Surrounded by Sativa Photo's 
Curious how she will respond to 12/12 light !
Durban Poison, Lambs Bread, Double Chocolate, Green Crack and The Amnesia auto (sativa dominate).
All Canuk seeds from True North except the Green Crack from Crop Kings. Only had two seeds of the Green Crack so I decided to germinate both and be done with them.... .
My intention is to top/train and try to keep these under four feet.
This will challenge my trimming skills, I Hate cutting off healthy growth and a 2' x 2' footprint isn't a lot for a sativa.
Three gallon fabric pots with ProMix HP with Mychorrhizae, their version of Dynomyco
Fourteen inch saucers and thirteen inch plant elevators.
Nutrients are Mega Crop one part with Bud Explosion later in flower.
Well water with a ppm of ~500 and ph of ~7.5. I will not be using ph down !
The ProMix Hp is ph buffered and the MC is chelated (?) and worked well in my last grow !
My grow room or enclosure is a number of 4' high moveable panels with roughly a 4' x 4' footprint. Inside a 10' x 10' x 8' high room inside a 26' x 36' x 10' room. The panels are hollow core plastic lined with tin foil and sit 3/4" above the floor.
Most likely will increase the footprint to 5 x 5..
Two Honeywell 7" fans at 30 degrees, the idea is they draw air from the bottom and direct it up to the light. Then there is another fan exhausting the room. I normally don't have any problem keeping the temps in the mid 70's with a 600w MH/HPS light in a 42" parabolic reflector.
The light weight panels make it easy to move them out of the way and bases with 2" casters will make it easy to work on/rotate the plants to train/water/etc.
Older image of my set up, plants are auto's !
I don't do anything special for humidity. Evaporation from the fabric pots and the plants will usually help keep the RH a little above ambient for the rest of the larger room, 40-50% depending on the season.
For germinating seeds I've settled on placing each seed in a shot glass with about 1/2" of distilled water. They are then placed inside a plastic container and set on my kitchen table. Go away and leave them be... Peeking is permitted !
Last grow, five seeds, five seedlings. This grow six seeds, six seeds sprouted with this process.
Thirty six hours in the water and all had cracked or had a tap root. I let them go 48 hours before planting them in 650 g yogurt containers and under a 85W CFL bulb.
My half bale of ProMix HP is likely a year old and dry so I wet it to run off with a solution of .7g MC in 2.5L of water. Half of their recommended dose for seedlings. ~ 100 ppm over my well water.
FYI > I totally forgot about my usual procedure for planting, pock a hole in the soil with your index finger the depth of your fingernail !
Place seed in the bottom and gently fill with soil. I used a toothpick to make a cone shaped hole and had some trouble getting a few seeds in without undue handling, sigh.... Senior moment, eh ?
As I understand it, the depth helps the seedling shed it's shell easier...
Day 4 was first watering, 1/2 cup each.
On Day 7 all of the girls were praying and working on their third set of leaves !
Couple things of note.
On my last seedlings start, I made a box of white foam core to maximize the light from the bulb.
This time I made a cylinder of cardboard 12" high. As expected I noticed the first signs of green mold.
No problem, scuffed up the surface of the soil. Gone.
Then after their first watering I noticed the start of a white mold. Oh oh....
Not surprising since they weren't getting any air movement in the cylinder !
Removed the cylinder, scuffed the surface of the soil and installed a 50 cfm fan about 20" away.
Disaster avoided
I should know better, air movement is important at all stages of growth, just another senior moment !
The girls containers were feeling light enough for a watering late yesterday (Day 9).
So I forced myself to wait till this morning !
First one I watered from the bottom. Just placed the container in a small saucer and added water.
Great idea, took too long, sigh.
A tray would have worked for all of them at the same time but I wanted to limit them to a healthy 1/2 cup each.
So I watered around the outside of the containers from the top !
Just enough to moisten the soil with no run off....
That seems to be the happy spot !
