Website Updated ๐Ÿš€ Experiencing issues? Tell us - feedback form or email, we're here!
Chat
RecommendedRecommended

Organic Living Soil (Coots Mix) - Grow 1

4
33
16
750
3 years ago
Follow
4
Germination Method
Banana Bomb
Avg. success
Bomb Seeds - 89%
Banana Bomb - 100%
Cement Shoes
Avg. success
Canuk Seeds - 93%
Cement Shoes - 100%
Commented by
gomicao gomicao
4 years ago
Welcome to my diary! This shall be used to document my experiences as well as reference for future needs or problems that may arise. I have helped work on plants and grows both indoor and outdoor for most of my adult life in some form or capacity. I have finally managed to set up what I hope will be a successful space for my own growing pleasure. The space is set up in a 3x3 grow tent in the corner of my room which I share with my indoor cat. I hope any challenges that come along will be met with grace and that I manage to learn something every step of the way regardless. My soil consists of: 1/3rd Medium Perlite, 1/3 Sphagnum Peat Moss 1/6 Malibu Compost 1/6 Wiggle Worm Pure Worm Castings Malted Barley Crustacean Meal Kelp Meal Neem Cake Karanja Cake Basalt Gypsum Oyster Shell Flour Tues - 09/08/2020: --------------------- Planted 4x Banana Bomb seeds in red solo cups filled with Clackamas Coots soil mix that has sat for about a week after mixing by hand. 3 of the 4 seeds were showing tap roots with 2 of them having been soaked a day ahead of the other 2 and therefore having a taproot nearly half an inch. 1 of the second seeds was larger/thicker and is showing no tap root, it got a soak for around 18-24 hours (sunk as it should) and moved to a moist napkin for 12 hours, so I am hoping it sprouts along with the others even if it lags behind. Currently under 4x 23w/6500K CFL bulbs. I plan to keep the seedlings under these for a week or two until roots have been established and I can transplant into their final 10 gallon fabric pots. Wed 09/09/2020: --------------------- The two seeds with the largest tap roots/soak time have just began to break soil as of noon. Waiting to see where they and the others end up by tomorrow. Hoping that I end up with all 4 sprouting. I feel 3 are a sure bet. I have the last 1 of 5 Banana Bomb seeds moved from a soak to paper towel method as a backup should the slowest seed from yesterday not germinate. I had 2 other freebie seeds soaking with the first round, but they did not crack or show a root after 3 days soak/towel so they were tossed. Shooting for 4 plants for my 3x3 tent, but I will work with what the universe provides. Thursday 10/09/2020: ------------------------ All and all not super stoked at germination rate, but I didn't expect much from free seeds which tend to be of old stock or known poor quality. I am surprised that at least 2 out of the 5 BB seeds didn't germ. The last seed that got a soak/towel looked immature however so I didn't expect much from it, but I thought the one that I planted without taproot showing might have pulled through. We shall see if the freebie Cement Shoes germs through in order to give me an even 4 plants. Friday 11/09/2020: ------------------------- Decided to soak the last seed I have. It was a freebie strain called Cement Shoes from Canuk Seeds. I had a total of 3 free seeds from Canuk and the first two (Green Crack and Do Si Dos) didn't germinate. It looks like only 3 of the 5 Banana Bomb seeds I purchased (Bomb Seeds) will germinate. Otherwise everything is moving along smoothly so far. 3 Banana Bomb seedlings are growing at a steady pace. Moved in the humidifier to the tent to up the humidity to around 65% and removed the dome from the plants to let them breath a bit more. I may alternate them between in the dome and out every other day or for half the day just to keep the soil in the solo cups more moist without having to spray it down a bit or have the lights dry it out. But they should be happy with the temp and humidity tent wide. Saturday 12/09/20: ------------------------- Switched from CFL's to 2X 180w Mars Hydro older blurple LED's about 20 to 22 inches from seedlings. Felt that the seedlings looked a little stretched with the cfl's, but probably just my paranoia. Tent essentially running what I plan to for the rest of veg. CFL's should be fine according to the grow logs I have read and seen online. Maybe I will use them longer next time. Sunday 12/10/20: ------------------------ Planted a germinated Cement Shoes seed to round out my plant number to 4. Removed stalled/dead Banana Bomb seed, it had started a small tap root, but looked like it was unable to cast off its shell and sprout, which is a shame because it looked close to surviving. After this many days of not showing itself above soil while the rest only took a day or two to say hello, I decided to give it the axe in exchange for the seed that was coming along much better before planting. While its possible the tossed banana bomb might have eventually found its way up in several more days, I didn't feel like risking waiting around. It seem stalled out/dead. So 4th solo cup goes back under the dome to sprout while the 3 others hang out doing their thing.
Similar Diaries
Crystal White 3
2 weeks
Crystal White 3Zurban_Poison
Spliff Seeds - Crystal White
a few seconds ago
Banana bomb
15 weeks
Banana bombdeezlee20
Bomb Seeds - Banana Bomb
18 days ago ยท 6 comments
Photogrow2
13 weeks
Photogrow2Vt_Kind
+2 strains
2 years ago ยท 29 comments
Coco/Ocean Forest Grow
4 weeks
Coco/Ocean Forest Growanaissoto21
+4 strains
2 years ago ยท 2 comments
Cement Shoes - Canuk Seeds
6 weeks
Cement Shoes - Canuk SeedsMaven26
Canuk Seeds - Cement Shoes
3 years ago ยท 3 comments
Sleeping With The Fishes...o0O
5 weeks
Sleeping With The Fishes...o0Orussrahl
Canuk Seeds - Cement Shoes
3 years ago ยท 6 comments
Cement shoes from Canuk seeds outdoor
6 weeks
Cement shoes from Canuk seeds outdoorfullmeltbubble710
Canuk Seeds - Cement Shoes
3 years ago ยท 7 comments
Cement Shoes
10 weeks
Cement ShoesSpyhunter
Canuk Seeds - Cement Shoes
3 years ago ยท 12 comments
Comments
Login

