Photoperiod Slaters Garden...

[TheMongol]

Still have a smile on my face...

 

[Slater]

Florganic update and the start of the test coming soon (we have stared and been mixed)... when my flipping phone decides to work flipping work... contract is up soon and guess what the flipping gremlins have moved in

 

[Trichome farmer]

Florganic update and the start of the test coming soon (we have stared and been mixed)... when my flipping phone decides to work flipping work... contract is up soon and guess what the flipping gremlins have moved in

im still in doubt i think slater is hiding a cherry tree from us good to hear your getting to do the florganics how did you go about mixing the soil/coco and where are you leaving it to cook @TheMongol did you get anything started at the weekend ?

 

[TheMongol]

im still in doubt i think slater is hiding a cherry tree from us good to hear your getting to do the florganics how did you go about mixing the soil/coco and where are you leaving it to cook @TheMongol did you get anything started at the weekend
No, shame on me broje me 2 rips on the left side, will sit this evening on laptop...

Nope, it will be tomorrow

 

[Slater]

im still in doubt i think slater is hiding a cherry tree from us good to hear your getting to do the florganics how did you go about mixing the soil/coco and where are you leaving it to cook @TheMongol did you get anything started at the weekend ?

I got some pics sorted and a write up ready to go. I just got to get couple more pics but I'm havin a flipping day with my flipping phone. Keeps switching it flipping self off randomly and often when I'm when using the camera... Always happens as the contract is about to finish, can't have you using the same phone for longer than the contract. Got to make you get a new one... I say conspiracy.

I love cheery's, my favorite fruit

 

[Trichome farmer]

I got some pics sorted and a write up ready to go. I just got to get couple more pics but I'm havin a flipping day with my flipping phone. Keeps switching it flipping self off randomly and often when I'm when using the camera... Always happens as the contract is about to finish, can't have you using the same phone for longer than the contract. Got to make you get a new one... I say conspiracy.

I love cheery's, my favorite fruit

I will be waiting patiently for your write up mate

 

[GrowillaGorilla]

Welcome to Slaters Garden

Welcome back to the garden AFN crew and welcome to all new AFN crew I haven't met yet.
Where have I been, well busy with life, job and family and something had to give so social media took a back seat for bit. Well I'm back now with a new jouranl on my adventures in my garden.
Going to keep everything in one place, this will keep it easy for me to stay on top things. Also I shall be hanging out in the photo period section seen as 2018 is all about the photo for me... still love growing auto's and have one on the go all the time in the veg tent but I'm discovering a brand new world this year. Learning how to clone, doing my first pheno hunt. I'm just having the time of my life right now. Even plan to do some breeding some time in the very near future... Think I've managed to persuade the misses to let me have a tent in our bedroom away from the loft garden just for the one run for seeds (one run my ass). I'm working on it and pretty sure its a yes. She is warming to the idea... I will keep you up to date on that one as the situation unfolds.
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Right lets dive into the green stuff and take ya on the tour of the garden and what growing right now

Flower tent no.01

Weapons for this tent
310w of LED COBs @ 1050ma (5 @ 3000k and 3 @ 4000k)
Coco
Full Remo nute line up
Mammoth P

So what are we growing...
3 pheno's of GG4 by darkhorse gentics on their secound run and 1 Glueberry by Dutch passion. We are on week 8, day 58... I think
Next up in this tent a pheno hunt for Alien Rift by Ocean Grown... I'm so excited a little bit wee just came out.

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Flower tent no.02

Weapons for the tent
250w COB LED @ 1400ma
120w COB LED @ 1050ma
Coco
Remo nutes
Mammoth P

Whats growing...
Maple Sherbet cross with Pre 98 Skunk by seed stockers... Loving this grow... loving seed stockers... check out the stacking, pictures don't do them justice.
I've decide that I have to have a grow on all year with them... OG Candy kush next

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Coming soon... Flower tent no 03... powered by new toys...2 x quantum boards by HLG @2100ma.
Zombie kush by Ripper seeds will be the first head liner.

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Pull a chair up and roll a phat one, we got some growing to be doing



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Oh my lord. There was a time in my life that I wanted to be Evel Knievel and then Ace Frehley now... I want to be Slater's Garden.

 

[GrowillaGorilla]

Thanks @Eclectic Elle its been fun designing it, still got a few more tweaks to go.

Right its time for a Garden Up date... The end is nigh

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Happy Friday every one and happy chop day from the garden. Its time for the GG4 to come down. Here's the last pics of the best of the buds.

Lets start with pheno no1, we have nick named her 'Pub Bins'... its not the best smelling plant in flower but after the cure she take's on a fruity edge. ,


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Pheno no2, wonderful smell to this one, warm candy shop with a hint of berry's. Not smoked this one yet, the last run has been made into some ice water hash that's still on the cure.

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And finally Pheno no3. frostiest plant to grace my garden and you'd think I would have taken more then one shot of the buds... doh!

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Now its time to reset for my first ever pheno hunt with reg seeds... coming up Alien Rift by Ocean grown

Like seeing my first Hustler Magazine all over again.

