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The Psyche Gardens

Just throwing what I had together real quick.
 

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#1 OG kush may do fine

#2 wedding gelato looking ok

#3 royal runts, which is still limbo purgatory state.

So, lol. God.damnit.

Change of plans now

So the 5 mom plan and 13 cuts from each for 65 clones is Dead.


Last picture is the other seeds that are now un-labled and they don't really look like they are doing anything

Basically 150$ down the drain

😢
Kind of wondering about germination methods preferred and ones that work every time. These look like rockwool cubes. Are they plain or do they have some Xtra growth formula? Are people having more success with the BB vertical germinator?
 
Kind of wondering about germination methods preferred and ones that work every time.
kind of up to ones preference

you can soak seeds in tap water, filtered water, spring water, RO water, Distilled, you're own mixed solution, etc, ones preference really.

i like to give my seeds/seed starts/seedlings a pinch of nutes and i use hypo acid and 34% H2O2 to keep things "sterile"
These look like rockwool cubes. Are they plain or do they have some Xtra growth formula?
just plain 1inch RW cubes that i add my own nutrient ratio solutions to, like, "starter" , higher PK-to-N ratio, or N-pK ratios, 0.1-2.0 E.C 5.4-5.6 pH, that i can also Grow in the cubes too, or add more cubes for more media space

rockwool is basically a "high-performance media"
Are people having more success with the BB vertical germinator?
RW seems to have a little learning curve for people/some.

those look cool and straight forward, but they do JUST that, Germinate, where with the cubes you can germinate, and grow out a root system, and uppot or move to another system, add more media/coco/perlite/rockwool, transfer to a aero/hydro system, or ebb & flow system, etc....
 
kind of up to ones preference

you can soak seeds in tap water, filtered water, spring water, RO water, Distilled, you're own mixed solution, etc, ones preference really.

i like to give my seeds/seed starts/seedlings a pinch of nutes and i use hypo acid and 34% H2O2 to keep things "sterile"

just plain 1inch RW cubes that i add my own nutrient ratio solutions to, like, "starter" , higher PK-to-N ratio, or N-pK ratios, 0.1-2.0 E.C 5.4-5.6 pH, that i can also Grow in the cubes too, or add more cubes for more media space

rockwool is basically a "high-performance media"

RW seems to have a little learning curve for people/some.

those look cool and straight forward, but they do JUST that, Germinate, where with the cubes you can germinate, and grow out a root system, and uppot or move to another system, add more media/coco/perlite/rockwool, transfer to a aero/hydro system, or ebb & flow system, etc....
We've been able to transplant successfully from the germinator to soil, grow plugs and coco. My plant right now was germinated in the VG and then placed into a grow plug by cutting a slit in the plug. I got that method from SweetLeaf. I know Stoney and Bandit are also using the VG straight to soil. Bandit just did like 21 beans or something like that with his custom XLVG.

You could potentially do the same with rockwool?
 
We've been able to transplant successfully from the germinator to soil, grow plugs and coco. My plant right now was germinated in the VG and then placed into a grow plug by cutting a slit in the plug. I got that method from SweetLeaf. I know Stoney and Bandit are also using the VG straight to soil. Bandit just did like 21 beans or something like that with his custom XLVG.

You could potentially do the same with rockwool?
Definitely

Just depends if you're able to get the seedling on/in it, wrapped in the wool
 
It can tear apart easily but not too brittle necessarily

So one can easily tear and wrap a seedling up
Right on. Keep doing whatever works for you, though. Just thought I would chime in and help with Siam's question.

I also germinated several seeds by just plopping them in a wet grow plug. Seemed like both ways took about the same amount of time.
 
Right on. Keep doing whatever works for you, though.
Id use one of those VGs too, looks like a nice way to prop some seedlings up and then drop em into a hydro media/system
Just thought I would chime in and help with Siam's question.
Of course, just passing some info along
I also germinated several seeds by just plopping them in a wet grow plug. Seemed like both ways took about the same amount of time.
Probably my personal favorite, for quick and easy, seems, 24-48 hours usually, just simple cup of water, some peroxide.

