The Garden 2024

00110001001001111O Room setup rundown, examples of bud, et al in pictures... Seedlings/Clones lights - Viparspectra XS1500. Vege lights - Mars Hydro FC-4800 Flower Lights - 650w 3400K 1900umol/s PAR, (3) 226w DIY 2900K 630umol/s PAR (678w and 1890umol/s), Substrate - 50/50 sphagnum peat moss and vermiculite in 5-gallon pots Climate Control - Luckily, the lights, winter and normal furnace use all equate to a decent temperature, though a bit on colder side in in vege phase, sadly. Humidifier is needed early and later a dehumidifier is needed when canopy develops. I only grow in the winter months. Irrigation - do not use the emitters in this diary. They suck a big fat dick to skip a line to suck a bigger dick. Use the pressure compensating type. https://growdiaries.com/diaries/232811-strawberry-cookies-og-r1-cherry-diesel-bbgs-ego-epg-ebg-grow-journal-by-001100010010011110/week/1366923 -- use something similar to those. They come in different shapes, too. Basic process The little light takes care of seedlings in 2.5" wide seedling pots until first up-pot. The 1-gallon pots fit well under the FC4800 in a 4x4 tent until day 21 after sprout. I plant 150% or more of what i need, so i can kill the weak without concern. The goal is for every plant that makes it to the 5-gallon up-pot being capable of producing a minimum of 160 grams with a maximum of a 35-40 day vegetative phase. Third up-pot is into 5-gallon nursery pots and now under the 3 DIY lights and the 650W light in the big tent for a couple more weeks of vege. An irrigation system in the big tent saves a lot of time. One scrog for training and another for support, just in case. Reverting back to a more systematic approach to canopy composition moving forward. About 2.3 colas per sq ft and 8 primary colas per plant. Yields were similar when over-crowding and being less systematic, but the proportion of less dense nugs is greater and trim time is needlessly elevated because of that fact. I was very controlling about this the first couple years but got away from it for far too long at this point. Drying / Curing - Into mesh racks for 9 days. I wet trim and cut down to similarly sized buds for even drying. Temps are controlled around 68F and RH is set to 60%. Then into some 5-gallon buckets with gamma seal lids and (3) 2-way 67g boveda humidipaks (58% or 62%) in each bucket - 1 at bottom, 2 at top. Temp/RH probe confirms that they hold the RH steady at 60-63%. Cost - 0.33 cents (USD) per gram produced. This includes an accelerated depreciation expense for all equipment used, fertilizer, water, electricity for all equipment used, new filters and other yearly purchases - bti, ph strips, sticky traps, etc. I'm a finance guy, so these numbers are comprehensively accurate and purposely err slightly on high side of cost. The only facet not included is the cost of my labor.

00110001001001111O Pollen Donators: FD 35 Pollen Receivers: FD 27 Pollen sacs started to open the last few days in earnest. Some signs of pollination (a darkened pistil here and there). Will continue to shake the 2 hermie females over the 4 receiving plants for another 2-3 days, then another 5 weeks for seeds to fully develop. Accidentally applied a 20mM concentration of silver thiosulfate. The recommendation is 2-3mM, LOL. So, the pollen donators look rough and probably delayed flower slightly. With an 8-day head start this should have been done by FD25 of the receivers. Live and learn. It was leftover from previous breeding run. I forgot that the stock solution was not diluted from the original product of the double replacement chemical reaction that took place. UPDATE - So, the accidental overdose of STS seemed to be okay. It caused 100% conversion with a ton of male pollen sacs, as you can see in the pictures. I then dusted each plant for a week while they remained in the same tent together for that entire time, too. No seeds. Either this is simply a slim chance to occur, or the STS overdose caused inviable pollen. Based on only a few fem breeding cycles,, the number of seeds that result does seem to corerlate to STS concentration. My best results were when i skipped the third application - 1000+ seed on each 40-50gram pollen receiving plant. When i followed the instructions to a "T", i had few seeds result. Next breeding cycle i'm going to mimic what i accidentally did for my first successful fem breeding cycle and if i get 1000s of seed, i'll feel pretty confident that pollen viability is defnitely related to how concentrated the STS is and how many applications i use. Maybe, 100% conversion is less important than it seems. I'll take 80% conversion and 1000 seeds, if that is the case.

00110001001001111O testing

00110001001001111O All done for 2023-2024. Back again in Fall of 2024. Maybe, do a proper diary for it. See "Week 1" for recent grows. See "Week 2" for a failed fem seed run despite 100% conversion.