Guerilla Grow 2023

D1. Boom! We have germination after only 48 hours with the Banana Kush Cake girl. The cheese lady is still a bit shy, but it's still early. However, It is worth noting that two seeds from this pack failed to germinate last year so let's hope that this third time is the charm. 🤞 I did the first trip to my growing spot, bringing out the first pot with soil. I'm biking with a small backpack so it will require a few trips to bring out the pots, 60 liters of soil, and a bit of mulch. Each round trip is around 20K so I certainly will get some exercise setting everything up. I'll be growing in two 30 liter fabric pots that I'm burying halfway in the forest soil. I'm hoping that will help the girls in getting water, but I'm just guessing here. We'll see what happens. ------------------------------ D2. The BCA appeared today. Barely, but she is there. That's two out of two: 100% germination. I transplanted the peat plugs into three-liter pots of soil, adding myco to the hole and plug prior to transplanting. I decided to install a Blumat Classic watering system since I will go out of town in a couple of weeks, and I'm not sure if the plants will be ready to put into their final pots by then. Using three Blumat carrots per pot ensures 150-450ml of water per 24 hours, depending on the height of the water reservoir. That should be enough for the girls during these first weeks of veg. Finally, I added a mulch layer of volcanic rock/pumice. Normally, I use straw but since these girls are moving outdoors I'll be using rock/pumice instead. DLI set to 17, which is a bit high considering it's only the first week, but I'm planning on pushing these girls hard. ------------------------------ D3. The Cheese girl has emerged from her hiding. I put humidity domes over the seedlings since the tent's humidity is currently in the 30s (!), and both my humidifiers are already in use elsewhere. I took a second trip to the planting spot to bring out more soil and mulch. I decided to move the pots some 20 meters to another site, where they will get more direct sun. Sure, the plants will be more visible, but I'm not too worried about discovery, considering how remote the location is. ------------------------------ D5. There is little to report as the girls are simply doing their thing without needing any of my help. I remembered I had a small humidifier my girlfriend bought many years ago tucked away in a storage box. The humidifier is tiny and isn't made for continuous use, so it requires a couple of refills per day, but in my small tent, it bumped the RH from the low 40s to the low-mid 60s. Enough for me to remove the humidity domes. As they say: If something is stupid, but works, then it isn't stupid. ------------------------------ D7. The first week is at its end and all is well with the girls in the tent. I made another trip out to the spot, bringing out the last soil and mulch. The only thing missing now is some chicken wire fencing and stakes, which I will bring out in a couple of days. ------------------------------