Welcome to the High Garden

Well I guess it’s that time.

Hello Overgrow, this shall be my first post so please bare with me.

I’ve been growing for about a year and a half now. Not much under my belt but I’ve harvested probably 8 plants so far. I’m kind of an all or nothing guy so every time I take cuttings I just take more and more. Should probably figure out how many is too many.

I suppose we’ll start with my veg closet. Save the good shots for last. :wink:

Here we have it. I currently have 17 plants of various ages vegging in here as well as 10 clones in a humidity dome not seen here.

Here’s a better shot with the blurple off and my flash turned on. Behind me is the flower room with white lights.

I currently have three strains growing. Platinum GSC, Green Wizard F1, and Doogie Howser F1. The Doogie and wizard were picked up from Colorado when I moved from Cali. The cookies is a bag seed. And a guess if it’s even cookies really. Thinking it may not be but who the hell knows.
I built a tray to set them all on that fits perfectly depth-wise in the closet out of 2x4s, osb, and tarp. Then I threw some caster wheels underneath so I can move it back and forth.
I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, mix with Black Kow composted cow manure, and Perlite.
For lighting in the veg closet we have two galaxyhydro “300 watt” LED’s. Not great but for the price I have absolutely no complaints. Bought off Amazon for $80 each. What a wonderful time to be alive BTW.

Eventually I plan on splitting the bedroom and using half for veg and half for flower but that will have to wait until I have the money. I want to install some type of gravity fed drip system for my pots to help with watering. Between work, pets, the woman, and life, I don’t always get to spend as much time with the ladies as I like.
I also want to build a work bench or table or something to work on various thing.

Back to the closet we now have my clone dome. 10 cuttings of cookies in jiffy pellets. First time using them and they work pretty well. Fuck Walmart I know, but sometimes I have to.

The cookies for whatever reason take about three weeks to root as opposed to 1-2 weeks for the Doogie and Wizard.

Here we have a Doogie clone that was put in here right after showing roots on the 28th.

No real training going on here during veg except for when I have time I might do a minor lollipop, but usually just let them grow uninterrupted. For veg I only use well water and every other feeding I’ll add some alfalfa SST. Been seriously contemplating ferments but the processes that I’ve read here are taking a little time for me to grasp.

Now to the main event. The one crop to rule them. Kidding. It’s nothing compared to what I see here, but I’m trying.
Duh-dadadaaa!!

Here they are. I’ve got two qb 288s on a meanwell 240h something something. Lol. Sourced the parts individually online. Big mistake. Could’ve bought the fucking kit off Amazon for 20 bucks cheaper that comes with all the hardware and better stuff. Whatever. Next time.

On the far left we have one wizard and two Doogie at 37 days from flip. Beck row second from the left is another wizard I flipped maybe 14 days ago. The two bigger ones next to that are the cookies. Lanky bitches, and I’m not sure if that’s my fault or if they need to veg out more. They always grow they like as you can very well see the two even bigger one on the far right. Those are also cookies. Flipped 11 days ago. They just keep getting bigger.

For feeding I’ve been using fox farms big bloom and tiger bloom sparingly but am almost out of both, which is why I want to try ferments. That’s probably also why my yields aren’t too great. I know people can get decent yields with the qbs. I’m not there yet.

Here’s a wider shot of the room. As much as I can fit in the photo.

Build the frame pretty damn good. Only screwed into the wall in two places but the bitch is solid. On it we have a 450 cfm Inline fan and 6x16" carbon filter both from vivosun. The fan is impressively powerful, but a little on the louder side, and it’s turned to low. The filter worked pretty good at first but after about 3 months I feel like it’s capping on me (anybody got recommendations?). Which is bad because it all vents directly downstairs into the “dining” area lol. Should probably exhaust out the window.
Then we have a small fan blowing straight down to cool off the heat sinks. It also moves around the plants a bit. Then of course our wonder quantum boards. These things are fantastic. Only good things to say.
Then there’s the window a/c to help with Temps.
On the side I’ve got a cheap little oscillating fan, and that thing has made the most difference. Such thicker stems and healthier babies.

For waiting so patiently have some bud porn. :heart_eyes:
Some closer shots of the Doogie and Wizard.

