Background: Learned to grow outdoors back in the 70s when I was 15. Ended up in Alaska for a few years and had a fantastic mentor that taught me more than I thought I’d ever need to know to grow. Today I’m 62 years old and have not grown nor smoked due to my job restrictions for 23 years. Well, since VA has finally legalized growing, possession and gifting - I CAN GROW!!!
Ordered ILGM WW autos in early July and finally got it all together and had 2 seedlings on 7/16/21.
Traded for 2 Blueberry and 2 Northern Lights ILGM seeds. Sprouted 1 of each.
4 seedlings total.
Outdoor grow.
7 gal. cloth bags.
COM Stonington Blend.
COM Organic Fert.
COM Fish Meal.
Com Worm Casts.
Collecting rain water, pH 5.8.
Well water pH 6.2.
pH UP & pH DOWN on hand.
HACH pH Meter.
CE TDS-3 TDS/Temp Meter.
Currently only 6.25 hrs of direct sunlight daily, shaded light all day.
Plants hardened quickly and transplanted to bags on 7/27/21.
Now, 4’ x 4’ x 80" tent ordered.
1200W COB LED Full Spectrum light ordered.
4" Vivosun 190 CFM w/Speed Control & Filter
Will be vented to the outdoors through window.
Tent Location: Walkout Basement
Basement is pretty much 66 degrees and 58% RH year round.
AC vents in area and large dehumidifier also.
4 Clamp on fans and 1 variable speed pedestal oscillating fan ready to go.
The seeds in the bag are seeds from a Sativa grow I did back in 1974 or 75. I had a male and used pollen to cross with one of my females. I knew I had the seeds somewhere and finally found them. Along with 8 seeds from an ounce of Columbian Gold from the 80s. Those seeds will be used for outdoors next spring!
That’s awesome that you have seeds from that long ago. A lot of those strains aren’t even available any more, and if they are a lot are only replicated.
The grow tent arrived today. It wasn’t too bad getting it up myself. Got everything hooked up within 2 hours and cranked it all up. I went out to the outside grow and brought in the Blueberry auto seedling I had that sprouted on 7/25. Light is 24" above seedling. currently the temp in tent is 71F and RH is 50. Timer set on 16/8. I pulled 3 big, dark seeds out of my 1975/76 bag and dropped them into water to see if I can get some to sprout. August 2021 Grow.
This tent is really cool! Here is a Blueberry auto I put in on 5/5 - first day I grew inside. And the second pic is this morning. I’d say she likes it,!
Been over a month since I updated my journal. Things just got crazy here but all is well. Getting to the end with 3 autos. First autos ever and I’m pleased with what I’ve done. Have a WW photo I’m scrogging and one outside just doing her own thing. Will flip the scrog in 2 weeks and tomorrow is flip outdoors.
