Grow Room TD and Cream Caramel - Microgrow

[vapeo]

Will be growing out the seemingly ever-popular Dutch Passion Think Different and Sweet Seeds Cream Caramel. I know these two strains have been relatively well-documented here already, but the Micro-section seems to be lacking, so here we go. Power to the little people

But first, the boring details,

Cab - 14'w x 12'l x 24'h inches
Lamps - 1st 8 days 42w CFL 6500k (24/0), day 8-18 TWO 42w CFLs 6500k (20/4), days 18+ various wattages of 2700k spectrum on standby to be added as temps allow (18/6)
Soil - Promix Ultimate Organic w/microherd (PH 6.8 to 7.2) <- theoretically
Ammendments - Perlite (alot) Vermiculite (a little), Fast-acting Lime (some), and Biotone w/microherd
Nutes - Biotone (starter), Alaska Fish Emulsion (veg), Buddha Bloom (flower), Molassas (cal-mag)
Meals - w/o nutes, tap water will be Ph'd to 6.0-6.4 using Distilled White Vinegar (also dechloromined and aerated). Fish Emulsion feedings will be on the acidic side while Buddha Bloom is highly acidic and the reason for the lime amendment in the soil. I don't have a good way of measuring the PH of nutrient solutions yet except for litmus paper so I will only know "a range"

Seeds were germinated by a 24 hour soak then directly in their final boots, pre-moistened 1 Gallon Square Nursery Pots.

Rainfall - Day 1 = sprout
Day 4
CC - Ph'd water (40ml)
TD - nada drop

Seems that I have one pot drying faster than the other, which isn't ideal considering that I expect vast differences in the requirements of these two strains as it is.

Questions, comments, concerns, observations, past experiences with the strains and even advice is not only welcomed, but strongly encouraged. I'm a grower with little time to reply much, but will try my best.

Also, bear with me on pics as I'm not a photographer and have had trouble posting them here lately, but they should be coming shortly.

Anyone know about the nutrient sensitivity of either of these two strains? Thanks for stopping in and again, welcome to this micro grow.

 

[blue]

Nice Nice Nice!

A TD microgrow sounds fun! I've only really seen them get Huge! And Cream Caramel is bound to be a winner! I've not grown it on it's own, but i have grown crosses (black cream and cream mandarin) and the black cream was totally delicious!!

good luck with the grow buddy!

All the best
Blue ^_^

 

[vapeo]

Thanks Blue. More than happy to have you along. :hug:

I have a feeling I might be having to tie the different thinker down at some point. LST is def in the grow plan for her. Not sure about the CC. I'll be estatic though if I start running out of room in my cab. Will mean that all is going extremely well.

:gthumb:

 

[vapeo]

Think Different

day2
day5
day5
day6

 

[vapeo]

Cream Caramel

day2
day5
day5
day6

 

[vapeo]

The Cab



Hope you enjoyed the photo OP of the baby girls. Today is day 7 and I had planned on giving them a drink but they don't seem to need it. May be raining along with adding another star to the setup tomorrow instead. Thanks for peeking in.

 

[vapeo]

Rainfall
day 7
CC - Ph'd water (80ml)
TD - Ph'd water (80ml)

Went ahead with the watering last night. Mainly just getting it documented for my own benefit to keep track

 

[vapeo]

Rainfall
day 8
CC - Ph'd water (~900 ml)
TD - Ph'd water (~900 ml)

Plants were looking like they needed water so I watered the whole pot just enough to get runoff. Also Ph'd the water to the 5.5-6.0 range since I theoretically have my soil setup for acidic feedings. Plants have really responded and taken off since. Updates coming soon. Stay tuned

 

[Herbfulness]

Finally a journal by Vapeo!! I have been wanting a journal from you since last year :hug:

Your sprouts seems really good, we can compare our current grow side by side as they are both almost at the same age. Good luck with your grow and i will definitely be checking on you mate. Here is some :karma Cloud:

 

[vapeo]

thanks k'crox and welcome buddy

Today is day 13 for my little ones. Look for a full update by next weekend.