The Solo Cup Stretch Challenge

[Badfinger]

 

[Luketheduke]

I wish I could this year but I'm just now setting up the tent in the new apartment.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Well, since I dropped 3 and all of them popped and I only have room for 2 in the tent I guess I'm gonna be in it. Just need to get it together and planted this morning. Will edit here when I get my sh!t together.

There we go. Dropped to soak on Dec 1 and planted Dec 3.
Down n dirty. Cheap and quick stand.

Field fencing, epoxy and the bottom of an apple juice container. All components on hand.

 

[Badfinger]

This is probably a dumb question, do I need to post a pic when I put my soaked seed into the cup?

 

[DDubs]

This is probably a dumb question, do I need to post a pic when I put my soaked seed into the cup?

You can post it but you only have to thread mark one.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

This is probably a dumb question, do I need to post a pic when I put my soaked seed into the cup?

This is what the threadmark explanation is.
1. Germination (this can be any time from dropping a seed into water to the first true leaves.)

 

[Olderfart]

Never did a solo cup grow. What do I gotta do, punch holes in the bottom?

Holes in the bottom, coco perlite not peat, and a lot more watering than you are used to. Bottom line is that stuff goes sideways in a hurry with solos, and the medium, in my experience, goes way high in EC/PPM due to, I think, water removal by the plant. The best approach, as suggested on Cocoforcannnabis.com is to check the EC/PPM of your runoff and if it exceeds more than about 300EC higher than your nute input, fertigate more often and/or more nutes at a time. With a serious flush each time you can get away with a couple fertigations a day. On my automated setup, I hit them six times a day. And, you gotta use salt nutes. Organic in this small a pot would be difficult.

All just my two cents of course, but I usually do reasonably well with solos.

 

[FarmerJake]

And we are off. Here are my two potential girls, if only one is allowed, I apologize for missing that, and I will just use one for the event. I didn't photo the soak, so this is my start. View attachment 1650804View attachment 1650805View attachment 1650806

This is my first entry into one of these events, so if I have missed anything important, I'll be quite happy to withdraw.

Good luck everybody!

60 hours fast

 

[GreeninNY]

Real Farmers aren't afraid of a little solo cup challenge @Cultivators don't disappoint me, sure it is different trying to grow a tall one but hey it can be educational and fun at the same time common, drop a bean!

I’d love to do this. Love solo grows.
I don’t have a tent this winter but would def try one in spring. NY gets fully legal next summer so imma fill my hill with pretty girls.

 

[Olderfart]

I’d love to do this. Love solo grows.
I don’t have a tent this winter but would def try one in spring. NY gets fully legal next summer so imma fill my hill with pretty girls.

Sounds good. Good luck next spring, I hope you have lots of fun, and grow some great weed.