TheNewOldGuy is Back At It!

[TheNewOldGuy]

Hey guys! I am new here, but I have been active on other forums in the past. I have a small indoor perpetual, 4'x4' veg tent and a 4'x8' bloom tent.

4'x4' tent has a 400 watt older LED light that uses Vero COBs, I have an AC Infinity humidifier to keep VPD dialed in, I am supplementing CO2 targeting 1300ppm. I have Pulse monitors to keep an eye on things and since I don't have a bloom tent setup I am using the veg setup to get used to the new equipment (Pulse, CO2 controller). I am using VBX with Shine for nutrients, I also use CalMag and add Cannazym and use Great White for Mycos when planting/transplanting. I run Octopots and in bloom I scrog one plant per 4'x4'.

A look at the tent as it sits. I start them in solos then move them to the Octopots once they are going dry within 24 hours.

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The 3 gallon Octopot has a Critical Jack Auto, a seed I had laying around and decided to pop to get some weight out of the unused veg tent space.

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In the cups I have two different female phenos (Farmer Freeman for the win!) of Capulator's Goat Gas

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A while back, I had a pheno of Purple Punch that everyone really enjoyed, but the yield was low. A friend helped me out and selfed it for me and while they had it, they crossed it with their Gorilla Glue #4 pheno. I have never grown it out and only had two beans of it left. The first was a dud and the second I really had to nurse it to pop, but she is doing alright now.


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That's my little grow for now, I am just a novice who has been at it for a while and gets lucky sometimes.

 

[DARKSIDER]

Hey guys! I am new here, but I have been active on other forums in the past. I have a small indoor perpetual, 4'x4' veg tent and a 4'x8' bloom tent.

4'x4' tent has a 400 watt older LED light that uses Vero COBs, I have an AC Infinity humidifier to keep VPD dialed in, I am supplementing CO2 targeting 1300ppm. I have Pulse monitors to keep an eye on things and since I don't have a bloom tent setup I am using the veg setup to get used to the new equipment (Pulse, CO2 controller). I am using VBX with Shine for nutrients, I also use CalMag and add Cannazym and use Great White for Mycos when planting/transplanting. I run Octopots and in bloom I scrog one plant per 4'x4'.

A look at the tent as it sits. I start them in solos then move them to the Octopots once they are going dry within 24 hours.

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The 3 gallon Octopot has a Critical Jack Auto, a seed I had laying around and decided to pop to get some weight out of the unused veg tent space.

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In the cups I have two different female phenos (Farmer Freeman for the win!) of Capulator's Goat Gas

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A while back, I had a pheno of Purple Punch that everyone really enjoyed, but the yield was low. A friend helped me out and selfed it for me and while they had it, they crossed it with their Gorilla Glue #4 pheno. I have never grown it out and only had two beans of it left. The first was a dud and the second I really had to nurse it to pop, but she is doing alright now.


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That's my little grow for now, I am just a novice who has been at it for a while and gets lucky sometimes.

Welcome to the forum we all need a bit luck now and again.

 

[TheNewOldGuy]

Today I up-potted the Goat Gas and Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4 from their Solo cups to the 6 gallon Octopots and took some pics. Both girls are short and squat, probably only 6-8 inches tall. I expect to see them explode shortly once their roots take hold in these Octopots. I probably should have up-potted sooner, but I can be a bit of a procrastinator.

Previously, I sent the Goat Gas samples off to Farmer Freeman to get sexed and luck was on my side, both females. I am only flowering out one of them so I passed the second along to a local medical grow facility. The remaining Goat Gas girl, she seems very happy, pushing out 11 bladed fan leaves which I believe is a first for me.

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The Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4 is doing alright, 9 bladed fans up to, decently healthy:

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My Critical Jack Auto isn't much to look at, but I wanted to get something flowering fast to practice on before I flip the Goat Gas and Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4, so it will do nicely. Just getting back into the swing of things:

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I still have quite a bit to do to get the garden together. My lights are older and HLG has their Croptober sale going on right now, so I am going to get new lights for both veg and bloom. I am changing up my dry tent a bit as well, so there is a good bit of work to be done. I am hoping within the month to have the bloom area set up with the new lights and some automation via a controller, likely just the AC Infinity setup since I run a pretty basic setup.

 

[TheNewOldGuy]

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So we got off to a rocky start! The auto girl got the worst of it, I forgot to go easy on the nutes, with the Octopots you have to dial them down a bit and I forgot that part. Luckily the Critical Jack Auto was there to take the beating. It's a white label that I bought for cheap, so it served it's purpose.

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The Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4 never really missed a beat and gobbled up the high PPM with just a few spots.

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Goat Gas took a bit longer to fully recover, she was stunted with some burnt tips, I lowered the PPM and now she has some roots in the res and is up and ready to take off.

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I am getting the bloom tent ready to go, it will have 2 HLG 650Rs and I will be scrogging out the Goat Gas and Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4, each in their own 4' x 4' area. Once I get them flipped, I will be running four autos in the veg area, I was able to get a few packs from Night Owl on the Owloween drop. I also acquired some Mephisto gear that I am excited to run out. I have some older packs from CSI Humboldt on the way that I will be running out as well, along with some Dusted Bud Genetics possibly. In the past I have limited my plant count and grown some large plants, but I am considering scaling the plant size back a bit so that I can run out more genetics in my small space.

Thanks for stopping in and happy growing!

 

[TheNewOldGuy]

Things are getting a bit exciting in here, Goat Gas and Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue #4 have gotten the flip about a week and a half ago. I have been on hiatus for a while and it appears I flipped these a bit early. I wanted to ensure I didn't grow any monsters since it has been a while and I haven't worked with either of these strains before. Today I gave those two a nice trim down under.

Goat Gas by Capulator has some STOUT branching making it a bit of a challenge to SCROG and LST, but we will do what we can (I suck at taking pictures, but like to have something I can look back on and reference):

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Purple Punch x Gorilla Glue is showing some interesting branch forking. This is not a surprise as this was a selfing project that was not refined at all.

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Then in my 4x4 I have some autos that I am testing. I usually grow photos and use an auto here and there to fill in the tent and get some extra yield from unused space, but both Mephisto and Night Owl Seeds have caught my attention lately. I know my yields on my photos with the Octopots and I am interested to see how I do with the autos. I know they usually get around four ounces per plant, but I am really hoping I can see some better numbers, time will tell.

They were just planted a week ago, so not much to see.

Mephisto's Girl Scout Monkeys:

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Mephisto's Funky Mangifera:

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Night Owl x Sin City Seeds Blue Power:

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Night Owl Seeds Galaxy Brain:

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And then there is my sacrificial lamb, a white label Critical Jack Auto that I planted to take a beating while learning to ride the proverbial bike again:

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Thanks for stopping by and happy growing!