I have read a lot of comments on here about the AF and Ruderalis/X strains. It suprized me at how many people still don't really have a clue about the possibilities of growing them. So I dicided that I would go ahead and share this grow with people here so they can see for themselves.
Now I am a newb by comparison to many on here. This is something like my 7th or 8th grow, and my first for this particular strain.
First my setup:
My starter room is 8'X5' w/ 4 T5 HO grow tubes.
My finishing room is 8'X10" w/ a 1000w MH and 1 400w HPS.
I just finished remodeling my room a little and changed my exhaust fan's discharge. Before it vented out the attic but my neighbor complained about the odor. So I built a new stand and discharge into the crawl space beneath the house. I still have to paint everything but I can do that after harvest, before I leave.
I germinated and planted these on Oct. 8 and left them in the starter room until they all showed plenty of hairs. Obviously I have removed the males, 1 really healthy male I have topped and set under a 25 watt fluorescent because I want to seed a couple of my girls and restock my seed supply. I will probably harvest the pollen and use a brush on the selected girls later.
A couple of plants are still being bashful and haven't sexed yet but I will keep a close eye on them until they do. I usually only flower 5 plants at once and keep 15 on a 3 week cycle, (5 flowering, 5 new starts and 5 juveniles). But I am planning on a couple of trips this winter and want to finish them all and have a good enough supply to last until I get home and can start the next batch.
Last night I was cleaning my rooms and noticed a few spots on a couple of plants. Closer inspection showed that I had caught spider mites before they could trash my crop. Not many but even 1 of those lil bastards is too many. So anyway I made up a batch of tea and sprayed them all down. Tomorrow I will give em all a good spray down with dilutes apple juice.
So here are the girls at 20 days of age and day 1 in the flower room.
This will probably be my last grow in soil. After this I will revamp my rooms and probably use this system. I am undecided but looking at options to help clean up my operation.
http://www.kalyx.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/961890/CategoryID/12000/SubCatID/2335/file.htm
Now I am a newb by comparison to many on here. This is something like my 7th or 8th grow, and my first for this particular strain.
First my setup:
My starter room is 8'X5' w/ 4 T5 HO grow tubes.
My finishing room is 8'X10" w/ a 1000w MH and 1 400w HPS.
I just finished remodeling my room a little and changed my exhaust fan's discharge. Before it vented out the attic but my neighbor complained about the odor. So I built a new stand and discharge into the crawl space beneath the house. I still have to paint everything but I can do that after harvest, before I leave.
I germinated and planted these on Oct. 8 and left them in the starter room until they all showed plenty of hairs. Obviously I have removed the males, 1 really healthy male I have topped and set under a 25 watt fluorescent because I want to seed a couple of my girls and restock my seed supply. I will probably harvest the pollen and use a brush on the selected girls later.
A couple of plants are still being bashful and haven't sexed yet but I will keep a close eye on them until they do. I usually only flower 5 plants at once and keep 15 on a 3 week cycle, (5 flowering, 5 new starts and 5 juveniles). But I am planning on a couple of trips this winter and want to finish them all and have a good enough supply to last until I get home and can start the next batch.
Last night I was cleaning my rooms and noticed a few spots on a couple of plants. Closer inspection showed that I had caught spider mites before they could trash my crop. Not many but even 1 of those lil bastards is too many. So anyway I made up a batch of tea and sprayed them all down. Tomorrow I will give em all a good spray down with dilutes apple juice.
So here are the girls at 20 days of age and day 1 in the flower room.
This will probably be my last grow in soil. After this I will revamp my rooms and probably use this system. I am undecided but looking at options to help clean up my operation.
http://www.kalyx.com/store/proddetail.cfm/ItemID/961890/CategoryID/12000/SubCatID/2335/file.htm
