The Melting Pot

Firing the dutch buckets back up after a thorough cleaning of the room and a heavy spray of permethrin to keep the creepy crawlers out. Will be running some "heavy hitters" in what will be "The Melting Pot". This will probably be my perpetual diary. Had my eye on the slurricane from In House Genetics for a while so got 2 of those going. Also running 2 of the sugarcane (slurricane #7 x platinum cross). Threw in an Apple Sundae from cannarado genetics. And last but not least got a limited edition strawberry eclair from G13 labs. These IHG strains come with a price tag, but are they worth the big $$? Well that is what I am here to find out! Attitude seeds bank is where I ordered from this round. They delivered fast and stealthy. No issues Several people have asked why not run rdwc instead of dutch buckets? Dwc is easier to setup. I prefer the dutch buckets because I can run a warmer reservoir without root issues, the system doesn't depend on a lot of air supply. If I lose power or have mechanical issues the plants can stay happy and healthy for several days since the perlite holds a little moisture. It is also really easy to move plants around in dutch buckets. Nothing is really attached. And also I don't have to worry as much about the reservoir level. Just much easier in the long run for my style. Anyone that has interest in trying out this kind of setup without the pumps and all then check out the grower @Jwjoh. He is doing the hempy buckets and growing some really nice plants. I usually don't start my diary until I have some seedlings to show but they haven't poked their heads out of the rockwool yet. I am excited about this run though!!! I expect to see some cotelydons popping open in the next 2 days and I will try to update on these girls often. I soaked the beans in pH 6 RO water and they all cracked in less than 48 hours. Transferred them to 1.5" rockwool cubes that had been soaked overnight to stabilize ph. They will go in the buckets when the taproots grow out of the bottom of the rockwool. Planting them before then can suffocate them from lack of oxygen. Got the buckets up and running. Will run the system for a few days with plain RO water to make sure there are no leaks and everything is sailing smoothly. Update: about 48 hours after putting them in rockwool I can see all 6 of them breaking the surface. The strawberry eclair was the fastest to sprout and the first to emerge. They are all coming along. Probably 2 more days and they will be ready to go in the buckets. Day 6 the girls are looking happy and making slow progress. The biggest challenge now is keeping the humidity up. Running my homemade humidifier 24/7 and keeping it around 60% but they don't seem to mind.