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MtnStew

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Transferring my journal in from RIU. I'll be strictly using MP for the forseeable future.
There will be multiple posts to catch everyone up on everything that I have started up recently. This journal is open to the community for comments, advice, questions, etc.
Simple introduction. This will be interesting. After a 10 year hiatus, I'm back in the grow room once again. Bigger room, more technology, more lights, same stupid idea that I will eventually enter and win a Cannabis Cup.
Stew here, been around the block a few times and figured it can't hurt to try again.
I am partnered up with a good friend and we are going to be doing some great things.
Please avoid DRAMA in this journal.
Stay tuned. More to follow.
-MtnStew
 
First clones purchased 11/19.
Skunk OG and BabySitter.
Discovered the BabySitter plant was 100% male today 11/29 and removed it from existence.
First seed germination began 11/25.
4 popped tails 11/30. More still waiting.
3 Lemon Lime Sherbert and 1 Plushberry so far to add to the Skunk OG.

Grow Room setup.
(7x) 600w PHLIZON Full-spectrum Daisy Chain Dimmable lights
(4x) 4'x8' sections, and 2x 4'x4' sections(in this room, more space available in the next) not all being used at the moment, but will soon enough.
Humidity and temp are both very low but when more lights get turned on and more plants get going it should correct itself.
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I know it's showing the order number but the items already arrived at this point so I don't care.
I'm going to consolidate the rest of my journal posts in the next post below to save time.
 
2 more seeds popped tails today(12/1).
1 Plushberry and 1 Honeycomb
1 of the previously planted seeds has sprouted today as well. Lemon Lime Sherbert.
Attitude order has already cleared customs and is on it way to my local usps distribution center. Should be arriving this week. Decided to put together another order to purchase tomorrow. After lots of add to carts, and multiple changes the perfect order ended on.... Buy 11 seeds for like $150 with shipping, get 34 free.. kinda seems like a steal.(we decided to hold off on a second purchase of seeds for right now. Monthly promos are awesome.)

SkunkOG is acting up. But the ****** was infested with thrips when we got it. (I did not get the clones myself unfortunately. I would have never purchased thrip infested clones for $50 a piece and 1 was a male)
Leaf curling points to nitro tox. So I flushed today with 25% nutes. Gonna have to figure out what she wants through trial and error. Planning for clones if she survives.
Definitely taking a few off each of the LLS and Plushberry to keep as mothers if they appear to be something we want to keep around for a while.

Room temp is still hovering around 60°F but we are going to be turning on more lights within the month as more plants grow up.

Got the OK to supercrop the **** out of whatever I want. Thinking about a 15/20 gallon monster in a 4'x4' section. My previous HSO Blue Dream did amazing with all the extra veg time while bushing her out and filling her up with a dozen horse cock colas. Think I might do the same to a Pineapple Express this time around.


That's all for today. More pics in a few days with the next update.
Not a whole lot going on to be loading up on photos yet.


12/4
Plushberry and Honeycomb didn't sprouted. Possibly too cold, not enough moisture, no clue... but not scrapping them just yet(miracles can happen 🤣)
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Seeds arrived today. Germinating one of each: pineapple express, picante, dreamberry(auto), ultra lemon haze(auto).
Probably going to add DNAs 24k, and a G13 frozen afgani mintz to the grow once this batch pops and gets planted.
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Yes she's overwatered, it was required to flush the N tox out so she can recover and grow properly. We were using an unnecessary additive with out SensiGrow parts a and b. Oops. All solved now I think.

I'll be updating more frequently as the grow fills in. For now it is basically just a waiting game before the plant porn followed by bud porn arrive.
And that is it for now.
~MtnStew
 
I welcomed you in your introductory post, but once again, welcome to MP.
I really like what you are throwing down.
I hope you stick around.
I myself, after growing for 4 years, am just really starting to feel confident in my skills.
@Carty and @greenmobster440 have both been a big influence on me.
I am pulling up a chair, looks like I may learn a few new tricks.
 
Alright, there wasn't a plan for an update tonight. I was at Walmart when the phone rang. "Dude you gotta get over here ASAP!"
So off I went. Just to find out that it was not anything to be worried over.
3 seeds that were thrown into germ yesterday afternoon are already popping tails. So I planted those into solo cups.
Only 1 auto of 2 originally germing have popped.
Ultra Lemon Haze by AutoSeeds
I added the other ULH to germ along with the 2 remaining Dreamberry seeds. Giving me 4 autos in germ and one in a cup. I'll update on that when it sprouts.

G13 Labs Pineapple Express and G13 Labs Picante both into solo cups today as well.

Of the straggling sprouts, 1 Plushberry sprouted today. The other 1 and the Honeycomb are still not showing signs of sprouting even though they were both very strong looking seeds after germination.

