Grow Mediums Multiple strain grow/Mainlining. 1st grow journal on this site.

[EstCst420]

Good day everyone, thank you for taking the time to join in and read this, please offer any advice or ask me anything and I will see if I can answer it for you. I myself have only been growing about 2 years and have had some great success and some major flops. I think so far I have run into alot of issues and have learned from them.

FOr this grow I am growing in AutoPots using 50/50 Coco and hydroton. I have put Hydroton in the bottom 2" of the pot and the rest is mixed. I have a perpetual grow going on so I have 2 rooms one for Veg and one for Flower. My room itself is about 12x14ft which host a 4x4 text that I use to flower in.

LIghting:
Veg room, I have 2 300W viper-spectra LEDS
Flower Room, I use 2, 315W CMH ballast

Nutrients/Supplements:
I consider myself lucky, I have local licenced producer that has developed his line of nutes that he sells. I have seen and smoked his bud which taste amazing. Normally I use Canna, but that is just too ridiculous in prices. So the switch hopefully will be kind to pocket book. I have posted a pic of his line below.
I also use the following as supplements, Super B1+, Rapid Start and Voodoo Juice, All geared towards the roots.

Strains:
This grow I will be growing the following.
1. Afghan
2. Mandarin Haze
3. Strawberry Banana
4. Sour Tangie
5. Blue Dream. This one is in a 7.5 gal pot, Which I think will be a bit too much for my small tent. But we will see. Lets hope I have the room.

On the topic of space, one of the thing I have had great success with is using the Mainlining technique to train my plants. If you are unsure of this please take sometime and read about it here.

http://www.growweedeasy.com/manifold

I do go one step further and will top once more so that I have 16 colas instead of 8. This should keep things short. Maybe My last grow I did this with Blue Dreams and they hit almost 7ft tall and started to burn on my lights. As I go on I will also explain the mainlining to help those that want to learn.

I will also be vegging about 6 to 8 weeks while I wait for the plants in my tent to finish. This is a good thing though, the training is stressful to plants and they need time to recover. Also this will give the roots lots of time to develop.

More to Follow.

 

[EstCst420]

Here are some pictures of where I am today, just after a month from Seed.

Afghan

Mandarin Haze

Strawberry Banana

Sour Tangie

Blue Dream

So far I let them grow to 6 nodes, Topped and cut everything off except for the 3rd nodes. These I will grow until they reach 3 nodes and will cut off the middle nodes on both sides. It is important that you keep these tied down. I like to use stainless steel ties to keep them straight. It will take about about a week for them to really get going until I am able to get to the next step.



I hope you are enjoying this so far.

Thank you for tuning in

 

[EstCst420]

This is the whole Mainlining technique in a nice picture form.

 

[Screwauger]

Looks on track and doing great. Nice organized grow and journal. Thanks and best of luck!! @EstCst420

 

[EstCst420]

Thank you for the kind words @Screwauger

I was reading the other day about cloning in Coco, it seems pretty easy and straight forward. So I thought I would give it a try it with the tops that I cut off the baby's I am growing. The procedure is straightforward.

1. Cut off clone
2. Cover root with rooting enzyme, which ever one that you use.
3. I mixed my coco with some water and 15ml of rhizotonic from canna.
4. put enough coco mix in your cups and make a hole to put the clone in and viola... put your clone in it. cover hole over and wait.

from what I have read it should take about 12 days for the roots to start producing. in the picture below these are 3 days in and are doing well so far. I keep the coco moist and mist with Ph'd (5.8 to 6.2) water 2 times a day. Also I just keep them upstairs in my window. Im not not really paying much attn to moisture or light. just really being careless and hopefully all should work out. I post updates on them as it goes.

PS.. THe wife wasn't happy about me doing this. I just told her it an experiment.

 

[Screwauger]

Looks like you're up on your tactics there.
I cloned a lot back in the nineties when I grew.
I have not cloned this go round because I lack a veg/clone area that would be light sealed from my flower tent.
I suppose I could just put them on the same light schedule.
I had excellent results with perlite/vermiculite mix but that was eons ago.
I suspect you will have roots within the time line you sighted.
Best of luck @EstCst420

ps your tag above didn't go through for some reason. If you type the "@" symbol then the first three letters of a username (for example Scr) the board will offer you a list of usernames starting with those letters. Choose the user you want from the drop down list and it will enter a "tag" on the post to that user. If by chance there are a ton of usernames that start with "Scr" and you don't see my name for eaxample, just type the next letter "Scre" and it will refine the search for you.
I "subbed up" or clicked the "watch Thread" botton upper right above your original post and that way I wall be flagged when there are posts in your journal.

 

[EstCst420]

@Screwauger Thanks for the tip. I was pretty high last night and thought that that happened. LOL. I wish I had of known about the coco cloning a few months back. I did a DIY cloner that will now sit in the basement. Oh well, ill find some use for it.