Shov Spring 2013 Grow

[Shovelhandle]

I decided to start a quick finishing grow so it will be done by the warm Summer weather. I will be starting two strains, Bubblegum and ( Afghani Dream x BOG Medley, purple pheno ) x Bubblegum. These should be 8 week finishers for me, like their parent strains.

I did this last grow log. Post a pic of the parents or plant from an earlier generation.

Purple pheno Afghani Dream x Bog Medley
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Shovelhandle Reviewed by Shovelhandle on 04-18-2013. Shov Spring 2013 Grow I decided to start a quick finishing grow so it will be done by the warm Summer weather. I will be starting two strains, Bubblegum and ( Afghani Dream x BOG Medley, purple pheno ) x Bubblegum. These should be 8 week finishers for me, like their parent strains. I did this last grow log. Post a pic of the parents or plant from an earlier generation. Purple pheno Afghani Dream x Bog Medley 290782 290783 Bubblegum Rating: 5

[Shovelhandle]

So, about 40 seedlings were up and kicking ass in Red Solo Cups under (4) T5-HO. Each was cropped at node three. Yesterday I filled eight planters with 5 gallon soil mix getting ready for transplant today. I also started a transplant tea.
Five planters are mud buckets and three are fabric bags, think smart pots. One is actually 7-8 gallon, reserved for the 'rookie of the sprout season'.
They are scheduled for six weeks of veg (quick for me). These strains can finish in eight weeks, time to concentrate on the outdoors.

[Shovelhandle]

Earlier today.

Cups under the lights.
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Transplants with stand-bys in Red Solo Cups
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Culls, rejects.
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[pushit]

Very nice Shovelhandle! Couple questions for ya if you dont mind. Do you mix your own soil, if so, do you use the same for seedlings as you do when you transplant? Are all these ladies going outside or are you gonna do inside and outside? I know you said they should be done by summer, just didnt know if you were gonna keep some around to be monsters this summer. Looking forward to the show man.:thumbsup:

[Shovelhandle]

Thank you.

No, different stains this Summer (outdoors). Mr Nice Seeds European Outdoor Mix. Maybe someone may take some of the stand-by plants for outdoors, but I doubt it.

I mix my own and I do use a lighter mix for seedlings. I think my soil recipe was posted in my last Grow log, maybe?

[tlranger]

Off and running, it does look good!

[Shovelhandle]

Yesterday I topped them again and started a brew of tea for tomorrow.

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[AD x BOG] x BG
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Bubblegum

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[Shovelhandle]

Soil is reused from last grow. Added all organic amendments. Dolomite lime, dehydrated granulated manure, earth worm castings, high P bat guano, bone meal, Maxicrop, Excelerite, Plant Success, a small amount of compost and molasses.

Now I'm feeding a tea of 2 gallons water to a handful of Espoma Plant-Tone, Earth Worm Castings (EWC), compost and 1 Tbs molasses. The mix is pH adjusted for 6.0 - 6.5 and bubbled with air stones of one or two days. Then the pH is checked and adjusted to 6.3 +/-. I add Plant Success maybe once, twice a month. Plants get feed-water-water.

In bloom cycle I'll change the Plant-Tone for Earth Juice Bloom and decrease the EWC.

[Shovelhandle]

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Maybe two more weeks veg. I want a quick indica crop, got plenty of sativa strong stash already.

[Esteban1]

Gosh Darn, the colors are stinging my eyes!

:rasta: