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banjobrain
Hello all,
This is my first attempt at a successful grow.
Strain: Hashberry seed & bagseed
Medium: Air-Pots and soil
Lighting: 250 Watt AgroStar Metal Halide Conversion/High Pressure Sodium
Nutrients: General Hydroponics Flora Nova Series
After a few days and some careful consideration - I have decided to give this another go. My cab is back up and running and I have germinated some seeds. I chose to germinate some Hashberry seed along with some bag seed that I had. Initially, I was going to do a test run with the bagseed alone. So...I dropped 10 seeds into gro-dan starter mini blocks. Prior to dropping the seeds into the cubes - I gave them a dip in a weak (about 1/3 strength) solution of Flora Nova Grow.
However, after a day of looking at these blocks and thinking, I decided that I would move forward and germinate some additional seed that I had. I had two strains and a safari mix from Mandala leftover from my order last year, so I decided to germinate the Hashberry. I would prefer to grow Satori, but I will wait until my system gets dialed in before growing my strain of choice. Hashberry seemed like a better choice for another "first" attempt.
I am glad I made the decision to do so, because only 4 of the bagseed germinated. On the other hand, 9 out of 10 Mandala seeds germinated. I had the same germination rate on my previous grow (which I had to unfortunately abort). So...whatever happens with the bagseed will be a special surprise. We'll see what happens!
These babies have been coming along for a few days now, just growing up in the living room, no additional light. Now that they have begun to show their first set of true leaves, I decided to put them under CFLs. The plants are only several inches from 6 x 15w, which was sufficient and worked well to get them started last time. I'll have to monitor their water, as they are just plain cubes in there...
In addition, I have a seedling heat mat in the cab, underneath my sliding shelf. Earlier today, with no air circulation in the cab, temps got up to 88 degrees, so I placed a small 4" fan blowing over the lamps and now the temperature is maintaining at a constant 82 - which I'm a little happier about. Plus, the fan will start making those little guys tough. I'll get pics up soon, but right now I can't find my damn camera.
So here's my plan for this grow:
It's taken a great deal of reading through these forums to come up with this plan and at the current moment, I have three people to thank for assisting me to getting where I am today. NOKUY provided me with some great insight with the construction of my cab. I used his design with some slight modifications. If you're looking to build a solid cab, please check out his thread here. Also, K.J has been one that was with me throughout my first grow. He has had several successful grows and introduced the idea of using the Air-Pot for a soil grow. After much searching, I was able to find a dealer in the US that sold them. I recently ordered a bunch of them and they should be here this week. Sam The Caveman has been around and provided me with some comments that got the gears grinding, and he is responsible for "planting the seed" about using a drip system. In addition, after I get a couple mother plants established, I will probably use his hempy trough method of growing. I like it alot!
In addition to those guys above, there have been many, many others as well - and you are certainly not forgotten. I am limited by space here, otherwise I would certainly give you some props - but believe me, ya'll have received my rep!
Hopefully, this grow will not be aborted like my first grow. I am settled down, recently promoted and just entered into a year long lease at my comfy little apartment. I hope you enjoy the show and that with the help from all of you will be able to share the fruits of my labor (via nice photos) with you very soon.
Thanks for stopping by!
This is my first attempt at a successful grow.
Strain: Hashberry seed & bagseed
Medium: Air-Pots and soil
Lighting: 250 Watt AgroStar Metal Halide Conversion/High Pressure Sodium
Nutrients: General Hydroponics Flora Nova Series
After a few days and some careful consideration - I have decided to give this another go. My cab is back up and running and I have germinated some seeds. I chose to germinate some Hashberry seed along with some bag seed that I had. Initially, I was going to do a test run with the bagseed alone. So...I dropped 10 seeds into gro-dan starter mini blocks. Prior to dropping the seeds into the cubes - I gave them a dip in a weak (about 1/3 strength) solution of Flora Nova Grow.
However, after a day of looking at these blocks and thinking, I decided that I would move forward and germinate some additional seed that I had. I had two strains and a safari mix from Mandala leftover from my order last year, so I decided to germinate the Hashberry. I would prefer to grow Satori, but I will wait until my system gets dialed in before growing my strain of choice. Hashberry seemed like a better choice for another "first" attempt.
I am glad I made the decision to do so, because only 4 of the bagseed germinated. On the other hand, 9 out of 10 Mandala seeds germinated. I had the same germination rate on my previous grow (which I had to unfortunately abort). So...whatever happens with the bagseed will be a special surprise. We'll see what happens!
These babies have been coming along for a few days now, just growing up in the living room, no additional light. Now that they have begun to show their first set of true leaves, I decided to put them under CFLs. The plants are only several inches from 6 x 15w, which was sufficient and worked well to get them started last time. I'll have to monitor their water, as they are just plain cubes in there...
In addition, I have a seedling heat mat in the cab, underneath my sliding shelf. Earlier today, with no air circulation in the cab, temps got up to 88 degrees, so I placed a small 4" fan blowing over the lamps and now the temperature is maintaining at a constant 82 - which I'm a little happier about. Plus, the fan will start making those little guys tough. I'll get pics up soon, but right now I can't find my damn camera.
So here's my plan for this grow:
- Germ seeds in gro-dan cubes
- Transplant to soil, growing in Air-Pots
- Veg plants / determine sex / cull males
- Take one hashberry mother (and one bagseed mother for shits and grins)
- Bring remaining plants to flower and harvest utilizing the Oasis Automatic Drip Watering System
- Enjoy the fruits of my labor
- Wash, rinse, repeat.
It's taken a great deal of reading through these forums to come up with this plan and at the current moment, I have three people to thank for assisting me to getting where I am today. NOKUY provided me with some great insight with the construction of my cab. I used his design with some slight modifications. If you're looking to build a solid cab, please check out his thread here. Also, K.J has been one that was with me throughout my first grow. He has had several successful grows and introduced the idea of using the Air-Pot for a soil grow. After much searching, I was able to find a dealer in the US that sold them. I recently ordered a bunch of them and they should be here this week. Sam The Caveman has been around and provided me with some comments that got the gears grinding, and he is responsible for "planting the seed" about using a drip system. In addition, after I get a couple mother plants established, I will probably use his hempy trough method of growing. I like it alot!
In addition to those guys above, there have been many, many others as well - and you are certainly not forgotten. I am limited by space here, otherwise I would certainly give you some props - but believe me, ya'll have received my rep!
Hopefully, this grow will not be aborted like my first grow. I am settled down, recently promoted and just entered into a year long lease at my comfy little apartment. I hope you enjoy the show and that with the help from all of you will be able to share the fruits of my labor (via nice photos) with you very soon.
Thanks for stopping by!
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