Anima
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Hello all, it has been awhile since I have been actively posting anywhere...I let my last grow thread here fall into obfuscation.(sorry to those who were waiting in anticipation)
Anyways, I have crawled up out of my rabbit hole, blackmailed an evil leprahchaun, and will wait a for what seems to be years, all while being bounced off a few unknown proxies to share this growing experience with all of you. (you're welcome)
For those of you who recognize me
For those of you who don't...well, you'll just have to wait and see.
Ok now for the specs: I grow for personal use under a 400W hps (Hortilux EN bulb). Organic (as much as I can) in soil. This time, in a sealed homade cab (2ft x 2.5ft). Thats 80 watts per square foot if you are counting. I have fought some major battles with temp/ventilation in this situation, but I believe I have solved them with the help of my new friend stanley:
Sorry you don't get much of an outside shot of the cab (for security purposes)
And a bit of my own version of the DIY cooltube:
I altered the design a bit to keep the light from having to shine through the glass tube, right now the hot spot is registering as 85 deg F ,about 12 inches directly under the bulb. The rest of the cab is at about 5 degrees f above ambient (72 f) or less.
And... the cab is just under 4 ft high. With soil lvl 10 inches high, that gives my plants a total of 2 feet for vertical growth. (more twards the sides)
I am planning to top the plants once (just after the third cotyledon), and another time on one side, one node up from the split that forms from the first topping. Hopefully resulting in a final canopy, kind of u-shaped, with taller buds off to the sides, so they don't get fried. as soon as they have recovered from all of this topping I will put them into flower.
Ok time for the genetic snafu: this round 9 seeds were attempted.
(I put my males second in the crosses)
4 (Sour Diesel bx1.5 x AK47) this cross has treated me well so far:
from a previous grow (a sister to these seeds)
2 (AK47 x AK47) from a beautiful (cherry) sativa dom female, the male hopefully isn't (plural of kush x Amsterdam flame), a freebie that went hermie.
but we will see.
2 (Sour Diesel bx1.5 x AK47) x AK47 (latest cross) the male was a beautiful sativa dom cherry smell-like the female AK47 that makes up the previous cross.
1 (citral X plural of kush) a freebie from awhile back. This one is a gamble....I expect it'll probably go hermie on me (rest assured it will die at the frist sign)...I smoked some stuff awhile back that tasted like lemon candy and I WANT MORE...that is why this is here. But first it has got to crack it's shell.
All were sprouted using a wet paper towel then transferred (yesterday, after approx. 24 hours.) to soil at the first sign of growth, except the Citral cross which has yet to do anything...
I'll keep this updated as time passes.
I appreciate any adivice / speculation, even a certian amout of criticism that is directed twards me. I am not really looking for replies like "nice pics" or "What kind of camera/lenses do you use..." go start a thread in the "Growroom/desigs and equip" sect. and ask me to come explain there or something...This thread is all about the life cycle of these PLANTS, and making them grow as well as possible.
I will however take requests for educational photos for inquiring minds (ex. a male preflower, or some such business...)
You help me...I help you.
Baby pics soon!
-A
Anyways, I have crawled up out of my rabbit hole, blackmailed an evil leprahchaun, and will wait a for what seems to be years, all while being bounced off a few unknown proxies to share this growing experience with all of you. (you're welcome)
For those of you who recognize me
For those of you who don't...well, you'll just have to wait and see.
Ok now for the specs: I grow for personal use under a 400W hps (Hortilux EN bulb). Organic (as much as I can) in soil. This time, in a sealed homade cab (2ft x 2.5ft). Thats 80 watts per square foot if you are counting. I have fought some major battles with temp/ventilation in this situation, but I believe I have solved them with the help of my new friend stanley:
Sorry you don't get much of an outside shot of the cab (for security purposes)
And a bit of my own version of the DIY cooltube:
I altered the design a bit to keep the light from having to shine through the glass tube, right now the hot spot is registering as 85 deg F ,about 12 inches directly under the bulb. The rest of the cab is at about 5 degrees f above ambient (72 f) or less.
And... the cab is just under 4 ft high. With soil lvl 10 inches high, that gives my plants a total of 2 feet for vertical growth. (more twards the sides)
I am planning to top the plants once (just after the third cotyledon), and another time on one side, one node up from the split that forms from the first topping. Hopefully resulting in a final canopy, kind of u-shaped, with taller buds off to the sides, so they don't get fried. as soon as they have recovered from all of this topping I will put them into flower.
Ok time for the genetic snafu: this round 9 seeds were attempted.
(I put my males second in the crosses)
4 (Sour Diesel bx1.5 x AK47) this cross has treated me well so far:
from a previous grow (a sister to these seeds)
2 (AK47 x AK47) from a beautiful (cherry) sativa dom female, the male hopefully isn't (plural of kush x Amsterdam flame), a freebie that went hermie.
but we will see.2 (Sour Diesel bx1.5 x AK47) x AK47 (latest cross) the male was a beautiful sativa dom cherry smell-like the female AK47 that makes up the previous cross.
1 (citral X plural of kush) a freebie from awhile back. This one is a gamble....I expect it'll probably go hermie on me (rest assured it will die at the frist sign)...I smoked some stuff awhile back that tasted like lemon candy and I WANT MORE...that is why this is here. But first it has got to crack it's shell.
All were sprouted using a wet paper towel then transferred (yesterday, after approx. 24 hours.) to soil at the first sign of growth, except the Citral cross which has yet to do anything...
I'll keep this updated as time passes.
I appreciate any adivice / speculation, even a certian amout of criticism that is directed twards me. I am not really looking for replies like "nice pics" or "What kind of camera/lenses do you use..." go start a thread in the "Growroom/desigs and equip" sect. and ask me to come explain there or something...This thread is all about the life cycle of these PLANTS, and making them grow as well as possible.
I will however take requests for educational photos for inquiring minds (ex. a male preflower, or some such business...)
You help me...I help you.
Baby pics soon!
-A
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