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In Bloom
3rd year organic veggie & canna gardener. Growing food and medicine for my wife and I. Working towards an urban homestead. Hoping to add chickens sometime in the future. 2021 was the goal, but with the year we've had… just trying to realistically manage my expectations and resources. Always learning and improving.
I run organic indoors (25ft² canna over 3 spaces, hand watered with Berkey filtered or GAC/KDF filtered and bubbled; thinking about putting them on Blumats), and organic no till outdoor (400ft² of veggie beds on Blumats and Blusoak). The indoor is grown in DIY Coot's mix (compost portion consisting of Bu's, aeration in the form of pumice) that gets fed over the grow with with a bunch of BAS additives (Coconut, Aloe, Rootwise, Craft Blend, Insect Frass, BuildABloom) as well as AACTs and SSTs (corn during veg, mung during flower, barley full cycle) If I don't have soil made, I run EB Stone Recipe 420, it has performed as well as FFOF for me in side by side trials with Bu's Potting soil, Dr. Earth's Black potting soil, and Dr. Earth's Orange potting soil. Soil gets reamended and recycled, often as a single large batch. My IPM/Foliar consists of Aloe, Rehydrated Kelp Tea, AgSil 16h, Capt Jacks, and neem. This past year I went heavy with biologicals (nematodes and assassin bugs) and was pleased with the results. I'd like to cut back a little on the neem and Capt Jacks for 2021. Im great about spraying the veggies, awful about spraying the canna, more 2021 goals.
The 3 spaces are detailed below. The Cab and Clos are set up for canna year round. The Table is also where I start my veggies, from Feb 1st to mid March. There is no enclosure for the table, which is in a service porch type area. The lights are on during all waking hours, and all light leaks and power indicator leds are covered. This area is solely for vegging seedlings, and the easiest to spray regularly, so the fact that it is not in a full enclosed structure to protect it from pests, hopefully won't present much if any of a problem. The Table has been set up since 2018, but just got a new light (previously had 3 shop lights). The closet has been in service since late 2017, but has been getting more and more dialed each year, panda film in 2019, start of 2020 I upgraded the light and installed attic ventilation and door vent with light baffle. The cabinet was built a few months ago (Q3 2020), and technically isn't done, but I plan on finishing it between this grow and the next. So the idea is wet and veg on the Table, cull any runts and possibly wait to see if any show sex, and then send the remaining onward to the Cabinet and Closet. The Cabinet and Closet are in a dark room, environmental monitors are set to 85°F, but I have no active warming or humidity control. I've used water trays and additional ventilation to keep the numbers reasonable, but they are far from constant, project for another time.
Cabinet:
DIY build, 30" x 30" x 66" interior
2x HLG135 R Spec (66%)
AC Infinity Cloudline 4
Holmes Little Blizzard
Closet:
36" x 48" x 100" interior
4x RapidLED / Logic Pucks (100%)
10" Attic Exhaust Fan
Holmes Little Blizzard
Table:
3' x 5' x 5.5' table space / height restriction
1x ChilLED X1 Veg (2' x 4' usage area)
14" Hurricane Fan
It's been a rough year with the wife's health. I don't know what kind of record keeping or consistency I will be capable of, but I probably take more pics than I need to, and welcome opportunities for learning and developing my cannabis cultivation skill set. I have some things at some various stages right now, but I want to kick this off with the next wetting project. I've posted a grow on ICMAG a few years ago, and a couple on AFN last year, currently have one on CP, I'll mirror this grow there as well, energy and time permitting.
I run organic indoors (25ft² canna over 3 spaces, hand watered with Berkey filtered or GAC/KDF filtered and bubbled; thinking about putting them on Blumats), and organic no till outdoor (400ft² of veggie beds on Blumats and Blusoak). The indoor is grown in DIY Coot's mix (compost portion consisting of Bu's, aeration in the form of pumice) that gets fed over the grow with with a bunch of BAS additives (Coconut, Aloe, Rootwise, Craft Blend, Insect Frass, BuildABloom) as well as AACTs and SSTs (corn during veg, mung during flower, barley full cycle) If I don't have soil made, I run EB Stone Recipe 420, it has performed as well as FFOF for me in side by side trials with Bu's Potting soil, Dr. Earth's Black potting soil, and Dr. Earth's Orange potting soil. Soil gets reamended and recycled, often as a single large batch. My IPM/Foliar consists of Aloe, Rehydrated Kelp Tea, AgSil 16h, Capt Jacks, and neem. This past year I went heavy with biologicals (nematodes and assassin bugs) and was pleased with the results. I'd like to cut back a little on the neem and Capt Jacks for 2021. Im great about spraying the veggies, awful about spraying the canna, more 2021 goals.
The 3 spaces are detailed below. The Cab and Clos are set up for canna year round. The Table is also where I start my veggies, from Feb 1st to mid March. There is no enclosure for the table, which is in a service porch type area. The lights are on during all waking hours, and all light leaks and power indicator leds are covered. This area is solely for vegging seedlings, and the easiest to spray regularly, so the fact that it is not in a full enclosed structure to protect it from pests, hopefully won't present much if any of a problem. The Table has been set up since 2018, but just got a new light (previously had 3 shop lights). The closet has been in service since late 2017, but has been getting more and more dialed each year, panda film in 2019, start of 2020 I upgraded the light and installed attic ventilation and door vent with light baffle. The cabinet was built a few months ago (Q3 2020), and technically isn't done, but I plan on finishing it between this grow and the next. So the idea is wet and veg on the Table, cull any runts and possibly wait to see if any show sex, and then send the remaining onward to the Cabinet and Closet. The Cabinet and Closet are in a dark room, environmental monitors are set to 85°F, but I have no active warming or humidity control. I've used water trays and additional ventilation to keep the numbers reasonable, but they are far from constant, project for another time.
Cabinet:
DIY build, 30" x 30" x 66" interior
2x HLG135 R Spec (66%)
AC Infinity Cloudline 4
Holmes Little Blizzard
Closet:
36" x 48" x 100" interior
4x RapidLED / Logic Pucks (100%)
10" Attic Exhaust Fan
Holmes Little Blizzard
Table:
3' x 5' x 5.5' table space / height restriction
1x ChilLED X1 Veg (2' x 4' usage area)
14" Hurricane Fan
It's been a rough year with the wife's health. I don't know what kind of record keeping or consistency I will be capable of, but I probably take more pics than I need to, and welcome opportunities for learning and developing my cannabis cultivation skill set. I have some things at some various stages right now, but I want to kick this off with the next wetting project. I've posted a grow on ICMAG a few years ago, and a couple on AFN last year, currently have one on CP, I'll mirror this grow there as well, energy and time permitting.