Since three out of four of the strains I'm growing this time are Sweet Seeds, I figured I post my grow log here. I've grown Cream Caramel before, twice now, and really like it. So I wanted to try some other SS strains. These sounded the most interesting (and exotic) to me. So here we are.
First, a brief description of my set up and methods. Unfortunately, I can't get a good picture of the cabinet, so this 3D rendering will have to do. The space is so narrow I only have about an inch clearance when I open the doors, which means I can't get far enough back to get the whole cabinet in a picture.
I'm using a standard double-wide wardrobe, about 48" w x 72" h x 18" d. I left the top shelf in and took out the vertical divider. In the top compartment I have a Panasonic Whisperline fan pulling through a homemade carbon filter. A power strip and the timers are also in the top compartment. I cut a hole in the left side of the shelf for intake from the grow area. In the chamber below I have two darkroom louvres for input on the right side (opposite the exhaust hole in the shelf). For circulation, I have 2 PC fans -- one on the left side blowing upwards, and one blowing on the lights. The entire inside of the grow area is painted flat white.
I have a single 400-w dual (MH/HPS) ballast, a Super Sun 2 reflector, an EYE Metal Ace bulb for veg, and an EYE Hortilux bulb for flower. I have the one PC fan blowing into the right side of the reflector, and some ducting on the left (not shown) taking the air up into the top chamber. The reflector is on chains so I can adjust its height as necessary. That's the ballast sitting on top of the cabinet.
I'm now a devoted grow bag user. I can fit 8 3-gal bags in my cabinet, as opposed to 4 of the same size pots. Although now I typically grow only four plants at a time, so it's not as big a deal, though I do have some flexibility in moving them around. The bags are sitting on a piece of eggcrate for drainage, and underneath the bags the bottom is lined with a piece of heavy drop-cloth plastic.
My medium is organic soil. I start with Fafard's soil in the purple bag, which has no additives. It lists its ingredients as top soil - 75%, compost - 15%, and peat moss - 10%. I like it better than MG organic soil, which is the only other organic soil I can get around here. It is a very rich, dark soil. To it I add perlite (about 5 to 1, soil to perlite), a little vermiculite, bone meal (flower), blood meal, ground egg shell, epsom salts, dolomitic lime, and kelp meal. Also, in the bottom half of the bags, I added mushroom compost about 50/50 with the soil mix. The seedling mix, in 18 oz plastic cups, is just straight Fafard's with some perlite added to it.
For ferts I use General Organics liquid. For veg I use their grow formula, for flower I use their bloom formula. I also add molasses to my regular water every once in a while.
First, a brief description of my set up and methods. Unfortunately, I can't get a good picture of the cabinet, so this 3D rendering will have to do. The space is so narrow I only have about an inch clearance when I open the doors, which means I can't get far enough back to get the whole cabinet in a picture.
I'm using a standard double-wide wardrobe, about 48" w x 72" h x 18" d. I left the top shelf in and took out the vertical divider. In the top compartment I have a Panasonic Whisperline fan pulling through a homemade carbon filter. A power strip and the timers are also in the top compartment. I cut a hole in the left side of the shelf for intake from the grow area. In the chamber below I have two darkroom louvres for input on the right side (opposite the exhaust hole in the shelf). For circulation, I have 2 PC fans -- one on the left side blowing upwards, and one blowing on the lights. The entire inside of the grow area is painted flat white.
I have a single 400-w dual (MH/HPS) ballast, a Super Sun 2 reflector, an EYE Metal Ace bulb for veg, and an EYE Hortilux bulb for flower. I have the one PC fan blowing into the right side of the reflector, and some ducting on the left (not shown) taking the air up into the top chamber. The reflector is on chains so I can adjust its height as necessary. That's the ballast sitting on top of the cabinet.
I'm now a devoted grow bag user. I can fit 8 3-gal bags in my cabinet, as opposed to 4 of the same size pots. Although now I typically grow only four plants at a time, so it's not as big a deal, though I do have some flexibility in moving them around. The bags are sitting on a piece of eggcrate for drainage, and underneath the bags the bottom is lined with a piece of heavy drop-cloth plastic.
My medium is organic soil. I start with Fafard's soil in the purple bag, which has no additives. It lists its ingredients as top soil - 75%, compost - 15%, and peat moss - 10%. I like it better than MG organic soil, which is the only other organic soil I can get around here. It is a very rich, dark soil. To it I add perlite (about 5 to 1, soil to perlite), a little vermiculite, bone meal (flower), blood meal, ground egg shell, epsom salts, dolomitic lime, and kelp meal. Also, in the bottom half of the bags, I added mushroom compost about 50/50 with the soil mix. The seedling mix, in 18 oz plastic cups, is just straight Fafard's with some perlite added to it.
For ferts I use General Organics liquid. For veg I use their grow formula, for flower I use their bloom formula. I also add molasses to my regular water every once in a while.
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