Cheers
Curious how she will respond to 12/12 light !
Durban Poison, Lambs Bread, Double Chocolate, Green Crack and The Amnesia auto (sativa dominate).
All Canuk seeds from True North except the Green Crack from Crop Kings. Only had two seeds of the Green Crack so I decided to germinate both and be done with them.... .
My intention is to top/train and try to keep these under four feet.
This will challenge my trimming skills, I Hate cutting off healthy growth and a 2' x 2' footprint isn't a lot for a sativa.
Three gallon fabric pots with ProMix HP with Mychorrhizae, their version of Dynomyco
Fourteen inch saucers and thirteen inch plant elevators.
Nutrients are Mega Crop one part with Bud Explosion later in flower.
Well water with a ppm of ~500 and ph of ~7.5. I will not be using ph down !
The ProMix Hp is ph buffered and the MC is chelated (?) and worked well in my last grow !
My grow room or enclosure is a number of 4' high moveable panels with roughly a 4' x 4' footprint. Inside a 10' x 10' x 8' high room inside a 26' x 36' x 10' room. The panels are hollow core plastic lined with tin foil and sit 3/4" above the floor.
Most likely will increase the footprint to 5 x 5..
Two Honeywell 7" fans at 30 degrees, the idea is they draw air from the bottom and direct it up to the light. Then there is another fan exhausting the room. I normally don't have any problem keeping the temps in the mid 70's with a 600w MH/HPS light in a 42" parabolic reflector.
The light weight panels make it easy to move them out of the way and bases with 2" casters will make it easy to work on/rotate the plants to train/water/etc.
Older image of my set up, plants are auto's !
I don't do anything special for humidity. Evaporation from the fabric pots and the plants will usually help keep the RH a little above ambient for the rest of the larger room, 40-50% depending on the season.
For germinating seeds I've settled on placing each seed in a shot glass with about 1/2" of distilled water. They are then placed inside a plastic container and set on my kitchen table. Go away and leave them be... Peeking is permitted !
Last grow, five seeds, five seedlings. This grow six seeds, six seeds sprouted with this process.
Thirty six hours in the water and all had cracked or had a tap root. I let them go 48 hours before planting them in 650 g yogurt containers and under a 85W CFL bulb.
My half bale of ProMix HP is likely a year old and dry so I wet it to run off with a solution of .7g MC in 2.5L of water. Half of their recommended dose for seedlings. ~ 100 ppm over my well water.
FYI > I totally forgot about my usual procedure for planting, pock a hole in the soil with your index finger the depth of your fingernail !
Place seed in the bottom and gently fill with soil. I used a toothpick to make a cone shaped hole and had some trouble getting a few seeds in without undue handling, sigh.... Senior moment, eh ?
As I understand it, the depth helps the seedling shed it's shell easier...
Day 4 was first watering, 1/2 cup each.
On Day 7 all of the girls were praying and working on their third set of leaves !
Couple things of note.
On my last seedlings start, I made a box of white foam core to maximize the light from the bulb.
This time I made a cylinder of cardboard 12" high. As expected I noticed the first signs of green mold.
No problem, scuffed up the surface of the soil. Gone.
Then after their first watering I noticed the start of a white mold. Oh oh....
Not surprising since they weren't getting any air movement in the cylinder !
Removed the cylinder, scuffed the surface of the soil and installed a 50 cfm fan about 20" away.
Disaster avoided
I should know better, air movement is important at all stages of growth, just another senior moment !
The girls containers were feeling light enough for a watering late yesterday (Day 9).
So I forced myself to wait till this morning !
First one I watered from the bottom. Just placed the container in a small saucer and added water.
Great idea, took too long, sigh.
A tray would have worked for all of them at the same time but I wanted to limit them to a healthy 1/2 cup each.
So I watered around the outside of the containers from the top !
Just enough to moisten the soil with no run off....
That seems to be the happy spot !
Cheers
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