Arraiano's Indoors

[Arraiano]

Hi i'm writing u from Spain and i hope that one day i will not have to hide to plant our beautiful bush.
After 25 years only guerrilla finally this year i decided growing indoor and if u allow me i would like to share it for you. Obviously i'm a marijuana's novice but forestry engineer and i know some basic things and also like to read about the subject.
I have 2 tents, one 2x2 in the stairwell, 120W led, no fan no extractor, temperature are stable down there. I use it to germinate, castings and firsts phases of growth. Right now i have 1 cutting from each plant, we'll see which ones stay and which no.
The flowering tent is a 4x4, it's in a small room in an attic. At first i bought some cheap things that i have to change like extractor, sometimes cheap is expensive. Right now my configuration is:
• Led Lumatek Zeus Pro 465W
• Extractor Ac Infinity T4 conected directly outside, i make a mess in the window so that water doesnt get in, no filter.

• Fan Ac Infinity 6" gen2
• Controller of the same brand
• Passive intraction
• Irrigation with Rainpoint and circular drippers but i dont always use it.
• Cultivation method Soil and organic fertilizers.
• Ultimate pot 3 gallons, some Airpot and some fabric.
• Varieties(all from seed):

- 4 Cake Face by Beanfiendz
- 2 Cosmic22 by exotic genetix
- 2 Ethanol and 2 Ice Cream Runtz by Lit farms
I understand little about these varieties of yours, years ago i understood something about European varieties but these are new for me, you'll tell me i'm sure someone tried them.
They are on 27th al 12/12 but in the nexts post i'll tell u how we got here.

 

[Arraiano]

Germination and first transplant I used 75% light mix and 25% coco.

For the second transplant in 3 liter pot I prepared a substrate with:
-50% light mix
-20% coco
-15% worm castings with chicken manure
-10% mulch (oak)
-5% Biochar
- Dolomite, epsom salts and in each transplant mycorrhizae.

For the last transplant the same but i added guano powder too.

Here the water is very soft and if i dont use Calmag i have deficiencies, i added a lot of dolomite and epsom but it doesn't matter. Here a Mg deficiency.

I fertilizer with Medi-one and Massive bloom by Green Planet, finally i buy too Rezin and liquid weight.

 

[Arraiano]

I had some autoflowerings in the flowering tent of my first indoor that instead 70 days lasted 100 so they have to share space, in the end i got tired of them and change to 12/12.

From day 10 of flowering they have the entire tent to themselves.
I only made moorings i hope dont have to tutor or at least not all.

I try to have an uniform canopy but they drive me crazy.... 4 varieties and seed. Cosmic22 were the most vigorous in growth phase but they didnt stretch practically anything when i transfered to 12/12. Ethanol i have 2 fenotipes, one with short internodes who no strectch, Cake Face took a while but they are still stretching...
On the other hand, those in Airpot stretch more.

 

[Arraiano]

I use Imo2, lactobacillus and baker yeasts. Make LAB & Imo2 is easy.
I cook rice with plenty of water, this water in 1 bottle covered with paper for 3 days, add 2/3 of fresh milk and cover again with paper. In 4-5 days LAB will be formed, store in refrigerator. I use 1:1000 every 5-6 waterings.
I put the cooked rice in a container and cover it with film, make hole. Input it in a bag with the mulch u had left over and cover with it. After 7 days it was like this.

I mixed it with cane molasses 50-50 and store it in a bottle covered with paper in a cool place. 1:1000 too.

For the yeast i heat the water a little and add molasses and wait 2 hour for them to reproduce. 1:1000 but only use 2 or 3 times.
I make the biochar with kiwi prunings they are hollow inside. Put all the wood together and when it's half burned, cover it so the oxygen is consumed and pyrolysis occurs.

I wash it so that the pH is not so high and I mash it a little.

When i prepare the substrate I moisted everything with Imo2, LAB and yeasts and add some fertilizer. 1 week later i moisted again with algae and Xcell by Bionova( humic and fulvic acids and amino acids) and some molasses.
The first month i dont fertilize, only water, then as i already mentioned, i use the green planet range.

 

[Arraiano]

I'm surprised with Cosmic22, as i said they don't stretch and from day 10 they began to release frost, they are already white at day 26.

