Querkle, Vanilluna. 100 gal grow box, cfls

[MediJuana]

The smell of a fresh thread...only to be stunk up by the dankness.

Container: For the past week I've been building my grow box. I took two 50 gal rubbermaid containers, spray-painted the inside semi-gloss white, and applied velcro around the rim of both boxes. This creates a reliable light-leak-free seal that keeps both boxes in place. (one upside down on the other)

Ventilation: I'm excited to see if my vision is going to work well, I took a twin window fan that has 3 speed settings and reversible fan settings. I can run both as intake, both as exhaust, or one opposing the other. I am still debating on cutting a few holes in the bottom to let the airflow pass upward through the plants but I am strongly considering it. I made a template to cut out the right shape in the top of the grow box (physical bottom of the top box), turned out nicely and all I need to do is seal it. When the lights are off, outside light can easily leak through the fan so I'm going to figure out something to at least dim the light, perhaps some porch screening on the inside of the box and some type of odor eliminating fabric on top.

Lighting: I'm still thinking about the amount of cfls to use; Right now I'm planning on lining the mid-section of the box with 6-10 smaller cfls, and suspending 4-5 bigger ones from the top and raising them as I go. This allows maximum penetration throughout the grow, allowing all lower bud sites to photosynthesize to full potential. Ideally, one 150-250 watt MH and HPS would max out the yield but there is certainly not enough room for that kind of intensity, so cfls will have to do. Studies have shown that cfls spike resin production, and give off lower amounts of heat with exceptional lumens per watt.

Plants: All you connoisseurs out there know first things first, quality over quantity. I plan on vegging 3 plants out 4 to 6 weeks (space permitting) LST if necessary, definitely for the Vanilluna due to its taller stature. Out of these 3 plants 2 will be Querkle by TGA Subcool Seeds and the other plant will be Vanilluna by the one and only DJ Short. Praying for at least 2 females, I will flower until they're done, no shorting here! Patience pays.
And I'm not predicting any dry yields, all I want is some superb smoke!

Genetics:
Querkle (TGA)- This Indica dominant hybrid has a great taste and out of a 5 plant test run all 4 females turned a nice shade of purple with warm temps throughout. Our goal was to recreate the nice grape flavor but ad some speed to the slow Urkle mom and the results are better than we expected and finding 2 keeper moms from the very small test run we did. Results from the field verify mild variation, good yields and fantastic flavor and colors. This hybrid has been featured in both Skunk and Hightimes magazine.
Phenotypes â??Two main females one Short and very purple with grape flavors, the variation is a slightly more SQ dom with a taller frame and more sativa buzz.
Height- Short and dence does well un topped but faster than Urkle.
Yield-Medium to heavy if extended veg time is given mainly due to bud density.
Indoor has only been tested so far
Best way to grow-Vegged to a large bush Or untopped in scrog.
Harvest Window-8 weeks
Sativa/Indica 20/80
Hybrid- Urkle x Space Queen
High type- Indica head and grape taste make it total all day headstash.
Smells: Grapes, fruit, berries, musty
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Vanilluna (DJ Short)- (aka "Vanilla Moon") a structurally Kush hybrid of a cross between a female "Blueberry Sativa" (from the exact same seed stock that produced the mother of the "Blue Satellite"; the mother of the "Vanilluna" being large, green, symmetric with a distinct dominant main-stem and compact nodes, little variegation and long side-branches) crossed with the Original Blueberry male (a "stretch"-indica). This quasi-hybrid grows medium-tall Kush-like plants with short nodes, large, dark green foliage, thick-yet-sturdy hollow stems and tight, spade shaped buds of dense-but-elongated and swollen calyx/bract flowers completely coated in large, clear trichome of superior aromatics. Flower time is approx. 55â??60 days, with the more interesting oils developing in the very last week. "Vanilluna" possesses a complex-yet-subtle palate of a creamy, vanilla/honey blend with a hint of floral bouquet and sweet melon musk. The experience of the finished product is of top-shelf quality; smooth, comfortable, very long-lasting (hours) and dreamy. Upon final testing, a few individual plants from the "Vanilluna" provided an experience very similar to the "Blue Heaven", i.e. calming, clear and relatively anti-anxiety. Please note: approx. 15% of the plants from this line will sport variegated growth patterns. The other 85% will grow uniform plants with slight variation in height. Extended vegetative time coupled with early topping is recommended to increase yield, or run un-topped in a SOG-type system.

Indoor flowering 55 to 60 days.

Tag-a-long throughout the next 3-5 months and you'll be informed of any to-dos, no-to-dos, feeding schedules, smoke reports, and of course, the bud porn! :rastasmoke:

(camera being fixed, setup pictures on the way asap)

MediJuana Reviewed by MediJuana on 09-29-2008. Querkle, Vanilluna. 100 gal grow box, cfls The smell of a fresh thread...only to be stunk up by the dankness. Container: For the past week I've been building my grow box. I took two 50 gal rubbermaid containers, spray-painted the inside semi-gloss white, and applied velcro around the rim of both boxes. This creates a reliable light-leak-free seal that keeps both boxes in place. (one upside down on the other) Ventilation: I'm excited to see if my vision is going to work well, I took a twin window fan that has 3 speed settings Rating: 5

[MediJuana]

Today I did some work on the box, I put five 27 watt cfls around the middle along with one 14 watt (due to one broken 27). I also have two more 27 watt 6500k lights and two 36 watt 2200k lights that I am going to suspend from the middle of the box. I'm going to use two shelf brackets and find a way to attach the lights to the ends, shouldn't be too hard.