Wizard bud porn

Wizard main cola

Doogie bud porn

Cookies bud porn

One other thing I really want to try is colloidal silver. I just received some in the mail today. 30 ppm. From what I’ve read it should chemically stress a female flower into producing pollen sacs. Since I’m limited to only these three strains I figure this would be my best chance. Especially since the Doogie and Wizard are both F1s(hopefully). I think I should have a decent genetic pool by hybridizing the three together.
Also I miss popping beans. I loved watching my first plants spring out of the soil and grow. Now I’m only dealing with clones. I plan on starting this breeding project tomorrow when I get the time.

Well that’s about all I have. Sorry if there’s too many pictures or if I broke any rules. Super happy to finally have found my niche and hope you guys accept me into your beautiful community. :v:OG

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Just fyi: you can never have too many clones cut… more than you need is better than not enough…you can always cull the overstock
Looking good!

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Looks awesome! If I can make 1 small suggestion paint your walls white or put up some panda paper/ Mylar. A gal of flat white paint is the cheapest way to improve your yeild. Again looking fantastic and welcome!

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Exactly my thoughts. Thanks man appreciate.

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Yeah you’re absolutely right. I have a big roll of Mylar, but what I want to do is section off that half or corner of the room and then I’ll put the Mylar up. I bought the roll off Amazon a while ago and tried duct taping it to the walls. Didn’t work out well and just fell off every day. I’ll probably need some spray adhesive.

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Put ducktape down then put a couple thumb tacks through it. The duck tape will add enough so the thumb tacks won’t cut through.

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So I started my first breeding project. I moved one green wizard to the flower room and and added a solo cup to contain the CS Spray as well as any pollen once it finally (hopefully) starts forming and dropping. The CS I have is from Amazon and it’s 30ppm. Not sure how much to use so I used about 5 sprays. Done it about 3 times over the past two days so far.


I’ve already started looking at producing silver thiosulfate, so hopefully using that will be less demanding (I’ve heard you only have to spray once a week or so).
This is the recipe I want to try;

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Same here! :clipboard::pencil2:

Welcome to posting.

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You two should check out

theunconventionalfarmer.com

… which appears to be down at the moment :frowning2:

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Damn internal error

I wanna say I’ve been on there before but can’t remember

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Little update from the high garden.

Keep moving things around. Put up a temporary “wall” around the flower area. Used tarp and super 77d Mylar to it. Then moved the veg area out of the closet and next to the flower area. Going to wall it up the same. Eventually when I have money I’ll do it up with ¼" OSB or something.


I also want to build tables to raise up the Doogie and wizard plants closer to the lights. I have to hang them pretty high because of how tall the cookies get.

Transplanted the 10 cookie clones into Solo cups today.

Goddamn my plant count is getting high. I’m at 33 right now. 21 vegging and 12 flowering.

I flipped two more wizard and two more Doogie.

My breeding experiment is not working too well. Either I’m not spraying enough CS or it’s gone bad already. It’s that’s a thing. It’s probably my fault.

I’ve got silver nitrate and sodium thiosulfate coming in the next couple days so that should make it easier.

Also I’ve been attempting to make fermented plant juices. I have cannabis leaf, dandelion, ground ivy, and wormwood in separate jars. Equal parts plant material and brown sugar.

Not sure how well any of them will work. Especially the wormwood. But curious none the less.

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Update time
Thanks to @99PerCent for sending me these gorgeous beans


"Space.U = Space Candy x [Miss Universe x Harlequin]

Miss Money Penny F2 (originally a cross of Agent Orange and [XJ13 x Harlequin]

Near Misses = [Miss Universe x Harlequin] x Miss Money Penny

Jummp Cindy = [Jacked Up x C99] x Miss Money Penny

Zella = L2 (female of unknown origin and long gone now) x Northern Lights No. 5. (this should be very danky and diesel like - probably not sweet)" - 99

Looking forward to popping these soon, but after a good chat with @Jellypowered on discord, we’ve settled on a few things.

Firstly I have way too many plants. Over thirty plants is not enough for a qb260 and two galaxyhydro 300s. I’m going to cull and ferment a good number of plants I have in veg.

Secondly I decided to move one of the galaxyhydros to the flower area seeing as that’s when lighting is most important. I can simply make up for the reduced light in veg by letting them grow longer.