For the last 2-3 days i have noticed that the new leaves of the buds come out a little deformed, specially in Cake Face, at the moment i didnt see any spots on the leaves but i think they require Calcium. I will start using Calmag.

I'm watering with EC 2.2, well here i think u use PPM> 1.1. Someone plant these varieties and can tell me how much food they can hold? 1 week ago i noticed burnt ends and i stopped raising ppm but i think ask for more.

 

[Arraiano]

Day 32
I have the honor introducing you to my friends Calcium and Magnesium, and this time they come together, they love each other very much... I have already ordered a trailer of dolomite for the next crop. 50% dolomite 50% light mix
Both tap and fountain water have a ridiculous EC of 0.05, reverse osmosis water has more!

It's in an Ethanol, also see some symptoms in 1 Cake Face.

I'm already using calmag, anyway i ordered pH calibration envelopes, i think meter is trolling me, get very high values.
Ethanol

Ice Cream Runtz

Cosmic 22
Very frosty, they'll be the first to leave. Someday i'll take a decent photos...

 

[Arraiano]

Day 42

I didnt know that AC had a cable to connect other lights, now I can reduced daylight hours to end 11/13 and they no longer eat that shock of darkness-100%.

I only put 4 varieties but in the end i have 8 diferent ones.
Cosmic22 they looked the same but one is picking up colours and the other one no.


A couple of days ago i saw them whiter so i used the magnifying glass. They already have some mature trichomes and most of the heads are white.
Today will be the latest irrigation with EC and I star cleaning them.

Ethanol 2 phenos too


They also have little left too.

Ice Cream Runtz 2 phenos.... One is taking very crazy colours.

 

[Arraiano]

Day 50
I removed leaves for the last time

Watering all only with water except the 4 Cake Face and Ice Cream Runtz 2. I,m giving these 3 EC, they were hungry.
I use banana tea(K) 2 times in the last 3 weeks.
Cosmic 22 #1

Cosmic 22 #2
It seemed that no take colors but in the end it did a little.


Ice Cream Runtz #1
These 3 6 days only water.

Ethanol #1

Ethanol #2
These 3 4 days only water. These one the expected, buds too close together and tight. I already had to cut off 1 head with botrytis symptoms. Either its very very good, or i will discard for sure.

Ice Cream Runtz #2

Cake Face #3 #4
I have forgotten them, we will talk about them next days

 

[Arraiano]

Day 60
I only have Ethanol 1 and Cosmic22 1 to dry. There should be 5 out, but I put EC on day 3 of cleaning so today i will cut them. I have to water on mornings, at night I'm very confused lol
They have already lost their whitish tone, now too amber, I have spent a few days. Cake Face 3 /4 already have some amber trichomes too, I started cleaning them too.
Cosmic22 #1

8 branches, small buds with many resinous leaves, but less than her sister #2.


These (1&2) were the most vigorous in growth, i had to train them but then they didn't stretch at all during flowering.


Ethanol 1
The strangest of the group. She barely grew, 0 stretching and internodes sticky.

6 heads but I lost 2 due to mold, shredded the buds because otherwise everything would rot.

Dry in 1 closet these firsts but at this time too much humidity in the room, in summer it was easier. I'll see for a weed dryer or something...


A bud of Ethanol 2, she became beatiful, but the photographer is terrible!

 

[Arraiano]

Cosmic22 #2

Fatter and more resinous buds than 1.

Smells similar to 1 but i would say it's not exactly the same, we'll see.

Ethanol #2

6 branchets all the ones I pinch or bend ended with father buds and supporting better the weight.

It Smells like diesel but sweeter tan 1.

Ice Cream Runtz #1

Finally something that doesn't smells like diesel.

Most of the trichomes on the leaves are on the underside.

Small buds like almost the ones I cut at the moment.

 

[Arraiano]

Cake Face 3

I have 3 phenos of these, 3 and 4 looks the same but 3 ripened earlier.We'll see when tasting it.

I'm cutting them too toasted, this photo is from when i started cleaning them, but too many years smoking they dont lock me down haha.

All 4 have the smell of sweet cake, this one i cut and number 4 have fat buds and i noticed a lot of gas.

#2 is diferent doesn't smell gas at all and the smell of cake is extremely sweet.

Number 1 doesn't have gas either but the surprise was that it came out more sativa. I love. The photos are from 20 days ago, they are ready this afternoon i cut them, i'll tell u.

