So I had a few requests for a journal of my small scale stealth perpetual soil grow. The beauty of this is that all growth stages happen simultaniously so i can document it all at once. So here goes with some details...
I grow in soil - mostly my own home compost that I sterilize in the microwave. This is mixed with perlite worm castings, a dash of guano, bone meal, dolomite, egg shells, and Biotone - a mycorrhizae additive. All my water is dechlorinated tap water.
Clone chamber - 2 23w CFL 1'x2'x2'
I've been cloning in oasis floral foam - it gives good O2 and breaks apart easily as the plant stem grows larger. Each of the containers on the rt side has 4 clones in it. For the first week or so I keep a humidity dome (clear cup with some holes in them). Some take longer than others, but I've been getting nearly 100%.
Once roots appear, they go into small soil containers with my soil mix. Those on the left side have been in soil about 1 week.
In the back, I've just built a small aerocloner (8 clones) that I'm giving a try. No results yet.
From here, they go either to my veg chamber or multiple clones rooted clones will go straight to the Flower chamber.
Veg chamber - 4 23w CFL 2'x2'x3'
On the Left is dear old mom. Center has been in soil for about 3 weeks. On rt, about 5 weeks. I LST with coated copper wire.
Flower chamber - 2 150w HPS in air cooled hoods. 2'x3'x3.5'
Pots shown are 1.5 gal. size. My next round of plants will be in 3 gal containers to provide space for either 1 large (veg ~ 6 weeks) or up to 5 smaller clones. Each pot spends 2 weeks at each of six positions within the cab. Each is also rotated every 2 days to provide even lighting. Again, branches are trained down to an even canopy
A plant starts at position 1 - on the left side of the door, cycles in and around and ends up at position 6 at the left side of the door. I wanted easiest access to the plants that will require the most attention.
Next we'll look at each current occupant....