So currently we have a 3 week old clone of SkunkOG (not doing so well, please help if you can. Any advice will be tested to try to help her recover.) I'll get into her details down below.
Less than 1 week Sprouts
3x Lemon Lime Sherbert
1x Plushberry
Seeds in soil:
1x Plushberry
1x Honeycomb
1x Ultra Lemon Haze
1x Pineapple Express
1x Picante
Seeds in germ:
3x Dreamberry
1x Ultra Lemon Haze
1x French Macaroon
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Now is time for the required assistance.

Backstory,
Purchased clones on 11/19 in a solo cups and ready for transplant. Unaware that they were infested watered them and put them under lights. By the end of week 1 I noticed some form of leaf mining going on and went in for an inspection. Thrips. On every leaf of both plants.
Monterey spinosad and water mixture was created and sprayed till complete saturation. Along with the soil and the whole 8'x4' section they were housed in.
3 days later, babysitter was sexed as male through and through. Culled right away due to no space for males until January or February 2025.

We repotted the SkunkOG into a 7 gallon and gave her full strength nutes.
Advanced Nutrients SensiGrow parts a and b. They are supposed to be pH perfect nutes. Unfortunately he mixed in some unnecessary CalMag+ which also contains Nitrogen. All of which are already in the sensi.
And I THINK this is where everything started going bad. Leaves darkened, clawed down and we have definite tip burn on old and new growth. Signs appeared to point to N toxicity. So flushed with 25% nutes and waited for the recovery from the overwatering.
pH of the root zone is right around 5.8-5.9 so I don't THINK that it is the problem. Now I can always be wrong here. But I'd like some advice either way that could possibly assist in the cause and a solution to help get her back on track.
We are operating at 40% power on the 600w setups. I believe it's 75w per bar, 8 bars per light. Covering each 4'x4'. That's with 2 lights per 8'section. 3 lights on at the moment. 1 way in the air and not directly over anything for increased heat in the room. The others are 18" & 24" above the top of the clone(18") and seedlings(24")
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Ignore the lower sunleaves that are brown from leaf mining thrips and the nute burn combined. I just want to fix the new growth before I give up and call a code blue on her.

Thanks in advance for your time and advice.

~MtnStew
 
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It's gonna get green in here real fast.

That clone looks okay. Yeah it's dark green and ya got some hooking going on but it's not real damaged. You've flushed it out so it should recover well. You've up potted it so it should get some legs going and snap out of it.
 
Jumped on RIU to download some of my old photos.
I was a freakin psycho with the updates back when everything was still on the other side of legal. I mean 100+ plants could have gotten me into a lot of trouble.
Below is what you should all start to expect from me during flowering.. giggy knows what I'm talking about. He's been in my past threads before.
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And I really miss pheno hunting...
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I've hit the 10 file max. Let me just go ahead and post one more stack of old bud porn for you all to drool over.
 
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My first successful supercropped BlueDream
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Yes this is a filter on a Blueberry Yum Yum. Seeds from a California grower in 2013. No clue about lineage of this beauty but it was a lovely smoke.
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I had no idea you were soooo inexperienced.. 😂 😆 😂

Beautiful grows
Yeah I'm a newbie. Probably only grown about 100 strains. Even done a few pheno hunts myself without outsourcing the job to "testers".
I really am a newbie currently though. At least I feel like one. New grow medium, new room, new school lights, new nutrients..... I feel like everyday is a learning experience now. I kinda miss being a know-it-all. 🤣🤣
 
SkunkOG at canopy. 16" between top and light. Not a 100% accurate ppfd since it's the app. But I think I'm okay here.
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Seedlings at cup height 30" from light.
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Anyone with any knowledge of DLI and PPFD please chime in. I've done the research and will buy a legit PAR meter this week. I'm brand new to LED lighting so I don't know if I'm too bright or not.
24hr currently at 45%
 
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11 of these 13 seeds will sprout. 1 dreamberry is still not in soil yet. 1 plushberry and the 1 Honeycomb will probably be lost to cold temps.
RH is 23% so I really don't want to add in a heater and drop that. Maybe I'll get a cold mist humidifier in here and a heater, leave them both at the opposite side of the grow room and pray I don't create a funnel cloud down here. 🤣🤣
 
Welcome aboard. After the first few pics and intro I'm in for the ride. Always great to see a seasoned grower join in the fun.

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Yes Welcome glad to see new members posting. I will be watching. I love reading through grow journals. 💺🥤🍿
 
Your getting way to high and thinking to much.. 😂 Weed side effect
Untreated OCD and ADHD throughout my entire adult life. Yeah I definitely think too far into things. Then I usually give up and start something new. I'm trying to get better at completing things i plan for though. 🤣🤣
 

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