[Kalyx]

It started with an idea, then came the plan followed by action, finally after months and many hours of work El Dorado is a reality. The undertaking was larger than I had ever planned, there were many setbacks, delays and problems, for awhile I wondered if this would ever be finished. This is not the first crawl space grow that I have built but it is the largest and it will be the best. The mass majority of this build was done solo with no help and with life throwing curve balls at me it took much longer than envisioned to complete. The work began back in April, a lot of work and money spent but things are finally up and running. There is still some work yet to be done and some finishing touches to do but for all intents and purposes things are rolling.

The purpose of this thread is to share my growing adventures in El Dorado and the hunt for my holy grail. There will be lots of pretty pictures and plenty of information. I will still be running separate threads for my different test grows but will also be posting about them here. All of my seed popping and pheno hunting adventures will be logged here going forward. I will use this thread as my breeding laboratory(pollen chucking adventures) as well where my previous, current and future projects can be documented and discussed. I welcome the sharing of information and posting of pictures contributing to this thread from anyone and everyone.


Behold El Dorado......








To get to the end there had to be a beginning, a starting point. It took a lot of imagination to picture what the mess of a crawl space would become. Its been a long 6 months with many hurdles and obstacles along the way. It's such a fantastic feeling to see how far this idea has come and to see it becoming a reality. This is what the mess looked like when I begun, just a dirty sand pit filled with all kinds of junk. I thought it was going to be a quick and easy process cleaning out the trash so I could start working. Even that was more work and took more time than planned, nothing about this build came easy from beginning to end.

[Kalyx]

First things first, time to clean house and clear out all this mess so the work can actually begin.







...And next came the digging and digging and some more digging. I swear I was having nightmares about shovels and dirt all summer. Hauling hundreds and hundreds of pounds of heavy dense clay out of a 2 and half foot hole was so much worse than digging it up.







Things are starting to take shape now, its sort of starting to resemble a space that might look like it could be a grow area. Still ungodly amounts of earth move and haul out, seems like it would never end. I stand at over 6 feet tall and skinny so working and digging in cramped spaces like this is not my cup of tea.

[Kalyx]

Lots of digging left to do but I can finally stand and have some headroom in this sandbox. Shows a little perspective from the inside looking out.




Hmmmm..... this oddly reminds me of a certain show...... Looks like Dexter is ready to come out and play with his knives lol. I do like clean environments so unlike previous crawl space grows there will be no dirt and dust floating around, full on Dexter mode.





Down the Rabbit Hole you go....







The first volunteers to start life in El Dorado with many more to come in the coming days and weeks. Still some work to complete and some odds and ends to tie up but things are open for business. The environment has been excellent so far, temps are running pretty consistent at 66f to 74f with lights off and on.

[Kalyx]

Rocking the Casbah....


Original Glue #4




While El Dorado isn't 100% complete things are up and running and moving along smoothly. Hopefully within the next month or so all the work should come to a finish. If things continue running to plan all lights should be running and I will have the room filled up. Now its time to focus and discuss the purpose of this thread, the plants, projects and plans to unfold.

Im picky, I like variety, I needed more than I was getting from my current grow, I just wasn't satisfied. I decided to build this new grow to increase the variety and numbers of plants I could run. Initially I never planned for it to be as large of an investment in time, money and space, it just grew and morphed into what it is. My other grow has a 1000w HPS and the plan at first was to have 1 or 2 lights to basically double, maybe triple my numbers. As things stand now in El Dorado there are 2x 1000w HPS and 2x 600 HPS/MH set up with space to add another light or two if I was so inclined. Now between both my spots I have more space than I have ever had before and I will have my hands full with the variety and keeping the lights full. Lol Im sure as time goes on this wont be enough and I will want even more room.

Down to Business

The main purpose for this room, for growing. beside it being a passion of mine is to find my holy grails. I think that is the reason why most of us grow, pop seeds, try new clones is to find those perfect plants that hit all those pleasure senses for you. To find those plants that bring back old memories, to find the plants from the best buds you have ever smoked. You know the buds Im talking about, years and years later you can vividly remember their smells, taste, appearance and the quality of the high. Its also about finding those new flavors and smells, to discover the unique and unknown, at least this is what El Dorado is all about for me.


Road Dawg



The First Ladies Up To The Plate


2x I-95 #1 (TopDawg)
2x PURPetrator #3 (Archive)
1x Road Dawg #3 (Karma)
1x Headbanger #5 (Karma)
1x Original Glue #4
1x Karma's Og #2 (Karma)

Ladies on Deck

2x PURPetrator #4 (Archive)
1x PURPetrator #5 (Archive)
1x Headbanger #4 (Karma)
1x Headbanger #5 (Karma)
1x Karma's Og #2 (Karma)
1x Karma's Og #1 (Karma)
1x Sour D
1x Sour P
1x Girl Scout Cookie (Forum)

Coming Up The Ranks

2x PURPetrator #5 (Archive)
1x PURPetrator #3 (Archive)
1x Road Dawg #3 (Karma)
1x Karma's Og #1 (Karma)
1x Karma's Og #2 (Karma)
1x I-95 #1 (TopDawg)
1x SFV OG
4x Girl Scout Cookie (Forum)


I-95



Kalyx's Harem


Clone Only

Original Glue #4
Girl Scout Cookie (forum cut)
Sour D
Sour P
SVF OG
Sour Tsunami (CBD)


Seed Plants

Elmer's Glue (Relentless)
Karma's Og #2 (Karma)
Karma's Og #1 (Karma)
Road Dawg #3 (Karma)
Headbanger #5 (Karma)
Headbanger #4 (Karma)
I-95 #1 (TopDawg)
PURPetrator #3 (Archive)
PURPetrator #4 (Archive)
PURPetrator #5 (Archive)


The Dudes

Fire Cookie - Pollen (Relentless)
MoonTang - Pollen (Bodhi)
Sour60 - Pollen
Road Dawg - Alive and well (Karma)
Purpetrator - Alive and well (Archive)


Recently Retired Ladies

Karma's Og #3 (Karma)
Moontang #1 (Bodhi)
Moontang #2 (Bodhi)
Moontang #3 (Bodhi)
Fire Cookie #1 (Relentless)

Moontang



More to come very soon this is just the beginning. There is about to be a bunch of new seed popping going on. I will have more information on what is getting popped and also discuss some of the current and previous projects I have worked on.

[theJointedOne]

cool, great show. Tanks for sharing the journey

look forward to updates and progress reports.

good luck!

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

Congrats on getting el dorado up and running! Can't wait to see some colas swaying in the breeze! All of that hard work will be paying off soon enough!

[igrowone]

subbed, ambitious this be

[3rdEye]

That is a bad ass build Kalyx. Fantastic job getting that up and working. I'm here to see you find your El Dorado. Seems like you like OGK and Chem crosses a lot. subbed

[OakyJoe]

subbed after ive seen the thread title

shovel nightmares the indoor shovle nightmare

[Bmac1]

Late to the party here but here nonetheless. Great job kalyx, looks like the back breaking work has really paid off and you are rewarded with a very nice little spot.

Great line up as usual and I am tuned in.