I have been sitting the bench for the last few years and the time has come to get back in the saddle and do what I love.
I am going to be rocking a couple of old tents and some old gear I had lying around until I get my sealed build out complete. I started off rocking an old 315 CMH in a 4x4. I will be switching over to an air cooled 600 HPS for flower and sticking the 315 in a 3x3 for veg.
I am a few weeks in but better late than never.
I started off by mixing up a fresh batch of soil.
My mix is pretty common these days. I got this mix from Coot years back, and after a couple of runs and a couple of tweaks, I never looked back.
It consists of the following:
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Base Soil:
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2 CuFt Sphagnum moss
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1 CuFt Pumice
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1 CuFt Rice Hulls
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2 CuFt Humus - 1/3 composted zoo manure, 2/3 quality vermicompost.
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Amendments: Per CuFt of base soil
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1/2 cup Neem cake
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1/2 cup Karanja cake
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1 cup Crustacean meal
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1 cup Alfalfa Meal
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1 cup Kelp Meal
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1/4 cup of fish bone meal
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1 cup Oyster Shell Flour
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1 cup Gypsum
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1 cup Basalt
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1 cup Malted Barley (pulverized)
I use aloe vera in my water and Recharge at 1tsp per gallon and spray the base soil down real well before adding the amendments. Then mix it up really well and we are off to the races.
I did a little digging into my seed stash and I decided to pop some stuff i was gifted a few years ago.
Soul gifted me a pack of Cindy 99 along with a pack he wanted me to play with.
It is labeled 88.75 which was a BX project on the 88G13HP from what I understand.
Feb 1st 2021:
I soaked six Cindy and 4 of the 88.75.
I soaked the beans in distilled water with aloe, ful power, and a tiny bit of recharge.
Feb 2nd 2021:
Beans were planted in solo cups with jiffy seed starting mix. It was lying around so what the hell.
Feb 4th 2021:
All seedlings have emerged. I kept them under a 2 ft T5 for 2 weeks and watered with kelp and barley tea.
Feb 20th 2021:
Transplanted 9 of the 10 seedlings. One of the Cindy’s was weak and dampened off halfway through the first week.
The seedlings had a rough first week in their new home. We had a massive cold front come in and the first 6 days or so was hell keeping environmental conditions ideal, as well as getting over watered while I was away by a family member that doesn’t follow directions even after admitting they always over water everything. Haha
Environment is dialed in now that the temps have come above zero F.
Running consistently at 77F and 50% RH lights on and 68F and 50% lights off.
Light cycle is 18/6
Feb 28th 2021:
They are throwing good roots now and have overcome their over watered conditions. New growth is looking good.
The plants will get watered twice per week until they are transplanted into their fabric pots.
One watering will consist of an alfalfa, kelp and EWC tea with ful power and recharge. The second watering will consist of silica via AgSil 16, aloe and malted barley tea.
Each plant will get top dressed 1 Tbsp of malted barley each week.
March 6th 2021:
So we can see what we are dealing with now.
We ended up with 2 runts. One Cindy and one 88.75.
Neither runt has shown sex.
The Cindy has given us 3 females, 1 male and the runt still undetermined.
The 88.75 has given us 2 females, and 2 undetermined, one being the runt.
Two of the Cindy appear to be the pheno I am looking for and smell right. I have alot of experience with the C99 over the years and I know what I am looking for.
One of the 88.75 females has the loudest stanky ass just YUCK aroma oozing from her. I love YUCK. Thats my thing. The nastier the better. 
They are ready for their final pots. I will get that done in the next few days. Normally I would top at this stage, however I am thinking about flowering them un-topped so that I can really see how this 88.75 grows. I am still undecided. Maybe just top the C99 and let the 88.75 go. Decisions decisions.
Anyhow, thanks for stopping by and checking me out. Until next time.
Doc
sSs
Those plants look really nice. I’ll be pulling up a chair.
