400w closet organic s.c.r.o.g. - Jack Herer & Unknown

I knew I could get a possible good mom out of those seeds, but to better my chances, the next time I saw my dealer, I asked if I could sift his shake for seeds. He then asks me if I want clones of those two strains. The amateur grower owed him some money and gave him a tray full. I thought it over and said yes. I asked what strains they were, and he changed the subject. He then produced a garbage bag with a clone tray inside. I drove slowly home, and went inside. WTF?????!!!!!!! This guy stuck 25 two gram nugs in rapid rooters. And then they remained in a humidome, in a garbage bag, on a porch, in summer, for 10 days. The various strains of mold were astonishing. I swear there were mushrooms growing off a few. I closed the dome and washed my hands. After a couple bowls to steady my nerves, I headed back in. What the hell was this guy thinking? I narrowed them out to two piles. One for the garbage disposal, and one for deep sanitization.

I decided the best treatment would be rapid pH shifting, and neem, combined with lots of rinsing, as I had no 35% H2O2. I made a few dunks of solution at ph 2.4, 6.8, and 11.5. I dunked the vegetaion in the acid, then the neutral, then the base, then the neutral, and swished around for 30 seconds each. I then left the whole cutting, plug and all, it a neem solution with an airstone for 10 minutes. Then I placed into the now sterilized tray and covered with a dome. Only half of these made it past a week, but those that did showed immediate improvement, while those that didn't declined rapidly. I'm sure this stressed the plants, and I prefer gradual changes, but I was not letting molds and fungi in my chambers. No signs of either showed after this treatment, and no leaf loss or burn occured on the ones that lived.

I placed the tray under some t5ho 65k tubes about 18" away, and lowered 2" per 2 hours the first day for a total of 12". The next day I lowered it 2 ", ans well as the next day. It was now 4" of the dome. Temp inside was 74f, and humidity was 94%. I checked the tray daily and misted the dome but tried to keep the foliage dry. There were roots established when I got the clones, but these were very brown and rotten. After 6 days, I saw new root growth, and gave them a very mild mico and worm casting tea. It took about 12 days before all had rooted thickly.

At this point it was time for potting. I had already prepared a soil blend of roughly 40% FFOF, 30% FF light Warrior, 10% FF chunky perlite, 10% vermiculite, with the remainder a mix of manures, guanos, blood and bone meals, miycorrhiza, love. this cooked up a bit on my back porch.I wet this well and planted into half gallon pots. These went under the 4 x 54w t5ho bulbs, at 10" away. I gradually lowered to 4" over the next few days. It was here I realized my ventilation plan would not cut it. I was getting to 87f at points in the room. I had decided on 8 x 54w t5ho for flower and knew this was gonna make the temp rocket up. It was time to rethink things.

Since my plan was for mor than 400w at flower, I decided a flow through 400w hid would help out. I got the ballast and bulb and attached them to a supersun 2 6" reflector. This I attacthed to my 140 cfm inline fan. As this exhausted into my bedroom, it made things uncomfortable after two days. I rerouted ducting through the attic and mixed the exhaust with my attic fan. This only served to get the temp to 82 as my fan had a hard time dealing with 28' of flex duct.

I got a 6" hi flow fan and ran all new ducting. Crap this fan was loud in my room. I ended up mounting it in my attic hung from heavy duty bungee cords. This made it audible only from within the attic. So a few days later and I am pulling so much hot, humid air in my windows and doors of the house, that my a/c wont get things below 79 in my house. Previously I had always done full house grows, and room a/cs were standard, so I delt with heat differently. This tiny grow was using up funds, and creating stress for my lady. I picked a few brains and it was suggested I route the exhaust into my central a/c return manifold. Why didn't I think of this simple fix. Holes cut, fittings assembled, fan moved and cool room + cool house occurs. Ahhhh. Sigh of relief, and smoke a bowl.

These are the six that made it. 2 of strain A, and 4 of strain B. Unhealthy leaves are from prior to me getting them. These are 5 days under the mh.




The thermometer reads 4 degrees high when mounted against a wall. Infrared thermometer confirmed temps.

The two more vigorous clones, were more in veg than the other four. New growth resumed much faster on these two.