Chunky Monkey’s Grow Journal

Thanks @Jdash860 I honestly don’t know if the paper towel roll worked or not. I needed to move more air so got a 4" fan with carbon, then a 6" fan with carbon, then more lights then another tent and on and on and on…;-).

It’s kind of hard to see but I got a 45-degree 4" into 6" Y piece of duct and hooked both fans together. I have 2 separate environments now.

I’m in straight soil with organic amendments and if a deficiency comes up I just learned to hit them with some liquid nutes to quickly(hopefully) correct the problem Then back to PH water or veg/flower tea.

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In that bottom picture, is that a 4x4 tent with the catch basin at the bottom or a 3x3? I’ve been looking for a catch basin that will fit a 4x4 and had no luck

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@anon34311147 that sife is the 3x3. I found a washing machine basin for $30 it’s a 32"x30". I would have had to build a 36"x36" myself out of plywood and epoxy.

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Ok, 3x 3 males sense. Whew.. I give up on looking for anything larger to fit my needs a few years ago.

OKAY! We have liftoff!. 3-GSCX and the 1-Gorilla Cookies popped. 1-GSCX did not and has been replaced by a Mystery seed. Temps are mid 80’s and humidity domes on for the next 2 weeks or so.

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Nicely done :+1:t4:

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Godspeed and put your helmet on! Here we go!

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Another week down.

Mystery 5 is about to get the chop. Entering week 8 of flower. Will scope and post pics this weekend. The color is close. She is very small, probably due to the low temps in veg but very sticky.

Mystery 6 is going to take a bit longer. 2-3 weeks I’m guessing. Bigger than MY4 but not by much.

Group shot of fading FB420 Mystery 5&6.

AND the Babies! 11 days above ground. Pulled the domes on the back left GSCX and center FB Gorilla Cookies. Front left is Mystery #7 and it is alive, 4 days old. Right side pots are GSCX as well.

These 5 are in reused COM and FF soil amended with wormcastings, pearlite, epsom salt, and COM Stonington blend. Should only need 6.5 PH water for the next 3 weeks and then top dress with COM Bud&Bloom, worm castings, and flower tea. Might hit it with some leftover Grow Big Like @merlin44 just before flower to give a nitrogen boost before flower nutes kick in.

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Looking good, Brother. I think that very few picked up on the Grow Big thing. :grin: :vulcan_salute: :man_mage:

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@merlin44 It makes perfect sense to me. You’ve seen my past grows and every one of them I’m losing the fans early in flower and most of the sugar leaves toward the end. Adding Cal Mag helped on #5&6, but if I add the Grow Big as well, it’s not going to hurt. Thank you for the tutelage, Great Wizzard! Hope you and Mrs. Merlin have a wonderful rest of the week!

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Thanks, Chunky…we are hanging in there.

I do this for the first couple of waterings after the flip to fuel the stretch.

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And I did a thing this weekend. Glad thats out of the way… Should grow good with all the recycled dirt and nutes..

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Mystery 5 is Down. 112 g wet. A nice lil 1 zip plantie.




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Congrats.. it looks pretty frosty from here!

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She is the cutest one i’ve grown

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Tuesday update: The babies are still alive. 18 days above ground. 3 of them are spitting out the 4th node. On Friday, I’m calling it the start of week one of Veg. A little 6.5 PH water only so far. As the 4-5 nodes grow, I’ll be watering more. Got a 2-gal pump sprayer. I can’t believe I haven’t done this sooner. It’s so easy to water them slowly, and the bag gets fully saturated based on the watering I did on Mystery6. Temp is high 70-low 80s and RH 55-65%. I just increased the light to 460 PPFD and will only go up from here on out.


Mystery 6 is chugging along. 6.8 water only and her trichs are almost all cloudy top to bottom with the amber coming into the top and taller buds. Maybe Friday/Saturday Chop day.


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Monster cola right there!

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Are you sure that’s not a Cactus your growing there? :cactus::astonished_face:

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Thanks @4204life, just pulled her out of the tent to get at the dried dead leaves. and she is a solid little girl.

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All companies should give mascot discounts… :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Keeks The Protector!

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