I forgot Ice Cream Runtz 2, machete? too!

 

[Arraiano]

Ice Cream Runtz 2

Buds biggest than 1 but less production and doesnt smell the same.

Number 1 was only water for 15 days and still cleaned baddly, at some point they stop drinking. I washed the roots of this one.

I lose some buds to mold.
Cake face 4

The heaviest and with the largest buds, these were hungry so not burn the others, plus i dont use PK, they have much more potential.

I would say she is the same as 3, smell similar, sweet cake with gas.

Cake Face 2

Airpot, she ate all the leaves, 2.4 EC was very little for her.

When using the branch bender, the branches grew in that área and there are many buds in the central zone.

She has a lvl of sweetness above the others, but i dont know if she will stay with me, number 1 has me in love, it will depend what the effects are.

 

[Arraiano]

Cafe Face 1

Everything ends dark in this closet, wtf xD.
The most stretched, almost x3, then i saw why, it come out more sativa.

She ripened in branches, i cut a couple of them 10 days ago and they are already dry.

I want to taste this to see effects but i will cure for a while.

The 4 are drying in the closet, out jackets haha
I didn't throw away resinous leaves, I already make 2 Qwiso, one with Ethanol and other with Cosmic22 leaves, they dont look alike at all.

Ethanol is sticky an Cosmic22 is like a sandy pollen.

 

[aCBD]

Happy Harvest I like to make BHO after the harvest too.
Do you use a Honeybee extractor or another brand?
The buds look great, a little loss for mold will be forgotten soon.

 

[Arraiano]

Thanks, yes very pretty all but the tasting is dissapointing me a little, in the end i will stick with only 2, one Cake Face and Ice Cream Runtz 1.
I use only isopropyl alcohol, -20°C freeze both alcohol and leaves, mix and shake 30 seconds and let it evaporated.

 

[aCBD]

Sorry, i read it wrong.

That's a fast way of extraction, will take a look into it.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Arraiano]

I have too some isolator bags but too much work....
I disinfected and removed the flowering tent, until after Christmas i wont put it back together.

On 16th I put to germinate the nexts.
Lava Cake x Chimera #3 Trichome Orchards. There were 11 and the other package of Fire Opal was also a gift.
White Inferno & Chimera #2 S1 Beleaf. 2 free on each package.

I germinated 16 in this, bad idea, not confortable but I can transplant without damages. I tought some will fail, but it seems not.

For this first transplant I used the light mix that i had left. For the next ones I'm preparing a substrate.

Land of oak forest ( blonde peat)
Land of meadowns ( black peat)
Worm castings ( the box)
Mulch
Reused land ( bags)
Biochar
In my zone rains a lot and the land is acidic around 4.5 pH, I mix all and inoculated with imo2, LAB and yeasts. I leave the pH like this for now, better for microorganisms. My main fertilizer with the worm castings will be non-resinous wood ash (pH 12+-) and some dolomite and epsom salts. I have a soil pH meter. I will try to leave it at pH around 6. Not a supersoil but they should have food for a few weeks, and for free if u have farms to be able to take the land. I may have to add some perlite but its pretty spongy.

 

[Arraiano]

Day 15

It seems they're starting to wake up, they're worth visiting.
I had a small accident with a germination tray, Chimera 2 S1 ended on the ground, now the first leaf is burned by the soil and 1 was damaged.

Although burned, they're stretching too much, the other have more normal growth.

I looked for another space for the mothers, all together is too dangerous, but next days they'll have to live together.

No extractor in this tent but I put the fan and controller. I try to keep them below 0.8 VPD, in a few days I add more, it will be easy led is at the top.
In the end I was left with 4 , 2 Cafe Face(indica&sativa), Ice Cream Runtz and Cosmic22.

 

[Arraiano]

Day 28
They already have new space to give them growth, it was cheap, just a little mylar but I think it will work.

The substrate is prepared, I just added ash and it already raised the pH to 6, so I decided not to add dolomite, just a little Epsom salts.

The new LED took a long time to arrive, they had been ordering more substrate for a few days.

So much so that some were already eating the leaves, the White Inferno may be the most gluttonous.

The lack of substrate made them sad, in a couple of days they should be happy if they like the new one.