An Epsilon Adventure

Growmies! It is finally here! It is time for my third grow series! For those not already following my grows, here is a brief history of my time here at Grow Diaries: Last summer I found some old bud-picked seeds in a drawer, planted them in little plant pots and more or less forgot about them for a few months. Eventually I stick the little dying stick plants into a tent and a couple of months later I was smoking several ounces of the first cannabis I had ever grown. In December 2023 I began [G2] my second grow series that series included (in order of germination) Kings Kush Auto, Big Bang Auto, Super Lemon Haze, Amnesia Haze Auto, Mystery Auto, Mystery Auto (tiny pot challenge), Purple OG Punch Auto, Epsilon F1 Auto, Strawberry Banana Auto. Yields ranged from 35-212g per plant during that second grow series. Welcome everyone to the very start of what I hope to be my best diary and grow yet: "An Epsilon Adventure". So I have been planning this grow for quite some time, and it has taken a while to get everything together, but now that all the elements are in place I am really super excited for this one and I am so happy it is finally happening! If you have been following my grows you'll know I have been thinking about this series for a while and have considered doing nutrient and training comparisons. I have finally come to a decision on this and will explain the plan. Firstly though, this seems like the right time to say a massive thank you and to send love and respect over to James and Aroa at Royal Queen Seeds in Spain. This grow is only happening because they made it happen, I sort of hinted on one of my diary entries that could do a full tent of these ladies, and the eagle-eyed James noticed and did something about it! Royal Queen Seeds have very kindly supplied ten of their prized World First cannabis F1 hybrid "Epsilon" for this grow series, and of course for our collective entertainment and education. I can tell you that they grow fast, and finish fast, and the smoke is really great the most dominant flavour is chocolate, or more specifically American chocolate like Hersheys kisses. https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/f1-hybrid-cannabis-seeds/620-epsilon-f1.html Will you join me on this Epsilon adventure? If you are not already following me on Twitter please do https://twitter.com/UnorthadoxDude and I have recently joined Instagram https://www.instagram.com/unorthadoxdude/ and would love to hook up with you there too! I have thought long and hard about adding companions into this grow for direct comparison purposes, but honestly I want to try to keep it as simple as possible and really test my grow performance given the same kit I have used for all my previous grows, so I have decided there will be no companion planting for this grow. All ten seeds were put into warm soaked peat pellets in the very early morning of 19th June 2023. Here is hoping all ten seeds germinate, and if they do they each have an identical Air Pruner 30l Fabric Pot waiting for them. Now this seems like the appropriate time to talk about nutrition. I had plans to do comparisons with different nutrients during this series, and so I reached out to the most popular nutrient manufacturers in my country, explaining my plans for this grow series and asking if they had any interest in supplying small quantities of nutrients for the comparison grow. I was almost unanimously ignored. However, the one manufacturer that did respond, responded warmly and engaged with me in a highly professional and friendly manner. I was impressed by their communication, and the way they said what they would do, and then simply did it. It is my great joy to announce therefore that the nutrition for this grow has been supplied in whole by Aqua Labs and will consist of their entire range of Shogun Nutrients. With big warm and fuzzies to Jay who is no less than a legend. I am not joking here growmies, they have really hooked me up for this one and these Epsilon F1 by Royal Queen Seeds are in for real treat it seems. I am massively excited to see what happens in this grow. I have experience growing this new strain already and so I feel I am in a good place to evaluate the performance, but I've never before had a full range of any nutrients to run at. Previously I have used a combination of some (but not all) BioBizz products, Canna CalMag, and seaweed extract - I have been pretty happy with the results, but something tells me I am going to experience another level here. It is going to be fascinating to discover! The same seeds in the same pots in the same tent being rotated regularly, using the same watering routine and the same nutrition. Let us really see how uniform this F1 hybrid is! Oh one more thing, my target for this grow is 60g per plant. I want to achieve 1g/watt. So that is it! Sponsored by RQS and Shogun, this grow and diary will focus on the fantastic Epsilon F1 strain and I hope it to be one for the ages. ========== Tent: 120cm x 120cm x 180cm Light: 600w HID Elite Dual Spectrum HPS + Angel Wing Reflector Air: 5" duct fan system with carbon filter ~300 m3/hour + RAM 9" floor fan Pots: Air Pruner Fabric Pots 30l - UGro XL Coco + horticultural grade perlite (~20%) Seeds supplied by Royal Queen Seeds https://www.royalqueenseeds.com Nutrients supplied by Shogun Fertilisers https://www.shogunfertilisers.com/en ==========