Show by Week
Sort by
popularity
popularity
newest
oldest
russrahl
russrahlweek 5
Looking good bud! Iโ€™m doing the Banana Bomb as well in a hydro setup and they are very finicky with there ph Iโ€™ve noticed, and another grower I seen on here doing BB as well was also having similar issues with ph. Just one of those strains I guess that ya gotta pay extra attention to ph I think. And a fly or 2 is no big deal in my opinion, but if they continue try backing off the watering and letting your soil/medium dry out longer between watering. They thrive on the wet topsoil, so if you are watering a lot they will persist.
russrahl
russrahl
@gomicao, ya, the gnats when they are adults look like a house fly. https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-030d9a329a3593dd238c2c48b99cb861
gomicao
gomicao
@russrahl, Ahh man thanks for the advice! I have some things to make sure I keep the PH happy, I may just do that for a bit along with some amendment top dressings to see if things get better. I can supplement a small amount calcium and magnesium in the mean time to see if that directly seems to make any difference. I put out a yellow card today and caught one, so I will see, but it looks like a fruit fly to me. So just more something wandering in than being from the soil. A good example though of how more nefarious things can enter if I am not careful!
russrahl
russrahlweek 2
Good luck man! ๐Ÿ‘ looking good!
gomicao
gomicao
@russrahl, Thanks, so far so good!
Ferenc
Ferencweek 1
Good Luck @gomicao
gomicao
gomicao
@Ferenc, Many thanks! It is going to be an adventure!
Automaniac
Automaniacweek 1
Good luck with your grow!
gomicao
gomicao
@Automaniac, Thanks! Keeping it documented when I can will hopefully help me keep track of what I do right and what needs fixing! Looking forward to it regardless! ๐Ÿ˜„
DoDrugs420
DoDrugs420week 7
Spectacular my dude.
heizen
heizenweek 7
Nice grow mate, plants are looking good, keep it up, imma follow this one upclose.
airplane
airplaneweek 7
just ordered some "cement Shoes" the breeder Cult Classic says it a plant that is great for kief making --- Keep informed - plants look health w/good color, ect
Polaskis
Polaskisweek 7
Great job ๐Ÿ‘
russrahl
russrahlweek 7
Still looking sweet! Very nice canopy so far. So symmetrical and perfect looking from the top๐Ÿ‘ My BB are a couple weeks into flowering now and there actually stretching less then I anticipated so far. She is one bushy plant though, Iโ€™ve been constantly clearing out the larger foliage up top just to try and keep things manageable. The foliage just exploded once flipped to 12/12. Cheers๐Ÿ’จ
DreamOn
DreamOnweek 7
Great job, looks great! Good luck further and have fun! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Ferenc
Ferencweek 2
Cute! Good Luck! @gomicao