that's a really nice setup!
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that's a really nice setup!
fluid69 ~ Thanks.
BeFree ~ Since we are really not set up for cloning, re-vegging might be an interesting option. I hadn't thought about it, before, but, thanks to you, I'm thinking about it now.;););) Guess I have some more homework to do.:D
That's great McT. I've seen a couple re-veg threads around here. :thumbsup:
Key is to leave a little veg growth and some spots for the new stalks to grow from. then trim 75% of the root mass off and set 'er in new soil. But i'm not too sure how re-vegin' will work with the hempy buckets, though. :jointsmile:
beGood
better luck with fresh seed stock, Bub. :hippy:
I'm sure (fingers crossed) that you will have a nice hatch soon.
Thanks Shov. The one lonely sprout isn't doing much so the Mrs. and I are really looking forward to the pending arrival.:)
McToker,
Sorry about your loss,
I try keep it simple and start cracked seeds directly in soil that is in 3'' recycled nursery pots, I get them from the flowers and vegetables that I planted in my garden. (Very easy to find this time of year:thumbsup:) Also before you use them wash the pots in bleached water to steralize them from any nasties.
Also You will love the Blue Apollo :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:One of my favorites:jointsmile: Easy to grow to, cloning is about average. Likes a watering Ph of 6 to 6.5 in soil.
JG
Thanks for the info JG.
Our houseguest just took off so, now, we can devote the proper time and attention to our garden.
The lonely sprout still hasn't grown any. But, it's not dead.:)
Just received an email confirmation that our new beans are on their way.
The one lonely bagseed sprout is growing but,not very much. Other than being a runt, it appears to be healthy.:)
Glad to hear your good bean news, McT! I can't wait to see them poppin'. The waitin' part is no fun, except that it's always so sweet when you go to the mailbox, and see the beans have arrived. To take a line from Bush's Baked Beans - I can't wait to see you roll out that beautiful bean footage!
Yup. I feel like a kid waitin' on Santa.:madnoel::areindeer::noel:Quote:
Originally Posted by jakezking
??Twas late this morning, just before noon
and all though the house
we were both doing chores
especially my spouse
When all of a sudden
from somewhere up the street
we heard a familiar sound
and jumped to our feet
Since it was clearly not Christmas
Santa must be in stealth mode
??cause in a funky looking Postal truck
he came rolling up the road
Even though no one could see them
he called to his team
??On Marley, on JakeZking, on Killa and Clinton,
on Chong, on Phelps, on ShovelHandle and even BeFree
:areindeer::areindeer::areindeer::areindeer: :madnoel:
As he stopped at our box
he turned and boasted
??Y??all are gonna love this
??cause in a few months you??ll both be toasted.?
We raced our scooter chairs down to the street
and snuck a quick peek inside
there was just one small present
our grins, we couldn??t hide :D:D
There were beans from Canada
cleverly secreted with care
we looked at each other and said
??Dude, I didn??t know Santa had red hair.?:jointsmile:
Yup. They??re here. Told y??all we felt like kids at Christmas.
We're going to go for 4 of each to start.
We??ll keep you posted.
that was awesome mctoker, put a smile on my face! and for that, I want to say thank you.
"you must spread some rep around before repping mctoker again!"
that shit was awesome!
-shake
That was awesome, to say the least.
I'm very glad you didn't have to report any crushed seeds. One of my biggest fears when ordering. :thumbsup:
'...and even BeFree...' Made me grin, ear to ear. I'm honored to have a front row seat at the |McTokers' Blue Apollo and AK47 Spring Indoor| adventure.
See ya when frankenlight comes on.
You and the Mrs. have a wonderful grow.:jointsmile:
besafe
Glad y'all liked that.
;)
McT! That was an extremely creative and wicked bit of verse there, my friend! As with all the others, it really put a smile on my face, filling me with cheer. And, you know you're older when you're more excited about others opening their presents, than you are opening your own.
I can't wait to see some bean sprouts! After seeing JG's last Blue Apollo pics and having smoked some AK47, I'm really excited for you. This is going to be an amazing log!
Jakezking ~ Thanks. We hope you're right.
The lone surviving bagseed sprout is actually starting to grow a bit. We're hoping to move it to its hempy bucket in about a week. We'll wait until we can see some roots showing.
:thumbsup:
After a week, only 1 AK has sprouted.
Starting 3 more of each today.
The 1 bagseed sprout and the 1 AK are in their hempy buckets and Frankenlight is on but with only 14 bulbs going at this time.
Correction: Make that only 10 bulbs going at this time.
With us having to run the house A/C 24/7 now, the humidity in the tent was staying between 20% and 25%. I hooked up the humidifier and have it just outside the tent directed toward one of the passive intakes.
I'm not sure which thermometer to believe. Both are digital (indoor/outdoor) dual mode types. One is inside the tent and the other is outside so I can monitor the temp when the lights are out. The one inside reads 90 inside at the tent floor) and 89 outside (canopy height). The one outside the tent reads 78 (ambient room temp) and 79 to 80 degrees inside the tent at canopy height.
I'll go rummage through my stash of growing stuff and dig out the old mercury thermometer.
