Sawney Bean Grow Shows 2023 Bob's first go at a SOG - Sawney's SOS grown in BioTabs

Hey Friends

This morning a nice layer of foam was building in the bucket. This means the bennies are doing their job. It's then that I noticed this bucket was 20L instead of 10L, lol...stoners right
Anyway, the mix needed to be diluted since I don't want to overdo it with these ladies. I planned on doubling it, but there was already 14L in the bucket, so I added six more liters when I was at the tent. Don't want to spill anything as this mix smells like a fresh compost heap. Not bad, but also not a smell you want in the house for a long time


I also mixed up a batch of Boom Boom Spray with the tea...


This went as followed...I sifted 1L of the tea through a funnel with a handkerchief inside it so there wouldn't be any particles that could get stuck in the sprayer.


Next, I measured 5ml of Boom Boom Spray and added it to the mix.


After gathering all my stuff and just before I got to work...

Time to see if these S.o.S. girls are witches after all...
Each pot was put inside the mix until no airbubbles appeared anymore, then it was very slowly pulled out so the soil wouldn't lose it's structure.


Before being put inside the tent each plant got a hefty dousing with the mixed up tea with the Boom Boom Spray.
The Ikea pot rack created some distance between the bottom of the pots and the tray, but still there was loads of excess gathering in the right corner.


I soon installed a makeshift siphoning tube, so the tray got emptied while I was working. What's that?, men can't do two things at once?


50 minutes of work in a nice gif...Hit refresh if you want to see it run again...


Just before closing the tent up and going back to the kitchen to clean up after myself...


We're now about an hour and half since closing the tent and these are the values. I did had to raise the extraction and lighting to get everything up in the reasonable range. Still to wet and cold, but we need to loose quite some humidity in the next couple of hours...




Regards,

Bob

Hey friends

Make a note of the above mix, cause this is a winning combination I tells ya!!!
A day after dosing the ladies and growth is exploding! So much so that the amount of moisture my extraction fan needed to remove was stupendous. Never was there a need for me to turn it to 75%, except when the lights were out. But during the last 24 hours I slowely had to up the speed to keep everything at a VPD of 1.10
So earlier today I removed a couple of leaves, not to much, but just enough to get some light to the lowest of shoots I decided to keep. Maybe I'll remove some more, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there...
Anyway, a gif for you instead of three seperate pictures. Felt this shows the growth difference between yesterday and today in a much better fashion.
1st picture = yesterday after dosing, 2nd pic = today just before defol and 3th pic = after defoliating.


So to keep all the environmentals in check I decided to stop with the 28 hour day and continue with 24/7 lights as of today. This was a fun experiment and I do believe the plants health has benefited from the lights out period. So much so that I might as well incorporate this into my future grows. Live and learn right

Oh yeah, three days have past since my last time lapse so it's time for another one. On a sidenote, I just realized a couple of minutes ago that the camera must have moved during one of my visits, so next one I'll be adjusting that, but going higher isn't an option anymore, so if the ladies grow bigger, some of them will disappear from the frame...
N°10 in this series: Duration 76 hours, speed 25fps. Enjoy!!





Regards,

Bob

Thanks for the rep mate, but it's your genetics I'm running buddy


Have a look at them ladies! Those bud sites are emerging everywhere


Pretty little flowers ♥


You can still see the difference between the larger and smaller pheno, but the canopy is slowly evening out...


The soil looks dry, but the pots still have some weight to them.


Just a couple of mm's below the top layer the soil is moist and full of life.


Dunking the pots in the tea surely had some risk factor to it...The soil could have become oversaturated with all the consequences that accompanied that. But I made sure the VPD was in the right range, the light was dialed up which not only gave the plants more PPFD, but also raised the temperature. The co² generator must have done something right?


Anyway, I did remove a couple of leaves that were bothering me and a handful of small shoots that wouldn't amount to much.
They look ready to enjoy their vacation under the artificial sunlight, but should I do another defoliation in a week or two? What do you think buddy?



Regards,

Bob

Sawney_bean said:

Another week or so before removing more . They are looking real lush mate.
Fattening up time is approaching .

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Another week!!
Don't think that'll work mate have a look for yourself


Just finished with the second part of the 5L is was giving them. One more 5L of plain water to give and then it's PK Booster Compost Tea time again

Even had to turn the lights down! I'm back at only 60%, but still there's more then enough light going to these pretties


Oh, I'm so proud at these perty ladies guys ♥
Look at them go...This is from the last five days. Sped up to 60fps to keep the time short. Let's try to upload it to the forum this time
Oh yeah baby!!! Thank you @blue, @Son of Hobbes and everyone else that keeps this amazing site ticking ♥




Regards,

Bob

Bill.de.Cat said:

Still looking thick in there....tropical forest thick....need a machete

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I know right!! Was thinking to myself..."What would @Vapo do?" Most likely laugh at my previous attempt at defoliating...
So, I went back to the tent and got to work...


This go-around I took way more leaves then I ever did.


What do you guys think of these results? Looking at this picture I could have taken more leaves, but I couldn't anymore...


This "schwazzing" did reveal loads of budsites, so we are getting there.


Pistils a-volenté


Room enough for all to expand. Really hope this will let them buds fill out


The remaining leaves are covered with trichomes, so these will stay






Regards,

Bob