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[donnob]

So the couriers just dropped my seeds off which means I'm the official "laat lammetjie" . Thanks for the weekend's grace @420SA and community

In light of this I'll start my diary off with my planned approach and then figure out how to deal with losing about 2 weeks of veg . My thinking here is to cause as little stress as possible, meaning final pots with LST and no topping.

My germination strategy would be dropping the seeds into luke warm water until the morning after which all 3 will go straight into peat pellets. I'm going to use my 3D printer bed and set it to 30deg for a makeshift heat mat to give them a cozy welcoming. Once they've sprouted and roots have shown they'll go directly into their respective final pots.

My normal growing method is hydro and I'm going to free up 2 slots by potting my current grow into fabric pots and then try my hand at organic with the last bean (successful germination permitting). My current grow is only 4 weeks into veg now so they should recover... right? 

For my hydro I'll be using my usual T.A. (GHE) Tri-Series regime but this time including Environoc 401. I'll be keeping... loosely... to the feeding charts minus about 25% and then adjusting thereafter according to their needs. A comment by @CreX somewhere in my travels here got me interested in "bioponics" and I've since started incorporating Environoc 401 in my other tent with some positive results. Definitely think this is my hydro route I'm following here.

As for my organic grow I'll be using T.A Pro Organic along with Environoc 401 and MycoRoot in Freedom Farms soil and fabric pots.

 

My set up for this grow will be a 120x70x165cm tent with an old style BestVA LED drawing about 240W at the wall, hopefully I'll be able to invest in a QB before flower . For vent I have a 6" inline exhaust fan and a 4" inline intake fan pulling air in from outside.

I'm excited for the opportunity to grow alongside and learn from the veteran horticulturists here

Let's do this!

Edited May 24, 2021 by donnob

[CreX]

love it Boytjie!!

throw some of that mycoroot into your res as well, IMO it is the best to add to your hydro - it works differently, but the same... and protects your roots and makes them grow like mad!

not sure how often you do your reschange, but i found that the mycos work best if left in the water for 2 weeks

[donnob]

I was wondering about adding the mycoroot to the res, didn't want to take a chance but I'll definitely give that a bash now. I normally change every +/-10 days so stretching that to 14 days would be easy. Thanks for that 

[The_StonedTrooper]

Good luck brother man, and will be rooting for you.

Good advice from our family member above

[CreX]

in veg i would push it to 2 weeks, but stick to the 10 days in flower.

even after the first 2 weeks inoculant you could go back to the 10 days reschange and you should be good. id inocluate with 1tsp for the first 2 weeks, and then half a teaspoon at every reschange there after, along with the enviroc401 you will be smilling - i used emprosoil instead of the enviroc, but i think they both have the bacilli's bacteria that benifits you

you will start to notice a thin milky buildup on your airstone piping, this is good... it comes off easy as well... but i would leave it as it forms part of your (in a soft voice) rhizosphere 

[donnob]

9 minutes ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

Good luck brother man, and will be rooting for you.

Good advice from our family member above

Thanks man, yea, it's going to be a ride. Already started learning 

[donnob]

13 minutes ago, CreX said:

in veg i would push it to 2 weeks, but stick to the 10 days in flower.

even after the first 2 weeks inoculant you could go back to the 10 days reschange and you should be good. id inocluate with 1tsp for the first 2 weeks, and then half a teaspoon at every reschange there after, along with the enviroc401 you will be smilling - i used emprosoil instead of the enviroc, but i think they both have the bacilli's bacteria that benifits you

you will start to notice a thin milky buildup on your airstone piping, this is good... it comes off easy as well... but i would leave it as it forms part of your (in a soft voice) rhizosphere 

This is great advice, thanks crex! I've been researching quite a bit, trying it out on my other grow and adding bio to a sterile environment is a gamechanger for me. Thanks for helping out

[CreX]

3 minutes ago, donnob said:

This is great advice, thanks crex! I've been researching quite a bit, trying it out on my other grow and adding bio to a sterile environment is a gamechanger for me. Thanks for helping out

yea man it was a life saver for me as well... i was going the sterile route, but i knew very little about how to keep things sterile, and its not at all easy for a home grower, growing on the home growers budget ...and so i fucked it up and got the dreaded brown snot slime (cyanobacteria) and literally nearly packed up my grow shit and stopped growing, i was 3 days from quitting when i came across a tea recipe called Heisenberg's compost tea... sourced all the ingredients locally, made the tea,...and in 3 days after application into my res, i had new white happy roots growing in my water...i couldnt believe my eyes!! and so my growing vigor and enthusiasm resumed!

the 2 most important ingredients in the tea were the mycos(great white) and the bacilli's bacteria genes(ancient forest compost) ...the rest were just additional sources for diversity or foods for the microbes. so eventually i made teas less frequently and just added regular doses of those 2 main ingredients and shit seemd great haha.

