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This garden will mark a couple of firsts for me. It is the first garden I will have grown from completely reclaimed soil and compost. It is also the first time I will be growing landrace strains. I know it's not a good idea to try to change too many things at one time, but my reclaimed soil has been doing better than expected with my other house plants and well...landraces!!! I mean c'mon!! So let's break this down and get started on the Fall garden and journal. Strains See, My Organic Garden: Part 1 - Strains, for more details on the strains if you're curious. Texada Timewarp (Hybrid) Sativa Dominant Two mother plants. TXTW#1 TXTW#3 [*]Not planning on taking cuttings from the mothers until I'm ready to start my Spring garden. [*]Toxic Blue 33 (Hybrid) Indica Dominant One seed only (feminized). Freebie / UFO from Attitude Toxic Blue #1 [*]South African Kwazulu (Landrace) 100% Sativa Five Seeds SA Kwazulu 1-5 [*]Afghan Kush (Landrace) 100% Indica Five Seeds A Kush 1-5 [*]Purps (could be Chocolope...someone forgot to label his seed bags ) Indica / Sativa Five Seeds Purps 1-5 Grow Info See, My Organic Garden: Part 2 - Grow Areas, Soil, and Nutrients, for more details if you're curious. Grow Meda: Soil See the link above for the soil mix I use. [*]Containers 5gal cloth containers for TXTW#1 and TXTW#3 Starting seeds in 3" plastic containers Transplant females that will be taken to flower in 1gal cloth containers might use 3gal, but tent area may restrict the size to 1gal [*]Grow Area: 7'x7'x7' tent [*]Light (fan cooled and vented out of tent) Veg Cycle ( 16:8 ) 1000w Hortiluxe MH Universal [*]Flower Cycle ( 12:12 ) Plan is to use a 1000w HPS. Haven't decided on which one to use yet. [*]Nutrients: compost tea (home brew) [*]Exhale C02 bag [*]10000 BTU Portable A/C (vented out of the tent) [*]Avg Temp: 80*F Garden Goals Living in the buckle of the Bible Belt it gets hot, rrrreal hot in the summer. Even though this summer has been "cooler" than last summer, we've still remained in the upper 90's and had several weeks of 103*F +/- days. Going into the summer I had three Texada Timewarp mothers. One of which was pretty poor quality (most likely due to my over zealous gardening attempts) so I tossed her. I also had two Kali Mist mothers. Even though Kali Mist is a Sativa dominant strain, these girls didn't make it through the summer heat. What is interesting is of the two Texada Timewarp mothers that are remain, TXTW#1 proved herself to be very heat tolerant. TXTW#3 is stable and growing well, but not as strong as TXTW#1. How does all that relate to my garden goals? Well, my next step is to start a breeding program. I'm planning on using TXTW#1 as a mother and hoping her heat tolerance will be a trait that will be transferred to the new child strain. Jury is still out on which strain will get to be the proud father (landrace maybe....) So aside from using a TXTW#1 clone for a parernt mother, my underlying goals are: Isolate 1-2 P1 Mothers from each strain Isolate 1-2 P1 Fathers from each strain Observe and evaluate growth characteristics of each strain Yea, I'm a nerd (but aren't most of us here all nerds about this shit anyway). Hell, I even keep a hand written log where I track the moiture level of each plant, when watered and how much, when fed and how much, date, temp, and time. I even go so far as to transfer this data to a spreadsheet where I can make nifty charts showing things like how frequently each plant gets watered over time compared to temp and container size. Collecting this data allows me to track trends for each plant and general trends for each strain. I can then use this data to make adjustments specific to each individual plant. [*]Document smoke characteristics (arouma, flavor, type of high, etc) [*]Take cuttings from parents and prep for Spring garden. [*]Plan for Summer '14 to be veg only. ...and now on to the updates! Germination: Day 0 (17-AUG-2013) - Seeds in the soil Prepped and cleaned the tent. Started seeds in soil. Transplanted TXTW#1 and TXTW#3 into 5gal cloth containers Watered all plants with home brewed compost tea Light cycle 16:8 (off during the hottest part of the day) Germination: Day 3 (20-AUG-2013) checking tent 3+ times per day misting / watering seeds daily (checking soil moisture level to make sure I don't drown 'em) Avg Temp: 80*F Germination: Day 4 (21-AUG-2013) Nobody has poked their head out of the soil yet so I thought I'd share some pics... Photo 1: Garden Overview (nerd alert...yes, each label has the plant name on one side and the date planted / cloned on the other) Photo 2: TXTW#1 Photo 3: Waiting for seedlings is painful!! Photo 4: TXTW#1 Close up
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Historical stuff I first started growing marijuana about 20 years ago. I have always had an interest in gardening and farming. Growing up, my grandparents had a large garden and to this day I remember how much fun it was to work the soil with them and how good everything tasted. Over the years I've always kept house plants and, when I could, gardens outdoors. I've grown marijuana at various times over the years, none of which met with any real success. Up until almost a year ago, I was just throwing seeds out of the schwag I had on hand in some soil and hoping for the best. However, now I have successfully grown about 3 crops with various levels of success and failure. Each experience has provide a plethora new knowledge (mostly in the form of...dumbass, guess you won't be doing that again). Recently, I find my interests in sustainable living and self-reliance fueling my curiosity in landrace varieties and medicinal usages. Anyway, now on to the good stuff!! Strains and Genetics Texada TimeWarp (by BC Seed King) Hybrid: 70% Sativa / 30% Indica Flowering Time: 8 weeks Area: Indoor & Outdoor (grown indoor) Harvest: End of September Notes: Currently growing indoors. Strong pine smell and good cerebral high. Overall, uplifting and enjoyable. [*]Purps (by BC Seed King) Hybrid: unknown Flowering Time: 8-9 weeks Area: Indoor & Outdoor (grown indoor) Harvest: End of September Notes: Strong sweet, fruity aroma. Uplifting, body mellow high. No couch lock. [*]Kali Mist (by BC Seed King) Hybrid: Sativa Dominant (90% Sativa) Flowering Time: 10 weeks Area: Indoor & Outdoor (grown indoor) Harvest: October Notes: Thick colas with lots of resin and a spicy aroma. Very stretchy growth and must be pruned to keep height in check. [*]Chocolope (breeder unknown) Hybrid: genetics unknown Flowering Time: 8 – 9 weeks Area: Indoor & Outdoor (grown indoor) Notes: One of my favorite strains so far…unfortunately, I all my mothers died. Full bodied, somewhat chocolaty aroma. [*]Landrace Sativa - South African Kwazulu (by World of Seeds) Landrace: Sativa (100%) Flowering Time: Photoperiod (optimal TBD) Area: Indoor and Outdoor (grown indoor) [*]Landrace Indica - Afghan Kush (by World of Seeds) Landrace: Indica (100%) Flowering Time: Photoperiod (optimal TDB) Area: Indoor and Outdoor (grown indoor)
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