2021 Outdoor Growing Season…
HomeGrownDiaries…
UN: BlackIrishRedneck aka Renegade69…
Let’s get this journal started…
So yes, the flow of this monologue should look familiar. My chosen guru…lol.
First of all since my journal is unsponsored I will not give names of products used unless I have complete confidence in the product. I will go into detail about my choice of strain though.
This is my hobby. I have a 9-5 but pulling up close to retirement. I grow for fun. I don’t grow more than 4-6 plants at a time. I will germinate a few extra in case some seeds don’t pop. I don’t grow for profit. I gift most of my harvest to family and friends who need meds. Even now I still have meds from 3 seasons ago, so I have too much in the vault. I will empty the vault to make room for this harvest.
This is an outdoor garden journal even though I talk about the box’s after use. “What’s in the Box”…lol. It’s coming… If this journal is successful I may spin off a separate journal for the after use.
Let’s just assume I’m in a legal state to grow my own. I still take precautions to keep my garden out of wondering eyes. It sits on the property way back from the road and only I tend to it. Visitors to the house don’t know where it’s at unless I show them.
A few things different from previous seasons. First, I purchased a growing box. Name withheld plus I will have to changed the setup to suit my needs. Usually I use one of my smaller 2x4x48-72 tents. Full setup with controls. The same will apply on the box setup. I’ll use a Titan5 controller, timers for the lights, heater/seedling mat (initially), mister and internal fans for air movement. The box comes with carbon filter dual exhaust fans for venting. There is also intake vents on back of box for air intake. These vents also have carbon filters on them. Per website…ugh!
Box will be used to germinate and hold seedlings 
till they transplant outside. Seeds will begin in the box with a final transplant to 25 gal pots outside. Weather permitting. Usually around Mother’s Day.
After plants are transplanted outside I’ll use the box for a short cycle strain. Short cycle or just flip them when I’m ready.
UPDATE ON BOX…
POS, not what was advertised will take some serious tweaking to get any kind of use out of it. If HGC allows product review I’ll create that journal. I feel used for purchasing the product. They did however accept my return for refund.
Back to using one of my tents…OK I got this!
Lighting…
I’ve used a P600 in the past so no reason to change that. Like all LED’s it does what they say they do. In other words a setting for veg and an additional setting for bloom. I came into the game when LED’s first hit the market so it’s all I’ve ever used.
Lights usually play around 12”-24”.
So the tent setup is as follows…
One of my P600’s. Titan5 controller, humidifier/mister, heating pad, exhaust fan, clip on fans for air movement.
Seeds…
This year it’s BruceBannerFast. Really looking forward to this strain. I’m also going to do a couple of StrawberryCough gurls for good measure. Gonna top those gurls till solstice.
The reason for my choice of seeds. This is an outdoor grow and I’m in a New England state which means I have a short season. I can get away with mid to late September before cold weather creeps in. We also seem to get a lot of rain late August into September so I’ve been fighting mold at the worse time…late bloom. One season I had some beautiful PurpleStar and MightyMite (BC Bud Depo) gurls going. 12-15” top colas as wide as my fist 
. Couldn’t keep up with mold control and was forced to harvest early. Probably threw out half because of frustration.
So because of this I’m always looking for short season strains. Lucky for me I’m a Indi guy…lol.
Germination…
I like Mr Kushman’s method so that’s what we are going to do for this year and last. I’ve tried just about every other way with various degrees of success. Over doing it most times because some took longer than expected. All pop’d with a small number of failures. So last season and this will be Kushman’s tips and tricks for germ, planting, watering and transplanting. Starting with Essence Liquid Seaweed and vita mix for germination and planting seeds.
Soil…
My soil will be Nectar #4. Another tried and true for me. I don’t have time to put my own together so Nectar gives me the chance to get the seedlings and early vegging plants something to feed off till I begin my nutrient schedule.
Nutrients…
Aurora’s Terp Tea Grow and Bloom line. Aurora claims Terp Tea is a stand alone organic blend so last years crop only got that and supplements for deficiencies and pest control. Quality was lacking so this year we’ll go all in with the full line of nutrients that support the Terp Tea. And will adhere to their feeding schedule.
is well water. My PH and PPM comes in at 7.0ph and 066ppm.
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