This is the 2nd grow of my new cabinet.
I learned lots with the first grow of Mandala Safari Mix, and hopefully I can now concentrate more on quality and quantity. I still have some minor issues with the cab that I want to dial in, but all in all the cabinet is performing very well.
The stealth of the cab seems to have good integrity, as I was able to keep the grow from being discovered by our two oldest boys who are living in the house, (18 & 20 yrs old) And their weight bench and punching bag are within feet of the cabinet!
LOL...try hiding anything from boys that age!
This is what my cabs look like in my garage...aka hoosiers hash den
OK...day 1 seed pop
On the left are two Sam the Skunkman's Original Thai Haze x Skunk #1
In the middle are two Ministry of Cannabis Carnival (fem)
On the right two Mandala #1 (fem)
The Mandala #1 and the Thunk in the front row had a tough time of it. The M#1 did not make it. I did't think the Thunk would either, but it fooled me! I'll get to it later...
Here is the lineup for the next grow at six days since pop
My cab has both a veg chamber and a flower chamber, and the flower chamber has Mandala Safari Mixers finishing up now. I try to follow moon phases if possible, and these were all cast and popped during a waxing phase. The current grow in the cab now (Mandala Safari Mix) will probably not be finished until mid month, so it looks like I will have about 6 weeks veg on the next run. I estimate this on some folks seeing 70 days to finish some of the Safari mix phenos.
This is my veg chamber with the four seedlings on the left under 78watts of 6500K CFL.
These four plants will be grown in 2 gallon containers using Miracle Grow potting mix only.
I will be feeding no ferts at all, unless the plants ask for it.
My watering during flower consists of steam distilled water with added H2O2 (~4oz per gal) and black strap molasses (1 tbs per gal).
Watering during veg with straight tap.
All four plants will be in separate vertical screens that measure ~10" x 24"
I will be experimenting with two styles of screens. One hand made with string that has 88 bud sites, and one using 1" square hurricane fencing that has 200 bud sites.
After sprout, I keep the seedlings in beer cups until the roots show ready for re-potting. I normally like to let them get a bit more root bound before going to the larger container, but they were just about ready.
I repotted into coffee containers.
The coffee containers hold approx .6 gals of soil.
These shots are at 6 days:
Carnival A
Carnival B
Mandala #1
Thunk A
You can see in the shot that I repotted Thunk A into a smaller container.
I am hoping to limit it's growth a bit by not letting it have too much root mass.
You will also notice that there was a nutrient problem with the plant.
Apparently the available N that the MG Mix provides is a bit much for this strain. It was burning the hell out of this little plant.
With some help from Stich, I was able to confirm the problem and correct it by giving the plant a heavy flush of 2 gallons of dechlorinated tap.
It is much happier and healthier today.
I started out casting 6 seeds. All popped, but one M#1 and one Thunk were having troubles. The M#1 did not make it. The Thunk lived, but it was a dwarf and went days and days without any movement at all. It may have been a nutrient thing, dunno.
This is Thunk B at 6 days
I had given up hope that Thunk B would grow, but a couple days later it showed signs of life!
Here is Thunk B at 20 days!
My next grow really doesn't provide room for more than the 4 screens, but I am going to wedge Thunk B into the mix. I plan to not do any training at all on it, and hopefully it will fit in between screens.
Besides, the M#1 and the Carns are fem seeds, but the Thunks have not been sexed. They may not get to join the other girls for finish. I hope to get lucky and have a female and a male, but I would settle for two females.
Save for Thunk B, all the plants have been FIM'ed one time and have been getting LST.
These are shots of the plants at 21 days:
Carnival A
Carnival B
Mandala #1
Thunk A
Thunk B
I have some back-ups on board in the event that the Thunks are both males.
The plant in the back is going to be one of my Safari Mix (sat dom) moms.
The other two are cuts of the same plant that I plan to gift some deserving friends.
I've got some other cuts that I may put out in the woods as well.
