Hello All- I am a 1st time indoor grower but long time vegetable gardener. Selected ILGM Runtz photo seeds basically because I have heard about them and wanted to give them a shot. So far so good it seems- I am 2 days into week 5 of flowering. They are growing in soil- approx 40% garden potting soil, 40% compost from the past several years (full of earth worms and casings), 20% black cow. This was mixed with a bag of peralite, a couple cups Dr. Earths Veg Fert, 1/2 cup blood meal, 1/2 cup bone meal, 1/4 epsom salts, and coffee grounds. Lights are (2) 1000w Giixer LED’s, (1) 300w King LED, (4) white LED grow strips (wattage ?) and (1) 60w standard bulb grow light. I am growing in a 2x4x8 closet with temps aprox 78-80 daytime and 73-74 night. I lined the walls with reflective mylar ( claims to be 97% reflective). I have a couple of fans - 1 blowing in lower and 1 blowing out at the top. I am growing in 7 gal grow bags. I water with pH lowered water (approx 6.0 - 6.3) that has off gassed chlorine and fluoride. I water approx every day and a half- when the soil is dry down to about 1.5 - 2 in. I am now using light Dr. E Bloom Booster, light bone meal, and epsom salts every other watering. I use pure pH balanced and off gassed water every other. Anyway- I wanted to get some opinions as to the status of my grow and look for a few opinions. So far I plan to upgrade lighting for next grow and veg longer. I germ’d the seeds and and transplanted them into the grow bags after 2 weeks. I veg’d them for approx 4 weeks and defoliated 1 week before flipping to 12/12. Foliage really grew back fast and I defoliated again 1 week ago. Being I’m a rookie I was conservative on the amount of foliage I removed. I guess my questions center around bud formation- is this a standard flowering for a Runtz or should I do something different? I’m hoping the buds will fill out and fatten in the next 4 to 5 weeks. I know I did not tuck the scrog as long as I should have but ran into some timing issues. Another lessoned learned is to have a separate scrog screen for each plant and put them on wheels so I can get to the back and make it easier to water. Anyway below are a few pics from today. All comments and tips appreciated. Happy Growing and Thanks Again!!!
well to me it looks like you are doing what needs to be done in your grow setup…stay the course you have set…do you like shrimp and gritz?
Looking good welcome to the community.
LOL- I love shrimp and grits!! Ate a big ole plate night before last. Thanks much for the feed back…now I’m hungry.
Thank you Kelly. I have followed the forum for 6 months now but never posted before. I’m an old guy and am leery of putting to much of my biz on the internet, but like I said, been following for awhile and ILGM seems to be a pretty up front site. Their support and staff are excellent!
We’re glad to have you Stick around. lots of advanced growers on here willing to share knowledge.
Shrimp and Grits. We used to visit my brother, his wife and son every year until Catrina. She would make the most amazing shrimp boil with fresh shrimp bought at the docks. My son, just 4 years old, was eating faster than I could peel. Swear he ate a whole pound!
A guy once asked me if i was ever on death row what my last meal would be… yep. Shrimp n grits… oooooooooooweeeeeeee!
Be Shrimp and Crab dressing, Blackened Redfish and a cup of gumbo for me and if could have it on my last meal it would be Jack Daniels Black on the Rocks with a splash of water or one last Hurricane homemade style. Do we get one last Joint? If so make mine Ghost Train Haze I wanna go out super stoned
Thanks for the pics! Looks great- what kind of yield? Hope I can do as well.