Medic Grow/Barneys Farm

Hey now, I hope everyone is well, I am excited to test this new light out, the Spectrum X tunable 880 Watt light from Medic Grow with supplemental UV/IR lighting. The light comes with the option to use a blue spectrum for Veg (V1) as well as a flower spectrum which is much higher in deep red lighting (F1). There is also the option to integrate the UV/IR spectrum into your light cycle. I have heard great things about the increased production of THC when integrating UV/IR into your grow room, so i am super excited to test this fixture. Seed germination: My process is to gently scuff my seeds in 320 grit sandpaper that is rolled up like a dollar bill, I shake them inside maybe 8 to10 times max. I then I soak them for 2 hours or so until they sink in a glass of water, then 24-36 hours in a moist paper towel transferred to a ziploc bag full of air and then placed on a heat mat while covered in a dark colored towel to block out light. I then place her tail down into a tiny hole in the moist pro mix seedling starter mix which is in a 16 ounce solo cup with plently of holes in the cup for drainage. I then cover the top of the seedling sprout with DRY pro mix, and the reason is I have found the sprout emerges several hours faster without the added water weight to push through and waste energy making its initial push through wet/heavy soil, main thing is to keep the radicle in the dark. Many growers say that planting an auto flower in the final container is ideal because it reduces transplant shock, however I disagree. I believe it is much more beneficial to allow the root system to develop a ball of mass in a small container such as a solo cup, before transplanting to the final container. If a tiny seedling is planted in a large container prior to developing root mass, it has a tendency to grow directly to the bottom of the container and colonize at the bottom rather than the root system colonizing the entire container. My plan is to keep one of the two seedlings and give the other to a friend. While in the solo cups with pro mix seedling starter, I will water the seedlings just plain water through an oral syringe just watering around the edge of the solo cup slowly to encourage the roots to seek out the water and expand to fill the container. I have learned the hard way not to overwater seedlings and to pay attention the weight of the solo cup rather than what the soil looks like. Around day 21 and a few days prior to topping, I will transplant her to her final home which will be a 5.4 Gallon Air-pot and immediately begin to apply high frequency fertigation via a reservoir hooked up to a digital timer with an irrigation line running to a fertigation halo. I will also build a gravity fed automatic runoff removal system which will consist of a couple drain pans with a drain line running to a five-gallon bucket in the tent, which will have a submersible pump that will move the runoff outside the tent into another reservoir. This setup may sound difficult, but it can be easily constructed in an afternoon, and it will make your entire grow easy and efficient. Once in her final container and during Veg, she will receive Silica, Cal Mag, and Maxi Grow by General Hydroponics. Silica and Cal Mag will be used the entire grow, however while integrating into flower she will be transitioned from Maxi Grow to Maxi Bloom and Kool Bloom which is a 0-10-10 bloom booster will be added during flower and then transitioned to Dry Bloom in the last two weeks followed by up to a week of flush prior to harvest. As I only have a total of 40" of usable vertical space from the top of my grow containers to 12" below my Medic Grow Spectrum X lights, I plan to use a combination of Topping (Most likely around the 6th node) as well as Low Stress Training to manage plant height as I will attempt to grow more of a bush than a tree. I am super excited to see what this monster light can do and am also interested to see what effect the UV/IR supplemental lighting will have on final THC content. Thanks for stopping by, safe safe and Blaze On! 💪 Website: https://medicgrow.com/ https://growdiaries.com/grower/medicgrowled