log entry 8, sorry for my absence, Family stuff, and busy with all the seedlings.
so, I had 16/18 critical skunks pop, all survived initial planting. 15/18 devil popped. 100% of the cure popped, I used a different soil mix as my store was out, and i am not paying 2x for it at the other store, and all the seedlings died from dehydration. I have 0% The Cure babies. I am sad. 14/ 20 of Hazeman's Killer Queen x Blowfish germinated. 2 packs of early skunk, and a pack of early queen germinated, 7 seeds needed to be cracked w/ my teeth. looks like 100% have popped soil. my friend I gave a pack of Master Kush Skunk to, had 80% germination rate.
The nordle and spice showed gender about 8-9 weeks after being planted. only 6 or 7 plants left to show. a few of the spice girls have wonderful bubblegum kush type smells on the stem rubs, and the nordle ladies all have wonderful "generic" good weed smells on stem rub. the NL5 x afghan's are starting to develop a "heavy" indica smelling stem rub smells. cannabis, almost chocolate almost coffee, earthy type smell. I did not cull the nordle runt. it caught up and is indistinguishable from it's peers.
The Goji f2 females arent giving any special smells on the stem rub.
the 4 jaws genetics Fruity pebbles ogee f1 females all have wonderful fruity stem rubs, and are all growing like stereotypical afghan og hybrids(think bodhi's 88 g13hp x (insert name here) og kush) lookin plants.
the switch from single ended hps and MH to the hlg 650r's seems to have been a great decision, my air conditioner now keeps the flower room at 70-73 degrees easily instead of struggling to keep it at 77, while pulling more water from the air; I assume because its not being overworked. the cooler temperatures are trapping in more terpenes. my MAC 1 plants smell more creamy and kushy when rubbed, and aren't just making the room smell like an orange peeling table at a track meet by existing. I am excited to get some MNS plants in there.
The HLG 650r covers a 7 foot by 9 foot 6 inch space in veg on a light mover. let that sink in. 635w to cover a 7x9'6 rectangle. In flower its a 5x6'5 rectangle. (double check my math). I think in metric that comes out to a 2.1 meter by 2.9 meter rectangle for veg, and a 1.7 by 2 meter rectangle in beg, this is game changing for the efficiency of home grows.
I'm in love w/ these new white w/ far red diodes LED's, If you are thinking of making the switch to leds or buying your 1st light, I recommend finding a local to you manufacturer that is making something with the spectrum similar to what HLG, growers choice, gavita, etc produce.