Mosca Negra's C99 BX1 - 400w Cabinet Grow by GrnMtnGrwr

[gdbud]

10 for 10 good start my next grow might be C99, But my wife wants me to grow Scotty's weed instead.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

I got them a better lamp for the CFL, this should minimize stretch until I've got my ballast all sorted out.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

I'm liking the progress... The CMH should be here in a couple days, seems as good a time as any to introduce them to HID.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

A bit more stretch than I wanted, but I'll be getting the 400w CMH in there tomorrow, and will be getting a few fans for inside the cab for some inner airflow. If it continues to be a problem I will just transplant deeper than normal, not a big deal. I'm hoping to begin 12/12 by the beginning of next month.

What I'm thinking right now:

Wait until first set of 3 fingered leaves, and then transplant to 4" containers. Continue growing and feeding until 7~ nodes. Top the plants, and remove the lower 3 nodes of branches. This will leave 6 tops for each plant. As soon as they recover, put them into 12/12. When they show sex, they will be transplanted into 7.6" containers. I will be putting 2-3 males per container, depending on how many there end up being.

I've decided on flowering out every one of them. I'm very interested to see how the males look, and if there are any standouts. Can you monitor the trichs on a male the same way as a female? I've seen some pretty resiny males.

I plan on having lots of seeds and I'll be saving my favorite male and female for some more specific seed making a grow or two down the line. The male will be revegged and cuts will be taken. The female will get revegged, cuts taken, and then is going to be grown into a tree. A cut of the male will flower at this point as well, to provide fresh pollen. For the female, I'm thinking DWC...

 

[simon]

Just a gratuitous post to subscribe. I'm very interested in the strain. Best of luck with the grow.

Simon

 

[SlevinK]

Keep up the great work ma friend..

 

[Ganja D]

Hey GMG, looks great so far. I'll be watching. Glad your getting back into the swing of things, looks like you never took a break.

 

[severian]

Exciting times

Looks like you got the veg well planned out. I think all seedlings stretch like that even under HO lights. Potting those stems will straighten them right out.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Thanks for stopping in guys!

simon - I'm glad to see you've stopped by, I've learned several things from you in the short time I've been back on ICMag.

SlevinK - I'm planning on this being a good show!

Edit: Man you guys were too fast for me...

Ganja D - It's great... I'm as giddy as I was with my first grow, but I'm much more experienced.

severian - Yeah I wasn't sure what was to be expected. I've been watering them with the mister I bought. The drops that covered the seedlings weighed them all right down to the ground. I figured it would be a good excercise for them to pick themselves up. Seems like they did well.

 

[gdbud]

I will continue to watch your grow MGM.
It looks like you have it all planed out. and good luck with your seeds.
DWC for your females sounds like good idea. it's been good to me so far.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

I will continue to watch your grow MGM.
It looks like you have it all planed out. and good luck with your seeds.
DWC for your females sounds like good idea. it's been good to me so far.

If my revegged keeper pheno of this grow does anywhere near as well as your plants are doing right now I will be ecstatic. That'll be a high yielding run, that's for sure...

 

[gdbud]

I will give you all the help I can.
I have keeped a detailed journal to help me along.

 

[kushforlife]

got my seeds 2 days ago but,i will grow out the safari mix first to practic first time DWC!!!, and im going to let both strains stay with males so i will have a good seed stock of the c99 and the hybrid i get from the safari mix think thay are good strains to keep??? oooo and did some of your c99 seeds look .....well not so good?.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Nah, mine looked good to me.

 

[kushforlife]

mine look the same as yours. im ok now

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

 

[banjobrain]

Nice...I just ordered some of the same, along with some others.

Look forward to watching your progress!

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Today is their first full day under the 400w CMH. Holy shit that thing is bright...

Anyways, that puts the cabinet about 6 degrees above ambient. Not bad all all, considering my room runs between 65 and 75.

They will be transplanted in 24-48 hours.

 

[gdbud]

Just sitting in my rocking chair and watching the show!
So you are able to run the CHM with a HPS ballast?

 

[FatBlunt420]

Just sitting in my rocking chair and watching the show!
So you are able to run the CHM with a HPS ballast?

electronic ballasts can run both. but magnetic ballasts are either specific to a type of bulb. or are switchable.