We need to revise the Punchmittens to 3/3. We left the 2 unsprouted beanz in the paper towel in my cabinet for a couple days. We checked it an hour ago and both beanz had nice tails. The other one I had to help get its helmet off. Wasn't a problem. I keep one thumb and pointer finger nail just a touch long when I'm doing seeds and I'm able to pop them shells off and get the membrane off easy. We hope we get an epic pheno out of these 3. So for this grow we went 28/30 beanz sprouted with 2 that still have helmets on. This year we only had 4 beanz total that didn't germinate out of a lot. We germinated them on all phases of the moon and still had great success! All we do is soak in plain distilled water in them little plastic sauce cups with lids for 18-24 hours. Then they go into paper towels for 48 hours or until they have at least a one inch fuzzy tail. When we plant we just sprinkle a little Great White in the hole and cover it up leaving just the tip of the bean out so we know where it is. They get 10 pumps from the spray bottle of distilled water 4-5 times per day. No humidity domes, no humidifiers, we just keep them lightly moist until they are established with their first sets of leaves then they get their first light feeding of myco+ and veg+bloom dirty formula. This is our first time using myco+ and we love it. The autos are loving the simplified nutrient program, much better uniform intensity/par levels, canopy penetration and the full spectrum of the halide bulb compared to the 3 cheapo leds that were full spectrum but had almost zero canopy penetration. Myco+ has most of whats in the Stackswell, which is Hydroponics Research's version of calmag, but myco+ adds the myco and other goodies to help keep the plants happy which makes our shit grow great.. We don't like Stackswell. It always gives our plants N toxicity and screws up the soil ph baaaad. This run with our autos we are only using 5 products total and no ph'ing at all. Usually we would have had to flush 1-2 plants by week 7. We just learned there's really no need to ph if using soil unless using silica lol. Talk about waaaaay behind lmao. All the ph up and down we've put in them before was useless and most likely did them damage. This time we've had zero ph issues as long as we stick to the nutrient formulas and alternate feed, water from start to finish. We got in trouble before by thinking we can do two feedings in a row which resulted in a chain reaction of fuckery and ultimately the larfiest plant the world has ever known lol. We're getting it down slowly but surely. We had a 5 year break and I honestly thought after that last bust that we'd never grow again then they went ahead and legalized it which left me abliged to grow again. I have great feelings about this winter run. There's lots of great genetics in there from some great and kind folks on here. I'm certain we will find the orange, grape and candy terps we are looking for on a few of these strains, especially growing and flowering under the 600w mh. I'll have some newborn pics in the morning. Today is day 1. Can't wait until 3-4 months from now. We're gonna fast track the 7 hills since they are a contest and I want them to be as close as possible by the end of February so we can get the best picture possible. Hopefully we end up with 2 ladies and they will be grown in the closet under either 2 100w QB's or the 240w Dr.Bigg light that has the veg cob swich for veggin and regular bloom chips switch for the bloom but I'll use both during flower. We have to keep them short so we're going for the bonsai look if possible.
Sometimes I need breaks to cool my jets or just to be off the phone to concentrate on family for awhile. I spend most of my day thinking and planning, worrying about that virus and if my wife is gonna burn herself out working two jobs. This time of year is rough because i've had some bad holidays that I won't get into, this year is way better and much different. Sometimes I get bouts of depression if i think too much about the bad shit and I might disappear for a week or two, but I'll always be back and I'll always be a part of this great community of people.
Well, that's a long enough post. Thanks for those that read this far! I appreciate all of you here!
A special shout out to
@Amos Otis for helping to make our Christmas even better. We really appreciate you amigo! ☮☮
