very happy. I probably won't start showcasing specific plants for another 2 or 3 weeks but there appear to be some real gems.

I'm very happy with my new lighting orientation. It's a shit load of light and probably way overkill, but that's OK.
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Pictures from day 45

Chapter 6 - Day 47
Flowering - Day 31

Cruising right along. I will probably start showcasing specific plants in another week or so. The 3rd picture is an example of where I pollinated.

Chapter 6 - Day 49
Flowering - Day 33

Quite a few lower fan leaves are dying off and red stems on the fan leaves are appearing. Not sure what to make of it yet but I'm not too worried. I lowered the QB's about 3 inches on 3 of the 4 LED towers. All in all, I'm pretty pleased. If I take these girls 70 days that would mean a total time of 86 days from the time the seed hit the paper towels until harvest. I'm pretty sure quite a few of these are going to develop into nice fat long donkey dick cola's which is always great!

I'm rotating the 1K HPS and 1K Eye Hortilux Blue MH every few days. As for the Quantum Boards, they are all 4000K's and I'm pretty happy with them...do not anticipate any changes.

You do some insane grows mate

jzs147 said:

You do some insane grows mate

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Thank you!!!

Chapter 6 - Day 51
Flowering - Day 35

1 Group shot and then we will start showcasing some of the Sunshine Daydream's

Nice Journal just read it upto date very good read love your setups. Some advanced stuff well for my novice eyes anyways

DustyDuke said:

Nice Journal just read it upto date very good read love your setups. Some advanced stuff well for my novice eyes anyways

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Thank you for the kind words! I just love to build stuff and try new things.

Chapter 6 - Day 52
Flowering - Day 36

I'm probably going to start posting updates nearly everyday. I'd like to pick a handful of plants and showcase them.
No group shots for this post.
The HPS was swapped out for the Eye Hortilux Blue.

Lemon Hashplant #2



Sunshine Daydream #5



Guava Wookie #4

Hot Diggity Sog said:

Thank you for the kind words! I just love to build stuff and try new things.

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I here you I’ll be building a small veg room today just need to rearrange my shed

Chapter 6 - Day 53
Flowering - Day 37

1 Group shot and a showcase of Guava Wookie #5 and Sunshine Daydream #8. SSDD #8 is the tallest plant coming in at 27.5 inches.



Guava Wookie #5



Sunshine Daydream #8

Chapter 6 - Day 54
Flowering - Day 38

Just some random pictures for this post. I'm really happy with how things are going. Considering I put the beans into a wet paper towel only 54 days ago, these girls are really doing fantastic. Even if I flower them for 65 days, that will only be 81 days total. A 70 day flower would be 86 total days. I'm definitely going to break my own record for total time.

I'm running an incredible amount of light over a roughly 20 sq/ft footprint. I have the 1K up top and (12) QB 288's running at 60 watts. They are all 4000K btw...I love my blues.
So 1720 watts total...lol

35 watts per sq/ft good.
50 watts per sq/ft perfect/max.

I disagree. We shall see!

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Chapter 6 - Day 51
Flowering - Day 35

1 Group shot and then we will start showcasing some of the Sunshine Daydream's

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Digging this center of the room plant layout....gonna give it a shot in my next flower run. Thx for the idea. So far Ive been lining the walls around.

Nice grow by the way.

Chapter 6 - Day 58
Flowering - Day 42

Cruising right along. Most of the fan leaves from the bottom 1/3rd of plant are either dead or dying. I've never really experienced this before so fingers crossed. This whole living soil thing might be a tough nut to crack.

We're far enough along that I can say with 100% confidence, these girls are going to be amazing.
I'm predicting the harvest date to be August 2nd. This would be 70 days of 12/12 and 86 total days.
A 70 day flower means we have exactly 28 days left. 4 more weeks!

Chapter 7 starts tomorrow! This will be another bodhi exclusive but even cooler!

Hot Diggity Sog said:

Chapter 7 starts tomorrow! This will be another bodhi exclusive but even cooler!

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Thweet.

Chapter 7 - Day 1

3 seeds from each of the following strains were put into wet paper towels:
(All Bodhi genetics)

Hashplant #4 (Chem 4 x G13)
Hashplant D (Chem D x G13)
More Cowbell (Girl Scout Cookies x G13)
Forest Queen (Strawberry Milk x G13)
Cobra Lips (Chem 3 x Appalachia)
Super Silver Hashplant (Super Silver Haze x G13)

The initial strategy will be to have them in solo cups under 12/12 along with the girls from Chapter 6. The timing should work out such that Chapter 6 finishes right around the time these plants indicate sex. I will segregate the males, transplant the females and put the lights back on a veg cycle.

Going to try something a little different this time. The containers will be much larger...12"x12" square - 6 gallon. I'm going to run Perlite only with Blue Planet nutes.
Will probably go for a 40 day veg, give or take. So larger plants but not too large.