I learned lots with the first grow of Mandala Safari Mix, and hopefully I can now concentrate more on quality and quantity. I still have some minor issues with the cab that I want to dial in, but all in all the cabinet is performing very well.
The stealth of the cab seems to have good integrity, as I was able to keep the grow from being discovered by our two oldest boys who are living in the house, (18 & 20 yrs old) And their weight bench and punching bag are within feet of the cabinet!
LOL...try hiding anything from boys that age!
This is what my cabs look like in my garage...aka hoosiers hash den
OK...day 1 seed pop
On the left are two Sam the Skunkman's Original Thai Haze x Skunk #1
In the middle are two Ministry of Cannabis Carnival (fem)
On the right two Mandala #1 (fem)
The Mandala #1 and the Thunk in the front row had a tough time of it. The M#1 did not make it. I did't think the Thunk would either, but it fooled me! I'll get to it later...
Here is the lineup for the next grow at six days since pop
My cab has both a veg chamber and a flower chamber, and the flower chamber has Mandala Safari Mixers finishing up now. I try to follow moon phases if possible, and these were all cast and popped during a waxing phase. The current grow in the cab now (Mandala Safari Mix) will probably not be finished until mid month, so it looks like I will have about 6 weeks veg on the next run. I estimate this on some folks seeing 70 days to finish some of the Safari mix phenos.
This is my veg chamber with the four seedlings on the left under 78watts of 6500K CFL.
These four plants will be grown in 2 gallon containers using Miracle Grow potting mix only.
I will be feeding no ferts at all, unless the plants ask for it.
My watering during flower consists of steam distilled water with added H2O2 (~4oz per gal) and black strap molasses (1 tbs per gal).
Watering during veg with straight tap.
All four plants will be in separate vertical screens that measure ~10" x 24"
I will be experimenting with two styles of screens. One hand made with string that has 88 bud sites, and one using 1" square hurricane fencing that has 200 bud sites.
After sprout, I keep the seedlings in beer cups until the roots show ready for re-potting. I normally like to let them get a bit more root bound before going to the larger container, but they were just about ready.
I repotted into coffee containers.
The coffee containers hold approx .6 gals of soil.
These shots are at 6 days:
Carnival A
Carnival B
Mandala #1
Thunk A
You can see in the shot that I repotted Thunk A into a smaller container.
I am hoping to limit it's growth a bit by not letting it have too much root mass.
You will also notice that there was a nutrient problem with the plant.
Apparently the available N that the MG Mix provides is a bit much for this strain. It was burning the hell out of this little plant.
With some help from Stich, I was able to confirm the problem and correct it by giving the plant a heavy flush of 2 gallons of dechlorinated tap.
It is much happier and healthier today.
I started out casting 6 seeds. All popped, but one M#1 and one Thunk were having troubles. The M#1 did not make it. The Thunk lived, but it was a dwarf and went days and days without any movement at all. It may have been a nutrient thing, dunno.
This is Thunk B at 6 days
I had given up hope that Thunk B would grow, but a couple days later it showed signs of life!
Here is Thunk B at 20 days!
My next grow really doesn't provide room for more than the 4 screens, but I am going to wedge Thunk B into the mix. I plan to not do any training at all on it, and hopefully it will fit in between screens.
Besides, the M#1 and the Carns are fem seeds, but the Thunks have not been sexed. They may not get to join the other girls for finish. I hope to get lucky and have a female and a male, but I would settle for two females.
Save for Thunk B, all the plants have been FIM'ed one time and have been getting LST.
These are shots of the plants at 21 days:
Carnival A
Carnival B
Mandala #1
Thunk A
Thunk B
I have some back-ups on board in the event that the Thunks are both males.
The plant in the back is going to be one of my Safari Mix (sat dom) moms.
The other two are cuts of the same plant that I plan to gift some deserving friends.
I've got some other cuts that I may put out in the woods as well.
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