[donnob]

Where has this community been all my <growing> life 

[donnob]

Seeds are chilling in a luke warm bath

Edited May 24, 2021 by donnob

[The_StonedTrooper]

Best of luck with the germ

[donnob]

All 3 little guys sank so this morning I dipped them in 401 and put them into peat pellets. I set put my 3D printer's heated bed on to 30deg and put my dome on top, hoping to get a temp of +/-25-27deg in the dome, so I'll adjust every now and then as needed. 

[Pants]

I’ve another sad moment as my printer doesn’t have a heated bed


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[ChefDylan]

7 minutes ago, Pants said:

I’ve another sad moment as my printer doesn’t have a heated bed


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What printer do you have and what do you print. I have 3 Ender 3 pros. Very addictive hobby indeed

[donnob]

Yea, it's in my grow room because I print so much grow stuff that and any problem I can solve with CAD and my 3D printer

I have... only 1, sadly... Ender 5 pro. Your only limit is your imagination and it turns out it makes a mean heat mat well 

What do you print @ChefDylan?

Edited May 25, 2021 by donnob

[ChefDylan]

1 hour ago, donnob said:

Yea, it's in my grow room because I print so much grow stuff that and any problem I can solve with CAD and my 3D printer

I have... only 1, sadly... Ender 5 pro. Your only limit is your imagination and it turns out it makes a mean heat mat well 

What do you print @ChefDylan?

I print slot of cosplay stuff as well as signage. Whatever is needed at the time.

 

[Pants]

Lekker high jack. Got a little wanhao i3 mini. Picked it up for R2k. Mostly dnd miniatures and bonsai pots lately.

Replacement dustbin peg helped a lot.

Did a minecraft chess set that actually sold to someone famous.

Bed can only do 10cm cube.


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[donnob]

It is a pretty cool hijack, maybe we can start a 3D printing thread

2 hours ago, Pants said:

Did a minecraft chess set that actually sold to someone famous.

Care to name drop? Or maybe a hint then..

2 hours ago, Pants said:

Bed can only do 10cm cube.

It's not the size that matters... or so they say

[Pants]

Sure. He was the lead singer of the “national rugby team naked young women” stays here in Fishhoek Larry. Was the cap on that surreal 420 week when I did the exhibition as well.

Let’s do a thread and get this one back on track


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[Orcanic]

Such a good idea with the heated bed, can’t believe I haven’t been doing that with mine

[donnob]

All 3 are peeking out the soil, checking out their options, one in particular more than the others but all in all looks like it's going to be a 3/3 germination here

[donnob]

Week 1 / Day 5 Mini Update

There is a clear front runner already showing off her wares. The other 2 are right behind her.

I have them in the tent now and it seems to be going smoothly so far..

[donnob]

Week 1 Update / Germination Week

Day 01 - Dropped seeds into RO water to start germination 

Day 02 - Dipped seeds in Environoc401 and put them into peat pellets. Put the 3 pellets into a humidity dome and placed on top of a heated bed

Day 05 - Girls broke the surface

Day 06 - For the 2 girls going into hydro: potted my current grow into soil and cleaned out my system and filled with RO water and added 0.5ml/L TA micro, grow and bloom, 1ml/L of Environoc 401 and 1tsp Mycoroot. PH'ed to 5.8 and EC 0.4. Placed the 2 pellets into net pots with clay pebbles. Thought I'd get the bio life going while I'm waiting for the roots to drop.

               For the girl going organic: potted the peat pellet into Freedom Farm soil (green bag). Added 1tsp Mycoroot to the bottom of the hole.

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by donnob

[donnob]

Week 2 Mini Update

Things are looking good still, I haven’t changed anything really. The hydro girls have dropped little roots so things should be happening soon. Organic girl is also just chillin' doing her thing. 

[donnob]

Week 2 Update / Veg Week 1

No real hard work done this week, just letting them settle in, started feeding Ms Organic her TA Pro Organic grow @ 0.5ml/L and Environoc 401. For the hydro gals not much changed except I dropped the res level a bit because the roots have dropped. 

Also, my talented gf made me some kickass custom artwork  

Edited June 6, 2021 by donnob