A Big Brown Caboose! (13/02/8)

[Bigbrown 270]

Hey everyone, in the latest of times ive finally started

germinating 2 Caboose's!

They will be grown in soil!

8 Feb Germination started,

Little general info:

Both seeds germinated in less then 30hours.

Powder feeding started -/-.

Technique used;

I am using acouple of cotton pad's, keeping them in a pitch-dark box with a humidifier on the left and a heating-element to the right,

with the lid ontop of the box semi-open for letting fresh oxygen and a fine fog from the humid'r down & in.

Condititions;

For the first 8hours of germination i had 26°C (78,8F) & 99% RH,

i later changed this to 23°C (73,4F) & 75%-85% RH.

I'm keeping such a low temp since seeds are indica.

Keeping them moist & a steady eye.

Setup i will use for propogating & vegg'in is my 200W CFL & a little Vents-100 fan.

The setup i am using for flowering is a 400w hps at the moment, hoping to get another one

before week 4 flowering. Mylar on the walls.

I have prepared a container for their seedling stage, it is a small pot made out of mainly peat, i have

some positive experience from it, but i've done alittle experiment this time;

I first made a very "airy" mix with only the smallest hydroton pellets, a soil already containing "mini-clay-peb"

& some vermiculite.

I put the mix in theese peat-containers, i dig out the middle of the mix, putting only soil i the middle of the container, then i water it

heavy, like flush them.

GreenHouse powder feeding all the way!

My other Caboose, you can find it here!

Peace!

Edited February 13, 2013 by Bigbrown

[URBANNINJA 720]

Nice to see some more Cabooses over here....im in the second run with em at the moment.....i can tell u give em a long veggie they dont stretch much when u switch. Welcome in the Cup and Gd Luck and lots of Fun with ur Ladys......

Greetings Urb da Ninja

[Dust 6,284]

Yeah a new journal is born Thanks for opening it man

Best of luck to those 2 baby caboose hope to see them turn into monsters quickly ;)

Have a good grow man keep us updated

[Bigbrown 270]

Nice to see some more Cabooses over here....im in the second run with em at the moment.....i can tell u give em a long veggie they dont stretch much when u switch. Welcome in the Cup and Gd Luck and lots of Fun with ur Ladys......

Greetings Urb da Ninja

Yo man, i know , you grew them very well, thanks for the tip, goodluck to you too!

Yeah a new journal is born Thanks for opening it man

Best of luck to those 2 baby caboose hope to see them turn into monsters quickly ;)

Have a good grow man keep us updated

Yupp mate finally! ty for patience

Both seeds cracked!(in less then 30 hours) gonna give them like 3 or 4 more hours in their box and then plant em in the

seedling cups, into the veg-space, i am waiting for the lights to turn off to give them a good night.

24°C 95% RH at the moment.

I am really happy to finally be up & running

Bah let me share some modern reggae;

[Bigbrown 270]

Straangest thing just happend to me, Babylon locked me up for just one ounce of Calii~

(nah im jk, but this good tune can keep you on your feet and still smile)

[McRadikal 371]

Welcome to the cup, good luck with your crops.

Smoke and Love

[Bigbrown 270]

Thanks mate

Girls doing their first 'real' day, hanging back until i see them surface with pics.

24,7°C - 84% RH at the moment!

Water only.

I realize this isnt a musicthread but this one's just too PERFECT

to play for my small babies, i hope it make 'em smile, and it will make them come up

from the soil dancing!

[Fran.gh 4,583]

What´s up Big Brown.

Welcome to the cup, good luck with your report man.

[Bigbrown 270]

Hey Fran all good around the shop i hope?, thanks alot

just lil' update,

Babies rooting nicly i hope, room conditions is the same as before, even tho this picture below show

otherwise, its because i was cleaning the tank for my hydro Caboose.

Some pix now eh?

Both germinated fine & fast!

I let the babies stand out in the open, so they can breathe beside their big sister.

[Dust 6,284]

nice little tail do you keep those pots when you repot and let the root grow thru it? theyy push thru eaily if so?

Have a good grow man

[Bigbrown 270]

Hehe they grow easily right thru, i will go borrow a better camera when their roots start

appearing everywere, you just see the tips at first, it's awesome.

Bottom comes off after first week, the pot breaks easy when it wet/moist, that's a drag, but you got to try stuff..

