Sweet! Hopefully are just as good to you as they have been me. If you do a journal please tag me in!
Tag me in to that journal too, please!
Hi @MattyBear,
I will do a simple grow journal and tag you both. Hopefully it wonât have any evil cabbage loupers or powdery mildew included this year
@dbrn32 if you donât mind, any sage advice on growing Cindy would be greatly appreciated. I have read their stem structure needs help when the buds get thick and heavy (I hope to have this issue). Need to keep them under 6 feet tall or thereabouts so not visible. Bouncing off the walls getting ready for the next season
Most of the phenos Iâve seen stayed pretty short for sativa dominant plants. If you plan on a little longer veg time just top it a couple of times. If your light intensity is reasonable shouldnât be to big of an issue with height. I usually ran them without topping, and they still wouldnât be too bad.
Adding some silica during veg will help stem structure too. Otherwise theyâre pretty easy to grow. I would definitely get a clone off of each plant prior to flowering if you can. If you end up getting a really good pheno itâs like money in the bank, youâll want to run her again I promise.
Edit⌠itâs right there in front of me and I didnât realize youâre growing outside lol. Thatâs a little bit of a wild card for me, so Iâm not really sure. But Iâll bet if you do some topping and training prior to getting into flower you can keep her within 6â. I would probably have something on standby to help support her.
@dbrn32 this is my dilemma: the paradigm shit from growing outdoors from seed in an optimal climate to propagating awesome strains like Cindy 99 indoors, with a mother plant and clones. It feels like a responsibility to do so. I have silica blast as part of my nute regimen.
Been thinking about this for a while planning my next grow, trying to digest all the great info you and others share. Iâve converted my spare bathroom to a seedling starter/curing room with a 6 inch carbon filter in the ceiling. The targeted usable space with the sink removed is something like 6x6 with a 6-7 foot ceiling. Got marigolds started to keep the devil bugs away and cherry tomatoes under my Sunblaze T5 fixture now. Itâs the only lighting I have.
So⌠the Rapidled 4x4 kit with the Cree 3000k 90 Cri unit looks like a good fit to finish them after cloning, They should have the COBâs back in stock soon (cant digest the cloning/mother lighting setup just yet in separate enclosures). If I time it correctly, can still cure my outdoor crop. And hopefully get a good rotation going to keep my friends happy and maybe recoup my expenses.
Iâm not very good at moderationâŚand I want to grow the best and Iâm just starting this journey. So much to learn
AndâŚI just put this thread off the rails. Sorry for the brain dump! Time for another toke
I guess and ask for forgiveness later!Holy smokes, youâre not fooling around!
How much of the actual floor space do you plan on using? That rapid kit of creeâs is very nice, itâs also pretty spendy. When it comes down to lights designed for a 4x4, did you see what @Rugar89 is using? Will come in several hundred below what I expect the Cree rapid kit will.
@dbrn32 Iâm not good at moderation lol! The space is more like 5x5 but I have not figured out the logistics of tending to them. Could be 5x8 if I do it right. It seems like most folks buy lighting then wish they did it right from the get go. Will get creative with the clone and mother plant stuff. I could remove some of the COBâs, add another driver, and make a frame if itâs overkill to optimize the efficacy and coverage. No reflectors initially but not sure how much reflection from the walls after I paint them flat white.
BUTâŚI 'm just winging it!
If youâre going the route of moving stuff around, I would just build it. Youâll save money that way. But thereâs a slightly bigger item thatâs often overlooked. 5x5 doesnât seem like itâs a lot bigger than 4x4, but 16 square feet to 25 square feet is substantial. Since most of the lights are designed for 4x4 with reflective surround, thereâs not a lot of good options out there. So how you use it can make all the difference. Wall to wall canopy will be expensive to light with leds. But a couple of plants with some dead space here and there can be tackled easily with a couple of smaller fixtures.
I feel much better nowâŚ
HeyâŚitâs all good!
Nothing worth doing easyâŚright!
Not the first time around anyway haha!
Please tag me alomg for that one! Ilgm strawberrykush is one of my favorite strains. Easy to grow. Easy trim(good bud to leaf ratio) and is smooth,tasty, and potent.