Day 1:
Started with a 50/50 mix of FoxFarm's Coco Loco & Ocean Forest soils. I decided to do this because the Ocean Forest was SUPER expensive due to the COVID lockdown, but Coco Loco seemed right. Hopefully between the two soils, there's enough nutes to keep everything fed for a while. After that, I planned on using the FoxFarm liquid nutes and fertilizers.
Everything is inside a 43"x24"x60" tent with 2x Parfactworks RA1000W, I planted a single seed in a 5 qt fabric pot about a 1/2" in and pinched the soil closed on top of it. With the 2 lights and 4" inline fan from Vivosun, I'm only pulling about 300w.
Lights will be left on for the first week and then switch to a 20/4 schedule.
Day 3:
I noticed the temperature was rising - almost hit 85 one day. I increased the power on the inline fan, added a small fan inside the tent, and opened up a vent to get the air circulating a bit better. To help with germination, I lightly covered the pot in plastic wrap - hopefully that helps move things along.
I stuck a dehumidifier in the tent, but it's not on yet. I also stuck a personal hygrometer in the pot and it's currently reading: 77% @ 84.5F
Besides that, I'm only adding non pH'd water right on top of where the seed was planed when the soil looks dry. Now I'm playing the waiting game...
Day 5:
We have sprouts!
Day 7:
After a week, looks like we're off to a good start!
@Gutismoke102, Thanks - yours are looking good too! Looks like they're both about the same age (or I'm 1 week behind). None of the other grow diaries I've seen of this strain looked like mine except for yours so I'm going to be keeping an eye on that.
@TheUk420Show, Awe man - I wish. They were still pretty short, around 24" (61cm) but the LST really helped them produce.
Final results are 118 of the dense, good smokable buds, and 46g of airy/small buds in the hash pile. Totaling 164g or 5.85oz. Harvest diary will come soon along with a smoke report.
Great diary man! Id say your issue with the lack of smell/taste was definitely due to the cheaper lights and not even anything to do with the light output bc you wouldnt have yielded as well if that was the case but the actual light spectrum the LEDs put out. Howd pressing the bubble turn out though and how were the terps on that?
@DrWeird, Must have been an alright return if you were trying for diamonds and sauce man fair play 😂 But the upgrade will be sure to reflect in the next batch, I went from shitty 150w setup off amazon to the spiderfarmer sf2000 and sf1000 a couple months ago and still cant believe the difference, the new samsung chips are rediculously bright for the energy they use😵
@ElMangoLoco451, thanks for the input! I'm also thinking that when the temps went over 80F for an hour or two a day, that also contributed to this. Also noticed the leaves tacoing a bit too.
Well I'm glad I upgraded to the Kingbrite for the next run
The bubble wasn't bad, until I tried to get diamonds using the jartech method and basically decarbed it. Well.. next time will be better 🤣