Growitup Greenhouse 2011

Yea, it looks like you east coasters are outta luck unless you wanna fly out.

Took a break from trimming this morning and thought I would start getting the soil ready for this grow. I had just placed the used smart pots from the last grow off to the side and had to clean them, took a couple shots,







Then opened a brick of coco I got and fluffed it up.




I used pH 6.2 water from my res.



Look how much I got,



I figure this mixed with what I got left (the two garbage cans full) with some worm castings and guano will be enough for eight 7 gallon smartpots.

cruzer101 said:

Ha! yea, I got ya now.

Welcome bro.



Hey T, Nice plant ya got there jilly is awesome quality and she looks fantastic.
I thought about force flowering but honestly, I'm too lazy.

Now going to the cup. Man, I didn't even know about it. Hell yea, that sounds cool.
Thanks Man!

Here is a link for otheres who may not know about it.

HIGH TIMES Medical Cannabis Cup - San Francisco, 6/25/11
Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM - Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 9:00 PM (PT)

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Sounds like a good time!!!!

You are going straight coco? No perlite or peat?

For the cabinet grow I wanna go straight coco, yeah.
I need to bulk up what I got for soil mix for the green house this year, I have used this mix all year and lose some each harvest. So this first purchase of the coco was really for that but I got some to mess with too. Maybe I will start the Train and bubba in it to get used to it. But anyway, ya think this and the two garbage cans behind it, plus whats left over in the pot on the ground (plant from last year I'll keep about half that soil) will fill eight of these smartpots?









Maybe I should get a couple more bags of FFOC and black gold.

I dont think you have enough soil. better buy more.

10 US gallons = 1.33680556 cubic feet X 8 pots = 10.7 Cubic feet of medium needed

Oh yea, these are 10 gallon pots not seven. Ya, at least a couple bags, I'll get two of each and more worm castings. I got some guano left over so I should be good.

Everything is looking in order and ready for a take of Grow this year!!!!

keep up the amazing work cruzer!!

Looks like a lot of work cruz. Bet you'll be glad when it's done and you can just let em fly in the greenhouse. This years is gonna be class!

Thanks guys, yea it is a bit of work but I enjoy it.

I finished trimming the Silver Jack, Looks like I got about 2oz ea. The mum was closer to three. One thing about it, the buds were kinda small compared to other strains, took a long time to trim but Its worth it. So it looks like I about doubled the winter harvest by starting with 2 ft plants. I'm happy with it.










Oh, BTW, The G-13 has really cured well. I mentioned before it wasn't all that great. I gotta say after about a month in jars the smell is dank and it seems stronger. So if you grow it be sure to cure it.

OK,
That Master Kush plant is almost done,



Tangerine dream is ready for the green house at about 9 inches tall.
They are sleepin, I guess the flash didnt go off.




Then the train and bubba went into their first pots today.
I tossed the runt train wreck so that leaves me with five.







Hydrofarms version of the smart pot with handles. A little thicker fabric and well made but the dam things are an inch shorter then smart pots in the one gallon size. Handles are nice and would be great in the larger pots but I don't think they are needed at this size. This will hold them until they are ready for the 10 gallon.

I mixed in about 25% coco to the soil, watered them good and after under the T5's for a while I moved them to the larger cab. So heres the line up for this year. 4 tangerine dream, 2 Train wreck and 3 Bubba kush to start with. I figure I could lose two plants and still do ok.

















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The silver jack harvest looks killer cruz, the phrase "quality not quantity" springs to mind. Quite a large quantity mind haha. You got any close ups on that master kush, she looks class.

The TD are doing really well aren't they, damn, gonna get a nice head start on the other 5, from those pics doesn't look like you have any variation in phenos, hard to tell from here though. . Will be cool to compare the bubba from last year to this years. Good work as always my man.

Ha! quality over quantity is what I prefer but hell, why not both?

Sure man, I'll get some closer shots of Master Kush, Its cloudy today though.

Yeah the TD got about a month head start, I heard they were a short plant. They all have the fatter leaf, 5th set have nine pointers already I usually don't see that till later. We know what Bubba can do from last year and I figure Train wreck will be about Casey Jones size. My guess is they will catch them in about 6 weeks. In about a week I'll cut the master Kush, mover the TD out there and up the light cycle to 24 hours for a couple weeks. The race is on!

Hey, the sun came out for a bit and got some shots of the Master kush.




















Lower cola,




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She looks bomb cruz, kind reminds me of a Northern lights no. 5 that I saw a while ago, really similar bud structure. That cola is gonna be huge!

Yeah, she is in week 10 now and getting fatter every day.

I picked up more soil today. I stopped by my hydro shop to check on the price of there flower nutes and they had a couple sacks of black gold for $12 ea so I snagged the last two they had and a sack of FF




Then I started modifying the top vent, I removed the solar opener and made a frame out of some 2 by 4' wire fencing.








Figure I will cover the front with screen and run a couple wires to the back on an angle threaded through the screen to hold it in place.





The screen I got is a smaller mesh then insect screen. Its called "no see um" screen.
Actually named after a tiny bug that gets through regular screen thats called no see em cause you never see them but they bite you. Thats what I read anyway.




Check the difference in size of the holes. This stuff looks pretty tough too.
Kinda pricey cause its sold in bulk, I found a remnant online, 5ft by 10ft for like $15 shipped.

That stuff looks like it'll keep em all out. You're gonna smash it this year cruz!

I keep showing my inlaw your thread cruze, in hopes of inspiring him to help me finish mine.

Your DIY skills are impressive as always!!

hey CRUZER! killa setup and gorgeous plants. My good buddy, WOW, told me about you ..... im really impressed with your gardening skills. Lovely Journal.

WOWgrow said:

That stuff looks like it'll keep em all out. You're gonna smash it this year cruz!

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Thanks man, I hope so. I think I got a much better idea what the plants will do this time around.

billcollector99 said:

I keep showing my inlaw your thread cruze, in hopes of inspiring him to help me finish mine.

Your DIY skills are impressive as always!!

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Ha! thats cool man. Hell, if ya lived further north I would come by and give ya a hand.

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

hey CRUZER! killa setup and gorgeous plants. My good buddy, WOW, told me about you ..... im really impressed with your gardening skills. Lovely Journal.

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Hi Amber, Thanks hun. Yeah I been at it for a few years now and with the help of all of you I think I finally got it right. Started in a cabinet that turned into two cabinets then build a green house. I found I really like growing. Stick around, it should be good.

I got my new pipe today. Last week I was surfing the site and found a journal of researchkitty's where he started making pipes, I read it through and deceided its about time I got some glass and bought one from him. Check it out.










I thought it was a small bubbler but its not. Works out better actually, I dont have to worry about leaving water in it and spilling it. Really hits great, Not too hot cause of the small bowl and large stem. I'm stoked.