My first grow in 17 years is going to commence!

Indoor Growing Growroom Diaries
1

I retire in 12 days. My tent room is cleaned out! I will be home to set up in 2 weeks. The grow… 8 Autos.

-4x4x7 Apollo grow tent
-Crecer PanthrX light

  • 5 gallon Smart Pots with 80/20 Canna Coco/ perlite
  • AN ph perfect 3 part plus cal mag, Bud Candy, and flawless finish.
    -Recharge every 10 days.

Running two Bloody Skunk and two Dark Devil from Sweet Seeds
Two Alien VS Triangle from Mephisto
Two Green Crack from Fast buds.

I have a 100 amp service in my shop and want to add two 4x8x7 tents in the spring for photos.

I am very excited for this and hope nature’s meds will help me get off the 17 pills a day the Army has me on.

7593.jpeg2250×3000 657 KB
7591.jpeg2250×3000 646 KB
7589.jpeg2250×3000 616 KB
7587.jpeg2250×3000 831 KB

18 Likes
2

Welcome, looks like you are all set, just need that DD-214 and you’ll be a go at this station.

5 Likes
3

Haha!! Damn straight!!!

5 Likes
4

0510190703_HDR.jpg3225×2419 2.78 MB
some of my beans…

11 Likes
5

Kick ass. I’ll be following and cheering u on

3 Likes
6

Woot Woot! Happy Retirement and Happy Growing!! Sending magical green thumb juju your way! :seedling:

6 Likes
7

:v:

cover that wood if there’s going to be humidity, fyi. :nerd:
(paint or reflective film) & don’t wanna ruin the floor either. :sweat_smile:

:evergreen_tree:

6 Likes
8

I plan on painting the entire room. I have a dehumidifier as well.

4 Likes
9

What this guy said. Also, water gets everywhere when you grow. Spills, foliar sprays, etc. Shit, I’d do Kilz over the whole shebang, paint, and finish with a couple coats of poly for easier cleaning/water resistance. It looks sunny there, maybe you’re in the West where humidity isn’t a concern, IDK. You don’t seem to have much in the way of insulation, again, unsure about your local weather/climate.

I don’t know if you are dead set on 80/20 coco/perlite but I have had far better results with 50/50. Once it gets going coco is great, but in the beginning Coco does weird shit with pH and CEC at first. It’ll drop pH like a rock while also absorbing massive amounts of Ca and Mg, you’ll be chasing pH and trying to correct deficiencies the first few weeks when you could be watching plants grow. The perlite balances the weird shit coco does.

Perlite has a higher pH, no CEC, and an airier structure. You cannot over-water 50/50 coco/perlite. Even top-shelf coco like bagged Canna behaves like this. Coco wasn’t really a thing in the early 2000’s, just trying to set you up for success.

4 Likes
10

First off thank you for your service @CombatVetGrower! What you’ve done is appreciated! Welcome to OG great to have ya here! Looking forward to grows don’t be afraid to ask question that might pop up from time to time!

4 Likes
11

Thank you. It is great to be back in the OG community. I used the old OG from 99-03 for my stealth grows during a break in service. It is great to be back!!!

4 Likes
12

Thank you. I ordered reflective insulation board to be delivered sometime next week. I will definitely revisit my coco/perlite proportions. :v:

3 Likes
13

I love a good auto grow! Front row seat!
:seat: :popcorn: :movie_camera:

2 Likes
14

Any updates to post?

I grew out one of those strains…
Fastbuds Green Crack Auto - meh… nothing special.
Plus:
Mephisto Sour Hound Auto - very different growth with “plump” vegetation. This had a really nice aroma and flavor, but the effects weren’t anything special.

I was buying singles of a variety of strains to find something that worked well for me, but found that “singles” will only show you a “single” phenotype. I suppose I could have selfed some of these to see if other phenos would appear… didn’t know how to do that back then.

I’d be interested in seeing how these grew for you and if you did a “smoke report” on any of them :slight_smile:

2 Likes