Second Grow

Planted tap roots into 3 gallon pots and placed them into smaller 3x3 tent. Used domes to increase humidity until seedlings emerge. Jan 16 - both C-99s have emerged, C99-1 emerged with a helmet head that I carefully sprayed with RO water to soften up. It took half a day to help get it off. C99-2 emerged normally. Jan 18 - emergence occurred for D369-2 By January 25 I am 5 days into what I consider the seedling stage.

Strong seedling growth from the start. Named the girls this week. The two Cinderella 99 were named after the mean step sisters Drizella (C99-1) and Anastasia (C99-2). And the Dimension 369 strain was named Carol Anne (D369) from the movie Poltergeist.. (go towards the light!….lol) Water Treatment: 5-Stage Reverse Osmosis Filter connected to 10 gallon reservoir with float shut off valve and a spigot installed to fill bucket below. Water temperature achieved using fish tank heater. Measurements taken using a BluLab OnePen that can measure TDS, PH and Temp. (Best tool ever, comes with app) Nutrients: General Hydroponics brand ( added to water in this specific order to avoid mixing issues ) mixed in 5 gallon bucket with small pump for consistent circulation to mix properly and avoid hand stirring. Silica calMag 3 main Floraseries (micro, gro, bloom) Additives: FloraBlend - 5ml per gallon Floralicious PH balance last to 5.8 in coco coir: generic ph up / generic ph down FLORASERIES 10-PART WEEKLY CUSTOM FEEDCHARTS downloaded from website. Week 1 light feed schedule with 1ml FloraBlend supplement. 78 degrees, .45 ec, 5.8 ph Jan 21 - First week batch left in gallon jug in tent to keep water temperature optimal for roots. 75f / .45 ec / 5.8ph @ 400ml to each. Jan -22 - Micro dose with leftover week 1 mix. Used syringe with 30 ml focused around seedling. Seedling heating pad set under pots to 80 degrees to keep roots happy. Secondary space heater added to tent to keep up temps in colder basement lungroom. It is triggered using an AC Infinity smart plug. The AC Infinity heater is amazing but can only increase ambient temps about 10-15 degrees effectively. Same goes for the AC Infinity T3 humidifier, it is also amazing but for seedling conditions in a 3x3 tent, an extra humidifier was added to the tent. It would be more efficient to use a seedling dome. Perhaps a future investment? For now this setup will do and I can start in 3 gallon pots and avoid a transplant into them which is less stressful on the plant IMO.

Week 3 and I can consider these seedlings now officially in the vegetative stage. Growth is on track and looking great! Weekly watering with nutrient feeding every other day to run off waste and using a shop vac to clean up. 5.8 ph / 1.59 ec / 75.6 degrees

Growth is amazing and the girls already need to be transplanted into their final 5 gallon pots. Transplanting went well, I could have waited another week and I think it would have been better. Anastasia is having issues with the main stem growing straight so I added supports to encourage straight growth. Drizella is too but not as severe. During the transplant process. I also sprinkled Great White Mycorrhizae on the roots for better root health and to reduce transplant stress. Nutrients still hand watering every other day to run off. 5.8 ph / 1.63 ec / 74.7 degrees I reconditioned my coco coir from my first grow that was originally 1 bag of royal gold tupur blend which I believe produced some nats due to the forest material mixed in with the coco coir. This one original bag was enough to fill two 3 gallon pots and transplant them into two 5 gallon pots with a little left to spare. I hand cleaned that first grow medium to remove all large root debris and then rinsed it thoroughly in Ro only water before letting it dry for several weeks leading up to this current transplant. I then soaked it in a solution of Sensizym and calMag to break down any remaining dead roots into nutrients while ensuring the medium is still well buffered. The girls were started in the 3 gallon pots using a new bag of roots organics brand 70/30 coco coir/perlite. That medium had to be buffered well with calMag to avoid common Calcium and Magnesium deficiency that surface due to coco coirs ability to soak it up and steal it from the plant. This was a leason learned from my first grow that resulted in several foliage feedings to adjust for. I was able to recycle a great deal of coco coir from my first grow which provided me enough to bump this grow up to three plants from two. So I used the recycled coco as the base and most of the back fill in all thee 5 gallon pots. I did have to use a little extra of the 70/30 to top everything off properly. I still have a 1/4 of a bag of the 70/30 left dor future grows.

