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Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of the germination phase. The start of week 1. Found some room in this tent for the new seedlings. They are not growing so fast... in the cold garage... so there's a heater in the tent to keep the daytime temp around 22c. My wife gave a great valentines card this year. Used my hand made stem holders to steady them. I like copper, it doesn't rust. OK. Have Fun. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello This is the end of Week 1 and the beginning of Week 2 of veg. Quite week around here for these girls. They got some food, liquefied seaweed and some friendly fungus and microbes. Everyone perked up after food and are working on putting out their 3rd set of leaves now. It's not freezing around here anymore, but it's been storm after storm this week. That's OK I don't have to shovel rain. OK. Keep growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello This is the end of week 2 and the beginning of week 3 of veg. Found a few white marks and thought it might be the thrips I found in another room, so I sprayed with End All by Safer's. But the plants don't like the magnesium salts in the End All and had some yellowing of the leaves. I got some bugs to fight the bugs, but had to wash these plants to get as much residue of the End All off the plants as I could. I've now put a little of the soil in each cup and the bran in a glass jar so the mites can get out, in the tent to get and eat any bad bugs left. So hopefully the plants will look a little better next time you look in. OK. Keep growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 3 and the beginning of week 4 of veg. Man, am I ever glad these plants look better than they did last week. They sure didn't like the End All by Safer's that I sprayed on them to get rid of what I thought was thrips leaving marks. Gave them all a good wash before I introduced some Beneficial Mites for the soil and canopy. Pictures in last weeks entry. Yes... the plants look much better than last week. They have even put out a new set of leaves that are reaching up. I don't think I like rewriting my nutrients page each week. It's ok if I only use like, 3 things, but I use 8 or 9 things each week and I'm not going to rewrite it each week. How do you feel about that? OK. Keep Growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 4 and the beginning of week 5 of veg. The plants are doing well and reaching up for the light. I turned up the light from 25% to 50%. They should take off now, but I'll watch them to make sure I don't burn them. They need to be topped soon. They are going in a SCRoG set up in the greenhouse. Still a little to cold to get them out there yet. But soon I hope. Been busy this week getting fire wood. Now I've got about 3 1/2 cords in my driveway for next winter. Good burning wood. hard like oak. Takes a bit to get it going but it burns well. Lots of heat, not much ash. OK. Be Great. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 5 and the beginning of week 6 of veg. The plants are doing good and look healthy. Still to cold at night to get these girls out in the greenhouse. Soon I hope. Want to get these girls into 1 gallon pots by next week though. And top them for SCRoG training. Started a new comic book for you entertainment, while your here. Got some strange stuff in it. It Weirdo #10. Printed in 1993 by Robert Crumb and other underground artist. See my other diaries for more comic books. It's strange... I think you'll like it. OK. Keep Growing Strait. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello This is the end of week 7 and the beginning of week of 8 of veg. Was working on the greenhouse last week, getting ready for these plants going in there. Did some sewing where the stitching broke around the zipper in a few small places from last year. Vacuumed and a general cleanup. Thought I might try the privacy window film this year. I've had conch (white gardening cloth) hanging up around the windows for privacy before, but it's getting dirty... Hope the window film lets in enough light for the girls... We'll see though... OK. Keep Growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 9 and the beginning of week 10 of veg. Got them outside and repotted. They look much happier... Look at the last pictures to see they have grown a few inches in a few days. I put a heat sink in this year. 8 - 5 gallon containers were put under the table and are supposed to trap the heat and release it slowly. You can see the white containers behind the plants under the middle of the table. I'll take them out when it gets warmer at night. The soil is 5 gallons of SunShine Mix #4 ( 70% Moss) and 5 gallons of compost from my household composter. I mixed them together. I surrounded the root ball with the SunShine Mix neutral ph soil, so the root ball doesn't get burnt by the hot soil. The roots will grow into the mixed soil when they are ready. Lots of light in there with the new window film I've installed. Plants have a tangy smell to them. OK. Be Great. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 9 and the beginning of week 10 of veg. Had my 4th year cancer check-up and passed... Doctor couldn't find anything wrong. So I get to wait a year before my next/last check-up. If I pass that check-up they declare me cancer free. 😁 Thanks Rick Simpson.... Got this magazine a couple of days ago and wanted to show some of the weird adds and the articles. There is a Cheech and Chong story and interview in the Captain Future diary, and a Cheech story and interview in my LemonPaya diary. If your a fan of them have a peek at this weeks... Things are going well in here. The plants are stretching to fill out their areas. Plant #1 looks like it going to be a big plant with inches between leaf sets. Nice tangy smell though. Thinking of putting these girls into flowering around June 1st. And harvesting around Aug.15 or so. Got the tent so I could flower when the sun is strong, middle of summer. Not the weak ass fall sun where there's lots of mold and fungus. OK. Keep Growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 10 and the beginning of week 11 of veg. The plants are doing great and growing fast. Stretching out and filling their spaces. SCRoG training, push the longer branches under the table rungs and cut off anything growing down. Any branches that are growing down from that spread out main branch are just sucker branches and need to come off. Any fanleaf that grows down and doesn't get much light needs to come off. Doing this will encourage new growth. Don't take too many leaves off at once. If you take 1/3 or more leaves off at any one time the pant will go in to shock and not grow till it's healed. It rained yesterday afternoon so the tent was only open for about 4 hours and the humidity was up to 70%... So I turned on the dehumidifier when I closed up the tent. The plants are still getting just rainwater for now. There's lots of compost on the pots, the roots just need to find to it OK. Keep Growing Straight. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 11 and the beginning of week 12 of veg. The plants are filling out their spaces out nicely. I keep pushing down the branches, under the rungs and spreading them out. Still got a few weeks till I'm going to force flowering by closing up the tent at 8 pm and opening it at 8 am. The plant has a tangy smell to it when I work with it. OK. Keep Growing Straight.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 12 and the beginning of week 13 of veg. The plants are doing good. Getting a gallon of rainwater every 3 to 4 days now. My wife doesn't like the tomato seeds and throws them in the compost. 😝 and I've mixed in about 5 gallons per pot. I must have picked about 40 little tomato seedlings out of the pots. 😏 Being a retired couple we don't need that many. Still another week or 2 before forcing flowering. I'll decide after this week. OK. Be Cool. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello This is the end of week 13 and the beginning of week 14 of veg. I didn't report last week because I was still harvesting the 13 plants of Captain Future. Put the last plant in the curing bags last night. I'll be switching over to flowering either tonight or tomorrow by taking out the lights and opening the tent at 8 am and closing it at 8 pm. Each plant is getting 2 gallons of rainwater for now. Still lots of compost in the pots for food for them. But I'll be mixing up some flowering solution to put in the 15 gallon reservoir and giving each plant a few minutes each day. It will last for 6 days and I'll clean and mix some new nutrient on the seventh day. I'll hand water when the pots seem dry. Each plant has filled their space now and it's time to flower. OK. Have Fun. Chuck.

Chucky324 Hello. This is the end of week 1 and the beginning of week 2 of flowering. I switched over to flowering 6 days ago so this is the end of week 1. Mixed up some nutrient for the 15 gallon reservoir and am giving a few minutes a day so the 15 gallons last 6 days. And I'll hand water with rainwater when the pots seem dry. The plants have filled up their spaces now and it was time to flower. I'm flowering about a week late from last year, but it was a cold spring, and I got the plants in a little late. So, I'm hoping to harvest around Aug 20th or so. Have Fun. Chuck.