 

[Slater]

Up Date from the Garden

Floganics Test

Time to get this test underway, this will be my first super soil / amendment soil grow... I used to grow in soil with organic nutes so I think I got the feel for this

Test out line -
I did think of doing this test with clones and really it should be but my garden timing determines the running order and what come next so we are growing from seed for this round.
So what am I going to test then, I did think about looking at how it performs against a coco grow but coco has so many advantages over soil (veg time being one of the biggest factors) so I don't think it would be a fair test on plant size or even yield. I'm not saying coco is better its just that coco growing is a form of hydroponics and we all know how hydro can grow monsters very quickly.
So the main focus of this test will be over the ease of floganics over my coco grow set up- Like How much time does it take up and how fussy is it to grow with. Is it the answer to just watering and walking away. Basically how much of a bother is it over my coco grow set up.
The other focus i would like to look at is its terps and taste at the end. I know its going to be flawed test from the start due to not using clones but I want to see if I can tell any difference between my slat grown plants and the floganics... its the one argument the organic lot like throw at us slat chuckers, that it tastes better... my personal opinion on that is its all perspective. In a true blind taste test I bet most couldn't tell the difference between a very well grown slat grow over and an organic grow... but if we was talking sun grown then we might have an argument but that's not what this is about.

So lets introduce the test subjects - Amnesia by Seed Stockers (my new no.01 for feminized seeds)... can't go wrong with these breeders, solid, stable and very potent with amazing yields. This is my 4th grow (3rd strain) with them. So you are in for a treat lady's and gentlemen if you have not had the pleasure of a seedstockers grow.

So what has seed stockers got to say about this strain -

Seed Stockers Amnesia is a timeless classic, selected for extreme potency this is a variety you will want to grow again and again. This pure-bred Haze variety has a famously strong smoke (typically 23%-24% THC) and is not recommended for inexperienced smokers. The high is psychedelic and long lasting, for some it is also a devastatingly potent variety which creates genuine Amnesia (memory loss) for the smoker while they are high. Harvest quantities are above average, but most repeat growers choose Amnesia for the sheer strength of the smoke. The Seedstockers version of Amnesia was bred using the original Amnesia genetics from the south of Holland in a 3-way cross with Outlaw Amnesia and Super Silver Haze from Amsterdam. The result is a very commercially attractive original Haze strain.

Sounds good doesn't it... I do love the bit about genuine amnesia, that's why I got them.

Right back to the soil... I shall be using biobizz light to mix the floganics into and will be making up just enough for one 12ltr pot

I have followed @TheMongol instructions to the letter on how to mix, here they are -

You have to do 2 different mixes for the final pot: 1 mix at the bottom with a ratio of 1:5 and above with 1:20.

That would be 6 liter for the lower bottom half of the pot and 6 liter for the upper half of the pot

1:20 should be 120 ml Florganic on 6 liter soil, i googled with a gal/liter calculator: 0,031 Florganic/ 6liter soil
1:5 should be 1,2 liter Florganic on 6 liter soil: 0,31 Florganic/6 liter soil

How to do:

For this little amount you can take something like a bowl, laundry basket or similar, put the lightmix in and remove all roots, stems and such, then put the Florganic in and mix it well with your hands breaking some little balls in soil and superfood then water it with maximum 10% of the complete medium, that would be less than 600 ml=0,6 liter=0,158 gal.

It´s depending on how much dry the lightmix is, but not more then 10% that´s very important, because if not you get the opposite of ph self adjusting, trust me i had to learn it the hard way -----> can you hear me that´s very important!!!!!

After you have mixed and watered it give in a bag or something you can close totally and let it stand at a warm and dark place, so all the microorganism, mushrooms etc. get activated. After 0ne week you can use it and fill your pots with 1:5 bottom pot part and 1:20 upper half part of the pot, put the glh in it and water it completely. i think 10-14 days should be enough to root the 3 gal pot out. and have lots of fun with it!!!!

I used a liter jug to measure out my amounts into large container

Mixed well by hand and added just shy of 500ml of RO water to each mix... I was very conservative here with the water, @TheMongol was very insistent on that part of the instructions.

I then placed each mix into bags an used reusable cable ties to label them

It has now been placed into the only space left in the garden for a couple of weeks.

This test is going to take some time, we have a minimum of 4 weeks before they can go into the main tent so please hang around for the show...
But in the mean time to satisfy some bud porn addiction here are my Maple Sherbet x Pre 98 Skunk by seed stockers on there final few days... Think they will be coming down tomorrow.

And just to prove I haven't given up on auto's here is a Girls Scout Cookie by fastbuds taking up space in my veg tent (don't ask me what week we are on, I like to use the force when growing auto's)... she is in 5ltr pot and has been stunted on purpose to fill that pot size and space she's in.
I'm loving growing auto's this way, no larf just bud till the cow's come home... I was just shy of 3oz on one plant growing this way.

Thanks for stopping by, take care, be safe and

dudes.

 

[Slater]

Like seeing my first Hustler Magazine all over again.

dude like that's the best comment ever... its going to be hard to beat that kind of complement