Just keeping in mind how you want the seedling to develop to and where it's going next
 
"Wedding Gelato"

5.4-5.6 pH
1.0-2.0 e.c

Nice shade/pigmentation to her.

Little too much ppfd but she's ~99% healthy I'd say
 

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11 more seeds down

Till I get the mom's/clones figured out for the bag grow

17 atm/currently in the 5x5

42 plants in the 2x4

+5 more seeds + 6 cuts

70 total "plants" right now.

70 cannabis plants

+/- 5 random plants
 

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"Wedding Gelato"

5.4-5.6 pH
1.0-2.0 e.c

Nice shade/pigmentation to her.

Little too much ppfd but she's ~99% healthy I'd say
I'll grow her out to "mom" her, I suppose

She's looking decent.
 
Empty tents are pretty irritating lmao.
Especially when you have a small place to live/grow and theyre just taking up space not being used. Its a piss off for sure lol.
Yea was getting impatient waiting on moms/clones and being able to buy more media to fill the tent up with the bags.....so I'll just play around with Dwc in the mean time

"Og kush" and a 'gelato 45" in there along with more of my pollen chucking seeds
 

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Nicely flat.
150FLAT.
150-200 PPFD over 16~ hours

Sucked the Cubes off with the vaccum cleaner to dry them back,(lol), and added only 1-5mL of Solution, I'll have to check over night to make sure they dry completely.

I'll attempt to manually keep them in a certain state of underwatered,/ W%content, and should be able to watch them spit roots out rapidly.

Last pic shows, like so.
 

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trying to sleep and take care of daughter, didnt check these till 12am...the gelato 45 was wilted dry along with the baby OG kush

The g45 came back, the og kush was taking longer, I went ahead and scrapped her.

Replaced with another unlabeled
 

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This will be a challenge.
 

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trying to sleep and take care of daughter, didnt check these till 12am...the gelato 45 was wilted dry along with the baby OG kush

The g45 came back, the og kush was taking longer, I went ahead and scrapped her.

Replaced with another unlabeled
Hehehe try this way instead
 

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@Rootsruler
Ca(OCI)2 or Ca(CIO)2
+
34% H202
=
think that's chlorine gas/and oxygen gas/vapors lol.

The plant is fine, the algae there is fucked, haha.

Just rinsed it off with the water there after.
 

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Confusing

Ca(cio)2 or
Ca(ocI)2

Guess its same spelling/correct either wayScreenshot_20240128-010103_Chrome.jpg
 

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Watah
 

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Dont think this will work, not too long anyways, too much light hitting the water.
 

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I'll let it run a few more days or so, thought the h2o2 34% AND calcium hypochlorite would be enough/work to fight off any contams and algae....does not seem to be the case, and I may have used too much

I don't know lol.

The seeds are sprouting though.

Worse comes , I'll just put the seedling cubes in the grow bags.

Experimenting.
 
Just rolling with it.
 

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Not what I wanted to do, not ideal.

Wanted to stack it up, 64 fems, but plans....

And tired of it sitting empty.
Youll get it bro.
Its hard to do things ya wanna do when money is so tight. I feel you man
 
Youll get it bro.
Its hard to do things ya wanna do when money is so tight. I feel you man
For real.

Id love to setup a proper rdwc too, but that's expensive.

I have no tools and no materiels

I would have filled this up with the bags and fem clones or fem seeds or , rockwool on slabs completely automated, if not aero/hydro.
 
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hope majority are females.

See how this does.

See how much growth I can get in 1 month, without proper environmental control
 

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Spread the pots out some more and add a couple weeks extra veg bro, youll be happy you did 😁
I'll veg for at least one month, which Is usually enough or more than enough, depending if the variables/parameters are kept at optimum conditions, consistently, 24/7

I'll probably be 2 months, though , see how "well" or not they/ I do this run lol


not the happiest starting this way cause it's again not what I wanted/planned to do, and their regs....but oh well

Guess I'll be rotating some plants around.
 
Ohoh

Inspector is here

Hope I dont disappoint too much, lol.
 

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