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Posting on a phone sure does suck, this is attempt number three...
This is my first real grow and I'm very excited! first things first, I have a set of goals that I hope to achieve with this grow:
1) Stealth is essential; smell, noise, light and overall appearance
2) Yield at least 0.5 oz of mid grade bud
3) Seed to harvest in no more than 75 days
4) Utilize training and BAP to stretch all branches out, SCROG
5a) Use GA3 or collodial silver to produce pollen for making feminised seeds
5b) if possible use above method to self fertilize some of the buds resulting in some feminised seeds.
6) Keep overall plant height at a minimum (10" total head room)
7) Try not too harvest early...
So those are my goals, number 5a and especially 5b are by far what I need the most help on.
I have one Himalaya Blue Diesel female seed. I also have a female afghan kush ryder as a back up. If all else fails I have two regular short riders and one regular flash brand santa. I live in an apartment and am only growing for myself.
I have finished the stealth grow box I will be using. Its an 18gal sterilite green plastic container measuring 22 inches long 16 inches wide and 16 inches tall. The inside was painted with one can of flat black spray paint then 2 cans of flat white spray paint, I should have used higher quality paint because it is easily damaged, next time specialty plastic spray paint first. However not a bit of light escapes, I can't tell the difference between lights on and off!
There is a 3" wide and 6" tall rectangular hole in the bottom right (viewing the tote with its length facing). At the top left of the box a computer fan (35cfm I think) is running 24/7. The fan seems to be adequate.
Lighting is 4 light fixtures, one in each corner of the lid. In each of these is a Y socket giving me room for 8 bulbs total. I used 8 26w soft white CFL's giving a total of 208 watts. At about 1500 lumens each that's 12000 lumens total. The area at the bottom of the grow box is about 2.5 square feet, but I'm only growing one plant in there so this should be enough light correct?
The lights are connected to a digital timer to be set on 20/4 from beginning to end. The timer and the fan are connected to a remote switch that works as far as 300 yards away($6). With this I should be able to turn it off in case of any unwanted visitors. Also am considering a switch on the closet door that would turn the setup off when the door is opened, in case I'm not around when unwanted visitors enter. I live in an apartment, I'm paranoid!
Since the total height of the container is only 16" I decided to use a shallow (6" tall) rectangular black plastic container with added drainage holes as a pot . The total volume is about 10L, there is 1" of lava rock on the bottom and 8L of fox farm ocean forest atop that. Does anyone think there will be a problem with the pot? Roots grow down as well as out, it shouldn't make a difference as long as the volume is adequate right? (I've heard between 1 and 3 gal for autos).
When I return from my trip on the 18th ill germinate the HBD using the paper towel method. Lately for other seeds I've been using water saturated silica gel and just plopping the seeds in there. This way there's nothing for the new roots to adhere to like they do with paper towels. The silica gel is well washed kitty litter, think I should try it?
The germinated seed will go into a peat pellet that will be placed immediately into the soil in the grow box. Considering the veg stage is so short and those peat pellets aren't super high quality soil, should I just plant straight in the soil instead?
I don't plan to use any nutes until 2 weeks from germination because I've heard ffof is pretty hot as is. Once its time for nutes ill use blooming nutes only. I may try molasses as well bit I need to read into that more. I don't want to buy any of those expensive fox farm nutes, any common products that should work well enough? Anything with Phosphorus as the greatest number should be good right? Any cheap and easy recommendations for other additives at this point?
I hope to bend all shoots from the plant to horizontal (top as well) in order to utilize the 2.5 square feet of space I have. At an as of yet undecided plant age a concentration of BAP http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-Benzylaminopurine will be sprayed over the entire plant. This should cause plenty of new shoot growth and help destroy atypical dominance. Its like topping the plant without actually damaging it. I've read, though only once (can't find much on bap and weed) that it can significantly increase the mass of the buds. More research is needed, anyone with experience or any knowledge on the subject please chime in.
the part of this grow I am most unsure of is the production of feminised seed utilizing this plant alone. I know its possible to use GA3 or collodial silver to produce male organs on the treated areas. Then the resulting pollen can be used to fertilize a female plant resulting in feminised seeds. However I'm curious about producing pollen from this grows HBD and then using it to fertilize a portion of its OWN buds.
I need to do more reading on this, though considering I'm dealing with an autoflowering plant any input would be soooo greatly appreciated. I'm concerned that by the time the GA3 or CS treatment results in pollen it will be too late to produce viable seeds.
If not, I could do lower branches only, harvest the seedless bud when I usually would leaving only the pregnant branches intact. I'm so confused on the timing, help!!!! (Please)
So ill be posting pictures ASAP. My setup was made on a very small budget, regardless of its appearance I hope I can meet all my goals!
On the 12th I placed 6 klip dagga (lions tail) seeds straight into a small container with fox farm soil, misted it very well, placed on the clear lid and put it in the grow box. Should be a good test to make the Hbd run Smoother. Great marijuana stand in and disguise.