How many AK47 and Blue Apollo did you germ to have only 1 AK sprout after 1 week? How did you germ them? I don't think you can mention seed companies on here (I could be wrong), but if you're not having success with the beans, I don't know if I would order from it again; indeed, you should contact the company to let them know of your issues, so they have an opportunity to correct them.
Best of luck on your 3 more AK47 and BA! I'll be anxiously awaiting confirmation they have all popped and are basking in the glare of your Frankenlight!
Jake ~ After our failure with germinating the bagseed using the paper towel on a plate under a bowl method we went back to just planting the seeds directly into Jiffy cubes and waiting.
I don't think it is a problem with the seeds. I had read somewhere that the seeds should be planted "point down". Afterword, I saw the info on your log that seems to contradict that. I also think we had the seeds too deep and with the combintion they just didn't have the energy to break ground. We planted 4 of each.
This time we're still using the Jiffy cubes and planting directly into the cube without any sort of pre-germination. But, this time we planted them shallower and either on their sides or with the bigger side down. Although, I didn't mark them as to which are on their sides and so forth. We also loosened up the soil in the cube a bit more than we have in the past.
We haven't disected the cubes from the last try to see how many popped as we are still hoping that some may pop up............... eventually. On the first grow we did have some really late poppers.
All the more reason that I wish we had the room to keep a mother or two and do some cloning. But, we don't have the room and still have to be able to tear everything down when the holidays roll around.
you could always get a little storage cube, end table that opens up, or something similar to keep a mom in, that you can take cuttings from as needed. it could be inconspicuous.
just a thought. i hope the other beans pop for you!
-shake
Thanks shake.
After planting 3 more of each variety yesterday........... we woke up this morning to find 2 of the original 4 Blue Apollos had finally popped out of the soil. :D There is hope for this grow after all.:thumbsup:
Humidity in the tent is up to 33%, as of last night, after hooking up the humidifier.
Glad to hear the good news McT. :thumbsup:
But aren't you a little worried with 14 babies tryin' to get their share of Frankenlight? :confused:
beSafe McT. :jointsmile:
I love it when that happens...things do happen for reasons. Could be signs of something special here. :detective1:
BeFree ~ Yup. It'll be a tight fit. We had as many as 9 plants in there during veg. on the last grow. Some may just have to go outdoors. I'm just glad they aren't feminized seeds.:D
Shov ~ I certainly hope so.;)
We just got back from taking the dog to the Vet and found that another AK and another BA are just breaking ground.
We may be forced to find a way to fit in a second tent. Hmmmm..... I wonder if our fan and filter will support 2 tents...........:jointsmile: Gonna have to do the math on that one.
sounding good mc! maybe you'll have room for a mum and some clones after all!
glad things are starting to turn around!
-shake
2 more AK sprouts showed up.:) Both are from the most recent batch we planted.
Not using any nutes, other than what is already in the MG perlite, yet. But I'm considering adding 1/4 strength Calmag to the R/O water.
Quote:
Originally Posted by McToker
Nice verse bro....hey id really consider hitting them with nutes within 5 days after sproating....i start off around 550-600 ppm and go up like 100-150 ppm a week....the perlite and the vermiculite dont retain nutes so the MG nutes will be gone with in a day or two! feel free to ask any other questions...I hit my babies with nutes starting about day 2-3 after sproating....after a few day of no nutes they will start to show deficiencies....
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...R/DSC01911.jpg
This is the size of the plants when i hit them with nutes...Sorry about the pic but wanted to show you how small my plants were and how early you need to start hitting them with nutes
Thanks for the info killa. Since I already watered them today, I'll hit 'em with some nutes tomorrow.
The BA's sure have a nice dark red stem.
There are now a total of 8 seedlings in their hempy buckets.
1 Bagseed
3 Blue Apollo
4 AK-47
2 more Blue Apollos sprouted this morning. 1 will go into a hempy bucket and the other into soil. Any others that sprout will go into soil.
This will give us a total of 9 in hempy buckets. The remaining plants, in soil, will eventually move outdoors.
We started the 2 oldest ones on 1/2 strength nutes today. The rest should start in a day or two.
I'll post a new pic later today.
I forgot to add that we are now running 21 CFL's in Frankenlight.
Here are today's pics.
looking good mc!
i didn't infringe on your copyright on purpose, but my new light looks mighty similar......brilliant minds i guess!
can't wait for the action to pick up.
-shake
Not a problem shake.:) My light is a combination of ideas from others on the forum, as it is. I'm actually looking forward to running an HPS for flower as it will be fewer watts of electricity.
i hear ya about the HPS. i wish i would have just bought one to start with! this little experiment has taken on a life of it's own!
i guess that's why they call it experience.
-shake
You got that right, shake.
I'm seriously considering going with not only an HPS for flowering but also running an MH for vegging. Right now I'm using 483 watts with the CFL's. I can get roughly the same amount of lumens by running a 250 watt HID along with 4 CFL bulbs and use over 100 fewer watts. I'm wondering if it might actually be cooler, as well.
it should run cooler. i've read that CFLs run hotter than HIDs. it's just the heat is spread out over more area.
-shake
I've been looking at a Lumatek digital ballast with an air-cooled reflector. I hope I'm reading things correctly, in that, since the Lumatek can burn both MH and HPS that all I'd need is one system and just switch between the MH and HPS bulbs.