New Grower Mara's continuous grow

[Suki]

I'm back in the saddle. I haven't been able to finish the grow room yet because my old joints been too creaky. My back hasn't been right since I over-did it with the roto-tiller a month ago. Meanwhile my jars are getting dangerously low since one o' my kids decided to roll 'em thicker and has been burning through 1/2 oz every 3 or 4 days. Weather is beautiful, so no more excuses. I started my next "NY-legal" grow of 3 plants on the shelf I use to sprout veggies:
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It's my first stab at Mephisto gear. That's 2 Double Grape Auto's and a Moth Man Auto. I had to start over on one DG that didn't sprout and I had to soak another. So DG.3 is a few days behind the others, but I'm calling all 3 one week old today. Here's the plan:
Growing in 3 gallon fabric pots with coco & perlite (2.5:1).
So far they're under (2) 65w LED boards (an HLG65 and a Yuson1000).
At a month old each will get her own 100w LED (If I can't finish the grow room by then they might have to make do with sunshine).
I'm watering twice a day to runoff.
I simplified the feeding schedule I was using for General Hydroponics Flora series nutes:
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I'll post a pic every week if life endures. I feel much better with my 3 new companions learning new tricks every day. I intend to start 3 more when these are halfway done, to comply with the new NY law (MRTA). My last 3 plants gave me a 6-month supply of 1-hit shit, but these are small strains I think. "The hardest thing about predicting the future is it hasn't happened yet." [per philosopher Y. Berra]

I found a company that sells whole tobacco leaves (leafonly .com). A quarter pound of whole tobacco leaves makes a lot of wraps (maybe 60 to 100?) for a fraction of the cost of the retail Backwoods the kids were using. I can't smoke tobacco meself. I'm still vaping with the Arizer Solo and taking MCT oil infusions "as needed." (note to moderator: Please delete this paragraph if the link is against the rules)

Thanks to all you Live Stoners who've brought me this far.

There you are! We were wondering where you'd gotten off to!

 

[Kyote]

Was wondering where ya been .. ok ur still here with us :smoking:

 

[Frank the Dank]

Good to see you back around my friend

 

[DCLXVI]

Nice to see you again! Sounds like the child has been in the cookie jar too much eh? Perhaps they need to take on their own plant?

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks for the rep, advice, and encouragement @420Forever. I wasn't gone completely, just lurking on the sidelines with no grow to share.

Yes, @DCLXVI, she's itching to grow her own, but with small kids and visits from Child Protective Services it would be hard right now. In the meantime she keeps my stash from getting stale.

 

[Lil Dab]

yup exactly what everyone else has said glad to see you around Mara tuned in

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks, @Dale's Proper Bud!

 

[Mara Cachafa]

I'm calling the girls 2 weeks old today, although actually one is 2 days older and one is 5 days younger:

Last season I was starting a plant every 3 weeks. This time I'm starting 3 at a time, about 5 or 6 weeks apart. Now I can mix the nutes in bigger batches, and maybe automate watering. It looks like they're on schedule to top them by 3 weeks old. Here are closeups:


It's great to be growing again. Thanks to all the Live Stoners!

 

[Mara Cachafa]

What a difference a week makes! At 3 weeks old there's branches popping out all over. They'll definitely need more room next week. I topped MM.1 and DG.2 yesterday, but I'll leave DG.3 un-topped.:

I added a black vinyl gutter under the wire shelf so all 3 pots drain into the orange bucket. I empty it before each watering so I can keep tabs on how much runoff I'm getting. They're each getting 1/3 liter morning and evening of rainwater with General Hydroponics Flora nutes and CALiMAGic (week 3 formula). I raised the 65w LED's a couple of inches (now 14" above the tops). Here are the details:

Gnome MothMan.1 is 23 days old, topped yesterday:


Mephisto DoubleGrape.2 is 21 days old, topped yesterday:


Mephisto DoubleGrape.3 is 18 days old. I think I'll leave her untopped and see if she finishes faster (stash is getting low!):


I'm gonna try and get the basement grow room done this week so they can finish in an ideal environment.
Thanks to all the Live Stoners!

 

[Mara Cachafa]

The girls are screaming for more room. It's time to spread the branches, but I need to do a little more work on the grow room before I move them.

For feeding purposes I'm calling them 4 weeks old today. Actual ages, left to right, are:
Double Grape.2 is 28 days old, Double Grape.3 is 23, and Moth Man.1 is 30 days old.
I topped them all, on day 20, 18, and 22 respectively.
They're not showing sex yet, but are smelling up my office in a good way.

I finally finished the concrete retaining wall that should keep the back yard out of the basement grow room in the event of heavy rains:


The new 7" vent is complete up to the attic. I just need to complete the run from the attic through the roof, and cap it with a turbine extractor:


I hope to get the girls into the grow room, under bigger lights, with plenty of elbow room, in the next couple of days.
Thanks to all the Live Stoners!