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Hello Organic friends, I will be doing a real time grow along.This will last for about 100 days. It is my first grow along and I believe it will be the first one here at Organic Soil. In Organic Soil we seem to be lacking everything.....no stickys, no grow alongs, just what we create ourselves. Like the way we grow. That is what makes us.......the Organic crew, the elite of the growers. We do for ourselves with what we have at hand from the earth. We give to it and it gives back to us.
The seeds that I will be growing are MOD seeds Dream Goddess. If some of you do not know what that is, it is GodbudXDreamweaver. I'am really excited about this new hybrid. I believe it has great potential. I recieved these seeds as a freebie from Seedbay. I have been growing mostly sativas but I think this will be a good change.
Mod was reporting early that the DG's were only going to get a 40% or so germ. ratio....So i germinated 20 of the 30 seeds. I'm happy to say that 19 out of 20 are open with 19 in soil. Now all are showing a set of leaves. I had tails showing while still in the soaking container.
I used the paper towel method after a 24 hour soak in a solution of Maxi Crop liquid seaweed.
Solution: 2.5 ml of Maxi crop per cup of water.
Soak in container or cup for 24 hours in warm place. I place it covered in a warmer location of the house. When a 1/2 tail or greater is showing I placed the seedlings in their new home.
Which is a mixture of Majestic earth peat moss and perlite mix at a ratio of equal parts (50%x50%) I mix a 2.5 gallon container and add 1 tablespoon of Dolomite limestone. The Majestic peat has lime in it and is adjusted to 5.0 to 6.0 out of the bag. The seedlings will do good in this until transplant. I then put the soil in clear beer cups and place the seedling in the cup. I'm doing this to keep the roots to the center of the cups and concentrated. Otherwise I think they grow to the sides and at the bottom. When they start showing roots outside this area I will then transplant to 1 gallon pots. I will have them under 40 watt grolux floros for the first part of their lives. The second part under T-5s. The suggested veg time is about 45 days for this strain.
Seedling soil mix:
I use the smaller perlite for this because it is very easy for a stoner to lose the seed in the Big and Chunky stuff.
Now for the soil mixture.
I will use a basic mix for these seedlings. It has already been mixed. I'm going to use a mix with no additives. Except some compost. I will try to use materials that can be picked up at the local stores(Lowes and such) Except the guanos and kelp.
It is going to consist of :
2 bags of Majestic peat moss (40 dry quarts) made by ProMix sold at Lowes
21/2 5 gallon buckets of perlite FoxFarm Big and Chunky
1 bag of Black Velvet mushroom compost (benefical microorganisms)
1 bag of Light warrior for the mycorrhiza, I love this stuff!
16 litres of Black Gold wormcastings....everything good here.
I will test the Ph in a week and adjust at that time. Out of the bag it was 5.0
All nutrients will be watered in with a microbial tea. Bubbled of course.
I used a microbial tea to innoculate the soil mixture, it consisted of:
5 gallons of 6.0 Ph'd water
5 tbls (75 ml) Black strap molasses (Tree of Life organic)
5 tbls (75 ml) Maxi-crop Liquid seaweed
3 tbls (45 ml) Liquid Karma
3 tbls (45 mil) maxi-crop liquid fish
1st day of bubbling
I then added to the pre-mixed soil and covered. I will turn it every other day for about 3 weeks or until the seedlings are ready to be transplanted.
I grew a couple clones in this mix and watered in with microbal teas and Liquid fish.
The first is in a 1 gallon square pot and the second is still in its cup. Both are doing great.
Thats all for tonight folks.
Von
Information can be obtained at the OFC concerning all stages of Organic growing. Please visit us at:
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=36542&page=1&pp=15
The seeds that I will be growing are MOD seeds Dream Goddess. If some of you do not know what that is, it is GodbudXDreamweaver. I'am really excited about this new hybrid. I believe it has great potential. I recieved these seeds as a freebie from Seedbay. I have been growing mostly sativas but I think this will be a good change.
Mod was reporting early that the DG's were only going to get a 40% or so germ. ratio....So i germinated 20 of the 30 seeds. I'm happy to say that 19 out of 20 are open with 19 in soil. Now all are showing a set of leaves. I had tails showing while still in the soaking container.
I used the paper towel method after a 24 hour soak in a solution of Maxi Crop liquid seaweed.
Solution: 2.5 ml of Maxi crop per cup of water.
Soak in container or cup for 24 hours in warm place. I place it covered in a warmer location of the house. When a 1/2 tail or greater is showing I placed the seedlings in their new home.
Which is a mixture of Majestic earth peat moss and perlite mix at a ratio of equal parts (50%x50%) I mix a 2.5 gallon container and add 1 tablespoon of Dolomite limestone. The Majestic peat has lime in it and is adjusted to 5.0 to 6.0 out of the bag. The seedlings will do good in this until transplant. I then put the soil in clear beer cups and place the seedling in the cup. I'm doing this to keep the roots to the center of the cups and concentrated. Otherwise I think they grow to the sides and at the bottom. When they start showing roots outside this area I will then transplant to 1 gallon pots. I will have them under 40 watt grolux floros for the first part of their lives. The second part under T-5s. The suggested veg time is about 45 days for this strain.
Seedling soil mix:
I use the smaller perlite for this because it is very easy for a stoner to lose the seed in the Big and Chunky stuff.
Now for the soil mixture.
I will use a basic mix for these seedlings. It has already been mixed. I'm going to use a mix with no additives. Except some compost. I will try to use materials that can be picked up at the local stores(Lowes and such) Except the guanos and kelp.
It is going to consist of :
2 bags of Majestic peat moss (40 dry quarts) made by ProMix sold at Lowes
21/2 5 gallon buckets of perlite FoxFarm Big and Chunky
1 bag of Black Velvet mushroom compost (benefical microorganisms)
1 bag of Light warrior for the mycorrhiza, I love this stuff!
16 litres of Black Gold wormcastings....everything good here.
I will test the Ph in a week and adjust at that time. Out of the bag it was 5.0
All nutrients will be watered in with a microbial tea. Bubbled of course.
I used a microbial tea to innoculate the soil mixture, it consisted of:
5 gallons of 6.0 Ph'd water
5 tbls (75 ml) Black strap molasses (Tree of Life organic)
5 tbls (75 ml) Maxi-crop Liquid seaweed
3 tbls (45 ml) Liquid Karma
3 tbls (45 mil) maxi-crop liquid fish
1st day of bubbling
I then added to the pre-mixed soil and covered. I will turn it every other day for about 3 weeks or until the seedlings are ready to be transplanted.
I grew a couple clones in this mix and watered in with microbal teas and Liquid fish.
The first is in a 1 gallon square pot and the second is still in its cup. Both are doing great.
Thats all for tonight folks.
Von
Information can be obtained at the OFC concerning all stages of Organic growing. Please visit us at:
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=36542&page=1&pp=15
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