Indoor Bill's Test Thread

[Bill.de.Cat]

Still growing and putting on weight...really surprised how this is turning out so far....and really liking not pH ing water or nutrient mix...still got fungus gnats even after the mosquito bits drenching so going to do a bake off of the soil once these are done and just scorched earth the lil basturdz....

A few close ups to show the level of nutrient defficiency I'm noticing.

Am showing a bit on the Strawberry Mango Crumble.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Ok kittens, plants nearing the finish line. So far not suffering from as much deficiencies as I normally get in flowering. Will break out the microscope this week and check.

Deficiencies showing in fan leaves.

Maybe another 2 to 4 weeks.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Just waiting on the last bit of water to drain from reservoir and will be chopping. Did pretty nicely for Osmocote and water.
Some flash pics

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Round 2 of the Osmocote Experiment:
Been a couple weeks, been busy with life but the testing never really stops.....Same soil from the last 2 grows has been cooked to kill off the bad things..Mostly fungus Gnats...baked at 200 F for 30 minutes....which will kill any good stuff as well but I can reintroduce that....Added Osmocote at 1.5 scoops per pot...Took my time, cleaned the tent really well with bleach and water mix......waited a few days and did it again for good measure, wiped down all lights, ducting, rachet straps etc......washed the filter sock and strap cords....cleaned up the autopots....It's all as clean as I can get it.....refilled the pots and set in place to get to room temp, dropped 12 beans, 4 GT (S1), 4 GT (F1) and 4 Big Ticket ( GT x Big Bomb cross ). Less than 48 hours all had 1/4 to 1/2 inch tails so carefully placed in pots ( 2 per pot ) and a day later we have have signs of life. Waiting on life from all 6 pots to call a start date on this grow, thinking sometime this weekend so will post pics at that time.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

OK, gonna call it a start. 3 sets of 2 from my seeding test of the DIY STS test. Golden Ticket freebies that were selfed (S1), crossed back (F1) and crossed with Big Bomb from Bomb Seeds (Big Ticket). 4 of each were soaked then planted 2 per pot.
S1's are from 1st planting,

had a no show on 1st planting of BT in 1 pot so dropped 2 more in and watered...think the first pic is from those (might be another popping up in a day or 2)

Same with the F1's

Viability ( all of the first batch sprouted in water) and sudden cold temps the past few days are certainly adding to the slow start, but we seem to be off to the races now...

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

S1's still only singles so far....

Big Ticket's gave up another seedling

and a double on the F1's

Might just keep the doubles and tie em down to see how 2 per pot run since I have no idea on what size they'll be.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Seeing some growth on most...

Will try for two in this pot to see how they grow.

Last one is the one I replanted in each corner.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

The F1's are a little behind the others but that's OK..

The Golden Ticket x Big Bomb cross is doing well.

The S1's are doing the best so far..

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

They are doin OK but not as big as I'd hoped for 3 weeks. Topped the S1's and Big Tickets at 5th node.

The F1's are growing but real small. Not ready for topping yet.

Will be filling the res and turning it on this weekend. Color is good on all of them, no sign of deficiencies or toxicity.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Still growing good for the most part. F1s are all showing runty characteristics so far.

And one of the S1s is a bit small.

Still no other nutrients than initial Osmocote and still plain old tap (well) water with no pH testing done.