Ventilation is doing well with the 6 lights on in there. I put two one inch holes on the bottom corners, air is pulling but I may need to put some more because the fan is straining a little bit. I need a hydrometer for humidity and temperature but I'm guessing its in the mid 70s with the lights on, could get into low 70s with the lights off.

Everything is looking go so far though!:thumbsup: I got some neem oil that I'm going to use in the liquid light and penetrator/applicator? mixture. Just figure I should just start off using some sort of repellant rather than dealing with it when it happens. Not sure on the nutrients Im going to use, possibly fox farm or advanced nutrients, been reading a lot of good stuff about them.

My soil mixture is 5 parts Fox Farm Ocean Forest, 4 parts Fox Farm Original Planting Mix, and one part Perlite. Plants won't need nutrients for the first two or three weeks, they'll be on a minimal feeding schedule unless they get hungrier then I'll up the dosage.

Thats it for now, I plan on germinating the seeds within the next week and a half. Pictures soon!

[MediJuana]

I got a 24" two bulb 48 watt T5 that fits in there perfectly, as of now I have ~190 watts of cfls running. I've been doing a lot of drilling because the exhaust fan is straining still, probably have about 15 holes in the damn box now, temps in dead center are still in low 80s. Right now I need bigger vents or a passive intake. The room temperature that the box is in fluctuates between 74 and 79. Might put a couple more holes in tomorrow and then eventually cover them up with some strong tape when I get the passive intake.

I know plants are able to grow in the low 80s but they thrive in the 72-78 range if not colder. I've grown marijuana in higher temps before and they looked like solid plants until a lack in maintenance occurred.

I started germinating three of my seeds, 1 Vanilluna, 2 Querkle. Moist paper towel in a ziploc bag, rested them on the cable box for warmth and covered it with a pamphlet of some sort. Seeds should pop in the next 24-72 hours.

Now I'm going to enjoy a joint of sour diesel and mix the soil. :jointsmile: night yall

[killa12345]

Medijuana.......good luck......Awesome strains...some of the people on this site find the coolest named strains ive ever seen! mmmmmmm vanilla moon.:thumbsup:

[Shovelhandle]

:thumbsup: Very nice introduction to your grow log. I'm looking forward to reading the rest.

[MediJuana]

Thanks killa and Shov, I too am excited to see the near future! I've been drilling holes like crazy, temps were 83-83 w all the lights on now I got it to 80-81. Temp gets to around 73 at night with the exhaust on medium opposed to high.

I'm still going to start the veg cycle in there even though the temps are high, hopefully I'll have some money for a small blower as a passive intake soon.
That should do the trick!:thumbsup:

Stay tuned every one I'll give the germination report later tonight.

Toke on

[bombdiggity]

Just to clarify for you...

A "passive" intake refers to a hole that sucks air into the box via negative pressure caused by the exhaust. If you were to add a blower for your intake, that would turn it into an "active" intake.

Just so you dont get confused when you do your research...

Also, try making the hole larger than 1". I personally have a 4" Vortex fan exhausting my box, and my intake is a 4" hole ducted. I still have way too much negative pressure even with a 4" hole and could probably use an additional 4" intake.

[killa12345]

MediJuana....

To answer your question....Yes all my log plants are grown in CFL's but i do use HPS with the other grows im involved with.....The pics of the Black Haze in my CH9 log are under 4- 1000w HPS. But my White skunk and CH9 mixed females were all grown with CFL's and Fox Farm! Good luck bro.....if i can answer anything else for u....just ask!

[MediJuana]

Damn thanks killa those are all bad ass plants, may need tips through out the grow!

Bombd I know what you mean, and I totally meant to say that, my buddy corrected me on that today, and i have quite a bit of negative pressure in there I think a small blower or a small comp fan would help. Looks like the box got shot up lol, nothing duct tape cant fix.

This is the prototype model lol, when more money acquired I'll make a bad ass box, two boxes, one veg one flower.

Temps were peaking in the 79 - 80 range today, not too bad but it needs to be lower.
Both Querkle seeds popped and are in the FF soil mix, Vanilluna is take its time but it will show in the next 48 hours hopefully.

Also I need to get some blocks of styrofoam to raise the plants closer to the light, should minimize stretching. Shitty thing happened also, the attachment I used on the T5 snapped and one of the bulbs broke so there's a 3000k light in there for the mean time.

Every thing's coming along for now hopefully Friday we'll see some seedlings.

[MediJuana]

Bottom of box reads 77 degrees F. 54% humidity.