Thirdly FOOD! I need to feed these bitches more. I only have a little bit of ff grow big left, but I’ve been attempting to make various FPJs, and I am also waiting on a free 230 gram sample of megacrop. Any other suggestions on food??

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MegaCrop is gonna be all you’ll need tbh but if your supplementing with fpj it will go a lot farther. If you end up liking MegaCrop I can send you a big jar I bought the 21lbs and don’t mind sharing.

Jelly

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That’s awesome I can’t wait to try it. Any suggestion on how much to use?

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Okay solid update time

Veg side!!! Got rid of one of the big ass cookies and made an fpj from it.
Realized I only had one wizard vegging besides my bonsai wizard. So I pulled one from flower that I had just recently flipped. She’s dead center with the lighter green center. Not too many pistils so I’m thinking she’ll reveg fine. Also the Doogie far right between the cookies is thirsty so she looks a lot smaller.
All of this is now under a single galaxyhydro 300w which I raised and turned off so I could get a good pic, but I have it down close to the smaller plants.

All of the little ones in the solo cups in the center are Platinum Girl Scout Cookies clones. I took too many cause I wasn’t expecting them all to root. Took about three weeks.
These bitches like to get really fucking lanky and never stop stretching. Maybe if I keep them in solo cups all the way to harvest I can try and scrog them.

And here we have two cookies that have been vegging since 02/01. They are so damn big and I’ve always kept them in the back away from the light. Too much for me. I use them for clones though.

OH and here’s my little Tree


She’s a Green Wizard clone, which revegged from an actual bud. That’s why the bottom is crooked like that. I’m trying to bonsai it. She’s throwing out pistils from every crack and crevice she has. Probably from all the stress of cutting her back. No balls though as far as I can tell. Gotta love that Wiz.

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FLOWERS!!!

Almost birds eye. Had to raise a light again. The left most plants are oldest and get younger the farther to the right. I usually flip in pairs or triplets. Honestly I’ve been losing tracking of the plants. I need to be writing more shit down, but life always intervenes. Still testing the setup if you couldn’t tell.

And here’s my remaining cookie. Going on 76 days since flip. Seems to just want more and more. Never flowered this long. She’s held together with a wire cause she can hold herself up…

And my two big ass cookies at 29 days.


BUD PORN!!!

Cookies 29f

Wizard



Doogie

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Haven’t been able to find a lot of time to update lately, plus my phone took a shit on me a couple weeks ago and I don’t have a computer.

Here’s a wide shot of the flower room.

So I’m down to eight plants in the flower room. Working my way down. Got a new oscillating fan and man it almost feels like a hurricane in there. The ladies are definitely happier. Also finally managed to install drippers in all the pots. Hooked up to a 160gph water pump. Need to get a timer to automate the feeding. As for now I just turn on the pump and wait til they all get fed then shut it off. Got the nozzles mostly dialed in. My res is just a 32 gallon plastic trashcan.

Been using megacrop for the past couple weeks also and it’s working wonders. The girls love it and it’s super easy to use. I should probably invest in a tds meter just to be safe though.

So I usually harvest a plant or two every month and I usually get impatient and start smoking it as it dries, so I usually don’t have any wet/dry weights. Again back to writing stuff down. I should. Can never find time though. Posting on here is the most documenting I’ve done, and even then it’s miniscule, but I’ll try to keep on it.

Here’s some more bud porn while I’m at it
This is what’s left of the last cookies plant I cut down.

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Close up of the cookies

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Wide shot of the flower room. From left to right is Green wizard(1), Doogie Howser (1), Green Wizard(2), Doogie Howser(2), and two bushy ass platinum cookies growing in top of each other.

The wiz and Doogie close up. Looking like some type of deficiency on both the Doogie. Also the wiz2 was sprayed with colloidal silver and its kind of an open pollination. It’ll be nice to get a couple random crosses.

And here’s the veg room. The cookies clones in solo cups are a little sickly but they’re pulling through. Sorry for the blurple. Tried adjusting white balance but it’s not working.

Two days ago I dropped 6 Zella seeds from @99PerCent in plain tap water for 24 hours and then transfered to a damp paper towel.

My next goal is to make a small 2x2 breeding chamber for any males I get from his seeds.

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Some of these will have an over the top lemon stink.

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