Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries. Wednesday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year everyone, Check out this vid I made on how to get seeds featuring Doc Rodebaugh and Ken D. Its more for beginners but hey you may still enjoy it. YouTube � Sunday, January 26 View Page My mom knitted our cat a pumpkin hat. You can tell he LOVES it. � Wednesday, February 12 View Page DRAT! My first indoor growing experiment was a total failure. The goal was to see if the plants benefitted from a nightly rest period or if 24/7 light was just better. Results were inconclusive because the plants in both tents look like hell. Here were the conditions that produced such lousy results: Substrate: 50% miracle grow potting mix and 50% coco coir (potting mix may have been too hot or coir had some salts in it?) Lighting: Approx. 350 PPFD (I think this was too high) on 24 hrs in Tent 1 and on 16 hrs in Tent 2 (Both look similarly bad) Watering/Feeding: none other than initial substrate hydration. Soil stayed moist for full 12ish days it took to get to this point Temp: ranging from 70-80 degrees F. Welp, now I know what not to do. Onto the next attempt. And if that one goes poorly I'll do what we all do in a moment of desperation and bug Matt! � Wednesday, February 12 View Page In a day or two I will start a new batch of seeds in this. This is a tweaked version of Dan Sutherland's seed starting mix. Original Recipe: - 3 Parts Peat Moss - 3 Part Fine Perlite - 2 Parts Coco Coir - 0.5 Parts Worm Castings - 0.25 Parts Kelp Meal - A Healthy Serving of Myco innoculant My Add-Ins: - Some Calcium carbonate dissolved in water to maybe neutralize the peat (probably pointless) - Yucca Extract to help with hydrophobicidity (50% sure thats a real word) and feed microbes - ROOT microbe inocculant (I had an open bag of it and thought why not) � Friday, February 14 View Page For Valentines day my girlfriend made me another pumpkin toons card. Any old-school growers know what the 723 was? � Friday, February 14 View Page My homemade germination chamber. It is warmed by a mini heating mat in the bottom of the cooler and the seeds sit on the perforated cardboard shelf. There is a thermostat system that keeps the temp at 86 degrees F. It works well but I'm having issues with mold forming even when I soak in 1% peroxide. Thoughts? � Friday, February 14 View Page A new batch of test seeds are potted up. These are in the Sutherland recipe seed starting mix and under an approx. PPFD of 250. I think this should work out better than the first run. They were hydrated with a light shower of humic/fulvic and seaweed. � Friday, February 14 View Page I hope this stuff is as water soluble as Ron says! � Thursday, February 20 View Page I don't want to spread rumors but I heard that the first 50 people to register for the 150 square foot challenge this year who are 13-29 years old will have their entry fee waived and will be eligible for a bonus prize if they finish in the top 3 of the contest. In other news, I planted my practice seeds way too deep and they are only just breaching lol. �