Always a pleasure having you around mate

EDIT; made another thread to put pics of the other caboose's, >you can find it here<

[Bigbrown 270]

Hej Toke bror, hoppas allt e bra , yeah the first baby crack around 28H other one right after.(eeeh highgrade seeds ftw)

Well, both babies has reached the surface! So i say welcome little darlings!!

Here is alittle closeup, cute little stem with hairs already, i luv it.

I've also removed the bottom if theese peat-pot's already, putting them on alittle bed of hydroton.

[Dust 6,284]

Welcome to life

[Bigbrown 270]

Growspace conditions; 23.7 degree and 84% Rh.

[Bigbrown 270]

Day 10 and the babies have lighten alittle last couple of days,

also some roots peeping out so i have to put a little shelter for them on the uptodate pics.

27 celcius, 75%roomhumid,Repot tomorow or day after!

I'm thinking of growing 2 more.. not so very happy with theese peat-pots atm, they were just a mess to work

with.

Acouple of days old.

[Dust 6,284]

Thanks for the news man babies seems to be fine

Have a good grow keep the pics coming

[Bam-Bhole 1,903]

Looking real good atm. May they continue to prosper that way !

[Bigbrown 270]

Aw Toke they broke even easier then i remembered, just a thing i won't be using again..

Thanks Bam

Update shortly!

[Bigbrown 270]

Time for alittle update!

Girls just repotted to 3,6L containers in a new organic soil mix by the name Guanokalong,

wich contain guano(ofc), perlite(10%), baltic white peat, black peat & wormcastings.

So i will hold on the nute at the moment, maybe wait 10 days or something like that.

Not very big girls for being this old, i will try to remember to compare with

other grows in the future.

Also i put the girls on 12/12, absolutly no space left in veg-area, so they won't become esp

monsterous, but i bet they will taste brilliant thanks to this soilmix + PF.

I am sorry that i didnt use this soil and root!t-cubes/jiffy's from the start, but what can i say, stress..

Also excuse me being alittle late on update, just alot of things goin on.

All the best!

Peace

[Dust 6,284]

nice man, they will be more than happy with the guano soil, and ou're doing a good move by aiting for th enutes, often in the soil with guanos i see members overfeed the plants. So as long as you wait for your girls to ask for it they will love it

Have a good grow man keep us updated

[Smokeythabear 988]

Good to see you got another grow on the go bro! Things are lookin good..I'm interested in seeing how big they get with ya putting them on 12/12 so quickly..what have you got goin on in your veg room right now?..curious curious lol

Peace

[Gfarmer 1,068]

hey nice start with the caboose, you know it's funny i say your comment about not being very big for how old they are but i noticed you started them in jiffy cups. i also one time used jiffy pot's and i noticed slower growth , it was strange tho because i lifted one of the cup's by the edge when it was wet and it ripped so i gentally took it out of the jiffy and transplanted it and then it like doubled in size quickly while the other's where a little stunted.

but in the end the one's left in the jiffy pot's did catch up i think maybe it has something to do with the root's having to break through the cup possibly or why i am not really sure but in the end it worked out. glas to see thing's are going good tho this caboose looks like a killer plant good luck with her brother

[mopman 985]

but in the end the one's left in the jiffy pot's did catch up i think maybe it has something to do with the root's having to break through the cup possibly or why i am not really sure but in the end it worked out.

Thanks for the info greeno , i used the jiffy's this time aswell and also noticed they took a fair while for the roots to break through.

[Bigbrown 270]

Hey bro's!

Babies seem to enjoy their new home & environment.. Leafs getting wider and i see some nice growth,

Greeno! It was too late to repot them out of the pots like you did , what can i say, you reap what you sow.. hehe, not using them

for Cannabis again.. Maybe i save them for some strange future purpose.

Hehe i think you would digg the Caboose, she is DENSE, damn hardest nug's ive ever had!

Thanks for input bro, & your cupgrow.. wow. Respect.

Dust thanks

Smokey i hope you saw the other thread thanks bro.

Mopman you gotta try new stuff right?

Heres pic of soil Caboose Bud & stem, tight skirt mmm..

Peace

[Dust 6,284]

and you have finishing buds hidden like that, seems like a tight girl indeed how is the smell?

Have a good grow