Thanks for the help everyone, and sorry I type so much...
This is my first real grow and I'm very excited! first things first, I have a set of goals that I hope to achieve with this grow:
1) Stealth is essential; smell, noise, light and overall appearance
2) Yield at least 0.5 oz of mid grade bud
3) Seed to harvest in no more than 75 days
4) Utilize training and BAP to stretch all branches out, SCROG
5a) Use GA3 or collodial silver to produce pollen for making feminised seeds
5b) if possible use above method to self fertilize some of the buds resulting in some feminised seeds.
6) Keep overall plant height at a minimum (10" total head room)
7) Try not too harvest early...
So those are my goals, number 5a and especially 5b are by far what I need the most help on.
I have one Himalaya Blue Diesel female seed. I also have a female afghan kush ryder as a back up. If all else fails I have two regular short riders and one regular flash brand santa. I live in an apartment and am only growing for myself.
I have finished the stealth grow box I will be using. Its an 18gal sterilite green plastic container measuring 22 inches long 16 inches wide and 16 inches tall. The inside was painted with one can of flat black spray paint then 2 cans of flat white spray paint, I should have used higher quality paint because it is easily damaged, next time specialty plastic spray paint first. However not a bit of light escapes, I can't tell the difference between lights on and off!
There is a 3" wide and 6" tall rectangular hole in the bottom right (viewing the tote with its length facing). At the top left of the box a computer fan (35cfm I think) is running 24/7. The fan seems to be adequate.
Lighting is 4 light fixtures, one in each corner of the lid. In each of these is a Y socket giving me room for 8 bulbs total. I used 8 26w soft white CFL's giving a total of 208 watts. At about 1500 lumens each that's 12000 lumens total. The area at the bottom of the grow box is about 2.5 square feet, but I'm only growing one plant in there so this should be enough light correct?
The lights are connected to a digital timer to be set on 20/4 from beginning to end. The timer and the fan are connected to a remote switch that works as far as 300 yards away($6). With this I should be able to turn it off in case of any unwanted visitors. Also am considering a switch on the closet door that would turn the setup off when the door is opened, in case I'm not around when unwanted visitors enter. I live in an apartment, I'm paranoid!
Since the total height of the container is only 16" I decided to use a shallow (6" tall) rectangular black plastic container with added drainage holes as a pot . The total volume is about 10L, there is 1" of lava rock on the bottom and 8L of fox farm ocean forest atop that. Does anyone think there will be a problem with the pot? Roots grow down as well as out, it shouldn't make a difference as long as the volume is adequate right? (I've heard between 1 and 3 gal for autos).
When I return from my trip on the 18th ill germinate the HBD using the paper towel method. Lately for other seeds I've been using water saturated silica gel and just plopping the seeds in there. This way there's nothing for the new roots to adhere to like they do with paper towels. The silica gel is well washed kitty litter, think I should try it?
The germinated seed will go into a peat pellet that will be placed immediately into the soil in the grow box. Considering the veg stage is so short and those peat pellets aren't super high quality soil, should I just plant straight in the soil instead?
I don't plan to use any nutes until 2 weeks from germination because I've heard ffof is pretty hot as is. Once its time for nutes ill use blooming nutes only. I may try molasses as well bit I need to read into that more. I don't want to buy any of those expensive fox farm nutes, any common products that should work well enough? Anything with Phosphorus as the greatest number should be good right? Any cheap and easy recommendations for other additives at this point?
I hope to bend all shoots from the plant to horizontal (top as well) in order to utilize the 2.5 square feet of space I have. At an as of yet undecided plant age a concentration of BAP http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-Benzylaminopurine will be sprayed over the entire plant. This should cause plenty of new shoot growth and help destroy atypical dominance. Its like topping the plant without actually damaging it. I've read, though only once (can't find much on bap and weed) that it can significantly increase the mass of the buds. More research is needed, anyone with experience or any knowledge on the subject please chime in.
the part of this grow I am most unsure of is the production of feminised seed utilizing this plant alone. I know its possible to use GA3 or collodial silver to produce male organs on the treated areas. Then the resulting pollen can be used to fertilize a female plant resulting in feminised seeds. However I'm curious about producing pollen from this grows HBD and then using it to fertilize a portion of its OWN buds.
I need to do more reading on this, though considering I'm dealing with an autoflowering plant any input would be soooo greatly appreciated. I'm concerned that by the time the GA3 or CS treatment results in pollen it will be too late to produce viable seeds.
If not, I could do lower branches only, harvest the seedless bud when I usually would leaving only the pregnant branches intact. I'm so confused on the timing, help!!!! (Please)
So ill be posting pictures ASAP. My setup was made on a very small budget, regardless of its appearance I hope I can meet all my goals!
On the 12th I placed 6 klip dagga (lions tail) seeds straight into a small container with fox farm soil, misted it very well, placed on the clear lid and put it in the grow box. Should be a good test to make the Hbd run Smoother. Great marijuana stand in and disguise.
Thanks for the help everyone, and sorry I type so much...
