Obi-Wan’s Jedi OG Grow

[Obi-Wan]

This will be my first run with regular seeds, Ocean Grown’s Jedi OG. I ordered a 10 pack and as is normal for them, they packed 12 seeds. I germinated all 12 seeds and it appears as though I will get a 100% germination rate. I’m not setup to do 12 plants in DWC and I wasn’t going to spend the money to upgrade only to end up pulling males, so this grow is in Coco. My plan is to veg just long enough to take clones from all of the plants. Once I can confirm a plant is male , I will discard him and his clones. 1 good keeper is all I’m looking for, but I may keep more if they’re worth it.

[SoOrbudgal]

Fantastic Obi-Wan good luck and I sure hope you get a bunch of gals. Jedi OG perfect

[Obi-Wan]

Not a whole lot to report with these ladies and gentlemen. All but 1 seed sprouted so I’m moving forward with 11 plants of unknown gender.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Boom?

https://youtu.be/tMlKmELIhgY

Did you get them through lumberjack, or elsewhere?

[Obi-Wan]

Yes, got them from lumberjack. 5 days from order date to my door.

[JohnEmad]

11 plants in the solocup challenge. awesome.

[9fingerleafs]

man i would kill for some ocean grown seeds. im subbed and really excited to see them grow

[Guest]

What kind of light do you have them under?

[Obi-Wan]

They’re under my DIY Quantum Board fixture. I have it set at 125 watts, 30” above the seedlings.

Nice setup. Do you know the color temp. I thought I would be good with a fluorescent for seedlings but maybe not. I’ve never grown from seed before. Just clones.

[Obi-Wan]

The boards I used are 3000k. This is my first round of veg under this fixture but I’m confident it’ll do well.

[Obi-Wan]

It was time to spread these plants out and give them a little more space. I move the light up to 36” and increased the wattage to 150.

[SoOrbudgal]

That's the height I do my seedlings with my 450 vipar with the blue/white veg light. I get very tight nodes when under them.

[Obi-Wan]

Day 22 above ground for these plants. They’re all pushing out they’re 4th node. I’m going to give them another week in the solo cups and then transplant to 1/2 gallon square pots.

[Obi-Wan]

Day 29 for this group. I transplanted them on Day 25, removing the first node and giving them a good solid drenching of nutrient feed at 1.0 EC/pH 6.0. I left them alone until this morning so they could dry out a bit. I do this so the roots will reach out into their new space.

Day 25 right after transplanting, notice some of the leaves touching the coco.

Day 27, 2 days after transplant. The leaves have picked up and the plants look happier.

Today after their 1st feed in 4 days.

[SoOrbudgal]

Morning Obi-Wan if I may ask...what type of light and how far are those away from it? PS they look like little students sitting still in class all attentive.

[Obi-Wan]

I’m using my DIY HLG-QB132, 3000k fixture. It’s currently set at 150 watts, 40” inches from the tops of the plants. This is my first round of Veg with this light so I’m trying to test the boundaries of the fixture.

[Obi-Wan]

The light fixture I’m using.

[SoOrbudgal]

Thank you for posting that. I've just set my clones outdoors in a tent on my screened in patio. Outside temps this a.m. are 38f. My tent with just 1 110watt veg light and heat lamp in it only 65f 55%humidity. I had no other choice my clone table lamp is full. They sit a close to 30" man I sure hope they can make it.

[Obi-Wan]

My grow space is in my basement and this tent is averaging 65-67 F and 30-40% RH. It’s not ideal but I’m not going to take any measures to increase Temp or Humidity, Spring’s right around the corner!!

[Obi-Wan]

Day 43 and growth has been on the slower side with my temps being as low as they are, but it should warm up soon. After 35 days of hand watering I got fed up and installed a flood tray and reservoir. I transferred them to 1 gallon fabric pots and they are now watered every 12 hours in the Flood & Drain system. The plants seem happier and I’m absolutely thrilled to be done with hand watering!!

[Obi-Wan]

Day 50 of this grow and I couldn’t be happier with the new system. After checking the EC at midweek, I topped off the reservoir with 4 gallons of fresh water. Today it got 5 gallons of nutrient solution at 1.4 EC. All plants received a defoliation at midweek as well.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Coming along nicely, ole buddy, good luck with them.

[LurkingInTheGrass]

So jealous

I wanted a flood table but, space, light, $$ limitations, only allowed for DWC

I still want a flood table (and the DWC, and learn coco, and win a billion dollars, really should do that first)

Are you going to up pot, or finish them in the 1g?

I got a buddy, SoGs in a 5x5 tent, with a 4x4 flood table and 1g fabric pots, he isnt flooding, he fertigates 3 times/day with 5 minute bursts (he wants a better timer, for more bursts, less burst duration)

[Obi-Wan]

D.A.A.S.69 thanks

LurkingInTheGrass, they’ll be flowered in the 1 gal. pots. If I need to, I’ll increase the number of times I flood the tray.

[Obi-Wan]

Day 57, I’ll be taking clones in the few days then flipping to 12/12. I will weed out the males as they show and discard their clones at the same time.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Very nice obi-wan, how are you liking your hlg.
I sure like mine.

[Obi-Wan]

I chose to build my light with 4 of the HLG-QB132 boards rather than using the QB288’s. I sacrificed intensity for better spread. I get more uniform light all around my tent with these boards and it saved me a little $$ on the build because they don’t require a heat sink. But to answer your question, I love my light. I’m building another for my 3x3 to replace the 400w hps.

[Obi-Wan]

Day 9 of 12/12. I took clones from all 11 plants prior to the switch and I’m still waiting to confirm sex. I believe I have 5 females and 6 males but I want solid confirmation before I cull any of the suspected males.

[Obi-Wan]

Day 15 of 12/12 and sexing is complete. I culled 5 males and was left with 6 females. I gave them a healthy defoliation 2 days ago and added a trellis net to gently spread the branches a bit wider. I’ll be adding a second trellis net to help control their stretch. The reservoir was switched out for bloom nutrients this morning. EC is set to 1.5 and the pH is 5.7. My light is now turned up to 250 watts and my lights on temp is a much happier 73F.

[JohnEmad]

Sounds like you have everything under control. Happy bunch on the grow. 

[Obi-Wan]

I’m glad it sounds like I have everything under control. It’s my first run with regular seeds and it’s been an experience to say the least. I was hoping to sex the plants before flower but I just couldn’t determine for sure male from female. I had my hunches and I was fairly close but there were at least 4 plants that fooled me. In the end I’m glad I waited until flower to cull plants. I’m so much happier when I’m just a cloner!!

[Obi-Wan]

Day 22 of 12/12 and I’ve had to do a little gentle bending to keep the girls from getting too vertical. I didn’t super-crop any of the branches, just gently pulled and tied them down using the trellis as an anchor for the ties. I’ll be adding the second net tomorrow once they’ve all turned themselves back up to the light.