Shov's Christmas Grow

Yah, Christmas is coming, so I decided to start a grow that will be curing in time for the holidays.
This morning I mixed a batch of soil using promix potting soil, vermiculite, perlite, and worm castings. I filled 24 or so two cup pots, topped off with plant starter mix and planted some Bubblegum as well as some seeds from my last grow which were bagseed Y, bagseed Z and Foxy Seeds Afghani x BOG Medley. The X and Y plants were polinated with the Foxy Seed plants. They are put under four T-5 54W lamps for now.

I'll put up photos as soon as things sprout.

Shovelhandle

Sounds interesting. =] Keep us updated.

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Boy these T5's are gaining in popularity. Good to see. Cant wait to see pics of this grow sounds interesting.

D Rock sez..."Boy these T5's are gaining in popularity. Good to see. Cant wait to see pics of this grow sounds interesting."

I posted the first log in this "new" forum last year and followed up with another. Both use the T-5 HO lamps. They were not the best grows efficiency wise but I found it acceptable, for sure! Really not bad at all!

sho

Wheres some photos and an update.....????:wtf:

Neat, Shov- do I recall correctly that your last grow was harvested on the 4th of July? Or am I hallucinating your holiday grow timing?

Really? What a sly little devil you are shov....;)

stinky: I think shov is a fellow canuck for some reason. I could definitely be mistaken. An early July harvest makes sense for both canucks and 'mericans anyway though.

shov: hmmm. anything sprout yet? :)

I do have about 40-50 sprouts in 20 pots and I've already picked out a dozen or two weeklings. (as usual, look at my other logs in the first weeks. Must be because I come from a very large family) <G>

I'm taking good care of them and I will photo them as soon as I thin them into one per pot.


Sho

Culling the herd eh? What's the herd usually end up being after the weaklings are gone from 40-50 seeds?

Cant wait for the pics man!

Weedhound sez...

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Culling the herd eh? What's the herd usually end up being after the weaklings are gone from 40-50 seeds?

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It was probably more like 80 seeds. But I will cull down to a dozen and then hope I have room for them all until they show sex. I hope for six to eight plants to mature.

Wow....that's some heavy duty culling there. What are some of your criteria for seedlings....how do you decide which ones to keep etc....Obviously the heartier ones but what else do you base your decision on?

I know Shov's not a 'Nuck... His local climate however means he might as well be.

See my post in Basic Growing "What ate my Bubblegum..."

I repotted 18 plants. Sorry to say, I only have one good bubblegum right now.

Criteria...hmmm, I know what that is <G> I save the strong, kill the weak and infirmed! <G>. Well, the BG seeds are commercial seed stock, so I plant and cull less of them. The other seeds I have plenty to play with.

Sorry, no pics yet. I'm very busy, going out of town and coming back with my daughter for a few days visit.

Later

Sho

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

I know Shov's not a 'Nuck... His local climate however means he might as well be.

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heh, and with my local climate i may as well be a yank. :)

Photos aren't the best... I think the soil is too hot. I used last grow's soil and it had lots of flower nutes. I did thin it out with new vermiculite, perlite, worm castings and early potting soil. The plants that are making it now are tough. Pretty much got each variety covered pretty well though. I'm sure it's gonna fire up nicely soon. <G>

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I enjoy reading these. I will follow.

Never grown but man oh man ...I've read enough to get a degree... lol

Thanks for sharing!

Well Stealth it's certainly never too late to START growing.... ;)

Hey, Buh-wheat! <G>

The "Z" and the Afghani by Foxy Seed plants are doing the best. There is relatively little nute burn on these plants. There are aprox 16 going right now. I had to start the bubblegum again since they couldn't take the spicey soil mix.

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SHO

they've grown quite a bit since your last photos Shov....looking good. :thumbsup:

thanks, weedhound It's been a week since the last pics.
...btw, what kinda animal is that in your arms and why is there tarantula in it's mouth?

Sho <G>

That's a tarantula-eating hyena there Shov. :D Good eye on your part for recognizing that right off the bat. :thumbsup:

That's ALOT of growth for one week....good job. :)

I re-hung the (2) 2 lamp x 4' T-8s and (1) (4) lamp x 4' T-5HOs
and transplanted a dozen plants into larger 2-3 gallon planters. I also FIMed these 12 plants (foxyseed afghani, "Y" and "Z" types). Most have 6 or more nodes. I usually wait until the sixth week but this is almost the end of the fifth week this time.
The (4) little bubblegums, I just moved them into two larger pots. Then I watered 'emall in with Neptune nutes.
After all this I moved out all the small pots an swept up the loose soil and dust.

I usually post photos on Friday, so stay tuned. <G>

Sho

What is a Y and Z type?

... were unknown "bag-seedlings" from last grow (finished in time for July Fourth..<G>) They were grown alongside with Foxy Seed's Afghani X Bog Medley and were polinated by the same. The results were decent enough to continue the line. We think that the Foxy Seed produced the slightly best herb of all...it's close though!

Anyhow...here's the photo, Weedhound!

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Shovelmaster

THey look very happy. Nice tight and short nodes. :thumbsup:

They look wonderful! And the ducky is excellent. No wonder Weedhound showed up; she's doing a waterfowl welfare check!

Wow I didn't even SEE that duck.....now that's a hell of an example of blending in with the enviroment :D

But, did you see the "glow in the dark" frog behind it?

Shov

Hey Shov! Comin' right along, eh?
It's lookin' like I'm gonna take a run with the same blood. Personally, I may not keep a log, but would be more than happy to share a tip or two! Nice work thus far, I'll definately check in from time to time. :thumbsup:

Lol, is that like a superball frog?

I don't know about superballs but you can squirt water with it <G>
I'll see if it will come out next photo update.

Shov

Hey Shov...looking good dude....keep up the good work my man....check out my Aussie Growers thread down in the AU section....I'll be popping in from time to time to keep ya'll updated on what's happening in my part of the world :thumbsup: I'll give you a hint....JTR....Northern Lights#5 x Haze....and many more....:giggity: :woohoo:
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Slayer

Five and a half weeks since planting the seeds and I've got female preflowers on two plants, both are Foxy Seeds afghani hybrid (I need a better name for this variety, Stinker). Tomorrow when I water I'll re-arrange so I can keep a good eye out for other developements.


Sho

but.. but.. it's not stabilized yet!!! It's not worthy of a name! Its close relative got the name 'Foxy's Dream' but still a work in progress.

ya well, officially, I guess there's plenty of tight-assed protocol to the naming of the strains but I'd rather be able to call it something and have the people in the know, know what I'm talikng about. Dig? We just call is the afghani hybrid, I guess that's ok but no credit to the work done.

The plants are in their sixth week. The FIMed tops are starting to heal. And, I stripped the bottom three or so nodes from the bottom. I've been feeding Fish emulsion and fish/seaweed emulsion.

There are two Afghani hybrids (I lost the photos while editing...duh!), both show female pistils like this...
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Here's a pic of the four "Y" plants. No sign of sex yet.
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And, here's five "Z" plants. No sex here either.
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The Bubblegum plants are but three little runts only a couple of weeks old. No pics this time.


Shovelhandle

I think the "Picture Posting Machine" is broke. I tried to insert my photos in the last post and it posted dead links.
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Well, here they are, in order!

Sho