faderharley
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Hey Everybody
Grow #2, searching for gold
Strain Selection:
I searched around seedbanks, forums, strain/grow/smoke reports and had one hell of a time trying to determine what strain to go with next. On my 1st grow I lost track of the 4 strains, white widow, carnival, big bud and kandahar, I germinated, but ended up w/6 feminized plants. I had a fairly good harvest for my first time out, but the bud does not vary that much in taste, smell and high. I thought I surely ended up w/2 strains, but some days, I think it's all of 1 strain. I germinated each strain 3 times with a possibility of 12 plants, ended up w/6 plants. Mathical odds are at least 2 strains out of 4 had to make it. Sooo I sent an email to the seedbank where I bought the seeds. They stated that during that time of the year, they had a troubled employee, he may have screwed w/my order. Well needless to say, I may have gotten screwed. I'm still working w/them on this matter, more about this later. BTW ordered Grow #2 seeds somewhere else.
Grow #2 feminized strain selection is:
Red Dragon, 90% sativa, 10% indica, 23% thc
Columbian Gold, 75% sativa, 25% indica, 20% thc
Critical Kali Mist, 80% sativa, 20% indica, 21% thc
Mazar x White Rhino, 60% indica, 40% sativa, 20% thc
Unknown feminized freebees
Note: Columbian Gold I plan to keep as a main strain, if I am successful in growing it. When I was in my early 20's I was able to buy an oz of it now and then, it ran $40 bucks for gold, compared to $20 bucks for regular weed, seeds, stems and all. When I got my hands on CG, all bud, no seeds, great taste and a great buzz.
Upgrades for Grow #2:
I found a false wall on the back side of my grow closet, I removed it. I picked up an extra foot in depth. Also because I use the large spiral CFLs w/clamp fixtures, I had built a wooden ribbing for the closet, now I can place my lights everywhere, up/down and around. I am installing 2 or 3 wall mount fixtues w/2 cfls each for my back wall. The entire closet interior will be lit, top, side, back and below. Photos in a few
Aero-Hydro upgrades:
Going with a little different grow box set-up, more on that later w/ photos...
Lighting upgrades:
Back wall-mount dual cfls, 2700 k range. Flowering stage plan to use up to 50% 6500k range, instead of 25% as I did on the 1st grow, I believe it helps fatten up those colas.
Grow procedure upgrade:
This grow I am going to prune away the undergrow. I want my gals to get all the nutes I can give-em, besides I ended w/alot of it on my first grow. I did not top my plants either on my 1st run, this time I will. I plan to re-generate my 2nd grow, see what comes of that as well. Have an area of 8ft x 10ft x 10ft maybe moving my flowering stage of the grow to this area, using the other as seedling/vegetation area. Can't decide w/that one yet, get back to ya on that one as well..
Germination Date:
Coming Soon to a Grow Closet near you....
Grow #2, searching for gold
Strain Selection:
I searched around seedbanks, forums, strain/grow/smoke reports and had one hell of a time trying to determine what strain to go with next. On my 1st grow I lost track of the 4 strains, white widow, carnival, big bud and kandahar, I germinated, but ended up w/6 feminized plants. I had a fairly good harvest for my first time out, but the bud does not vary that much in taste, smell and high. I thought I surely ended up w/2 strains, but some days, I think it's all of 1 strain. I germinated each strain 3 times with a possibility of 12 plants, ended up w/6 plants. Mathical odds are at least 2 strains out of 4 had to make it. Sooo I sent an email to the seedbank where I bought the seeds. They stated that during that time of the year, they had a troubled employee, he may have screwed w/my order. Well needless to say, I may have gotten screwed. I'm still working w/them on this matter, more about this later. BTW ordered Grow #2 seeds somewhere else.
Grow #2 feminized strain selection is:
Red Dragon, 90% sativa, 10% indica, 23% thc
Columbian Gold, 75% sativa, 25% indica, 20% thc
Critical Kali Mist, 80% sativa, 20% indica, 21% thc
Mazar x White Rhino, 60% indica, 40% sativa, 20% thc
Unknown feminized freebees
Note: Columbian Gold I plan to keep as a main strain, if I am successful in growing it. When I was in my early 20's I was able to buy an oz of it now and then, it ran $40 bucks for gold, compared to $20 bucks for regular weed, seeds, stems and all. When I got my hands on CG, all bud, no seeds, great taste and a great buzz.
Upgrades for Grow #2:
I found a false wall on the back side of my grow closet, I removed it. I picked up an extra foot in depth. Also because I use the large spiral CFLs w/clamp fixtures, I had built a wooden ribbing for the closet, now I can place my lights everywhere, up/down and around. I am installing 2 or 3 wall mount fixtues w/2 cfls each for my back wall. The entire closet interior will be lit, top, side, back and below. Photos in a few
Aero-Hydro upgrades:
Going with a little different grow box set-up, more on that later w/ photos...
Lighting upgrades:
Back wall-mount dual cfls, 2700 k range. Flowering stage plan to use up to 50% 6500k range, instead of 25% as I did on the 1st grow, I believe it helps fatten up those colas.
Grow procedure upgrade:
This grow I am going to prune away the undergrow. I want my gals to get all the nutes I can give-em, besides I ended w/alot of it on my first grow. I did not top my plants either on my 1st run, this time I will. I plan to re-generate my 2nd grow, see what comes of that as well. Have an area of 8ft x 10ft x 10ft maybe moving my flowering stage of the grow to this area, using the other as seedling/vegetation area. Can't decide w/that one yet, get back to ya on that one as well..
Germination Date:
Coming Soon to a Grow Closet near you....