Up to now I have only been using my 3x3 tent as I slowly invest and build out a larger and taller 24x48x60 that I got dirt cheap on FB marketplace. I had to modify the larger tent and use a pipe cutter to reduce the height of the tent to fit in my basement that is about 3 inches shorter than that. It seems to have worked out well and the slack from it being shorter is not an issue. I just have to take care when unziping the tent. Overall opinion on Vivosun tents are that they will do the job. But the stitching shows light leaks at the seems and at the Velcro observation windows. My goal is to eventually develop a perpetual grow. Using the smaller 3x3 as the seeding/veg tent and then using the larger tent for flowering and drying. Up to now i have only used the larger tent for drying and have just started to dial in the new tent equipment. I am realizing that to make my life easier the girls need to be transferred to larger tent to accommodate three 5 gallon pots easier for watering. At this point I have determined that my smaller 3x3 tent and watering/feeding system does not work well to accommodate three 5 gallon pots and has become a pain to maintain in such a small space and will not last long for me. Although doable I think for a more stress free and easier process in the future, my perpetual garden plans will be easier and better equipped for two plants only in a 3x3 tent even with moving them to a larger tent later on for flowering. With all that said, I basically forced myself into moving them to the larger tent earlier than I planned to. This brought me to another realization that the equipment I have invested into the larger tent is semi struggling to meet the larger environment in s cold basement. The 3x3 tent has already been a freak show of equipment from my first grow as I made the rookie mistake of investing in subpar equipment and stepped over s dollar to pick up a dime by buying a Vivosun starter kit. I have so many complaints on Vivosun products that I am not going to bother pointing them all out. 3x3 tent vivosun Vivosun light with built in fan Vivosun oscillating fan Vivosun inline fan Vivosun controller and app Shitty space heater outside lungroom Shitty humidifier when needed Replacement and or add on equipment: AC Infinity CLOUDFORGE T3 AC Infinity THERMOFORGE T3 AC Infinity CLOUDLINE PRO S4 AC Infinity Controller 69 - 4 ports AC Infinity UIS Control Plug AC Infinity VPD Thermometer I quickly learned that this set up in a cold north eastern basement is going to make me exhausted to maintain and the equipment has no real support for VPD other than giving you that measurement as a readout in the app and controller. I also quickly realized I should have invested in Ac Infinity products from the start and slowly began to phase out Vivosun products. I started by investing in the Ac infinity heater and humidifier with the controller 69 with wifi. This allowed me to maintain those devices outside of the tent and have actual control over VPD. But now i was maintaining devices on two different controllers and the Vivosun equipment is not very compatible friendly. So I then eventually replaced the Vivosun inline fan with an Ac infinity S4 that brought me full VPD control with the IR temperature fun to gain proper leaf temp offsets which can also be managed in the AC infinity family of products. These initial changes to my environment and equipment transformed my grow into a much more pleasing and successful growing experience. With the 2x4 larger tent up and in place I started to slowly invest in that when possible with the following equipment. Vivosun 24x48x60 modified Ac infinity Ionboard S24 AC Infinity CLOUDFORGE T3 AC Infinity THERMOFORGE T3 AC Infinity CLOUDLINE PRO S4 AC Infinity Controller 69 PRO - 8 ports AC Infinity CLOUDRAY S6 electrical upgrades and expansion required as well. Shortly after moving the girls to the new tent I also realized that the equipment does struggle in the lager tent and is much more sensitive to change and swings. Since the 69 pro controller has 8 ports, for now i have doubled up and connected both AC heaters and humidifiers up to the 2x4 tent and use them as secondary booster equipment and is working well during the coldest winter basement months. My future perpetual garden plans will need some rethinking and adjustments as i dial in both tents to run effectively and efficiently with the equipment I have. The Girls seem very happy in their new home

All three topped and LST started with a bit of defoliation and lolipopping