Nova
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So after a horribly disastrous germination issue with my last batch of beans, im back at it again with a new batch and quite a few different strains, with more to come.
With this grow i have taken every precaution, with picture documentation! Right now i have 6 Nirvana - Northen Lights in Jiffy plugs, 3 Nirvana - Top44 in germ, and 3 Nirvana - White Widow in germ.
The Northern Lights were successfully germinated and have been in jiffy plugs for 3 days now! The germ tray sits on one 17w Hydorfarm heating mat and the mat has the capability of heating it upto 10-20F hotter than the ambient air temperature, ambient air temperature is 65-75. Inside the germ tray is a modified cookie sheet cooling rack, cut to fit, to allow air to circulate around the entire plug. Right now i have a 100w CFL hanging above the germ tray to provide some light when the babies pop. My main grow lamp is a 175w Hydrofarm Metal Halide Sunburst system. When the babies pop, the CFL will be turned off and the metal halide will be turned on! The MH is off to conserve energy and lamp life. For flower, when the time comes, i have 2 400w Hydrofarm High Pressure Sodium Sunburst systems. Safety lenses and a cooling/fan system is in the process of being ordered for all 3 systems.
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With this grow i have taken every precaution, with picture documentation! Right now i have 6 Nirvana - Northen Lights in Jiffy plugs, 3 Nirvana - Top44 in germ, and 3 Nirvana - White Widow in germ.
The Northern Lights were successfully germinated and have been in jiffy plugs for 3 days now! The germ tray sits on one 17w Hydorfarm heating mat and the mat has the capability of heating it upto 10-20F hotter than the ambient air temperature, ambient air temperature is 65-75. Inside the germ tray is a modified cookie sheet cooling rack, cut to fit, to allow air to circulate around the entire plug. Right now i have a 100w CFL hanging above the germ tray to provide some light when the babies pop. My main grow lamp is a 175w Hydrofarm Metal Halide Sunburst system. When the babies pop, the CFL will be turned off and the metal halide will be turned on! The MH is off to conserve energy and lamp life. For flower, when the time comes, i have 2 400w Hydrofarm High Pressure Sodium Sunburst systems. Safety lenses and a cooling/fan system is in the process of being ordered for all 3 systems.
Pictures of the germination technique and process of the White Widow and Top44
Now we have some pics of the general growing area, setup, and hardware!
The germ and seedling phase has been moved inside to further control air temperatures, our outside air has been in the low 60's during the day and low to mid 40's at night!
Strains to come...
Thanks to all who have helped me so far!- The beans...
- The tools, 1 pair of tongs, the beans, a plate, stack of paper towels...
- Paper towels folded into two seperate stacks, both having 16 layers of towel each.
- 3 beans of each new strain laid onto paper towel using tongs! Each paper towel is moist to the touch using luke-warm water!
- Paper towels with beans inside are put into their respectively labeled baggies!
- Baggies are sealed and air has been taken out. Both baggies are set on a plate, which has been set on a heating pad set on MEDIUM!
- Plate and heating pad are covered up with a towel to prevent light getting in and to lock in warmth.
Now we have some pics of the general growing area, setup, and hardware!
- Picture of the 6 Northern Lights in Jiffy Plugs. Notice cookie sheet on bottom of tray to allow air to circulate the whole area around the jiffy plug.
- Picture of the grow lights/lamps. Notice the 100w CFL working lamp, and right above it is the mac-daddy lamp, the 175w Hydrofarm MH Sunburst.
The germ and seedling phase has been moved inside to further control air temperatures, our outside air has been in the low 60's during the day and low to mid 40's at night!
Strains to come...
- Dutch Passion - Purple #1
- Nirvana - Misty
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