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Hi everyone! Sorry I have been away. there isn't much going on except I'm about to fuck up some broad mites and theres only 5 plants left till I can gut and upgrade the flower room. Ive been trimming almost daily with my dual process of wet then dry trimming but the results are worth it.
I plan on converting the flower room to veg so that I can grow a few plants into a scrog I plan to set up on one side. I have some gals ready to rock n roll but I'd like to give them the best first. I am aiming for 1.5 lbs off the scrog tray between 2 or 4 plants - not sure how its going down yet.
So I'll have new paint - fan filter duct - fan stands so that I can use the full tray on both tables - sound system - new hygrometers and a new floor.
Everything will be clean and prestine. I'm not sure how long i'll be vegging in the flower room for - but expect a quick turn around.
I have Med-Man Genetic Silver Skunk bx1 testers en route with some Blue Alaskan Thunder Fuck from Cannafornia Genetics.
I think my packs from Connoisseur Genetics are on the way as well and as soon as I get my testers I'm going to do a huge germination of multi strains.
This year will be a rockwool and coco year with hopefully automation coming down the road soon.
R/O water is a go - will be running benneficials from now on. ppm is 24 now from 412!
I'll have a few new threads soon.
Med-man test thread
New main thread
and I'm sure something else will come up
Any suggestions on what to pop next out of my stash along with the testers when they come?
some finger hash from trimming - the pile is huge
Possibly last picture with plants in the room till its make over.
Once the last plants are down - I think it will be the SLHxMM plants - I will immediately begin my new main thread and document my upgrade process and results.
The stuff in veg will go into the flower room and turn into the scrog and then the other side will be your SLHxMM seedlings along with everything else I got - random plants and such not big enough for the scrog.
I'll probably veg for around a month - maybe less.
we''ll see how it goes down man - right now im unsure
So My veggers are getting hit by Broad Mites. I'm going natures route - predatory Mites. Here they are after arrival.
you apply as lights go down - was good timing for me - and you mist the leaves and then spread the corn grit/vermiculite on the leaves or areas of the plants you want your soldiers at!
SO They came outa thin air and at first It was just one plant but once I noticed the same damage or "deficiency in another plant" I knew it wasn't a calcium problem.
Got the predatory Mites and we will see how they do.
Everything was chopped on Sunday and now the room is getting gutted. I started last night.
if all goes well I should be able to put the girls into the screen tonight and give them some room - my veg tent is bursting from the seams and those smart pots are the fucking shit.- roots everywhere
Ah man, broad mites. I feel for you. But, if you have to get invaded, right before shutting down is the 'best' possible time for it to happen - not so big a monkey wrench.
Ive got 2 slhxmms going now too - just for production. Its alright but definitely not an improvement on either of the parents.
LyryC, Hey man bummer on the Mites, let us know how them
predatory mites work out for ya. I have a buddy who's always
get'n those damn things in his garden and he won't use chemicals
to kill them, it would be nice to allow him back into my gardens again
but I just can't take that chance, till he cleans up his shit... ya know !
Anyway best wishes with the new and improved room, I'm always lurk'n !
New growth is all looking stellar as they adjust to the MH bulbs.
I haven't been able to spot anything via the scope but a few girls are still showing twisty leaves.
I'm going to give them a week to settle in.
I've been using SNS 209 once I saw I have BM's and That could potentially be the previous and current solution as I have used it in the past.
TBH I could care less about this. I'm just waiting on the Night Terror OG to reach into the screen so I can produce more tops and from the way things are looking - I might not take any clones.
SLHxMM #2 is a vigorous beast and she had a really nice smoke being pineapple sweet mellowing out into a skunky after taste I just might clone her cause she is mighty fine. I put her into the screen yesterday - today shes ready for training again...
Have to say for now the screen isn't fun if you don't plan to veg into it and have it set up for that.
My flower room is wayyy to empty for me to flip to 12/12 SOOOOO
I popped both my tester packs and a few more
Blue Alaskan Thunder Fuck
Silver Skunk Bx1
Sugar Cane Train
chems sister x nevilles haze got another pack
and hammerheads GDP x Querkle got 2 more packs
Was going to pop my true canna genetics Purple Project 7 feminized GDP x GDP daddy x doggy fyi but Once I noticed the GDP in the last cross I figured I might get enough purple from that and the silver skunks to tickle my fancy.
The Purple Project and the Sour Grapes will be the next run with hopefully the Vale Vale From rare Dankness - and maybe some Cush if I get the clones.
For now the flower room and veg tent look empty but thats soon to change - I have a lot of photos and shit to do for the tester threads and to make my new one.
School has my attention and between the grow room revamp and work i'm plenty busy. I might become automated by Easter since I have to travel.
I'm going to take a few leaves to a friend with one of those 3k labratory scientific microscopes and see if the BMs are there or eggs or nothing.
I htink i'll do that next week cause I need to restock up on food. Advanced Nutrients and I got into a little scuffle. Free nutes en route ^_^ going to sample the new Coco stuff
OH and I got 10 HUGOS ready to rock out so I'll be doing some rockwool come soon!
Thanks for dropping in Sprout - Wild and everyone lurking!
on a side note does anyone have a good source for some Dutchmaster Honey Sports? Basically green leaf honey dutches. Cheapest box I can find is 60$ for 55 cigars. I been on an east coast blunt steam engine miss rolling dutchies compared to lame wraps and those jokes - swishers.
nothings wrong with anything except shes not big enough - and very lanky... I been super cropping her and tying her up so she grows up and strong so she doesn't break under her own weight.
The branches are like very soft and wire like - so thats her only problem.
Mite Damage - She didn't seem touched compared to the other plants.
Right now I need the weather to turn nice. I need to do a mega A/C deep clean and then install it so that its nice and air tight in the window.
Make fan stands - I might potentially mount them both upside down!
Permanently mount the hygrometer sensors (2)
And last but not least - install the stereo system for the grow room - subs mounted on the tables to really give the girls the vibes
GDP x Querkle 11 beans sown
Chacos Chems sister x Nevilles haze 10 beans sown
HOL Sugar Cane Train 10 beans sown
Night Terror OG 1 Medium large plant int training - no clones.
Super Lemon Haze x Midnight Madness - 1 huge plant 1 small plant 1 clone 4 seedlings
Strawberry Cough x Super Sour Silver Diesel Haze 2 hawt mamas - no clones.
Sativa Loco 1 small plant
Blackberry Pearl 1 seedling still
Jack33 1 large plant 1 clone
Randoms - probably toss em or just put em into flower and say fuck it ^_^ feeding them water till they show signs of hunger MWUAHAHA! lol
1st wave of flower is going to be the big plants/small plants